Divine Abiding: 4-day non-residential retreat
12/26/2018
10:00 AM
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12/29/2018 5:00 PM
at IMCW Center for Mindful Living (Tenleytown)
Wednesday, December 26-Saturday, December 29. The Buddha taught that if we do not gladden the mind, liberation will not be possible. This will be a four-day-long year-end retreat with morning instructions and guided meditation followed by alternating periods of silent sitting, walking, standing, and lying down meditation.
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Intro to Cultivating Happiness (Free Sample Workshop)
1/3/2019
7:30 PM
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9:00 PM
at IMCW Center for Mindful Living (Tenleytown)
This special introductory class is being offered to anyone interested in learning more about the upcoming "Cultivating Happiness" series. The next 6-week series begins on January 10.
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YLMx Daylong: This Precious Life: What Enlivens You in 2019?
1/5/2019
9:30 AM
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4:00 PM
at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (Arlington)
Start the new year with a day of inquiry and practice--open to all Year of Living Mindfully (YLM) graduates, Jonathan Foust will lead the YLM community through a day of practice, reflection and inquiry into what calls us in the year ahead.
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Intro to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
1/10/2019
7:00 PM
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8:30 PM
at IMCW Center for Mindful Living (Tenleytown)
This special introductory class is being offered for anyone interested in learning more about the upcoming 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction workshops.
In this introductory class you will learn about some of the principles of mindfulness, explore how mindfulness might assist in stress reduction, and practice both formal and informal mindfulness meditation.
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Living From Your Deepest Intentions Daylong
1/19/2019
9:30 AM
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4:30 PM
at Unitarian Universalist Church of the Shenandoah Valley (Stephens City)
During this silent meditation retreat, we’ll be exploring our deepest intentions – those that lie beneath our surface desires. As we begin to bring these up and out of the darkness through our practice, we can then allow ourselves to hold them up to the light and truly honor them (and ourselves), by learning how to mindfully live into them.
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You Can Always Start Again: New Year's Daylong
1/26/2019
9:00 AM
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3:00 PM
at Unitarian Universalist Church of Reston (Reston)
Set new intentions and start the new year taking in the good! This daylong is a wonderful opportunity to practice presence and stillness a little longer throughout the day. Practicing longer has proven to help change the brain and improve our ability to be less reactionary and more calm throughout the day. The benefits of this directly impacts how well we experience more peace and less stress into our daily life.
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Mindful Communication in Challenging Times Workshop
3/10/2019
1:00 PM
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5:00 PM
at IMCW Center for Mindful Living (Tenleytown)
In this communications workshop we will explore and experiment with finding a wise path through difficult conversations. We will cultivate the qualities and insights inherent in human nature that encourage mutual understanding, empathy, intimacy, and meaningful communication.
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Full Surrender: Learning to Ride The Waves
3/30/2019
9:30 AM
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4:30 PM
at Unitarian Universalist Church of the Shenandoah Valley (Stephens City)
During our time together, we’ll be exploring a variety of guided and silent meditations to put us more in touch with the changing flow of phenomena, a talk on annica (impermanence), silent walking meditation, lunch shared in silence, and quiet time in nature.
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Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
4/11/2019
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
at IMCW Center for Mindful Living (Tenleytown)
This special introductory class is being offered for anyone interested in learning more about the upcoming 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction workshops.
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No Self, No Problem: Exploring Anatta
5/18/2019
9:30 AM
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4:30 PM
at Unitarian Universalist Church of the Shenandoah Valley (Stephens City)
During this silent retreat we’ll be exploring anatta through various teachings, along with meditations designed to help us loosen our tenacious grip on the ego and sense of “self,” so that we can experience more freedom, peace, and even profound joy in our lives.
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