Metta Retreats
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Metta Centers
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Come stay at Casa Metta, House of Loving Kindness, to Metta-Morphasize your life!Included in a weeklong stay:Two Vibrational Healing Treatments…
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Spirit Rock Meditation Centeris dedicated to the teachings of the Buddha as presented in the vipassana tradition. The practice of mindful awareness,…
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Metta Programs is a non-profit organization that offers specific relational meditation practices and teachings to support a wise and compassionate…
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$425
Sep 11 - 16, 2018 (6 days)Metta, or Lovingkindness, is the natural state of friendliness in the human heart when it is not startled, or angry or confused. Through the practice of metta, we strengthen our capacity for self-acceptance, decreasing reactivity, steadying the mind, and feeling connected with others. In this Silent Retreat, we will explore the formal practice of metta, using phrases of well-wishing for… -
Jul 26 - Sep 6, 2018 (43 days)The Buddha said he taught only one thing: suffering and the release from suffering. In the first noble truth the Buddha points us to the truth of dissatisfaction (dukkha) – the things in which we seek lasting happiness are ultimately doomed to disappoint us. However, this dukkha we experience is not inherent to the circumstances of our lives, but because we want things to be different than how… -
Jul 22 - 29, 2018 (8 days)The Power of Healing Communication – The Enlightenment Factors Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice based on Vipassana meditation. The practice introduces the mindfulness of the traditional silent meditation into interaction with others. This allows us to perceive and understand things we normally overlook in the bustle of our lives and to gain more acceptance for… -
OngoingMondays at 11:00am-12:15pm US EST Facilitated by ID Practitioners Sue Brown and Susie Clarion Drop-in sessions are open to anyone with some experience in a contemplative practice and familiarity with Insight Dialogue through reading or practice. You may join a drop-in session once or every week; it’s up to you. Session format includes silent practice, a contemplation offered by the… -
Metta Teachers
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Gary Steinberg is an Insight Dialogue Teacher. Over the years he has served many roles within Metta Programs, including Program Director for online…
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Steve Armstrong began his dhamma practice in 1975 with senior Western teachers Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg and Jack Kornfield. After 10 years of…
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Sayādaw U Indaka is the abbot of the Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centres (CMMC) in Yangon and Pyin Oo Lwin. At both these centres, and throughout…
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OngoingOur practice group meets for 8-10 week terms, on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. We also have Insight Dialogue days 3 or 4 times a year. We collect donations to cover costs of renting a room and to contribute to Metta Programs. The group is facilitated by Jane Cutler and Jane Whitehead. They have both attended retreats and facilitation workshops with Gregory Kramer since 2005 and are in ongoing… -
Aug 7 - 12, 2018 (6 days)During this retreat we will meditate together – not next to each other – completely together and truly meditating. We will cultivate mindfulness, quiet concentration, the inquiring mind, energy and other meditative qualities through Insight Dialogue instruction, silent meditation, and a short period of walking meditation and mindful movement. It is an opportunity to connect us directly with… -
Dec 10 - 16, 2018 (6 days)Date: Monday, December 10, 3:00pm – Sunday, December 16, 11:30am Cost: Sliding Scale $1505 – $685, plus a donation to the teacher(s) and retreat staff. Code 220R18. Will open for registration on 8/8/2018 This silent retreat will focus on cultivating the quality of loving kindness (metta in Pali), infusing our hearts, minds and bodies with a strong caring wisdom. Mindful presence and…-
Sep 17 - 23, 2018 (6 days)
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$835
Nov 23 - Dec 2, 2018 (10 days)Sayadaw U Indaka is the abbot of the Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centres (CMMC) in Yangon and Pyin Oo Lwin. On his first retreat at BMIMC Sayadaw will conduct a 10-day intensive metta (lovingkindness) retreat with the support of his translator Mimmi. Mimmi (May Myint Oo) has practiced vipassana and metta meditation for many years. Since 2004 she is Sayadaw’s translator whenever he travels and… -
Aug 4 - 11, 2018 (8 days)Join us for a holiday and yoga retreat in Lumbarda, fisherman village on the Korčula island in Croatia. This place is good reachable from Split or Dubrovnik. Accommodation in a lovely stone house, only 1 Min to the 1st sandy beach for quick refreshment. There begins the coastal path to far more beautiful sandy and pebble beaches, at least 20 islets in the archipelago of Lumbarda you can swim… -
