In-Person and Online: Day of Insight – A Daylong Meditation Retreat
with Brian Simmons
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
This retreat day will be one of noble silence for those who want to deepen their practice. It will include sitting, walking, and select inspirational readings for contemplation. Individual interviews will be available. Participants are welcome to bring their lunch to maintain the meditative atmosphere and concentration.
Online: Building a Relevant and Transformative Meditation Practice
with Dave Smith
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
The most fundamental definition we find of the Buddhist path to awakening is fairly straightforward: cultivate the wholesome, and abandon the unwholesome. Through this clarifying lens, meditation teacher Dave Smith will offer teachings, guided practices, and periods of Q&A all aimed at helping participants develop or strengthen a practice that is resilient, relevant, and responsive to the challenges of the real world.
In-Person and Online: Rediscovering Your Super Powers – Cultivating the 5 Spiritual Faculties
with Leslie Booker and David Grogan
Thursdays, April 10th – May 15th, 2025
You already have within you the capacity to empower your practice. The Buddha identified five innate human faculties—faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom—that can serve us in working toward liberation for ourselves and others. This six-week course will be a practical exploration of these five powers, both on and off the cushion.