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Join a kind community to practice mindfulness and compassion. Offer yourself freedom from overstimulation and come home to the experience of being alive.

In mindfulness meditation, we rest and look deeply, knowing moment-by-moment what it is like to be human. Some of us are hesitant to look because there is concern about what we’ll find. Our practice shows us that the more deeply we look, the more reason we have to love. We care about our struggles and cherish our joy in a new way. In turn, this love clarifies what we care about and informs how we engage with the world.

This retreat will offer instructions in mindfulness and loving-kindness practice. Throughout the retreat, there are dharma talks and meetings with teachers to support you in your practice. The retreat is held almost entirely in silence.

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The Buddhist path cultivates four powerful and transformative qualities: kindness, compassion, joy, and balance. These qualities are innate human capacities, and can be developed into steadfast dwelling places for the heart. Known as the brahmavihāras, or “sublime homes,” these states can serve as powerful supports both for deepening concentration and insight on the contemplative path and responding to suffering in these turbulent times. We will explore techniques to develop each of the four sublime states and to release the obstacles that hinder us from living a full life and responding meaningfully to the needs of our world. Our time together will include silent and guided sitting meditation, walking meditation, Dharma talks, instructions, Q&A, and small group meetings with the teachers. This retreat is appropriate for both beginning and more experienced meditators.

This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.

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Grounded in the Thai Forest Tradition, this vipassanā retreat invites a deep settling of the mind, an opening of the heart, and a steady cultivation of clarity and insight. Through a blend of traditional meditation instruction and the nourishing presence of lovingkindness, participants will be guided toward greater stillness, spaciousness, and embodied awareness. The retreat will include periods of both seated and walking meditation, Dharma talks, optional movement practices, and one-on-one meetings with teachers to support and personalize your journey of practice.

This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.

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This is a traditional Insight Meditation (vipassanā) retreat with stillness and movement in silence, and meetings with teachers. Each day there will be meditation instructions, Dharma talks, and movement practice. We will mark the turning of the year with a late evening sitting and simple ceremony on New Year’s Eve. In celebration of the New Year, our focus will be on cultivating loving awareness and embracing each moment as fresh and new. All are welcome.

This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.

Register Today! https://www.spiritrock.org/programs/retreats/396r26-new-years-insight-meditation-retreat

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