CANCELLED Tips and Tricks for Practice at Home

We all want to make our homes a more conducive environment for formal practice, but very little of our meditation practice actually happens on the cushion. If we are going to understand how the mind works, we have to cultivate awareness in all of our da... Read more

Vipassana Meditation: Observing Six Sense Doors Objects

There are really only six objects of meditation: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and thinking. Just a moment ago, you might not have been aware that you were seeing, but now you are. Are you aware of your posture? Can you feel your feet? ... Read more

Deep Mindfulness, Great Compassion, and Profound Trust

This class teaches how we can practice mindfulness and compassion grounded in the field of spacious, knowing, and benevolent awareness. In the sphere that is within and around us, we can deepen our mindfulness practice effortlessly. Then, our heartfulne... Read more

The Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion

We are deeply grateful to our community members for their understanding, patience, and support through this challenging and life changing chapter of our journey together. We are eager to move into the next phase of our adventure. In keeping with the p... Read more

Awakening Joy in Challenging Times

In this 4-week class, based on the renowned Awakening Joy class created by James Baraz, we’ll be discovering all the wholesome, natural and tangible joys, always available in the present moment, in nature and community at Benedict Canyon. It is often sa... Read more

Healing Shame

Of all of the painful emotions, shame can be the most challenging.  We all yearn for belonging.  Shame is tied up with a deep and profoundly innocent need to be loved, and along with that the fear that we could somehow become banished from the tribe.” W... Read more