Awakening Joy and Wellbeing: Two Essential Qualities For Troubled Times
On Land at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin
Friday May 27-Wednesday, June 1, 2022 (5 nights)
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A five-day on-land retreat at Spirit Rock in West Marin with James Baraz, Debra Chamberlin-Taylor, Victoria Cary and Evelyn Larsen.
The Buddha was known as “The Happy One.” However, the teachings often seem to emphasize working with suffering. Joy and happiness can seem frivolous even though joy is one of the Seven Factors of Awakening. In this retreat we will practice with an emphasis on cultivating wholesome states to develop our natural capacity for well-being and happiness. Our own development of well-being and joy then becomes our gift to a troubled world.
The retreat includes silent sitting and walking periods with instructions in Mindfulness meditation, practice meetings with teachers, and some experiential exercises. This retreat is appropriate for both experienced and new students.
Practices will include:
Inclining the mind toward wholesome states;
The power of intention;
Mindfulness as appreciation practice (wonder and gratitude);
Transforming suffering through Compassion;
How letting go leads to true freedom;
Loving-kindness for self and others;
Mudita (sympathetic joy); and
The joy of simply being.
