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SUMMARY:Day-long with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 24\, 8:30-4:30 pm. Daylong Retreat with Dennis Warren\, SIM Founding Instructor. \nTHE ROLE OF THE “BRAHMA VIHARAS” IN AN INTEGRATED PATH OF PRACTICE \nThe Brahma Viharas – loving kindness\, compassion\, sympathetic joy & equanimity – are what we would call the “heart” qualities in Buddhist practice. We frequently understand these as powerful states of mind that have healing qualities and can act as antidotes to negative mind states. What is not so often clearly understood is their foundational role in an integrated path of practice. \nThis one day retreat will explore the nature of these four significant heart practices and how they are essential to a mature and integrated spiritual practice. \nPlease bring a lunch and plan on staying on-site all day. A microwave and refrigerator are available.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 890 57th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95819-3327\, United States
CATEGORIES:News,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161029T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161029T170000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
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SUMMARY:Day-long with Visiting Teacher\, Heather Sundberg
DESCRIPTION:Topic:  Equanimity: Freedom from Hope & Fear \n** This is daylong one of two\, which can be attended separately or together. The second daylong is scheduled for November 19th\, hosted by SBMG. \n“How do I respond wisely to the changing conditions of my life and the world? \n“How do I find Equanimity in the middle of hoping things will be OK & fearing they won’t be OK?” \nEquanimity is the Balance of the Non-Reactive mind & heart\, grounded in Wisdom\, which supports a deep Caring and leads to an Appropriate Response. The quality of Equanimity allows us to be less reactive\, more compassionate and wise in the face of the underlying conditioned patterns of Hope & Fear. In this daylong we will identify and investigate these underlying patterns\, how they manifest in our minds/lives\, and examine what it means to have a heart open in the midst of all things. Teachings and practices will focus on developing the qualities of embodied groundedness\, spaciousness\, mindfulness\, equanimity\, and lovingkindness. \nEnjoy a day of quiet sitting and walking meditation\, which allow our minds to settle down\, and our hearts to open to an inner wisdom. In addition to insight meditation practice\, Heather will guide Equanimity Practices through sitting meditation\, somatic practices to help settle and discharge reactivity\, teachings\, simple movement practice and plenty of discussion about how to live with increasing wisdom based on the teachings. \nHeather Sundberg has taught insight meditation since 1999 and has completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training. Beginning her own meditation practice in her late teens\, for the last 25 years\, Heather has studied with senior teachers in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) and Tibetan (Vajrayana) traditions and has sat 1-3 months of retreat a year for almost 20 years. Between 2010- 2015 she spent a cumulative one-year in study\, practice\, and pilgrimage in Asia. Since 2011\, she has been a Teacher at Mountain Stream Meditation Center and sister communities in the Sierra Foothills\, and also teaches nationally\, especially at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. For more information about Heather visit heathersundberg.com or www.mtstream.org.   \nDana (donation) The Teacher offers the teachings freely in the tradition of the Buddha\, and her livelihood is completely sustained by the generosity of the communities she serves. Dana (donation) for these priceless teachings will be gratefully accepted by the teacher\, giving participants the opportunity to freely engage in the practice of generosity\, the first step toward freedom.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-visiting-teacher-heather-sundberg/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:News,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161126T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161126T150000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
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SUMMARY:Day-long with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Gratitude: the easiest practice of all! \nGratitude is the sweetest of all the practices for living the dharma in daily life and the most easily cultivated\, requiring the least effort for what is gained in return. It is a very powerful form of mindfulness practice\, particularly for those who habitually look for what is wrong in a situation or person.  We will investigate the causes and conditions that cause gratitude and gratitude’s healing qualities. \nWe will start the day with gentle mindful movement\, with periods of sitting and walking leaving time for discussion.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:News,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161231T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161231T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20160717T045027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170321T195708Z
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SUMMARY:New Year’s Eve Day Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:Finding Balance In The New America \nThe landscape of American society and politics is in the process of significant change. Many of us find this period of transition confusing\, troubling\, destabilizing. The future seems so uncertain. What do we do? \nThis one day retreat\, with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\, will end 2016\, and begin 2017\, with an exploration of how we cannot just survive\, but engage and thrive in this new environment. It will take all of our dharmic skills\, as well as our creativity\, engagement and the support of our community. During this one day retreat\, we’ll rest\, practice together in silence\, share our common distress\, set a number of themes in a dharma talk\, and work with questions and answers. An important part of the day will involve examining our common dilemma and looking at how we can mobilize our resources to take care of ourselves\, our families\, our community and our country in 2017. Bring a lunch and plan on staying on-site all day\, including the lunch period. \nYour RSVP will help our volunteers plan and setup the event space appropriately. \n Scroll down to RSVP to the event.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:News,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170128T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170128T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20161011T234847Z
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SUMMARY:Day-long Retreat with Visiting Teacher\, Amma Thanasanti
