Please note this retreat meets the requirements for participants in Jack Kornfield + Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification program through Sounds True. Please read the Criteria for MMTCP Retreat Attendance Requirements.
Mindfulness is a powerful tool when applied thoughtfully in meditation and in daily life. In the wider scope of the Buddha’s teachings, however, it is just one support for the cultivation of liberation and freedom from suffering, which is found within a larger path known as the noble eightfold path.
In this retreat we’ll dig a little deeper and explore the path factors of wise understanding, wise view, wise speech, wise action, wise livelihood, wise effort, wise mindfulness and wise concentration and what it looks like to cultivate the path of freedom and liberation as a modern-day householder, both in meditation, and off the cushion in daily life.
During this six day online retreat, we will learn to slow down and attune to the fresh simplicity of our present moment experience, rest in stillness, and connect with the heart’s inner capacity for healing and freedom.
Together we will explore some of the supports for presence: letting go of distraction, the deliberate cultivation of simplicity and contentment, and a renewed sense of connection with our own bodies, hearts, and minds in community. By bringing mindful attention to our moment to moment experience, we can learn to cultivate resilience amidst change and grow in awareness, love, and wisdom.
The structure of this online Insight meditation retreat includes two guided meditations, time for sitting and walking meditation periods in the communal virtual meditation hall, rest, mindful eating instruction, Dharma talks, and small group practice discussion meetings with the teachers. This format offers the dedicated practice time of a residential retreat while encouraging integrating the Dharma into our daily lives.
Schedule (PT):
Day 1
8:45 – 10:45 AM Opening Session
10:45 – 11:30 AM Walking/Movement Meditation
11:30 – 12 PM Silent Sitting/Stationary Meditation
12:00 – 1:30 PM Meal Break
1:30 – 2:15 PM Dharma Talk
2:15 – 2:45 PM Walking/Movement Meditation
2:45 – 3:30 PM Silent Sitting/Stationary Meditation
3:30 – 4:00 PM Walking/Movement Meditation
4:00 – 4:45 PM Silent Sitting/Stationary Meditation
4:45 – 5:15 PM Walking/Movement Meditation
5:15 – 6:00 PM Brahmavihara Practice
6:00 PM Rest or Further Practice
Days 2-6
7 – 7:45 AM Silent Sitting/Stationary Meditation
7:45 – 8:45 AM Meal Break
8:45 – 9:30 AM Silent Sitting/Stationary Meditation (Sitting, Reclined) with Instructions & Announcements
9:30 – 10:00 AM Walking/Movement Meditation or 9:45-10:45am Group Meeting (when assigned)
10:00 – 10:45 AM Silent Sitting/Stationary Meditation
10:45 – 11:15 AM Walking/Movement Meditation or 11:15-12:15pm Group Meeting (when assigned)
11:15 – 12:00 PM Silent Sitting/Stationary Meditation
12:00 – 12:30 PM Walking/Movement Meditation
12:00 – 1:30 PM Meal Break
1:30 – 2:15 PM Dharma Talk
2:15 – 2:45 PM Walking/Movement Meditation or 2:15-3:15pm Group Meeting (when assigned)
2:45 – 3:30 PM Silent Sitting/Stationary Meditation
3:30 – 4:00 PM Walking/Movement Meditation
4:00 – 4:45 PM Silent Sitting/Stationary Meditation or 4:00-5:00pm Group Meeting (when assigned)
4:45 – 5:15 PM Walking/Movement Meditation
5:15 – 6:00 PM Brahmavihara Practice
6:00 PM Rest or Further Practice
Day 7
7 – 7:45 AM Silent Sitting/Stationary Meditation
7:45 – 9:45 AM Closing Session
*All are strongly encouraged to attend as much of this retreat as your schedule allows with emphasis on the bolded sessions. Each retreatant will attend two group meetings in the week.
Dana/Generosity: There will also be an opportunity to offer Dana for the teachers and center at the end of the retreat. Thank you for your support!
