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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:20171002T222108Z
CREATED:20170705T035538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171002T222108Z
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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:20171029T195036Z
CREATED:20170804T043655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171029T195036Z
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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:20170518T053010Z
CREATED:20170518T053010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170518T053010Z
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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 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:20171124T165316Z
CREATED:20170804T045750Z
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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:20171125T033840Z
CREATED:20170920T041051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171125T033840Z
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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:20180206T003637Z
CREATED:20171016T033723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180206T003637Z
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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:20180223T193122Z
CREATED:20171016T035047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180223T193122Z
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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:20180404T140635Z
CREATED:20171016T040331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180404T140635Z
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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:20180501T221848Z
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:20171116T021235Z
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:20180527T224644Z
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:20180702T003639Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180728T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180728T163000
DTSTAMP:20180728T234728Z
CREATED:20180415T172620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180728T234728Z
UID:7827-1532766600-1532795400@sactoinsight.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T160000
DTSTAMP:20180831T051835Z
CREATED:20180415T174424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180831T051835Z
UID:7830-1535187600-1535212800@sactoinsight.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180915
DTSTAMP:20180914T232846Z
CREATED:20171112T062245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180914T232846Z
UID:6131-1536278400-1536969599@sactoinsight.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180929T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180929T163000
DTSTAMP:20181010T233053Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181013T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181013T163000
DTSTAMP:20180427T000900Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181020T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181020T163000
DTSTAMP:20180828T044533Z
CREATED:20180723T001305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T044533Z
UID:8629-1540027800-1540053000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:MBSR Course One-Day Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction retreat is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat. For course registration details\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/mbsr-retreat/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat,Study Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181027T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181027T153000
DTSTAMP:20181031T201350Z
CREATED:20180830T030757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T201350Z
UID:8922-1540629900-1540654200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:Be A Lamp Unto Yourselves\nDaylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde\n“Be a lamp unto yourselves” were the last words the Buddha uttered to his grieving disciples as he achieved paranibbana\, or complete liberation. He left no heirs — no recommended teachers\, but rather advised those gathered around him to depend on the Dhamma itself. \nBecause of this last teaching\, practitioners read\, study\, attend retreats\, come to regular weekly sittings and attempt to understand the Dharma in order to cultivate that inner\, wise compassionate teacher. We hope that our “inner-teacher” is the one who always takes the right action\, in thought word and deed. And yet\, for most of us\, we continually question ourselves\, our practice and our motives. Today we will have a conversation about becoming our own teacher\, and methods for assessing how we are doing and how to begin trusting ourselves and our practice… no matter where we are on the path. \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\n08/29/2018 – Registration opens.\n10/26/2018 – Registration via this website closed at 8:00 pm. You may register in person the morning of the event.\n10/27/2018 – 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-oct-27/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181124T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181124T160000
DTSTAMP:20181203T034743Z
CREATED:20180830T031727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181203T034743Z
UID:8929-1543050000-1543075200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:Gratitude\, Forgiveness\, and Gratitude\nDaylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard\n“Gratitude is thankfulness taken to the next level” says Betsy Henry\, aka Zen Mama. In this day combining silent practice with group discussion\, we will begin and end by cultivating gratitude in the context of our awareness practice. In between\, we will use guided meditations developed by Dennis Warren to move through forgiveness for ourselves and others. This practice allows us to be fully human and to let go of old holding patterns. We may even find a way to be grateful for past hurts. \nPlease bring your lunch and dress in layers for outside walking. \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 served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. He is currently enrolled in Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \n\nFlyer (.pdf) Daylong Retreat Nov 2018\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\n10/19/2018 – Registration opens.\n11/23/2018 – Registration via this website closed at 6:30 pm.\n11/24/2018 – 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-nov-24/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181229T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181229T160000
DTSTAMP:20181230T040926Z
CREATED:20181019T215357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181230T040926Z
UID:9291-1546072200-1546099200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Year-End One Day Retreat - Dennis Warren - Endings and Beginning