DESCRIPTION:Event registration requested\nFrom Separation to Seamless Reality \nBuddhist teachings emphasize the link between dukkha\, an inner dissatisfaction that keeps us from enjoying life and the delusive view of the self that we are separate from others. During this meditation day\, we will explore the conceptual proliferation that generates the sense of self and turn towards the fullness\, peace and potential that is our ever-present nature. Ending conceptual proliferation reveals a seamless reality at the heart of everything and fundamentally changes our way of being and living. The day will be informed by mindful investigation of our direct experience\, and framed within teachings on emptiness\, pervasive awareness and love. \nLunch will be a potluck. Please bring a non-meat dish as well as your own plate\, napkin\, and eating utensils. Offerings will be made to Amma. (Amma welcomes plenty of vegetables\, eggs\, cottage cheese and foods low in carbohydrates\, low inflammation\, and gluten free. She tries to avoid rice or other grains\, potatoes and other nightshades\, and gluten.) \nThe daylong will be dana only. We are sharing travel and lodging expenses with SBMG\, so cost should be minimal. Your RSVP will help our volunteers plan and setup the event space appropriately. \n(Amma) Thanasanti Bhikkhuni was born in California. She was first introduced to Buddhism and insight meditation in 1979 in a class taught by Jack Engler. From that time she consciously committed to awakening and envisioned living her life as a nun. After completing a BA in Biology from UC Santa Cruz\, she worked as an analytical chemist. In 1987 she went on a pilgrimage to India\, Nepal and Thailand to meet Dipa Ma\, HIs Holiness Dalai Lama\, Ajahn Chah\, and Ajahn Buddhadasa. She joined the comunity of nuns living at both Amaravati and Chithurst Buddhist Monasteries in England. She received ordination in 1991. As part of her monastic life she has spent extensive time in retreat in the remote bush of Australia. She founded Awakening Truth whose mission is to combine Forest traditions teachings with modern teachings on integration to allow greater capacity to meet what is arising in ourselves\, our relationships and the world. Eventually\, she aims to create a Bhikkhuni training based on these principles. In August 2010\, after 19 years of being a nun\, she formally joined the Bhikkhuni Sangha at Aranya Bodhi Forest Hermitage\, Sonoma CA\, in the first Theravada Bhikkhuni ordination to be conducted in North America. Ayya Tathaaloka is her preceptor. She blends rigor with gentle loving encouragement to find your own way – finding a balance between fierce holding of the Dhamma and compassion\, tenderness\, humor and empowerment. Currently she is based at the Shakti Vihara hermitage in Santa Rosa\, California as a solitary alms mendicant nun where her time is interspersed between writing\, teaching\, time meditating in the nearby Annadale State Park and caring for her elderly Mom\, Marley Fein. \n Scroll down to RSVP/Register to the event.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-visiting-teacher-amma-thanasanti/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170225T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170225T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20161014T151044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170520T215852Z
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SUMMARY:*Day-Long Retreat with Senior Teacher\, Kamala Masters
DESCRIPTION:“The Three Pillars of the Dharma”\nThe practices of generosity\, harmonious living\, and the cultivation of wisdom comprise the fullness of the Buddha’s teaching. \nOnce a year\, typically in the month of February\, Sacramento Insight Meditation (SIM) hosts a visiting senior teacher to lead a one-day retreat that many people find to be a special event not to be missed. This year\, we are pleased to announce that our visiting teacher is Kamala Masters. (click here for her biography). To view the event flyer\, click here. \n\nAdditional Dana\n[give_form id=”3223″ show_title=”false” show_content=”above” display_style=”reveal”]\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. Expect a reply within 48 hours. \n[contact-form to=’woodenfaery@yahoo.com\, website@sactoinsight.org’ subject=’Question about Kamala Master’s Retreat’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Comments/Questions’ type=’textarea’/][/contact-form]
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-02252017/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170311T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170311T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20161125T211455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170321T195408Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class One-Day Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This retreat is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must be registered to the course to attend this retreat.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-one-day-retreat/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170325T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170325T150000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20161022T014900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170423T190328Z
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SUMMARY:*Day-long Retreat with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:“The most difficult person in your life is your best teacher…”  The Dalai Lama\nDay-long Retreat with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde. For a biography of Diane Wilde\, click here. \nAlong with periods of walking and meditation\, we will spend time investigating the “difficult person” in our lives through guided meditation and discussion.  When practicing metta (boundless friendliness)\, this person is traditionally defined as the “enemy.” Our goal with metta practice is to feel a sense of benevolence even to him or her!  Quite a goal and what a relief when it actually happens!\nPlease bring your lunch.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170422T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170422T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20161222T052500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170520T215616Z
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SUMMARY:*Day-long Retreat on Earth Day with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:Day-long Retreat on Earth Day with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard. \nThe Buddha touched the Earth as witness to his awakening. He encouraged meditating under trees. Our practice benefits ever-expanding circles of beings when we connect it to the Earth. In this daylong retreat on Earth Day\, we will combine mindful discussion with silent practice\, including outdoor awareness exercises\, working with the Four Elements\, and eating meditation. We will open to the grief and the joy of our current relationship with the Earth and all its inhabitants. \nBring a lunch and sun protection (hat and/or fragrance-free sunscreen). At the retreat and at the bottom of the webpage\, participants will have an opportunity to offer monetary dana. All dana collected will be shared with One Earth Sangha\, whose mission is “to bring the essential wisdom and practices from the Buddhist tradition to collective engagement on critical ecological crises.” \n\nAdditional Dana\n \n[give_form id=”3813″ show_title=”false” show_content=”above” display_style=”reveal”]\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. \n[contact-form to=’website@sactoinsight.org’ subject=’Question about April 22 Day-long Retreat’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Comments/Questions’ type=’textarea’/][/contact-form]
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-earth-day-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170520T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170520T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20161222T195708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170522T043526Z
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SUMMARY:*Day-long Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:Day-long Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren. For a biography of Dennis Warren\, click here. \nAttention & Mindful – An Exploration\nMindfulness is sometimes described as non-judgmental “bare” attention. As helpful as this general description may be\, it tends to cloud the fact that there is a significant difference between attention and mindfulness. They play separate and distinct roles in practice. And\, most importantly\, it gives no hint of the reality that attention and mindfulness are both purposeful in Buddhist practice. In a period of time when both of these terms are been uncoupled from their historical Buddhist meanings\, what do they mean for each of us as 21st century\, urban practitioners? \nThis will be a day of practice\, reflection\, experimentation and investigation: \n\n          What is the functional difference between attention and mindfulness?\n          What are we supposed to be paying attention to and being mindful of?\n          What does it mean that attention and mindfulness are purposeful in Buddhist practice?\n\nWhat is the relationship between the answers to these questions and the underlying psychology of the historical Buddha? \nWe’ll practice together inside the dharma hall\, and outside under the trees. The retreat format makes it appropriate for both experienced practitioners\, and those new to practice. \n\nAdditional Dana\n \n[give_form id=”4149″ show_title=”false” show_content=”above” display_style=”reveal”]
