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Programs
Mindfulness Retreats
We offer occasional overnight(s) Mindfulness retreats to deepen meditation practice. Imagine going to a place in a redwood forest where your only responsibility is to yourself. Everything is provided for you in regards to food and lodging. Imagine being mostly silent, where there are no phone calls, answering machines, e-mails, or people to respond to. Imagine when there is discussion, it is meaningful conversation relating to meditation practice and how it applies to your life. Please join us for this rare opportunity as a gift to yourself.
Mindfulness-Vipassana Meditation Retreat
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, Wednesday - May 26, Monday
WHERE: Land of Medicine Buddha - 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel, Ca.
REGISTRATION: Click here
QUESTIONS: Call Alice Tarail (831) 429-1452 or alicet@cruzio.com
TEACHERS: Mary Orr has practiced Vipassana meditation since 1983. She is a teacher at Spirit Rock and leads Vipassana groups in Santa Cruz and throughout the U.S. Richard Shankman is a co-founder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and teaches meditation at several Bay Area Dharma Groups and prisons. Bob Stahl teaches mindfulness-based stress reduction programs. Bob Stahl has lived over 8 years in a Buddhist Monastery and is now a husband and father of 2 sons.
Mindfulness Meditation Retreat
WHEN: September 26 - 28, 2008
WHERE: Land of Medicine Buddha - 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel, Ca.
COSTS: $300.00 - includes delicious vegetarian meals and lodging.
REGISTRATION:
Please send payment to:
Debra Turner
PO Box 2212
Sausalito, CA 94966.
or call Debra at 415-331- 2609 or e-mail: debra@dtdesign.org
INSTRUCTORS: Mark Abramson, D.D.S. is director of the mindfulness program at Stanford Medical Center Integrated Medicine Program. Sakti Rose, MA, Somatic Experience Practitioner, is a teacher and consultant for mindfulness programs in both hospital and corporate settings. She has a private practice in Marin County working with trauma and stress related illness. Bob Stahl, Ph.D. is the director of mindfulness programs at El Camino Hospital, Dominican Hospital, O'Connor Hospital, and the Santa Cruz Medical Foundation.
Daylong at Spirit Rock
Meditation as Medicine: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction - An Approach to Stress Reduction, Chronic Pain and Illness with Bob Stahl
WHEN: Sat, Aug 16, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
WHERE: Community Meditation Hall
COSTS: $60 - $90, sliding scale, plus a donation to the teacher(s), code BS1S08. Bring your lunch.
Spirit Rock 5 Night Residential Retreat
Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body
This retreat will work primarily with the first of the foundations of mindfulness, that of the body. We will spend the beginning of the retreat exploring mindfulness of breathing, then expand into an exploration of the body. We will work with an introduction to mindfulness of the 32 parts of the body, as taught by Taungpulu Sayadaw, as well as reflections on the four elements and the ending of the body in death. These practices lead to an understanding of the true, impermanent nature of the body and its basic elements.
We will follow the usual format of an Insight meditation (Vipassana) retreat, with periods of sitting and walking practice, as well as yoga sessions for further exploration of mindfulness of the body.
INSTRUCTORS: Mary Grace Orr, Bob Stahl
WHEN: Tue, Sep 30, 3:00 pm - Sun, Oct 5, 12:00 pm (5 nights)
WHERE: Upper Walking Hall
COSTS: $620 - $370, sliding scale.
REGISTRATION: Will open on May 30, 2008 - Forms available at that time
For further information, call Bob Stahl at 831/469–3338