Retreats 

July Five-Day Retreat at Jikoji

This retreat will be sponsored by the Insight Meditation Community of Redwood City, and co-lead with Andrea Fella at Jikoji Retreat Center in Mountain View. It will be a traditional silent Insight Meditation retreat, alternating sitting and walking meditation, with detailed meditation instruction, dharma talks and interviews. All are welcome. 

Dates: Wednesday-Sunday, July 2-6, 2008.

Cost: By donation (dana).

Registration: For more information or to register, please contact www.insightmeditationcenter.org.

 

October Weekend Retreat outside Vancouver

(FULL - WAIT LIST ONLY)

This retreat will be held at Loon Lake Retreat Center outside Vancouver, B.C. The weekend will be a traditional Insight Meditation retreat, alternating silent sitting and walking meditation, with detailed instruction and dharma talks. Dropping into silence together, we will cultivate mindful, loving attention to the direct experience of body, breath, heart and mind. The retreat is appropriate for both new and experienced students. All are welcome.

Dates: Friday-Sunday, October 17-19.

Registration: is on a first-come, first-served basis. A non-refundable fee of $100 Canadian holds your space.

For more information contact: Jey Wyder, jeywyder@telus.net

 

December 5-Day Retreat at Spirit Rock

The theme of this retreat is “The Three Centers: Eye of Wisdom, Heart of Compassion; Body of Awakening.” It will be led with Eugene Cash and Phillip Moffitt. The retreat will include traditional practice in Insight meditation with daily meditation instruction, dharma talks and meetings with the teachers. All are welcome to attend.


Dates: Tuesday, December 2-Sunday, December 7.

For more information contact: www.spiritrock.org.

 

Classes

Ongoing Wednesday Evening Group in San Francisco

This Wednesday evening group meets from 7-9pm every Wednesday evening at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin Street (between Geary and O'Farrell). We meet in the Fireside Room.

The group begins with guided meditation, followed by chanting, a dharma talk and discussion. The aim of the teaching is to introduce fundamental Buddhist teachings and bring them alive, emphasizing integration into the fabric of daily life and practice.

All are welcome.

Guest Teachers in 2008 include:
•    June 4 - Christina Lehnherr
•    July 2 - Martina Schneider
•    August 6 - Spring Washam
•    August 27 - Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson
•    September 24 - Will Kabat-Zinn
•    October 15 - Andrea Fella
•    November 19 - Sharda Rogell

Buddhist teachings are considered priceless; in that spirit, the group will be offered on the traditional basis of dana, or generosity. There is no set fee. All who attend are invited to contribute in appreciation of the teachings and in support of the teachers.

For more information contact: SF Insight 415-994-5951 or www.sfinsight.org.

 

Spring Bridge-line Seminar

The Spring Bridge-line Seminar will begin in April of 2008. The topic will be “The Shape of Reality—Exploring Anicca (impermanence), Dukkha (anxiety) and Anatta (selflessness and interdependence).”

The Seminar will meet for five Tuesday evenings 7:00-9:00 (pacific time) by bridge-line.

The dates are: April 15 & 29, May 13 & 27 and June 10, 2008.

All sessions will be taped and available for two weeks after each call.

 
For more information contact: pam@appropriateresponse.com.

2008 Schedule of Offerings

Buddhism is a living tradition passed warm heart to warm heart over thousands of years. As it moved from country to country and cuture it culture, it has been shaped and formed by the universal human aspiration for truth, love and freedom, and also by the unique needs and concerns of the time and place.

Six years ago I began offering a series of programs weaving the richness and depth of Buddhist teachings and practices with the efficacy and skill of Integral Coaching. My hope was to create a new form—a kind of monastery without walls—to address the yearning I heard from friends and colleagues wishing to deepen their spiritual life within a warm, lively community of support. This aspiration has continued and expanded in the past year as I began a formal, four-year teacher training process with Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

Offerings in 2008 include: 

- An ongoing Wednesday night Dharma Group at the Unitarian Church in San Francisco.

- A five-day retreat at Jikoji Retreat Center (south of San Francisco) over the 4th of July.

- The 4th Annual Weekend Retreat in the Pacific Northwest in October.

- Additional Bridgeline Seminars, begining in the Spring.