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-0520/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170624T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170624T170000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20161222T201404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170626T011214Z
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SUMMARY:*Day-long Retreat with Visiting Teacher\, Heather Sundberg
DESCRIPTION:Befriending Impermanence and Uncertainty\nHow do I stay grounded and open hearted in the midst of change and turmoil?\nHow do I drink deeply of the Refuge of Impermanence?\nHow can I further develop Non-Reactivity & Balance so I have more Clarity & Energy to Manifest an Appropriate Response? \n‘Mei Neh’\, as it’s said in the Thai\, “It’s uncertain.”  In this experiential daylong\, supported by community\, we will deeply explore the terrain of the world of changing conditions.  Through learning to recognize and release fear & reactivity in the body & mind\, we open to the spontaneous authenticity of fully living a life within uncertainty. \n\nBody Practices to settle the nervous system to decrease reactivity\nHeart Practices to work with fear\, which allows us open to & embrace change\nExploring Insights into Impermanence as a Refuge & a Joy!\n\nEnjoy a day of quiet sitting and walking meditation\, which allow our body & mind to settle down and our hearts to open to an inner wisdom. In addition to insight meditation practice\, Heather will offer teachings & guided meditations on the theme\, as well as optional Qi Gong practice & plenty of discussion about how to live these teachings in our daily lives. \nHeather Sundberg began teaching meditation
in 1999. She has completed the four-year Spirit Rock/ Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training. Beginning her own meditation practice in her late teens\, for twenty years Heather has studied with senior teachers in the Insight Meditation and Tibetan traditions\, and has sat 1-3 months of retreat a year for 20 years. She is a Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation Center in the Sierra Foothills\, and also teaches classes\, daylongs and retreats nationally\, especially at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. For more info\, visit www.heathersundberg.com. \nThe teachings are offered by donation (dana)\, an invitation to practice generosity\, and the teacher is entirely supported by the communities she serves. \n\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n05/21/2017 – Registration opens.\n06/19/2017 – SIM prefers to receive your registration fee on or before this date.\n06/24/2017 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. Expect a reply within 48 hours. If you are ready to register for the retreat\, click here. \n[contact-form to=’website@sactoinsight.org’ subject=’Question about June Day-long Retreat’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Comments/Questions’ type=’textarea’/][contact-field label=’Yes\, subscribe me to the eNews.’ type=’checkbox’/][/contact-form]
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-visiting-teacher-heather-sundberg/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170729T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170729T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20161222T204053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170731T030701Z
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SUMMARY:Day-long Retreat with Visiting Teacher Ayyas Santacitta
DESCRIPTION:For details about Ayya Santacitta from Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery\, click here. \nThe retreat theme is “Entering the Heart of Practice“. \nAt the heart of Buddhist practice is the union of wisdom & compassion\, cultivated through mindfulness and a skillful response to live. Through developing the qualities of the heart and seeing clearly\, we can transform ingrained habits that limit our experience and open hearts and minds to greater freedom. During this daylong we come together as a community to support each other by keeping Noble Silence. There will be a shared vegetarian meal; you are invited to bring…….. \n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. Expect a reply within 48 hours. If you are ready to register for the retreat\, click here. \n[contact-form to=’website@sactoinsight.org’ subject=’Question about July Day-long Retreat’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Comments/Questions’ type=’textarea’/][contact-field label=’Yes\, subscribe me to the eNews.’ type=’checkbox’/][/contact-form]
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-visiting-teachers-ayyas-santacitta-anandabodhi/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170826T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170826T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20161222T225127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170827T041746Z
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Day-long Retreat with Andrea Castillo and Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:The Five Spiritual Faculties/Las Cinco Facultades Espirituales \nIn this daylong\, we will explore the Five Spiritual Faculties through brief talks\, exercises\, and discussion. These qualities – faith (confidence)\, energy (effort)\, mindfulness\, concentration\, and wisdom – support our intention to be freed from suffering. They are pragmatic skills that can be developed and implemented in every day life as well as formal meditation. \nThe talks will be in English; discussion groups will be in Spanish (hosted by Andrea) and English (hosted by Rich). There will also be periods of silent meditation and mindful movement. Bring a potluck lunch item from your culture to share and plan to stay on the Sacramento Dharma Center (SDC) property to make the most of this day. There will be an opportunity to offer dana to the teacher. \nWe aspire to welcome all to this day of community and practice\, including the human varieties of gender identity\, sexual orientation\, cultural and ethnic background\, family situation\, and citizenship or immigration status. \n\nRetreat Flyer (PDF)\n\nANDREA CASTILLO\, originaria de la ciudad de México\, ha practicado la meditación introspectiva (Insight o Vipassana) desde 1998 con su maestro Gil Fronsdal y ha participado en aproximadamente un total de 9 meses de retiros residenciales. Andrea ha impartido el dharma en español desde 2011 en el Insight Meditation Center (IMC) y desde 2015 en Against the Stream\, San Francisco y en el Insight Santa Cruz. Obtuvo el doctorado en las Humanidades en 2009 de la Universidad de Stanford. También se graduó del Sati Center Chaplaincy Training Program\, y del Dharma Mentoring Training Program ofrecido en IMC por Gil Fronsdal y Andrea Fella. Actualmente participa en dos cursos para maestros: IMC Local Dharma Leaders en CA y el Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training en Massachusetts. \nRICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. He is a past president of the SIM Board. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s. His ancestors are from Ireland\, Mexico\, and Costa Rica. \n  \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. Expect a reply within 48 hours. If you are ready to register for the retreat\, click here. \n[contact-form to=’website@sactoinsight.org\, rich@sactoinsight.org\, mhowarduu@gmail.com’ subject=’Question about August Day-long Retreat’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Comments/Questions’ type=’textarea’/][contact-field label=’Yes\, subscribe me to the eNews.’ type=’checkbox’/][/contact-form]
