by staff2080 | Sep 17, 2022
In this teaching you will learn four meditation practices rooted in tradition and confirmed by neuroscience. The four practices include heart-based–metta/bodhicitta; focused attention–samatha; open monitoring–vipassana; and...
by staff2080 | Sep 17, 2022
The first Enlightenment Intensive was given as an experiment in 1968. Inspired by Philip Kapleau’s, Three Pillars of Zen, a western teacher combined the Koan practice and orientation to sudden awakening of the Zen sesshin with face-to-face contact and...
by staff2080 | Sep 17, 2022
The format of this supported self-retreat offers a spacious, largely unstructured daily schedule to allow participants to guide their own practice. In order to help make this the most productive period of practice possible, each participant will meet with Carole early...
by staff2080 | Sep 17, 2022
During this 6-day retreat you will be supported to develop and/or deepen your mindfulness practice in a natural and sustainable way. The phrase “When Awareness Becomes Natural,” the title of Sayadaw U Tejaniya’s most recent book, highlights the possibility of...
by staff2080 | Sep 17, 2022
During this three-day winter retreat, we will cultivate a deep awareness of ourselves through steady and compassionate attention. Insight meditation invites us to disengage from our usual enmeshment with thinking and discover a sensitivity and intimacy with life....