Offer yourself a day of silence! Return to your body, relax, and breathe after the busy-ness of the holidays. We will offer techniques to use throughout the day (and the coming year) to center, calm and ground yourself. The day will be in silence except for instructions in sitting and walking meditation,…
An in-person daylong Buddhist meditation retreat in Reno, NV with Kathy Schwerin and Denise Barclay. A day of silence and gentle instruction to practice returning to your body, relaxation, and mindful breathing after the busy-ness of the holidays.
Beginners and experienced meditators alike are welcome to attend this daylong Zoom retreat. Developing the ability to be fully embodied, open-hearted in the face of difficulty, and connected with awareness of mind in all activities will greatly increase our capacity to decrease reactivity and increase resiliency. A mind-heart which…
Saturday, September 14, 2019 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Sunday, September 15. 2019 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The Buddha spoke of four distortions of perception that keep us from finding our way to a more happy and peaceful life. He called them ‘distortions’ because we often…
Join us for a day in our own beautiful forests and mountains. We will gather at a meeting place then drive a short distance on the Blue Lakes Road to the retreat site, a meadow approximately ½ mile from the road on level terrain. Once settled in…
Kathy Schwerin, Christy Tews and Angela Sullivan will co-lead this day of silence, mindfulness meditation and gentle movement. They will offer techniques to use throughout the year to center, calm and ground yourself. The day will be in silence except for instruction, a dharma talk and periods for question and…
The Dharma Zephyr Sangha Retreat Committee announces a change to our schedule for September 15-16. Steve Armstrong, the scheduled teacher, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and has canceled his autumn schedule while receiving treatment. (See the Caring Bridge website https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/stevenkarmstrong for further information and updates on Steve’s treatment.)…
We will gather at a meeting place on Blue Lakes Road in Hope Valley, CA and drive together a short distance to the retreat site – a short walk from the road on level terrain. Once we settle in the meadow, we will alternate between sitting and walking for the…
What can you control? When must you surrender? How do you perk up your enthusiasm when it slackens? What is the purpose of deep relaxation? As we become increasingly aware of our perceptions, we refine our engagement with our experiences and learn to meet our life more and more clearly…