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-andrea-castillo-rich-howard/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170930T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170930T153000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20170705T035538Z
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UID:4839-1506762000-1506785400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Mentor\, Rev. Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:“Finding balance in an unbalanced world.” A one-day retreat with SIM Community Mentor\, Rev. Diane Wilde \nCreating balance both in ourselves and in our efforts to alleviate harm to all sentient beings\, has never been so important.  Personal\, political and environmental issues are creating deep divisions and suffering.  Along with sitting and walking meditation\, we will discuss methods for creating equanimity or balance in our lives. Equanimity enables us to engage skillfully both our inner lives as well as the external world\, with wisdom and compassion. \nDuring the day\, we will practice light movement.  We will be eating our noon meal in silence\, so please bring a lunch. \n  \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n08/27/2017 – Registration opens.\n09/25/2017 – Registration fee paid on or before this date.\n09/30/2017 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. Expect a reply within 48 hours. \n[contact-form to=’website@sactoinsight.org\, terri.townsend@gmail.com’ subject=’Question about September Day-long Retreat ({name})’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Comments/Questions’ type=’textarea’/][contact-field label=’Yes\, subscribe me to the eNews.’ type=’checkbox’/][/contact-form] \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please mention this in the comments of contact information form shown above.\n——————
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171028T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171028T153000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20170804T043655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171029T195036Z
UID:5151-1509179400-1509204600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat with Ayya Santacitta and SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:The Brahmaviharas: Prescriptions for a Contented Life\nA Daylong Retreat with Ayya Santacitta from Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery and SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde. \nThe Brahmaviharas — also known as the Divine Abodes and/or the Four Immeasurables — are elevated states of mind that are cultivated through prescribed practice on the cushion\, and mindfulness practice in daily life. They are the antidotes for hatred\, cruelty\, jealousy and indifference. These difficult\, discursive states are replaced with benevolence\, compassion\, joy and equanimity. We will practice and discuss traditional methods of instilling these elevated in the mind\, as well as practical strategies for challenging situations in everyday life. \nEach participant will receive a gift packet of 4 booklets written by Ajahn Amaro that explains each specific Brahmavihara\, utilizing a light-hearted yet wise approach.\nAyya Santacitta will be available for practice interviews throughout the day. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. Expect a reply within 48 hours. \n[contact-form to=’website@sactoinsight.org; terri.townsend@gmail.com’ subject=’Question about October Daylong Retreat ({name})’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Comments/Questions’ type=’textarea’/][contact-field label=’Yes\, subscribe me to the eNews.’ type=’checkbox’/][/contact-form]
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-ayya-santacitta-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171111T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171111T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20170518T053010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170518T053010Z
UID:4334-1510389000-1510417800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class One-Day Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This retreat is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-one-day-retreat-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171125T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171125T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20170804T045750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171124T165316Z
UID:5165-1511598600-1511627400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher\, Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:Resting In Awareness and Experience\nA One Day Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren \nAt the center of long term practice is the ability to rest\, to abide\, in awareness. Practice becomes a refuge\, a comfort\, a self-restoring experience when we learn this skill\, even when challenges are present. This will be a day of examining the fundamentals and practices that allow us to abide and rest into our experiences. It will involve be a combination of examination\, reflection and guided experimentation. You will find something helpful during this day whatever your level of experience and practice.\nPlease plan on staying on-site during the day\, including bringing your own lunch. \nRegistration Details\nPre-registration is required to secure your space at the retreat. Registration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. In addition to the registration fee\, at the retreat there will be an opportunity to offer dana (in the form of a financial donation) to support the retreat presenter and Sacramento Insight Meditation. \nFor the registration fee\, we accept credit cards\, checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n10/29/2017 – Registration opens.\n11/24/2017 – Online registration closed. Register on the day of retreat in-person.\n11/25/2017 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. Expect a reply within 48 hours. \n[contact-form to=’website@sactoinsight.org\, barbbsim@gmail.com’ subject=’Question about November Daylong Retreat ({name})’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Comments/Questions’ type=’textarea’/][contact-field label=’Yes\, subscribe me to the eNews.’ type=’checkbox’/][/contact-form] \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please mention this in the comments of contact information form shown above.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/day-long-retreat-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171230T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171230T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20170920T041051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171125T033840Z
UID:5560-1514624400-1514651400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Mentor\, Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:Reflections on a Year of Practice\nA One Day Retreat with SIM Community Mentor Rich Howard \nThis will be a day of practice\, reflection\, and discussion as we honor the end of the year. Sitting and walking meditation will alternate with periods devoted to looking at how our practice is evolving. SIM Community Mentor Rich Howard will support these reflections with perspectives from “Altered Traits\,” a new book by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson that summarizes the science on “how meditation changes your mind\, brain\, and body.” Bring a lunch and plan to stay at the SDC all day. Half-day attendance is also fine. \nRegistration Details\nPre-registration is required to secure your space at the retreat. Registration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. In addition to the registration fee\, at the retreat there will be an opportunity to offer dana (in the form of a financial donation) to support the retreat presenter and Sacramento Insight Meditation. \nFor the registration fee\, we accept credit cards\, checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. If you plan to pay on the day of the retreat\, please register now using the “Register” button below. Specify “Offline Payment”; payment on the day of must be by check or exact cash amount. \n \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n11/24/2017 – Registration opens.