Women’s Retreat: Happy In the Heart Weekend
8/24/2018
4:00 PM
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8/26/2018 3:00 PM
at Claymont Court Mansion (Charles Town)
Friday, August 24-Sunday, August 26. During our time together, we’ll be gently exploring a variety of these teachings and practices, and tapping into the abundance of joy that has been residing all along in the heart, just waiting to be awakened.
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Perspectives – Experiencing Life with New Eyes Weekend
9/14/2018
4:00 PM
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9/16/2018 3:30 PM
at Wellspring Conference Center (Germantown)
In order to move beyond suffering, the Buddha invited his students -- and he invites us -- to see and experience life from a variety of innovative and deeply insightful perspectives into the nature of Reality and Life, collectively called Wise View. This weekend retreat will introduce participants experientially to Wise View through a variety of activities, including mindfulness meditation instruction and practice, teacher talks, small group meetings with the teachers, and gentle mindful movement.
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Finding Peace in the Chaos Weekend Retreat
10/5/2018
4:00 PM
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10/7/2018 3:00 PM
at Claymont Society, Great Barn (Charles Town)
Friday, October 5-Sunday, October 7. During this silent weekend retreat, we’ll be exploring a variety of different mindfulness methods we can use to approach and re-discover the calm, peace, and ease of equanimity.
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Fall Weeklong 2018
10/5/2018
4:30 PM
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10/12/2018 12:00 PM
at Pearlstone Retreat Center (Reisterstown)
Friday, October 5-Friday, October 12. Vipassana, or Buddhist meditation, is a way of opening to life and seeing clearly the totality of one’s being and experience. The practice is based on cultivating a present-centered mindfulness, leading to an unfolding of our natural wisdom and compassion. The focus of this silent retreat is to enhance intimacy with ourselves and the world.
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Power of Presence Weekend
10/19/2018
4:00 PM
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10/21/2018 12:00 PM
at Pearlstone Retreat Center (Reisterstown)
Friday, October 19-Sunday, October 21. The retreat is designed to support continuity of wakefulness, creating space for your true nature to be revealed. Together in community, we will engage in a series of meditation practices, including sitting, lying, walking and eating accompanied by gentle movement.
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New Year's Retreat 2018
12/27/2018
4:30 PM
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1/1/2019 12:00 PM
at Pearlstone Retreat Center (Reisterstown)
Thursday, December 27-Tuesday, January 1. The New Year is a wonderful time to touch sacred presence and deepen our roots in spiritual life. In this silent retreat we will open our hearts and minds through practices of Vipassana (mindfulness meditation--both sitting and walking sessions), traditional heart meditations (metta), mindful movement and evening chanting.
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Women’s Retreat: Loving Yourself – Nurturing the Heart Practices
3/14/2019
4:00 PM
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3/18/2019 3:00 PM
at Claymont Court Mansion (Charles Town)
Thursday, March 14-Monday, March 18. During this silent 5-day women’s meditation retreat, we’ll be deeply exploring and nurturing the heart practices of kindness, compassion, forgiveness, joy, and peace for the person we spend the most time with – ourselves.
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Spring Weeklong 2019
5/3/2019
4:00 PM
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5/10/2019 12:00 PM
at Pearlstone Retreat Center (Reisterstown)
Friday, May 3-Friday, May 10. The focus of this weeklong retreat is to enhance intimacy with ourselves and the world. In order to help participants discover a sense of stillness and deep listening, silence will be maintained throughout the retreat except during question/answer periods and interviews with the teachers.
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