Resting in the Dharma – Collecting ourselves through breath And body. Allowing awareness to unearth, a deep, Sense of ease. Dharma, can heal the wounds of the past bringing peace to our lives. About the Teacher: The guiding and founding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation Center, John…
This retreat is now full and the waiting list is closed. The jhanas are eight progressive altered states of consciousness that can be identified with the aspect of the Buddha’s Eightfold Path called right concentration. Training in concentration leads to these states, each of which yields a deeper and subtler…
Flyer: Santikaro 2019 flyer REGISTRATION OPTIONS QUESTIONS? Contact Tom Gray at tom@dharmazephyr.org or 775-846-4658 Photos by Tom Gray and Mark Breedon, respectively
“Dancing towards open awareness” This retreat is based on the fundamental principles of practice. First – is the discipline to stop and collect ourselves – the principles of concentration. Second – the ability and repetition of seeing into the simple functions of the heart and mind. Seeing how we live…
Some impressions of Dharma Zephyr’s Halloween residential retreat with Shaila Catherine at Camp Galilee Tom: It is a wonderful experience to be able to live for 9 days on the shore of that ever-changing and always stunning Lake Tahoe! And as I said to the group on the last…
The spirit of this retreat will strengthen our ability to maintain a continuous quality of awareness not only in retreat, but also so that it can extend into our daily lives in a seamless way. We will be exploring the Four Foundations of Mindfulness with more emphasis on awareness of the qualities of mind.