\n12/26/2017 – Registration fee paid on or before this date.\n12/30/2017 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. Expect a reply within 48 hours. If you are ready to register for the retreat\, click here. \n[contact-form to=’website@sactoinsight.org\, barbbsim@gmail.com’ subject=’Question about December Daylong Retreat ({name})’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Comments/Questions’ type=’textarea’/][contact-field label=’Yes\, subscribe me to the eNews.’ type=’checkbox’/][/contact-form] \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please mention this in the comments of contact information form shown above.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-sim-community-mentor-rich-howard/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180127T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180127T160000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20171016T033723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180206T003637Z
UID:5848-1517041800-1517068800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher\, Steve Armstrong
DESCRIPTION:Awareness\, Insight and Liberation\nDaylong Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher\, Steve Armstrong\n \nThe day will focus on integrating the mindfulness meditation instructions of Mahāsi Sayadaw with the practical mindful awareness guidance of Sayadaw U Tejaniya. This event is suitable for both new and experienced meditators. People of all walks of life are warmly welcome. \nSteve will offer a clear path for developing clarity of awareness with each arising moment. This leads to stability of mind and the insightful knowledge of liberation. Such knowledge weakens deeply conditioned habits of mind that cause unhappiness\, and strengthens conditions for an enduring sense of well-being. \nPlease plan to bring a lunch so there’s no need to leave the SDC building while at the retreat. \n\nRetreat Flyer (.PDF)\n\nSteve Armstrong has studied the dhamma and practiced insight meditation since 1975. He served for years at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre\, Massachusetts as Executive Director\, Board member and a senior teacher of the annual three-month retreat. As a monk in Burma for 5 years\, he undertook the intensive\, silent practice of insight and lovingkindness meditations under the guidance of Sayadaw U Pandita\, as well as studying the abhidhamma with Sayadaw U Zagara of Australia. He continues his practice under the guidance of Sayadaw U Tejaniya in Rangoon. \nHe has been leading meditation retreats internationally since 1990 and is a co-founding director and teacher of the Vipassana Metta Foundation dhamma sanctuary on Maui. He was the Managing Editor of the translation committee that in 2016 brought to publication the much anticipated Manual of Insight by Mahasi Sayadaw\, previously unavailable to the international meditation community in English. \nRegistration Details\nThose who register and attend this one day retreat will receive an initial priority registration opportunity for the 2018 SIM residential retreat with Steve in a forest retreat center near Foresthill (September 7 to 14.) Pre-registration is required to secure your space at this retreat. Registration is $35.00 per person due before the start of the event. In addition to the registration fee\, at the retreat there will be an opportunity to offer dana (in the form of a financial donation) to support the retreat presenter and Sacramento Insight Meditation. You may also offer dana online at the bottom of this webpage. \nFor the registration fee\, we accept checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n12/05/2017- Registration opens.\n01/24/2018 – Registration fee paid on or before this date.\n01/26/2018 – Registrations online closed; come to the retreat on Jan 27 and register in person as space permits.\n01/27/2018 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. Expect a reply within 48 hours. If you are ready to register for the retreat\, use the REGISTER button shown above. \n[contact-form to=”website@sactoinsight.org\, rhowarda@gmail.com” subject=”Question about January Daylong Retreat ({name})”][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”1″][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”1″][contact-field label=”Comments/Questions” type=”textarea”][contact-field label=”Yes\, subscribe me to the eNews.” type=”checkbox”][/contact-form] \n  \nRetreat Dana\nAt the event a “Dana Bowl” will be provided so you may provide additional financial support via cash or check. Or you may submit a donation online using the DONATE button below. \n[give_form id=”6404″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] \n 
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-visiting-senior-teacher-steve-armstrong/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180224T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180224T153000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20171016T035047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180223T193122Z
UID:5861-1519462800-1519486200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:What have you learned from your “teachers”\, and what lessons do you provide others.\nDaylong Retreat with SIM Community Mentor\, Diane Wilde \nWe will start the morning off with gentle movement and move into periods of sitting and walking meditation throughout the day. \nDuring this daylong we will go into further depth about what we look for in our teachers. We will also discuss the various teachers we have met and the lessons they have offered that supported us along the path. It’s important to remember that lessons come in all shapes and sizes… and often are not the ones we expected or even wanted! We will also spend time on reflecting on the lessons and legacies we leave to others. \nCome for all day or for a portion of the day. Please bring your lunch. \nRegistration Details\nPre-registration is required to secure your space at the retreat. Registration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. In addition to the registration fee\, at the retreat there will be an opportunity to offer dana (in the form of a financial donation) to support the retreat presenter and Sacramento Insight Meditation. \nFor the registration fee\, we accept credit cards\, checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. \nNOTE: Registration via this website is closed however you can register in person on the day of the event. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n02/05/2018 – Registration opens.\n02/22/2018 – Registration fee paid on or before this date.\n02/23/2018 – Registration via this website closes however you can register in person on the day of the event.\n02/24/2018 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nUse the form below only if you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions. Expect a reply within 48 hours. \n[contact-form to=”website@sactoinsight.org” subject=”Question about Feb 24 Daylong Retreat ({name})”][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”1″][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”1″][contact-field label=”Comments/Questions” type=”textarea”][contact-field label=”Yes\, subscribe me to the eNews.” type=”checkbox”][/contact-form] \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please mention this in the comments of contact information form shown above.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180331T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180331T170000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20171016T040331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180404T140635Z
UID:5876-1522490400-1522515600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg
