Online: How Your Mind Shapes Your World – A Half-day Retreat
with Martin Aylward
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025
Your mind can be a playground, or a prison. As Buddha reminds us, our mind-state directly determines our experience of the world. This day of practice will be all about meeting your mind directly, and understanding how it shapes your beliefs and behaviors. Beyond spiritual clichés about creating your own reality, this day of practice will be something of a magical mystery tour through reality.
Online: Rebuild Your Attention – Buddhist Practices for Focus, Clarity, and Joy
with Sean Oakes, PhD
Thursdays, February 27th – March 27th, 2025
Meditation has never been easy, but our sped-up, information-saturated culture makes it harder than ever. In this 5-week course, we will look at developing focus, concentration, and strong inner energy, and why these are the core skills in meditation and mindfulness. You’ll come away with actionable skills for slowing down and bringing focus back into your everyday life.
In-Person and Online: Attuning the Body & Mind Through Meditation
with Peter Doobinin
Saturday, March 1st, 2025
The Buddha taught his students to be “in tune with the dharma.” In fact, we might think of dharma practice as a process in which we learn to come into rhythm with ourselves and others. This daylong retreat is an invitation to (re-)connect to the rhythm of life through breath meditation and walking meditation, helping us tune into the happiness of the heart.