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Half-Day Meditation – Mindfulness – in Los Altos, CA
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesTheme for the Day: Mindfulness as a Factor of Awakening A meditation program with Shaila Catherine This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The [...]
Monday In-Person—Ajahn Brahmāli
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesMonday In-Person—Ajahn Brahmāli Is your meditation stagnating? Here's why. an evening with Ajahn Brahmāli Join us to welcome Ajahn Brahmāli as our special monastic guest from Australia for an evening of meditation and teaching Join us In-Person or Online! To join the event via zoom, please register click on this link. To join in-person, see instructions and [...]
Half-Day Meditation – Wisdom & Investigation – in Los Altos, CA
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesTheme for the Day: Wisdom and Investigation as a Factor of Awakening A meditation program with Shaila Catherine This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating [...]
Half-Day Meditation – Energy & Effort – in Los Altos, CA
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesThe church where we meet had to cancel today's event. Sorry. Our next Saturday afternoon meditation will be May 27! Please join us then. Theme for the Day: Energy & Effort as a Factor of Awakening A meditation program with Shaila Catherine This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness [...]
Retreat in California: Body, Impermanence, and Death
Redwood Glen Retreat Center 100 Wright Drive, Loma Mar, CALiberating Meditations on the Body, Impermanence, and Death A 10-day meditation retreat with Shaila Catherine Tuesday, May 9 – Friday May 19, 2023 at Redwood Glen, 100 Wright Drive, Loma Mar, CA 94021 “Mindfulness of death, when developed and cultivated, is of great fruit and benefit, culminating in the deathless, having the deathless as its consummation.” [...]
Half-Day Meditation – Joy – in Los Altos, CA
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesTheme for the Day: Joy as a Factor of Awakening A meditation program with Shaila Catherine This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The [...]
Half-Day Meditation – Tranquility – in Los Altos, CA
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesTheme for the Day: Tranquility as a Factor of Awakening A meditation program with Shaila Catherine This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The [...]
Half-Day Meditation – Concentration – in Los Altos, CA
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesTheme for the Day: Concentration as a Factor of Awakening A meditation program with Shaila Catherine This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The [...]
CANCELLED: Everyday Joys of Mindfulness
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesEveryday Joys of Mindfulness A 6-week training for living happily in the present. with Shaila Catherine, Matthew Hahn, and Maria Straatmann Update July 7: This course has been cancelled due to low registrations. We will offer another series course in Mountain View on the 2nd and 4th Mondays during the autumn. The topic is Beyond [...]
Half-Day Meditation – Equanimity – in Los Altos, CA
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesTheme for the Day: Equanimity as a Factor of Awakening A meditation program with Shaila Catherine This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The [...]
CANCELLED: Everyday Joys of Mindfulness
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesEveryday Joys of Mindfulness A 6-week training for living happily in the present. with Shaila Catherine, Matthew Hahn, and Maria Straatmann Update July 7: This course has been cancelled due to low registrations. We will offer another series course in Mountain View on the 2nd and 4th Mondays during the autumn. The topic is Beyond [...]
Retreat in Michigan: Loving Kindness, Concentration, & Jhana Factors
Colombiere Conference and Retreat 9075 Big Lake Road, Clarkston, MI, United StatesRegistration is now closed for this retreat. Cultivating Loving Kindness, Concentration, and the Jhana Factors with Shaila Catherine Tuesday, August 22, 2023 – Thursday, August 31, 2023 Partial attendance can be arranged for the first 3 nights. LOVING KINDNESS (mettā) is a profound quality of friendliness toward all of life. Mettā meditation cultivates a heartful [...]
CANCELLED: Everyday Joys of Mindfulness
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesEveryday Joys of Mindfulness A 6-week training for living happily in the present. with Shaila Catherine, Matthew Hahn, and Maria Straatmann Update July 7: This course has been cancelled due to low registrations. We will offer another series course in Mountain View on the 2nd and 4th Mondays during the autumn. The topic is Beyond [...]
