Vipassana Meditation: A Doorway In — A Retreat for New Students

Vipassana, or Insight Meditation, is the art of coming to know the body and heart directly and deeply. In this process, we can discover joy, healing and an ever-growing wisdom and compassion. This 2-day retreat will focus on the fundamentals of vipassana meditation....

Memorial Day Metta for Women

Lovingkindness meditation (metta) is a practice that teaches us how to cultivate forgiveness, kindness, open-hearted friendship and love toward ourselves and toward others. Originating in the Buddhist meditation traditions, metta practice has come to the West in...

The Noble Eightfold Path: A Study and Practice Retreat

The Buddha was interested solely in suffering and how to live free of it. Neither theorist, dogmatist, nor religious authority, the Buddha’s gift is the noble path, the middle way, the eightfold path of living without suffering. This Way of Life is guided by wise,...

Refuge of the Heart: An Insight Meditation Retreat

Every human being wants to be happy, even though we aren’t always sure how to go about it. The stress of perpetually rearranging the circumstances of our life takes its toll. Buddha suggested that we have underestimated the capacity of our hearts. Retreat helps us...