Awakening

Are you pulled to realize the full abiding contentment of the heart? Do you sense that possibility now? It is the intention of this retreat to serve the needs of the student who sincerely wishes to explore the liberating depth of the Buddha’s teachings and to...

Anapanasati: Mindfulness with Breathing

What does a well-rounded meditation practice look like? It: * integrates all four applications of mindfulness; * deepens concentration, calm abiding, joy, and freedom; * fosters abundant insight and clear seeing; * cultivates the seven factors of awakening leading to...

Resting Into Naturalness

Vipassana, or Insight Meditation, is the art of coming to know the body and heart directly and deeply. The practice of attending to our moment-to-moment experience with growing interest, acceptance and care cultivates a deepening awareness and creates the possibility...

Embodied Awakening: First Foundation of Mindfulness

In our increasingly fast-paced technological world, developing and deepening the capacities of Embodied Presence – grounding, settling, clearing, protecting & energizing – have become some of the most important “dharmas of our times” for both Beginning...