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.
Be A Lamp Unto Yourselves Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde “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 […]
Gratitude, Forgiveness, and Gratitude Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard "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 […]
Endings And Beginning A Year-End One Day Retreat– with Sim’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren This will be a day of practice and an opportunity to rest a little from all the events of 2018. We’ll engage in some thoughtful reflection on the nature of change and how our choices and decisions shape our lives, and […]
Beginning Anew A One Day Retreat– with Sim’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren This 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, […]
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.
Not clinging to self-identity A One Day Retreat– with SIM's Community Teacher Diane Wilde Not 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 […]
A One Day Retreat with visiting Teacher Vance Pryor Retreat Theme: Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom This 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 […]
The Five Daily Recollections A One Day Retreat– with SIM's Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde The 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 […]
Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening A One Day Retreat with visiting Teacher Walt Opie According 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 […]