DESCRIPTION:Endings And Beginning\nA Year-End One Day Retreat– with Sim’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nThis will be a day of practice and an opportunity to rest a little from all the events of 2018. \nWe’ll engage in some thoughtful reflection on the nature of change and how our choices and decisions shape our lives\, and impact the lives of those around us. We’ll also look at our intentions for the New Year\, and the role intention plays in guiding our choices and decisions.\nThe day will begin at 830 am and end at 400 pm. Bring your own lunch and plan on staying on-site the whole day. \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. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n10/19/2018 – Registration opens.\n12/28/2018 – Registration via this website is currently closed however you may still register on location at the start of the event.\n12/29/2018 – 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.\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-dec-29/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190126T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190126T160000
DTSTAMP:20190126T043449Z
CREATED:20181204T044205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190126T043449Z
UID:9669-1548491400-1548518400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:Beginning Anew\nA One Day Retreat– with Sim’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nThis will be a relaxed day of practice involving alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation\, movement and discussion. We’ll explore what it means to “look in the right place” and “look the right way” when trying to work with challenges like doubt\, confusion\, restlessness\, worry and anxiety. We’ll do this through trying different approaches to experiencing things directly\, rather than intellectually. We’ll engage in some thoughtful reflection on the how the choices and decisions we make in dealing with these core life challenges shape not just our own lives\, and but impact the lives of those around us. \nAll are welcome. Come for all day or for a portion of the day. Please bring your lunch. \n\nEvent flyer (.pdf file)\n\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. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n12/11/2018 – Registration opens.\n01/25/2019 – Registration via this website is closed however we invite you to register in person on the day of the retreat.\n01/26/2019 – 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. Day-of registration is available and we accept checks and cash. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \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-jan-26/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190216T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190216T163000
DTSTAMP:20181204T214250Z
CREATED:20181204T214250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T214250Z
UID:9711-1550305800-1550334600@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-5/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190223T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190223T153000
DTSTAMP:20190223T043907Z
CREATED:20181230T213505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190223T043907Z
UID:9980-1550912400-1550935800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat - Diane Wilde - Not clinging to self-identity
DESCRIPTION:Not clinging to self-identity\nA One Day Retreat– with SIM’s Community Teacher Diane Wilde\nNot clinging to Self-identity is the first “marker” on the path to liberation — and could be divided into both exterior and interior ‘processes’. Our exterior self-identity fixates on how we need to be seen by acquaintances and strangers with our predefined narrative. We want our “specialness” to be recognized. Our interior self-identity is a confusing contrivance which is constantly changing\, re-evaluating and re-constructing itself. In fact\, our mutating interior self-identity causes even more suffering than the outward modality in which we face the world. In contemporary terms\, working with self-identity might be defined as\, learning how to not take ourselves so seriously. At our daylong we will learn from traditional Buddhist teachings\, as well as contemporary teachers\, how to start releasing this bag of tricks that ultimately makes no sense at all. We may even begin to see the truth that clinging to self-identity is ultimately the source of our suffering… and begin to let go. \nOur day will be mostly in silence except for periods of discussion/Dhamma talk. \nPlease bring a lunch and if possible\, your own plates\, cups and utensils. \n\nRetreat Flyer (.pdf)\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. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n12/30/2018 – Registration opens.\n02/22/2019 – Registration via this website is closed however there is still space so come to the retreat and register in person.\n02/23/2019 – 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.\nFor the registration fee paid in person\, 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-feb-23/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190330T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190330T170000
DTSTAMP:20190330T070044Z
CREATED:20190123T010808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190330T070044Z
UID:10188-1553936400-1553965200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat with Vance Pryor - Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom
DESCRIPTION:A One Day Retreat with visiting Teacher Vance Pryor\nRetreat Theme: Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom\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. \n\nRetreat Flyer (.pdf)\n\nNote that Vance Pryor\, along with Kamala Masters\, will also be teaching at SIM’s 7-night retreat in September 2019. For details about the residential retreat\, click here. \n \nVANCE PRYOR\, PsyD\, began insight meditation in 1998. He has been deeply influenced by the teachings of Sayadaw U Pandita and Sayadaw U Tejaniya. His training to become a teacher has been supported by the mentorship of Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters. He is currently participating in Insight Meditation Society’s 2017-2021 Teacher Training Program. \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. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n01/22/2019 – Registration opens.\n03/29/2019 – Registration via this website is closed however there is space. Come and register in person on the day of the event.\n03/30/2019 – 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 on the day of the event\, 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-mar-30/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190427T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190427T150000
DTSTAMP:20190409T134416Z
CREATED:20190223T052525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190409T134416Z
UID:10572-1556353800-1556377200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat - Diane Wilde - The Five Daily Recollections