DESCRIPTION:Integrating Insights into Our Daily Lives\nThis will be a beautiful peaceful day of Practice including both Sitting and Walking Meditation. There may also be time for questions\, answers and reflections. All are welcome. Come for all day or for a portion of the day. Please bring your lunch. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nAbout Heather Sundberg \nRegistration Details\nPre-registration is required to secure your space at the retreat. Registration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. In addition to the registration fee\, at the retreat there will be an opportunity to offer dana (in the form of a financial donation) to support the retreat presenter and Sacramento Insight Meditation. \nFor the registration fee\, we accept checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n02/23/2018 – Registration opens.\n03/28/2018 – Registration fee paid on or before this date.\n03/30/2018 – Registration via this website is closed however you can register in person on the day of the event.\n03/31/2018 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please mention this in the comments of contact information form shown above.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-with-visiting-senior-teacher-heather-sundberg/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180428T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180428T153000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20180213T223412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180501T221848Z
UID:7296-1524906000-1524929400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Mentor Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:“Blowin’ in the Wind”: The Eight Worldly Winds are “the way of the world”. Only equanimity brings balance.\n Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Mentor Rev. Diane Wilde \n \nEquanimity is a protection from the “eight worldly winds”: praise and blame\, success and failure\, pleasure and pain\, fame and disrepute. Becoming attached to or excessively elated with success\, praise\, fame or pleasure can be a set-up for suffering when the winds of life change direction\, which is inevitable. \nThe practice of equanimity is one of the most sublime emotions of Buddhist practice. It is the ground for wisdom and freedom and the protector of compassion and love. While some may think of equanimity as dry neutrality or cool aloofness\, mature equanimity produces a radiance and warmth of being. \nYet when we are actually entangled in one of the eight worldly winds\, equanimity often seems a practice that is beyond our ability. At this daylong retreat\, we will discuss the teachings on — and practices that develop equanimity — as well as learning from each other as we share our own experiences\, both skillful and unskillful\, with the eight worldly winds. \nThe day will include gentle mindful movement\, periods of sitting and walking\, a Dharma discussion and sharing. \nPlease bring your lunch.  \nDIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (BP3) in 2010.  Since 2003\, she has been a BP3 prison chaplain and aids in coordination of 75 volunteers who offer Buddhist services at numerous California prisons and jails. She is a graduate of Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy program and graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leadership Training Program. She is a board member of Sati Center for Buddhist Studies\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, Buddhist Pathways Prison Project and California Dept. of Corrections Volunteer Advisory Board. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by her teacher Gil Fronsdal. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n03/21/2018 – Registration opens.\n04/20/2018 – Registration fee paid on or before this date.\n04/27/2018 – Registration via this website is now closed however you can register in person on the day of the event.\n04/282018 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nRegistration Details\nPre-registration is required to secure your space at the retreat. Registration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. In addition to the registration fee\, at the retreat there will be an opportunity to offer dana (in the form of a financial donation) to support the retreat presenter and Sacramento Insight Meditation.\nFor the registration fee\, we accept checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nRegistration via this website is now closed however you can register in person on the day of the event. \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please contact the retreat registrar for more information.. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \n 
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-sim-community-mentor-diane-wilde-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180519T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180519T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20171116T021235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171116T021235Z
UID:6174-1526718600-1526747400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class One-Day Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This retreat is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-one-day-retreat-3/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20180213T224747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180527T224644Z
UID:7299-1527325200-1527352200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat with Franz Moeckl - Qigong and Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Qigong and Meditation Daylong Retreat\nYou will learn (besides other moves) the “Master-Exercise”\, a simple and beautiful Qigong movement meditation from the Wudang mountain in China.\n“Ehi Pasiko”…come and see for yourself! \nEveryone welcome. Those with any previous Qigong practice experience and current/past workshop participants encouraged to attend. \n \nFRANZ MOECKL has practiced Qigong and Tai Chi for more than 35 years. He lived in a Taoist hermitage in the Rocky Mountains; spent time as a monk in Burma and Thailand; and has trained and taught at Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) clinic in MA. Franz now lives at the holy mountain of Arunachala in So. India & he teaches worldwide which includes Sacramento each year. \nAll classes are offered on Dana (donation) an ancient practice of generosity. Your donations help support the livelihood of the teacher\, including travel and a few related workshop expenses\, as well as the continuation of the teachings. \nAs this event is co-hosted with Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group. \nRegistration\nFor more information or to register to this event\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-franz-moeckl/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180630T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180630T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20180415T171431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180702T003639Z
UID:7825-1530347400-1530376200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat with Dennis Warren - Integration
