Registration is now open and a deposit by June 15th will secure your space at this retreat. This is for SIM’s 13th Annual 10 Day Residential Retreat, with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren and Mentors Diane Wilde and Rich Howard. The retreat theme is “A Life of Deep Satisfaction Born of Peace“.  For details, click here.

This is a free event. To register, click on the image.

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Day-long Retreat on the theme: Attention & Mindful – An Exploration

Mindfulness is sometimes described as non-judgmental “bare” attention. As helpful as this general description may be, it tends to cloud the fact that there is a significant difference between attention and mindfulness. They play separate and distinct roles in practice. And, most importantly, it gives no hint of the reality that attention and mindfulness are both purposeful in Buddhist practice. In a period of time when both of these terms are been uncoupled from their historical Buddhist meanings, what do they mean for each of us as 21st century, urban practitioners?

This will be a day of practice, reflection, experimentation and investigation:

  • What is the functional difference between attention and mindfulness?
  • What are we supposed to be paying attention to and being mindful of?
  • What does it mean that attention and mindfulness are purposeful in Buddhist practice?

What is the relationship between the answers to these questions and the underlying psychology of the historical Buddha?

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This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. Registration for this course  opened on July 15, 2017.  For course details and to add your name to the waitlist, click here.

NOTICE:

Walk-in registrations are not available since the course registrar provides follow-up course information required prior to this first class meeting.

 

This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class.

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This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here.

This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here.

This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details, click here.

This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details and to add your name to the class waitlist, click here.

NOTE:

Walk-in registrations are not available since the course registrar provides follow-up course information required prior to your first class meeting.