Sep 7 - 17, 2018 (11 days)This workshop is organized with different complementary techniques to achieve maximum results in 10 days, assuming that participants follow the instructions and make the effort to practice continuously. The retreat starts with "Anapana" which consist in developing the concentration of the mind focusing on the breath for the first 3 days in order to get ready to start vipassana meditation. A… -
OngoingThis group meets on the first and third Friday of each month, 7:00-8:30pm, and is led by Anita Bermont. Those with prior Insight Dialogue experience are welcome. Our practice together includes a silent sit, contemplation and guided Insight Dialogue practice, group reflections, and metta. -
OngoingThere are two practice opportunities. Both are led by Anna-Brown Griswold, Insight Dialogue Teacher Trainee. First Sunday of every month; 7 -8:30pm in at the Seattle Mindfulness Center, 6306 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103-5559, United States Join us for a dive into Insight Dialogue contemplations and meditation. Part of the evening will be dedicated to introducing one of the 6 Insight…-
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Sep 18 - 25, 2018 (8 days)Understanding suffering and its cessation calls us to investigate the knot-hard tangle of the self. That knot is held tight by thirst, by craving. When two or more are gathered, great forces are at work and we usually pull the knots tighter. But these forces can also untangle the knot. As mindfulness and calm are developed in Insight Dialogue, we can begin to feel the heart’s release. When… -
$1260
Aug 10 - 19, 2018 (10 days)During this intensive silent retreat, participants will learn to develop their heart’s capacity for liberatory clarity and pervasive tenderness with a unique integration of Vipassana (insight) and Metta (lovingkindness) practices. Michele and Jesse are enthusiastic about supporting yogis with a depth of both technical rigor and spacious ease. Yogis will be supported by daily instruction…
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Oct 13 - 21, 2018 (9 days)The conditioned personality—called attabhava in the Buddha’s teachings–is the locus of most of our pain: tangled relationships, painful memories, dysfunctional patterns of behavior, and other formations that rush through this life. The Buddha taught that the conditioned personality is a tangle that can be untangled: gradually, patiently, with care. The horse that the conditioned personality… -
Sep 29 - 30, 2018 (2 days)In an ever changing, increasingly uncertain and troubled world, the Buddha’s teachings offer a source of sustenance, refuge, and inspiration. Insight Dialogue is a liberating insight practice rooted in early Buddhist teachings. It bridges the experience of those teachings with the reality of our lives, shedding new light on the importance of social engagement as a step towards meeting… -
$690
Oct 5 - 8, 2018 (4 days)Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice that brings together meditative awareness (e.g., mindfulness, concentration), the wisdom teachings of the Buddha and the power of relationship to support insight into the nature, causes, and release of human suffering. This residential retreat will introduce the meditation guidelines of Insight Dialogue and offer an opportunity to explore… -
€395
Oct 23 - 28, 2018 (6 days)Insight Dialogue seeks to bring the Dhamma to life in the body and heart as intuitive wisdom. Cultivating awareness of the habitual tensions that maintain suffering and learning the pathways of release reestablishes us freshly in the ever unfolding moment. Returning to loving presence is a source of resiliency in the midst of life’s challenges. The three bases of Insight Dialogue practice… -
Nov 1, 2018 - Nov 30, 2019 (395 days)… Living the Wings of Awakening is a 12 month study and practice program intended for those who wish to deepen in Dharma practice … “So this is what you think of me: ‘The Blessed One, sympathetic, seeking our well-being, teaches the Dhamma out of sympathy.’ Then you should train yourselves — harmoniously, cordially, and without dispute — in the qualities I have… -
$595
Sep 29 - Oct 6, 2018 (8 days)“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” –Buddha When we see deeply into the miracle of our own human mind and body process, our whole life begins to change in ways that guide our responses to ourselves and others with increasing wisdom and compassion. The four brahma viharas are the responses of the awakening heart; they… -
Oct 30 - Nov 4, 2018 (6 days)Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice that brings the mindfulness and tranquility of traditional silent meditation into our experience with others. Resting on the foundation of traditional Buddhist teachings, this practice offers a way to integrate wisdom and compassion into our relational lives through mindful speaking and mindful listening. In this five-days retreat, we will… -
Oct 25 - 29, 2018 (4 days)Date: Thursday, October 25, 3:00pm – Monday, October 29, 11:30am Cost: Sliding Scale $1430 – $650, plus a donation to the teacher(s) and retreat staff. Code 208R18. Will open for lottery registration on 5/23/2018; see lottery details below. Retreat Description: Prerequisite: Completion of at least two silent 5- to 7-night residential retreats and five years of meditation practice. Loving…