DESCRIPTION:A One Day Retreat With Exploratory Experiential Practices \n7 Factors of Awakening\, 8 Fold Path\, Sitting Meditation\, Daily Life\, Relationships. \nThose pre-registering will receive a set of questions and an experiential  exercise  to work with prior to the one day retreat. \nRetreat Flyer (.pdf) \nDENNIS WARREN is SIM’s Founder Teacher. He teaches traditional meditation and mindfulness practices as well as their contemporary uses with chronic pain\, anxiety\, depression\, burn out\, professional performance and in therapy. He has nearly thirty years of practice experience and residential retreat work in Insight (Vipassana) Meditation. Dennis is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leadership program and has completed the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression Relapse (MBCT). He has been a Volunteer Clinical Professor since 2006 in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine focusing on mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain. He has lead two Moving Retreats and Pilgrimages in Thailand\, Northern India\, and Nepal in the last ten years. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n05/27/2018 – Registration opens.\n06/26/2018 – Registration fee paid on or before this date.\n06/29/2018 – Registration via this website will close on Friday 6/29 at 7:00 pm.\n06/30/2018 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nRegistration Details\nPre-registration is required to secure your space at the retreat. Before registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. It’s not necessary to Log in before purchasing and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper. On the left side\, specify the number of people you are registering to this course. On the right side\, click the button “Buy now” and you’ll be automatically directed to a secure webpage where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one. \nFor the registration fee\, we also accept checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. \n[give_form id=”4149″ show_title=”true” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] \nIn addition to the registration fee\, you may also offer dana (in the form of a financial donation) online using the Donate button shown above; simply enter the amount you’d like to give. At the retreat there will also be an opportunity to offer dana via cash or check. All dana supports the retreat presenter and Sacramento Insight Meditation. \n“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please contact the retreat registrar for more information.. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-dennis-warren-integration/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180728T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180728T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20180415T172620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180728T234728Z
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SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat with Lori Wong - Seeing With The Eyes of Kwan Yin
DESCRIPTION:Seeing With The Eyes of Kwan Yin\nDaylong Retreat with Visiting Mentor\, Lori Wong \nIn this daylong\, we will explore blind spots: how to know what we don’t know\, see what we don’t see — in the framework of suffering and compassion. We’ll look at personal and collective identity and privilege and their role in how we show up. The day will include meditation\, experiential and interactive exercises\, and reflection.  \n\nRetreat Flyer (pdf)\n\n \nLORI WONG is the founding teacher of Insight Meditation Central Valley\, a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader program\, and has been offering mindfulness and dharma teachings in the Central Valley since 2009. She has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2003 under the guidance of Gil Fronsdal\, who is the principal and founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center (IMC) in Redwood City\, CA. She is a former board member and former president of IMC\, a former board member of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies  has volunteered for the Buddhist Pathways Prison Project\, and was a founding board member of the Buddhist Insight Network.\nShe is also a Stanford-certified Compassion Cultivation Training™ (CCT) teacher\, trained through Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and a senior CCT teacher for the Compassion Institute. She has been teaching the CCT protocol since 2014 for the general public as well as for staff of various agencies\, including St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton and the Modesto Vet Center and Stanislaus County Department of Aging and Veteran Services. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n\n\n05/27/2018 – Registration opens.\n07/27/2018 – Online Registration closed. Please register in person at the start of the retreat.\n07/28/2018 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\n\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. It’s not necessary to Log in before purchasing and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper. On the left side\, specify the number of people you are registering to this course. On the right side\, click the button “Buy now” and you’ll be automatically directed to a secure webpage where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one.\nFor the registration fee\, we accept checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please contact the retreat registrar for more information.. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-lori-wong/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T160000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20180415T174424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180831T051835Z
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SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat with Ayya Santacitta and Rev. Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:The Art & Science of Letting It Be\nA Daylong Retreat with Ayya Santacitta and Rev. Diane Wilde \nGrasping is not something done by the self\, but rather the self is something created by grasping. \n“What” are we letting be? What does it mean when we just let things be? Do we accept without concern the state of the world\, cruelty\, climate change\, misogyny\, racism\, etc? Perhaps we are more precise when we say “letting it be” means not adding onto the already cumbersome\, suffering self-identity that we carry around. \nToday’s daylong will address the issues that present themselves when we practice “letting it be”\, along with periods of meditation and mindful movement. \nPlease bring a vegetarian dish to share. Along with sharing with each other\, we will offer Ayya Santacitta her meal of the day. \nAYYA SANTACITTA was born in Austria and has a multifaceted background in hotel management\, ethnology and avant-garde dance theater. Her first teacher was Ajahn Buddhadasa\, who sparked her interest in Buddhist monastic life. She has practiced meditation for 30 years and trained as a nun in both the East and West since 1993\, primarily in the lineage of Ajahn Chah. Since 2002 she has also received teachings in the lineage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Ayya Santacitta is co-founder of Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery\, where she has resided since 2009 and took Bhikkhuni Ordination in 2011. She is particularly interested in creating sanctuary close to nature\, practicing in community\, and bringing wisdom traditions to the environmental movement. \n \nDIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (BP3) in 2010. Since 2003\, she has been a BP3 prison chaplain and aids in coordination of 75 volunteers who offer Buddhist services at numerous California prisons and jails. She is a graduate of Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy program and graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leadership Training Program. She is a board member of Sati Center for Buddhist Studies\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, Buddhist Pathways Prison Project and California Dept. of Corrections Volunteer Advisory Board. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by her teacher Gil Fronsdal. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n05/27/2018 – Registration opens.\n08/24/2018 – Registration via this website will close at 8:00 pm.\n08/25/2018 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. It’s not necessary to Log in before purchasing and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper. On the left side\, specify the number of people you are registering to this course. On the right side\, click the button “Buy now” and you’ll be automatically directed to a secure webpage where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please contact the retreat registrar for more information.. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-santacitta-wilde/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180915
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20171112T062245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180914T232846Z
