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New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

This is a traditional Insight Meditation (vipassanā) retreat with stillness and moving in silence, as well as regular meetings with teachers. Each day there will be systematic meditation instructions, Dharma talks, and movement practice. We will mark the turning of the year with a late evening meditation and simple ceremony on New Year’s Eve. In celebration of the New Year, our focus will be on cultivating loving awareness and embracing each moment as fresh and new. All are welcome.

This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.

2024-12-27 (8 days) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  
2024-12-28 Simplicity, Awareness, Intimacy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:06
Eugene Cash
How Relaxing into the Simplicity of Awareness brings an Intimate experience of the Knowing of Aliveness.
2024-12-29 Metta for a Benefactor 42:47
Devon Hase
Introduction and teachings on metta followed by a guided practice sending metta to a benefactor.
2024-12-30 Sampajañña: Clearly Knowing 50:41
Devon Hase
Teaching on this key factor in the Satipatthana Sutta, including the four commentarial categories: Clear comprehension of purpose (Pāli: sātthaka) Clear comprehension of suitability (sappāya) Clear comprehension of domain (gocara):[12] Clear comprehension of non-delusion (asammoha)
2024-12-31 Third Foundation: Mindfulness of Citta (the heart-mind) 48:37
Devon Hase
Teaching and guided meditation practice.
2025-01-01 Metta: Loving Ourselves Back into Wholeness 39:41
Devon Hase
Guided meditation on metta for all beings.
2025-01-01 The Art of Realizing Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:46
Eugene Cash
Knowing Impermanence Experientially is the doorway to Freedom. We see we can't hold on to anything! Letting Go– Not Clinging brings the Freedom to Be. Anicca vata sankhara chant: 'All conditioned things are impermanent. Their nature is to arise & pass away. To live in harmony with this truth. Brings the highest happiness'. Anicca vata sankhara chant.
2025-01-02 How to Recognize Delusion 49:46
Devon Hase
How to work with delusion on the path - it's tricky to see delusion but when we do, it's so fun.
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