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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Exploring the Hindrances to Connection: Insight Dialogue City Retreat
May 12 - 14, 2023
Amsterdam, Netherlands
and Brent Beresford As human beings we are intrinsically relational and our lives are intertwined in numerous ways. And though we are interconnected, our hearts do not always feel and know this relationality. With Insight Dialogue we can explore how the experience of connection fluctuates with inner and outer circumstances.…
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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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Kalyana-mittata Retreat: A Gathering of Beautiful Friends
June 23 - July 2, 2023
near Toronto, Ontario Canada
Our vision is to explore the lived experience of Spiritual friendship, to provide the freedom to practice with what is familiar, but also the encouragement to practice with the unfamiliar, to venture close to the edge of the precipice, and to share our discoveries new and old. …]
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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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East Coast: Inviting an Insight Dialogue Teacher to your Sangha
September 29 - October 15, 2023
For more the last several years Insight Dialogue has been offered only online, as the pandemic has ended and we ease back into in-person events, we have many new friends who have never experienced Insight Dialogue face to face. There’s a quality of practicing Insight Dialogue in-person that cannot be…
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