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SUMMARY:2018 SIM Residential Retreat
DESCRIPTION:SIM Residential Retreat with John Travis – Friday\, September 7 through Friday\, 12:00 Noon\, September 14\, 2018 \nJohn Travis\, another of SIM’s Senior Teachers who has taught many of our retreats in the past\, has graciously volunteered to teach for us again this year.  SIM is very grateful to John for his willingness to step in and lead this retreat in place of Steve Armstrong. \nFrom Effort to Ease\nThis seven-night retreat in a forest retreat grounds just outside Foresthill\, California in the Sierra Nevada foothills is suitable for both new and experienced meditators. People of all walks of life are warmly welcome. \nJohn will emphasize the simple discipline of walking and sitting.\nResting with the good heart and unruffled mind.\nSeeing that when there is great ease there is also effortless freedom. \nBuddha emphasized over and over that it takes effort to follow the path of Dharma.\nYet the ultimate result is about the nature of ease.\nWe use effort to see into the nature of a fearful and restless mind/heart.\nThen the fundamentals of insight:\n– relaxing in the deepest recesses of our psyche\n– diminishing the power of anxiousness and dis-ease.\nUltimately finding its own good heart and relaxed mind. \nJOHN TRAVIS is the founding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation Center and a member of the Senior Teachers Council of Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He studied in Asia for many years with many of the Buddhist masters who have influenced a generation of American meditation teachers—Thubten Yeshe\, Kalu Rinpoche\, Anagarika Munidra\, S.N. Goenka\, and Traungpula. He has also trained with and received teaching authorization from Jack Kornfield.\nJohn was a critical force in the early growth of the Sacramento meditation community through his regular presence\, guidance\, and teachings during the 1990s. His sound and thoughtful advice has been instrumental to the development of Sacramento Insight Meditation. He now teaches regularly in various meditation centers in the United States and overseas. His teachings are characterized by his kindness\, compassion\, the depth of his meditation experience\, and his ability to see deeply into the minds and hearts of those with whom he is working.    More…  \n\nRetreat Flyer (.pdf)\n\nCost\nWe’ve worked very hard to keep cost down. Registration fees are substantially lower than previous years. You can select from two different registration fee levels:     Regular: $700.00       Donor Level:  $775.00\nBoth levels cover the costs of accommodations\, meals and administration. Donor level registration reduces overall retreat costs and supports scholarship assistance for participants facing special financial demands. \nRegistration\n\nPriority Registration including $400.00 deposit for those attending Steve’s January one day retreat opens January 25 and closes February 15.\nOpen Registration including $400.00 deposit for those who did not attend Steve’s January one day retreat opens February 16. You may\, however\, register and pay the $400.00 deposit as soon as January 27. Such registrations will be accepted beginning February 16 based on date of registration order.\n\nRegistration fees do not cover any financial support for the retreat teacher. An opportunity will be provided at the end of the retreat for voluntary donations for the teacher. Upon registration\, you will receive a confirming email and a participant package of documents approximately 1 month prior to the retreat. \nTo register to the retreat\, or to include your name on the wait list\, or to pay the retreat deposit\, or to pay any remaining balance of registration fees\, simply click the orange “Register” button. \n\n \nCancellations\n\nUp to June 5\, full refund.\nAfter June 5 and up to July 15\, $400 deposit will be retained by SIM.\nAfter July 15\, no refunds will be given. A waiver of this policy will be considered in limited circumstances based on application demonstrating financial hardship.\n\nDana\nIf you’re attending the retreat and would like to offer a retreat donation by credit card\, click here. \nContact the Registrar\nFor more information or for questions\, contact the retreat registrar using the form below: \n[contact-form to=”registrar@sactoinsight.org\, website@sactoinsight.org” subject=”To REGISTRAR: Residential Retreat with J. Travis ({name})”][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”1″][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”1″][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea”][/contact-form] \n 
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/2018-residential-retreat/
LOCATION:Community of the Great Commission\, 30303 Chicken Hawk Road\, Foresthill\, CA\, 95631\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180929T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180929T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20180415T175153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181010T233053Z
UID:7832-1538209800-1538238600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:Assessing Your Practice\nDaylong Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren \nPERFORMANCE\nSATISFACTION\nWELL_BEING \nA one day Mindfulness retreat with an in-depth exploration of a user-friendly practice self-assessment tool. \n\n  \n  \nDENNIS WARREN is the Founder Teacher of Sacramento Insight Meditation (SIM). He teaches traditional meditation and mindfulness practices as well as their contemporary uses with chronic pain\, anxiety\, depression\, burn out\, professional performance and in therapy. He has nearly thirty years of practice experience and residential retreat work in Insight (Vipassana) Meditation. Dennis is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leadership program and has completed the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression Relapse (MBCT). He has been a Volunteer Clinical Professor since 2006 in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine focusing on mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain. He has lead two Moving Retreats and Pilgrimages in Thailand\, Northern India\, and Nepal in the last ten years. \n\nRetreat Flyer (.pdf)\n\nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n07/28/2018 – Registration opens.\n09/28/2018 – Online Registration closed. Please register in person at the start of the retreat.\n09/29/2018 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. It’s not necessary to Log in before purchasing and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper. On the left side\, specify the number of people you are registering to this course. On the right side\, click the button “Buy now” and you’ll be automatically directed to a secure webpage where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one.\nFor the registration fee\, we accept checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. Day-of registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis\, contingent on availability of space. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nVolunteer Opportunities\nIt “takes a village” to put on a large event for our community. If you would be available to assist in set-up\, take-down\, tea service\, providing flowers or other duties for the event\, please contact the retreat registrar for more information.. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-sep-29/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181013T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181013T163000
DTSTAMP:20260729T031236
CREATED:20180427T000614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180427T000900Z
UID:7971-1539419400-1539448200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class One-Day Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This retreat is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-one-day-retreat-4/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Retreat
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