Listening & Speaking from Silence: A Deepening Exploration of Relationality
February 23 - 26, 2023
Barre, MA
We can awaken together. We can recognize our shared humanity and touch the mutuality of the heart’s longing for freedom. Yet we know relationships can also become a source of painful conflict, disconnection, and loneliness. During this retreat, as we explore the relational meditation practice...
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Bringing Ease into Daily Life
February 24 - 27, 2023
Rocklyn, Victoria, Australia (1.5 hours north-west of Melbourne)
Join us for this weekend retreat and explore the power of Insight Dialogue to bring clear seeing and ease into this day by day journey we share together.
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Cultivating Wisdom to Live in Freedom
March 3 - 9, 2023
Malaysia
During this retreat, through the practice of Insight Dialogue, we will develop kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity and a wise response to the challenges of life, cultivate meditative qualities like mindfulness, calmness of the mind, and orientate our day-to-day life towards Dhamma.
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Dharma Contemplation: Wise Attention and the Voice of Another
April 1 - 2, 2023
Cambridge, MA
Please do join us in the investigation of the meaning and power of spiritual friendship, dharma talk, and deep listening in cultivating wisdom, compassion, and liberation from suffering. We will engage in the practice of Dharma Contemplation, where meditative qualities of the heartmind, community wisdom, and the ancient Buddhist texts illuminate…
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Die Praxis des Einsichtsdialogs und die 4 „himmlischen Verweilzustände“: Liebevolle Güte, Mitgefühl, Mitfreude und Gleichmut
April 14 - 16, 2023
Basel, Switzerland
Dieses Wochenende bietet Gelegenheit, die Grundprinzipien des Einsichtsdialogs, einer Meditationsform im Miteinander, kennenzulernen und sich in der erlernten Praxis zu üben und diese zu vertiefen. Ein Erforschen der eigenen Lebens-/Meditations-Praxis rund um die vier Brahmavihara-Herzqualitäten aus den buddhistischen Texten – Liebevolle Güte, Mitgefühl, Mitfreude und Gleichmut – wird dabei thematisch…
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Cascadia Insight Dialogue Retreat
May 6 - 14, 2023
Samish Island, WA (located between Seattle, WA, USA and Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Early Bird Discount, $850 until April 1
How do we find refuge in the Dhamma while fully embracing the world and its pain? What sources of wisdom, joy, and inspiration do we need to manifest compassionate action, freedom, and resilience? How might we transform the whole of life into a living Path where any moment is sacred, including…
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Teaching Presence in Relationship
May 16 - 24, 2023
France
Registration is now open. This professional training is designed to prepare MBSR & MBCT instructors to teach Interpersonal Mindfulness as a follow-up to the 8-week MBSR program.
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Returning to flow: An Insight Dialogue Retreat
July 18 - 23, 2023
near Asheville, North Carolina
In this retreat we’ll explore how the flow of experience is often taken as a basis for an independent, solid, unchanging self. Coming to know the ways each of our particular body/heart/minds become entangled in the selfing process, we can begin to disentangle. We will contemplate unwinding the tension and…
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Onverwachte wijsheid
July 21 - 25, 2023
Cadzand, Nederland
Omgaan met het onverwachte is misschien wel onze grootste uitdaging in het leven. Dingen in ons leven gaan vaak net niet zoals we willen of we worden geconfronteerd met veranderingen waar we niet op zitten te wachten. Hoe kunnen we deze uitdagingen het hoofd bieden?
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Awakening Together: An Insight Dialogue BIPOC Retreat
August 18 - 23, 2023
Barre, MA
Together, we are stronger and more resilient and can support one another to go a little bit further on the path towards Awakening. This retreat is about just that: supporting each other to Awaken Together. We will integrate the wisdom practice of Insight Dialogue and the heart practices of the…
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Ongoing Practice Groups
Kalyanamitta Yatra – The Way of Admirable Friends
Open Dates
For more than two years Insight Dialogue has been offered only online, but restrictions are easing, the end of the pandemic may be in sight and we have many new friends who have never experienced Insight Dialogue face to face. In the Buddha’s time, when the monsoon season ended and…
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