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ReTreat from the Holidays – 2026 Carson City Daylong
January 4 @ 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
Thank you for your interest in this lovely annual daylong ReTreat with Kathy Schwerin and Christy Tews.
Offer yourself a day of silence!
Return to your body, relax, and breathe after the busy-ness of the holidays.
“Can This Belong?”
When unpleasant circumstances or sensations arise in our experience, we often feel aversion, a feeling of disliking or even stronger emotions. Our tendency is to meet these circumstances by pushing them away, steeling ourselves against them, making them wrong, and so on. But what if we drop in a question, “Can this belong?” Simply asking can be a skillful way to soften the aversion and allow us to respond to the situation with more wisdom and compassion. Please join us as we explore this question together.
Prepare for comfort with layered clothing for outdoor walking meditations. Bring a sack lunch for a relaxed and silent meal, and your cushion or bench if you wish to sit on the floor. Chairs are provided (but do bring your own if you have one you especially like). Especially suited for new meditators. And a great tune-up and quiet day for experienced meditators.
This is a Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community event. As such, there is no charge. Your generosity provides a donation to Sierra Foot & Ankle for the space and support for the teachers.
Kathy Schwerin and Christy Tews will co-lead this mindfulness and meditation day. Kathy and Christy are long-time practitioners and teachers, as well as friends. For full bios go to dharmazephyr.org/about/who-we-are.
All are welcome — whether new to meditation or experienced practitioners.
susansaraDZIMC@gmail.com
Christy Tews, while traveling in Asia, discovered that her lifelong path had always been the Buddhist path. She has been meditating since 1985, relishing the straightforward way the Dharma addresses the difficulties of our daily lives. She loves the humor, wisdom and transcendence possible on the path and finds joy in sharing that with others. She was trained by Spirit Rock Meditation Center as a Community Dharma Leader and is also a licensed minister, an avid gardener and has traveled extensively in India, Nepal, Tibet and China. She lives in Carson City in a blended household with her husband and her brother’s widow, Linda.