Online Meditation Class Series with Harry Ednie & Tom Gray

Thursday evenings, April 7 to May 12, 2022 (6 classes total)6:00 pm to 7:30 pm This 6-week Buddhist meditation series is offered online via Zoom every Thursday evening at 6:00 pm. Beginners and experienced meditators alike are welcome. Participants will be introduced to the practices of sitting, walking, standing and…

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Putting Out the Fires: Decreasing Reactivity & Increasing Resiliency with Heather Sundberg

  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…

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“The Jhanas and Insight”: A 10-Day, 9-Night Online Retreat with Leigh Brasington

REGISTRATION UPDATE: This online retreat is now full (18 participants). Registration has been closed and there is a long waiting list. Contact Tom@dharmazephyr.org if you would like to be added to the waiting list. Note: the starting and ending times have been changed slightly to 7 pm and 11:30 am,…

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– This Retreat is Full – “There’s More Than One Way to Skin an Ego: The Multiplicity of Meditations”: A 3-Night Residential Retreat with Santikaro at Lake Tahoe

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

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“The Jhanas and Insight”: A 10 Day-9 Night Residential Retreat with Leigh Brasington at Lake Tahoe

UPDATE: As of 8/6/2018, this retreat is full and no longer accepting additional registrations. If you wish to add your name to the waiting list you may do so by replying to Tom@dharmazephyr.org, but please do not attempt to make any payments unless you are notified that a spot has…

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Daylong Meditation and Benefit for Vipassana Metta Foundation

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.)…

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5-Night Residential Retreat with John Travis at Lake Tahoe

“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…

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Daylong Meditation Retreat with Shaila Catherine: “What is Effort? Control, Letting Go, and Trust in Mindfulness Meditation”

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…

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