DESCRIPTION:The Five Daily Recollections\nA One Day Retreat– with SIM’s Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde\nThe Buddha advised his followers to reflect on five topics daily: aging\, sickness\, death\, separation form those we love\, and our own karma. The surprising result from this practice is paradoxical… spending more time with these concepts\, rather than continually creating diversions to avoid “thinking about something unpleasant”\, causes us to live with more ease and equanimity. Neurologically\, with avoidance we pay the price. Resistance causes greater and greater anxiety and tension… often culminating in painful physical and mental manifestations. We will investigate any resistance we might have to one — or all of these five recollections — and how to use these reflections as a benefit for our daily mindfulness and meditation practice. \nIf the weather is nice\, we may spend some time outside. Bring a blanket to sit on\, or a folding chair. Please bring your lunch. \n\nRetreat Flyer (.pdf)\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. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n02/27/2019 – Registration opens.\n04/26/2019 – Registration via this website will close at 8:00 pm.\n04/27/2019 – 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-apr-27/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190525T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190525T163000
DTSTAMP:20190525T040301Z
CREATED:20190223T054500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190525T040301Z
UID:10584-1558773000-1558801800@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat - Walt Opie - Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening
DESCRIPTION:Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening\nA One Day Retreat with visiting Teacher Walt Opie\nAccording to Ven. Analayo\, the seven awakening factors provide the conditions conducive to awakening. These factors require a sequential building up as well as a balancing in our meditation practice. And when we do this\, as Ven. Analayo says\, “Just as a river inclines and flows towards the ocean\, so the awakening factors incline towards Nibbana.” \nWe will spend this day of practice exploring these seven important factors in depth and looking at how they build upon each other sequentially. The first factor is mindfulness (sati)\, so we will examine how one firmly establishes mindfulness\, which the Buddha stated is always useful\, in every situation. \nWalt recently completed a retreat with Ven. Analayo and will offer lessons learned both on retreat and in further study of the teachings on the seven factors. There will be sitting and walking meditation periods with guided instructions\, along with dharma talks and time for questions and discussion. \nAll are welcome. Come for all day or for a portion of the day. Please bring your lunch. \nWALT OPIE was first introduced to insight meditation in 1993 at Spirit Rock and began attending regular residential retreats in 2005. He is a graduate of both the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders’ (CDL4) training program and the Sati Center Buddhist Chaplaincy program. He has led sitting groups for people in recovery since 2011. Walt also serves as a volunteer chaplain with Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (BP3) at Solano state prison in Vacaville\, CA. In addition\, he is currently a trainee in the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) Teacher Training program based in Barre\, MA. \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. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n03/30/2019 – Registration opens.\n05/24/2019 – Registration via this website is closed but there is still space available. Come to the retreat and register in person where we accept cash or check.\n05/25/2019 – 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. Online registration is currently closed however there is still space available. Come to the retreat and register in person. For the registration fee paid in person\, 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-may-25/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190602T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190602T160000
DTSTAMP:20190205T215809Z
CREATED:20190205T215809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T215809Z
UID:10382-1559466000-1559491200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:MBSR Course One-Day Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction retreat is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat. For course registration details\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/mbsr-course-one-day-retreat/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190629T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190629T163000
DTSTAMP:20190629T013930Z
CREATED:20190504T050755Z
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SUMMARY:*Daylong Retreat - Rich Howard - a Sutta Study Day
DESCRIPTION:The Life and Teachings of the Buddha – a Sutta Study Day\nDaylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard\n\nEvent Flyer (.pdf format)\n\nThe study of the original texts is considered an important complement to our meditation\, reflection\, and daily life practices\, and it has been a while since we offered a sutta study day at SIM. Each participant in this daylong class will receive a booklet called “The Life and Teachings of the Buddha: An Introductory Sutta Study Guide\,” written by former SIM Community Mentor Dr. Jeff Hardin\, provided with Jeff’s permission and through his generosity. Jeff has sent us 30 copies of the third edition\, so it is especially important to register in advance to ensure that we have enough copies for everyone*. We will use the booklet to move through an introduction to the Pali canon and its historical context\, the life of the Buddha\, the first two discourses of the Buddha (which include the Four Noble Truths and the Five Aggregates)\, and some of the other fundamental teachings of our tradition such as the Four Foundations of Mindfulness and Dependent Origination. Our purpose is best expressed by these words from Jeff’s Introduction: Ultimately\, it is my wish that the study of these teachings be not solely an academic exercise\, but rather that they be investigated\, reflected upon\, meditated with and put into practice within one’s life with the intention of assisting all living beings to awaken to a life free from suffering. \nThere will be some sitting and walking practice\, but this will primarily be a study day. Bring a lunch and plan to stay on site all day. \n* [The second edition of the booklet is available as a pdf through the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies at this link: https://media.audiodharma.org/documents/Sutta-Study-Guide.pdf (please consider offering dana to the Sati Center if you download it).] \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 served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. He is currently enrolled in Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \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. If you prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n05/03/2019 – Registration opens.\n06/28/2019 – Registration via this website closes at 6:30 pm.\n06/29/2019 – 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 retreat. 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.
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