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What might you expect at a Residential Retreat?
What might you expect at a Daylong?
 2013 Teaching Schedule:
For Heather's Teaching Schedule at the New Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, CA visit the "Home Page" at www.mtstream.org
January 6-13: Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat (7 nights), SRMC
Taught with Sylvia Boorstein, Donald Rothberg, Larry Yang, and Heather Martin
Contact: www.spiritrock.org
January 26: Insight Meditation Daylong, Chico, CA
"Awakening in the Body"
Contact: www.skycreekdharmacenter.org
February 10: Daylong Event at the New Center for Mountain Stream in Nevada City!
Contact: www.mtstream.org (pre-register, this event will fill)
Feb. 23-24: Women's Nonresidental Insight Meditation Retreat in Berkeley, CA
Saturday 9am-6pm. Sunday 10:30am-5pm. Participants must attend the entire weekend retreat.
Contact Sarah to register and for details at sbeserra(at)sbcglobal.net.
April 15-16 (Mon-Tues): Two Day Non-Residential Lovingkindness Retreat, SRMC
Contact: www.spiritrock.org, click on calendar and look up the dates.
April 21: Insight Meditation Daylong, Placerville, CA
Contact: www.sierrainsightsangha.org
April 27: Insight Meditation Daylong from 10am-5pm, Chico, CA
Contact: www.skycreekdharmacenter.org
May 4-11: Insight Meditation Retreat (7 nights), SRMC
Taught with Gil Fronsdal, Mary Grace Orr, John Travis
Contact: www.spiritrock.org, click on retreats, look up dates.
May 18: Insight Meditation Daylong, Reno NV.
"Who Are You Taking Yourself to Be Right Now? Self and Not Self"
May 19: Insight Meditation Daylong, Carson City, NV.
Four Ways to Relate to Who We Are, and Who We are Not"
May 20: Special teaching at the Monday Night Sitting Group in Carson City, NV.
Contact: www.dharmazephyr.org
June 15 Insight Meditation Daylong, Nevada City, CA
Contact: www.mtstream.org
June 29: Insight Meditation Daylong, Sacramento, CA
Contact: www.sactoinsight.org
July 13-20: Insight Meditation Retreat (7 nights), Origin, CA
Small group at a private home/retreat center on beautiful land, 6500 feet at the origin of the Yuba River.
Registration opens Oct. 1, 2012. Contact Osha, origin@highsierra.org.
August 9-11: Two & a Half Day Non-Residential Insight Meditation Retreat, Chico, CA
Contact: www.skycreekdharmacenter.org
September (date TBD): Insight Meditation Daylong, Nevada City, CA
Contact: www.mt.stream.org
Sept. 14-21: Transforming Judgments Retreat (7 nights), SRMC
Taught with Donald Rothberg
Contact: www.spiritrock.org
October 12: Possible Daylong in Benicia, CA - contact Heather for details.
October 19: Insight Meditation Daylong, Chico, CA
Contact: www.skycreekdharmacenter.org
October 20: Insight Meditation Daylong, Placerville, CA
Contact: www.sierrainsightsangha.org
October 21-22 (Mon-Tues): Two Day Non-Residential Lovingkindness Retreat, SRMC
Contact: www.spiritrock.org, click on calendar and look up the dates.
October 23-27: Buddhism & 12 Step Retreat (4 night)
Vajrapani Center, Boulder Creek, CA
Taught with Kevin Griffin
Contact: www.kevingriffin.net
November 8-15: Insight Meditation Retreat (7 Nights), Big Island Hawaii
Held at Ohana Retreat - Retreat must fill by June 25th so we can pay our facility deposit.
Taught with John Travis
Contact Catrinka at: Amanda at mtstream.hawaii.retreat@gmail.com or www.mtstream.org for details
December 17-22: Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat (5 Night), SRMC
Taught with Donald Rothberg and John Travis
Contact: www.spiritrock.org
December 27, 2013 - January 1, 2014: New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat, WA
Held at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, taught with Donald Rothberg
Contact: www.cloudmountain.org
What might you expect at a Residential Retreat?
Attending an annual or biannual insight meditation retreat can be a wonderful support to deepen and enliven your practice. Residential retreats range from 3 – 10 days, and a few retreats are 30 days or more. Retreats are appropriate for both beginning and experienced meditators. A typical daily schedule starts at 6am and ends at 9:30pm, and is spent in silence with alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation. To support your practice and learning there are daily meditation instructions, time to ask questions and dharma talks. Every couple of days there is time to meet with the teacher, either individually or in groups. Meals are vegetarian and are prepared with health and nutrition in mind. Being supported by the group, the schedule, the silence, and meditation instruction are helpful for calming the mind, opening the heart, and deepening in insight.
What might you expect at a Daylong?
Attending a monthly daylong provides you with a day of quiet time for yourself amist your busy life. Daylongs typically begin between 9-10am and last until 5pm. Alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation with instruction, dharma talks and discussion allow you to connect more deeply with the teachings and meditation practice.
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