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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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… -
$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… -
OngoingThursdays at 7:00pm-8:30 pm ET Facilitated by ID Practitioner Dave Leggatt 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 facilitator, and… -
Oct 27, 2018 (1 day)With Jan Surrey, Insight Dialogue Teacher, and Deborah Ennis, Mindfulness teacher $25 to register The teachings are freely offered, teachers are supported by dana, a centuries old tradition of the flow of generosity in the Buddhist tradition. There will an opportunity for supporting the teachers and the teachings on the day of the retreat. Please bring a lunch; beverages and snacks will be… -
$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 (Pause, Relax, Open, Attune to… -
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… -
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Oct 26 - 29, 2018 (4 days)An introduction to meditations which offer gentle yet powerful tools to open our hearts and minds, to connect with the immeasurable treasury of love within us and to develop empathy and kindness far beyond conventional limitations.It is a timeless spiritual truth that we all have an immeasurable treasury of love within us.2,500 years ago the Buddha taught his disciples the meditations on Loving… -
Metta Teachers
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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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Linda Karl is a mind-body educator inspired by the tradition of Sri Krishnmacharya. Traveling to India 7 times to study at the Krishnamacharya Yoga…
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€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… -
$1300
Nov 6 - 12, 2018 (7 days)About this tripJoin Alok Rocheleau and Anjuli Mahendra for the adventure of a lifetime in beautiful Sri Lanka! We will be offering our signature, all-levels Hatha & Contact Yoga sessions sure to nourish, strengthen, and revitalize your body. If you appreciate adventurous travel and mindful eco-design paired with permaculture values and indigenous practices, this is the retreat for you! We've… -
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… -
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… -
Nov 6, 2018 - Nov 5, 2019 (365 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… -
$450
Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2018 (3 days)Experience exotic stretches and Thai Yoga bodywork —a synthesis of acupressure, rhythmic compressions, ancient breathing arts, and meditation. Utilized therapeutically in Thailand, Thai Yoga produces balance and harmony within the body, mind, and spirit. You will: Study a 3,000-year-old traditional Asian folk art that creates radiant whole health Enjoy strengthened vitality through bandhas (body… -
$178
Nov 9 - 11, 2018 (3 days)Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice grown from the Vipassana tradition. Through dialogue the mindfulness and tranquility of traditional silent meditation is introduced into interaction with others. This enables us to perceive, understand, and apply an acceptance of others and ourselves in the busyness of our lives. As humans, we are creatures that are interrelated. As we… -
Nov 7, 2018 - Jan 2, 2019 (57 days)The Buddha posited a moment-to-moment orientation to practice that included the internal and external, all postures, and all activities. Yet so much energy is invested in turning some specific aspect into “our practice.” In doing so we miss the becoming of self, the craving for control, as well as the aversion towards things that don’t hold closely to a very narrow form. In this nine-week… -
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. -
Oct 25 - 27, 2018 (3 days)DESCRIPTION – Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice that brings together meditative awareness, the wisdom teachings of the Buddha, and the power of relationship. It has the same purposes and traditional roots as silent meditation: developing mindfulness, compassion and liberating insight, while investigating present moment experience. In this evening and day long…-
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Nov 3, 2018 (1 day)The Buddha called Spiritual Friendship the “whole of the holy life”; and that one who associates with Noble Friends will expect to progress well on the Path of Awakening. Insight Dialogue is a fully engaged, relational co-meditation practice which develops the Factors of Awakening, including sati (mindfulness) and samadhi (concentration) in relationship with others. The practice grounds… -
Oct 14, 2018 (1 day)Sustaining Mindfulness in Daily Life. We are very fortunate to welcome Jill Shepherd to Bristol for the first time to teach a day of Insight Meditation and Insight Dialogue. Jill brings a wonderful clarity and sense of humour to her teaching. This day long retreat is suitable for those experienced and those new to Insight Dialogue. -
$420
Dec 16 - 21, 2018 (6 days)Awareness and love (metta) are essential and beautiful aspects of any spiritual life. Awareness as developed through mindfulness practice leads to clarity, insight, and understanding. Love opens the heart, allows a kind embrace of ourselves, and connects us intimately with life. The fusion of love and mindfulness supports a compassionate response to the pain that we encounter in ourselves and in…
