This event is the online version of a hybrid retreat which will take place both in-person and online. To register for the in-person version, please click here.
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Mental restlessness is an insidious and pervasive hindrance that most practitioners struggle to overcome. We can refine our skills for working with the modes of thinking that distract us from being mindful: critical thoughts, planning, worrying, lustful fantasies, judging, memories, internal commentaries, to name a few. Inspired by two discourses in the Middle Length Discourses (suttas 19 and 20), this event will offer a sequence of practical strategies to free the mind from obstructive patterns.
Participants will develop mindfulness-based meditation practices while overcoming habitual distractions.
This retreat is suitable for both new and experienced practitioners.
Preparation: Please read Beyond Distraction: Five Practical Ways to Focus the Mind by Shaila Catherine and the following two discourses prior to the event.
https://suttacentral.net/mn19/en/bodhi
https://suttacentral.net/mn20/en/bodhi
Schedule: June 6 and 7, 2026, 10am-4pm PT via Zoom online
Suggested donation: $225
