New Year’s Retreat–Texas

Margaret Austin Retreat Center 6650 County Road 117, Chappell Hill, TX, United States

Two options for attendance: Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014 - Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015. or Partial attendance December 27, 2014 - January 1, 2015. The theme of this silent New Year's holiday retreat is the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipatthana Sutta). Many practitioners consider the Satipatthana Sutta to be among the most important and practical teachings [...]

Retreat: New Year’s in Texas

Margaret Austin Retreat Center 6650 County Road 117, Chappell Hill, TX, United States

A 6 night retreat with Shaila Catherine Mindful Investigation Although meditation is renowned for promoting tranquility and mental calmness, meditation is not passive. Investigative methods play a vital role in the skillful development of liberating insight. Specific instructions for examining the mind feature prominently in the core teachings of Satipatthana, and many early Buddhist discourses. [...]

Annual New Year’s Retreat in Texas with Shaila Catherine

Margaret Austin Retreat Center 6650 County Road 117, Chappell Hill, TX, United States

Dec. 27, 2016 - Jan. 1, 2017. Shaila Catherine will be leading an insight meditation residential retreat at the Margaret Austin Center in Texas. It is mid-way between Austin and Houston. Registration will open Nov. 7, 2016. For details visit the Mariposa Sangha website at: https://mariposasangha.org/residential-retreats/

Weekend Retreat in Texas

Margaret Austin Retreat Center 6650 County Road 117, Chappell Hill, TX, United States

Path of Wisdom and Awakening An Insight Meditation Retreat with Shaila Catherine November 13-17, 2019 Led by 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 [...]