Insights with Breathing

A wide range of insights emerge from attending to breathing using the Buddha’s original instructions. With care and curiosity, we inquire with these important mind-body processes associated with breathing. While some of these are familiar to the traditional language...

Cooling the Mind, Warming the Heart

Cooling the mind begins with developing our ability to resolve our own negative thoughts and emotions like desire, irritation, anger, resentment, confusion, etc., the things that make our mind “hot” and bring unhappiness. This first step in cooling the mind also...

Loving and Letting-go

At the heart of the Buddha’s teachings we find these two qualities of compassion and wisdom that I call “loving and letting-go”. During our days of practice together we will be touching into these qualities, bringing them more fully present through our awareness of...

CANCELED

This retreat has been canceled due to health challenges.      

Awareness, Wisdom, and the Release of the Heart

Awareness is the natural capacity of the mind, it simply recognizes the present moment. During this retreat we will cultivate a wise and relaxed interest in awareness as it recognizes that experience is being known. It is awareness that illuminates the underlying...