Latest Past Events

East Meets West: Haiku as Active Imagination

Marylhurst University 17600 Pacific Hwy, Marylhurst

After a brief introduction to haiku and how to write haiku, there will be a meditation exercise to promote relaxation. Following meditation, participants will engage in an active imagination process prior to writing. The meaning, spirit and healing value of the created haiku will be discussed. This workshop will be held in a peaceful, natural ... Read more

Haiku, Zen and Jung’s Psychology

First United Methodist Church, Collins Hall 1838 SW Jefferson Street, Portland

Haiku is a treasure Japan has given the world. These short poems offer us extraordinary moments of insight about ordinary things. Haiku, linked to Zen, embodies egolessness, aloneness, acceptance, universality, humor, silence, awakening, love and death. Haiku usually concerns nature and an image created out of a few words. Haiku ( a form of Jung’s ... Read more