Free introductory lecture · Live online
Beyond Ordinary Mind
Opening into the Feeling Body
Ordinary mind externalizes the world. It turns what arises in our seeing, hearing and touching into things out there, makes them seem solid and predictable — and then makes itself invisible, so that it all appears simply to be the world as it is.
Free of charge and open to all. No previous experience required.
The talk
Opening our senses beyond ordinary mind
In this talk we will explore how to open our senses beyond ordinary mind. We will ground ourselves in the feeling body — in how, even right now, we are participating in a living situation that is shaping us as much as we are shaping it.
- 01
The framework of the Three Worlds
The lecture introduces the framework of the Three Worlds: three distinct worlds of experience, each with its own logic, its own subjectivity, its own sense of what is possible.
- 02
A first taste of the shift
A small exercise, done with your own hand, that lets you feel the difference between these worlds within a few minutes.
- 03
Talk and exchange
45 minutes of Dharma talk with Nicole, followed by 30 minutes of exchange — time for your questions.
Registration
Reserve your place
The lecture is free of charge. Leave your email address and we will send you the link to join before the talk.
- Thursday, September 24 · 6:30 pm MT (Denver)
- Friday, September 25 · 2:30 am CEST (Europe)
- 75 minutes · Live online
Your teacher
Tatsudo Nicole Baden Roshi
A Dharma successor of Zentatsu Richard Baker Roshi, practicing with the Dharma Sangha since 2001.
When I first heard Nicole speak, I felt an immediate sense of trust and connection. I was drawn into what she later called ‘shared aliveness.’
She studied psychology at the University of Oldenburg until 2009, while simultaneously training in the somatic therapeutic method Body-Mind Centering©. Following her studies, she spent four years at the Crestone Mountain Zen Center in Colorado, USA. Since 2013, she has been active at the Zen Buddhist Center Schwarzwald, moving fluidly between the two centers as part of her ongoing practice and teaching.
Nicole is also the founder and guiding teacher of the Dharma Academy, bringing her vision and experience to its development. In September 2024, she officially succeeded Richard Baker Roshi and has since been serving as Abbot, guiding the spiritual direction of the Dharma Sangha.
Where it leads · Craft of Zen, Chapter Three
The lecture opens Chapter Three
The talk stands on its own. For those who would like to continue, it also opens Chapter Three of The Craft of Zen: Horizons of Experience, three months with Nicole on the Buddhist teaching of the Three Worlds, live online.
Chapter Three begins Sunday, September 27, three days after the lecture · registration open until it begins
No prior chapters or meditation experience needed for either.