CANCELLED: Everyday Joys of Mindfulness
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesEveryday Joys of Mindfulness A 6-week training for living happily in the present. with Shaila Catherine, Matthew Hahn, and Maria Straatmann Update July 7: This course has been cancelled due to low registrations. We will offer another series course in Mountain View on the 2nd and 4th Mondays during the autumn. The topic is Beyond [...]
Half-Day Meditation – Energy & Effort – in Los Altos, CA
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesTopic: Energy and Effort A meditation program with Shaila Catherine This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will include sitting and walking [...]
CANCELLED: Everyday Joys of Mindfulness
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesEveryday Joys of Mindfulness A 6-week training for living happily in the present. with Shaila Catherine, Matthew Hahn, and Maria Straatmann Update July 7: This course has been cancelled due to low registrations. We will offer another series course in Mountain View on the 2nd and 4th Mondays during the autumn. The topic is Beyond [...]
Beyond Distraction
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View, United StatesThis event was cancelled due to low registrations (October 6, 2023). Beyond Distraction Cultivating the Skills to Focus Attention An 8-week series with Shaila Catherine and Kim Allen Registration is required. Scroll below for tickets. This course will follow Shaila Catherine’s latest book, Beyond Distraction, as we explore a traditional sequence of strategies for dealing [...]
Half-Day Meditation Event — Dispassion, Cessation and Release — in Los Altos, CA
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesTopic: Seclusion, Dispassion, Cessation and Release A meditation program with Shaila Catherine This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will include sitting [...]
Retreat in Georgia: Concentration, Jhana, and the Breath
Calvin Center 13550 Woolsey Road, Hampton, GAConcentration, Jhana, and the Breath A 10-day meditation retreat with Shaila Catherine Monday, October 23 – Thursday November 2, 2023 at Calvin Center, 13550 Woolsey Road, Hampton, GA 30228 (near Atlanta, GA) The retreat begins with registration from 2:30 – 4:00 pm on Monday, October 23. The retreat ends with lunch on Thursday, November 2. Partial [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Awakening and the Three Trainings
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: Awakening and the Three Trainings of Ethics, Concentration, and Wisdom This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Fully Aware | Los Altos, CA
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: Cultivating Full Awareness This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will include sitting and walking [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Identity View
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Identity View This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Skeptical Doubt
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Skeptical Doubt This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Rituals and Conventions
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Rites, Rituals, and Conventions This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Special Guest Teacher: Bhikkhu Sambodhi
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Bhikkhu Sambodhi Topic: The Five Spiritual Powers: How to grow the essential faculties of the mind in harmony with one's "nature" and in balance with each other. The program will include sitting and walking meditation, and meditation instructions. This half-day program is appropriate for new and experienced meditators. Reserve your spot! [...]
Concentration, Jhana and Breath Retreat | in California
Redwood Glen Retreat Center 100 Wright Drive, Loma Mar, CARegistration has closed. Concentration, Jhana, and the 16 Steps of Mindfulness with Breathing a 10-night Meditation Retreat in California led by Shaila Catherine Tuesday, May 7, 2024 – Friday, May 17, 2024 The retreat begins with registration from 2:30 – 3:30 pm on Tuesday, May 7. The retreat ends at 11:45 am on Friday, May [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Sensual Desire
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Sensual Desire This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Anger and Ill Will
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Anger and Ill Will This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Refined Meditation States
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Refined Meditation States This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Formless Attainments
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Formless Attainments This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will [...]
Retreat in Georgia | Insights into Emptiness
Calvin Center 13550 Woolsey Road, Hampton, GAInsights into Emptiness: Meditations on the Six Senses A 10-day meditation retreat with Shaila Catherine November 7 – 17, 2024 at Calvin Center, 13550 Woolsey Road, Hampton, GA 30228 (near Atlanta, GA) The retreat begins with registration from 2:30 – 4:00 pm on Nov 7. The retreat ends around noon, before lunch on November 17. [...]
Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Conceit
Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United StatesA meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Conceit This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will include [...]