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July 2020
Mirror of Mindfulness: Knowing Your Own Mind Practicing Mindfulness of Mind An online retreat with Shaila Catherine July 17-19, 2020 Registration is required. Scroll down to choose a ticket level. This at-home online weekend retreat will focus on Mindfulness of Mind as the third establishment of mindfulness presented in the Satipatthana Sutta. By monitoring the [...]
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An Insight Meditation Retreat with Shaila Catherine August 15-23, 2020 An eight night retreat with Shaila Catherine. This silent retreat offers practical instruction in mindfulness, concentration, and insight meditation practice (vipassana). Through developing mindfulness of breath, body, feelings, and mind, meditators will find that habitual judgments, fear, and craving will fall away, and the natural [...]
Find out moreTeachings on Sixteen Steps of Anapanasati Samadhi led by Shaila Catherine Monday, August 31, 2020 – Thursday, September 10, 2020. The retreat begins with registration from 2:00 - 3:30 pm on Monday, August 31. The retreat ends after lunch at 1:00 pm on Thursday, September 10. Partial attendance is possible in some cases, but it [...]
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Distraction: Strategies for Overcoming Distracting Thoughts September 29 - October 4, 2020 Mental restlessness is an insidious and pervasive hindrance that most practitioners struggle to overcome. We can refine our skills for working with the modes of thinking that distract us from being mindful and disrupt concentration: critical thoughts, planning, worrying, lustful thoughts, judging, memories, [...]
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Awakening with Insight A week-long Insight Meditation retreat in Tampa, Florida with Shaila Catherine Saturday, December 5 to Saturday, December 12, 2020 The retreat begins with registration at 3:00 pm on Saturday, December 5, and ends with a noon lunch on Saturday, December 12. This silent retreat offers practical instruction in mindfulness, concentration, and insight [...]
Find out moreAn Insight Meditation Retreat with Shaila Catherine Sunday, December 27, 2020 to Saturday, January 2, 2021 This 6-night silent retreat offers practical instruction in mindfulness, concentration, and insight meditation practice (vipassana). Through developing mindfulness of breath, body, feelings, and mind, meditators will find that habitual judgments, fear, and craving will fall away, and the natural [...]
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Beyond Distraction: Overcoming Distracting Thoughts A 10-day meditation retreat with Shaila Catherine Tuesday, January 19 – Friday January 29, 2021. Partial attendance can be arranged but must start on the first day of the retreat. Mental restlessness is an insidious and pervasive hindrance that most practitioners struggle to overcome. We can refine our skills for working with [...]
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Teachings on Sixteen Steps of Anapanasati Samadhi led by Shaila Catherine Sunday, June 27, 2021 – Wednesday, July 7, 2021. The retreat begins with registration from 2:00 – 3:30 pm on Sunday, June 27. The retreat ends after lunch at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, July 7. Partial attendance is possible in some cases, but it [...]
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In-depth meditation with sixteen steps of anapanasati samadhi led by Shaila Catherine Full Retreat: August 10-31, 2021 Part One: August 10-20, 2021 Part Two: August 21-31, 2021 Location: Big Bear Retreat Center, Southern California These two back to back 10-day retreats will provide the opportunity to sit for 3 weeks. Priority will be given to those [...]
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Concentration, Jhana, and Breath: a 9-night Meditation Retreat in Northern California led by Shaila Catherine Tuesday, May 3, 2022 – Thursday, May 12, 2022. The retreat begins with registration from 2:00 – 3:30 pm on Tuesday, May 3. The retreat ends at 11:30 am on Thursday, May 12. Early arrivals can be arranged for Monday, May 2. [...]
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