Releasing Body and Mind

by | Jan 7, 2023

On this retreat we will be learning simple-yet-potent practices that release body and mind. This approach to practice is centered around gentle and skillful resting of the body in an upright posture and letting a natural unfolding occur. Over time, body and mind...

Cultivating Insight

by | Jan 7, 2023

Insight meditation (vipassana in Pali, the language of the original Buddhist teachings) is the simple and direct practice of moment-to-moment mindfulness. Through careful and sustained observation, we experience for ourselves the ever-changing flow of the mind/body...

With the World on Fire, Embody the Eightfold Path

by | Jan 2, 2023

The Buddha gave the Noble Eightfold Path as a way to direct our lives away from entanglement and towards true freedom. As we find ourselves moving into increasing ecological crisis and its impact on the planet and our lives, the Buddha’s teaching becomes ever more...
Releasing and Greeting the New Year with Dhamma

Releasing and Greeting the New Year with Dhamma

by | Jan 1, 2023

This retreat will observe the annual passage from old year into new within the peace and beauty of Cloud Mountain, a safe refuge, while much of society indulges unhealthy tendencies of excess and stimulation. Dhamma teachings will encourage cultivating mindfulness...