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Dakini is Kha dro in Tibetan, prounounced khandro. Kha means space and Dro mean activity -- Space Activity. |
DAKINI GARDENS AND RETREAT
Starting a small meditation retreat center was Carley Fonville's vision after a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet. Now 4 years later, Carley and her partner Emily DuBois, bought developed and started Dakini Gardens and Retreat, where dozens of people each year have completed successful workshops, retreats, work exchange programs, among other activities. Our vision is for our gardens to become self-sufficient, while providing meditation and wellness programs for our local community and far-flung visitors.
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Carley Fonville MA is a student of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Jamgon Kontrol, Tenzin Wangyal, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, and Grandmaster Foo Wei Zhong. She has been studying and practicing Tibetan Buddhism since 1973, and is a meditation instructor and teacher. Carley was born in Holland and traveled extensively in Asia as a photojournalist before coming to the US. She has a Master's degree in Organizational Development and Transformation and has earned certificates in Massage Therapy, Reiki, Qi Gong, Tui Na, and other healing arts. She worked as a licensed massage therapist in Napa Valley spas, and as an Organizational Consultant specializing in mental health in the workplace. Her interests in meditation, wellness and biodynamic gardening inspired the founding of Dakini Gardens and Retreat. |
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Emily DuBois MFA is a professional artist and former university art teacher, who teaches Taiji and Qigong on the Big Island of Hawai'i. She has been learning, practicing and teaching traditional Chinese healing arts since 1978 at the Taoist Center in Oakland California and other locations, and has received direct empowerments and official teaching certificates from her Sifu (teachers), including Tsuei Wei, John Cole, Min Ou Yang, Wang Nien Yen, Julia Fairchild, Foo Wei Zhong, and Yu Tian Jian. Emily enjoys the creative power of her daily practices and likes to provide opportunities for others to connect with the harmony of the natural universe. She also maintains a professional art studio, exhibiting and selling her work to museums, corporations, and individual collectors, and teaches fine arts workshops at Dakini Gardens and Retreat and other locations. |