Weekend Single Day Retreats

Freeing the Heart Through Forgiveness; an Online Retreat - With Rebecca Bradshaw

Sun 10/25/20 - 9:00am to 4:30pm

As we continue to explore the Buddha’s recipe for a strong and gentle heart, we are going to take a slight detour from the Brahmaviharas into a related quality, the quality of forgiveness. 

Sometimes when we intend to practice metta and compassion, we find that anger and ill will arise instead. The practice of forgiveness is about consciously freeing the heart of this anger and blame. Through honoring our experience, and cultivating deep connection and understanding, the heart begins to soften and relax and finds its resting place here on this earth. Come explore how forgiveness can help us let go of anger during this time of reckoning. The morning will include meditation and a dharma talk, and the afternoon will include more formal forgiveness meditation and time for discussion.

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There is a half day option for this retreat from 9am-12pm.  For those registered for the full day, we will break for lunch at 12pm and the retreat will resume at 1:30pm, and end at 4:30pm.  

Once you have registered and paid for this retreat, you will be sent a confirmation email, along with the Zoom link for the retreat.  

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Online Mindfulness and Self Compassion Half Day Retreat - With Matthew Daniell

Sat 10/31/20 - 9:30am to 1:00pm

As humans we have a very strong tendency to suffer from comparing ourselves to others and ideals we hold.  Mindfulness and compassion can help.  In this retreat, we will begin with the practice of simple present moment awarenesses; on the breath, body, and the senses.  This can help us to calm and see our negative inner comments and dialogues with a little more space and kindness.  We then progress to engage the strengthened awareness to "breath with" a wider range of life and to hold our suffering with more warmth and wisdom.  Finally we will cultivate a simple intention of caring and wisdom for ourselves with the silent repetition on phrases of self care. Alternating periods of sitting and walking with instruction and in silence, with this three step meditation process as a practice framework, we may touch greater present moment clarity, inner kindness and ease.  When we do this we are happier, and naturally others are benefitted as well!

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Once you have registered and paid for this retreat, you will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link.

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As a Mountain of Rock - Meditating with the Suttas; an Online Retreat - With Chris Crotty

Sat 11/07/20 - 9:00am to 4:00pm

The Dharma is comprised of a rich legacy of teachings that are both aspirational and instructive. These teachings, many of them subtle, are often buried in long teaching stories, or discourses.  “As a Mountain of Rock: Meditating with the Suttas" is a unique program that introduces students to select phrases from the Pali Canon, the earliest recorded teachings of the Buddha, that contain clear meditation instructions aimed at liberating the mind. Through periods of meditation, reflection, and discussion, students will refine both their meditation skills and comprehension of Buddhist teachings by learning to engage the Dharma both experientially and analytically. 

This retreat is open to everyone with at least one year experience.

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There is a half day option for this retreat from 9am-12:30pm.  For those registered for the full day, we will break for lunch at 12:30pm and the retreat will resume at 1:30pm and end at 4pm.  

Once you have registered and paid for this retreat, you will be sent a confirmation email, along with the Zoom link for the retreat.

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Finding Refuge - With Jessica Morey

Sat 11/14/20 - 9:30am to 1:00pm

The Dharma was made for the times we find ourselves in - uncontrollable, uncertain, unequal, suffering made visible, delusion and confusion on display in ourselves and our world. Come take refuge together in the resources that the Buddha offered us over 2,500 years ago, that have sustained and liberated communities across the globe over those millenia. I invite you to come together to practice and support each other. During this morning of practice we will explore the meaning of refuge and our personal experience and understanding of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha - innate wisdom, nature and community.  Through practice and discussion we will discover together where we can reliably rest our hearts and minds.

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Once you have registered and paid for this retreat, you will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link.

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Satipatthana: The Foundations of Mindfulness - Part II: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone - With Chas DiCapua

Sun 11/22/20 - 9:00am to 12:30pm

In this three-part series, we will explore the first three foundations of mindfulness the Buddha laid out as the pathway to liberation. The October retreat will explore the first foundation, mindfulness of body, that we will use as an anchor for our attention throughout the series. This first retreat will be offered as a full day to support a deepening of this first, important foundation of mindfulness.

During the November retreat will explore mindfulness of feeling tone. How each experience at any of the six sense doors registers as pleasant, unpleasant or neutral.

Finally, in the December retreat, we will explore mindfulness of mind. Being aware of thoughts, emotions and mind states.

After this series of mindfulness meditations, the practitioner will have a solid foundation on which to continue to build their meditation practice on. While this series will be appropriate for beginning meditators, it is important to attend the October retreat if this is one’s first time doing Satipatthana practice.

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Once you have registered and paid for this retreat, you will be sent a confirmation email containing the Zoom link for the retreat. 

While this series will be appropriate for beginning meditators, it is important to attend the October retreat if this is one’s first time doing Satipatthana practice.

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Mindful Presence: An Online Retreat for Beginning and Newer Students - With Matthew Daniell

Sat 11/28/20 - 10:00am to 12:30pm

Insight meditation is a time-tested method of mind training that enables us to change our relationship to each moment’s experience, and thus our lives. In this online retreat, specially designed for beginners and those with limited meditation experience, we will systematically explore (through sitting and walking meditation periods, teachings, and discussion) how to calm and steady the mind and see more clearly.  As we strengthen this capacity we begin to move from suffering and reactivity to responsiveness, freshness and ease. We learn how to touch and live in the mindful moment.

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Once you have registered and paid for this retreat, you will be sent a confirmation email along with the Zoom link.

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