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ReTreat from the Holidays – 2026 Reno Daylong
January 3 @ 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
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.
Join Denise and Kathy for a day of refuge and reflection as we practice meditation and movement together to help us ground and connect.
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 The River School Farm for the space and support for the teachers.
Kathy Schwerin and Denise Barclay will co-lead this mindfulness, movement and meditation day. Kathy and Denise are long-time practitioners and teachers, as well as friends. For full bios take a look at our Dharma Zephyr Team.
All are welcome — whether new to meditation or experienced practitioners. If you plan to attend, an RSVP is requested for planning purposes to Tom at: tom@dharmazephyr.org.
Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community Health and Wellness Statement:
To care for all who attend our events, we ask that if you are sick (cold, cough, sore throat, runny nose, etc.) or have had a fever, vomiting or diarrhea in the 24 hours prior to an event, that you not attend the event. In addition, for the safety and wellbeing of our community, Dharma Zephyr strongly encourages, but does not require, that participants at our activities and events be vaccinated and boosted for infectious diseases as recommended by your doctor and local health department.
tom@dharmazephyr.org