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Meditation Retreat with Gil Fronsdal – (Pre-requisite)

Posted October 31, 2009 - Residential Retreats

Sunday, September 19 to Sunday, October 3, 2010 Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 This retreat is currently full. New applicants will be placed on a waiting list and notified if spots open up. Application Information Flier For senior students, minimum pre-requisite two 10-day Vipassana retreats Gil has practiced Zen and Vipassana since 1975 and has a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford. He has trained in both the Japanese Soto Zen tradition and the Insight…

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Mindfulness Meditation Retreat with Andrea Fella and Pamela Weiss

Posted October 31, 2009 - Events, Residential Retreats, Special Events

Wednesday, August 4 to Sunday, August 8, 2010 Jikoji Retreat Center, 12100 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos CA 95033 Application Information Flier Andrea Fella has been practicing Insight Meditation since 1996, and, under Gil Fronsdal’s guidance, began teaching meditation classes in 2003. She is particularly drawn to intensive retreat practice, and has done a number of long retreats, both in the U.S. and Burma. During one long practice period in Burma, she ordained as a nun with Sayadaw U Janaka. Andrea…

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Mindfulness Meditation Retreat with Andrea Fella

Posted October 31, 2009 - Residential Retreats

Memorial Weekend, May 28–31, 2010 Jikoji Retreat Center, 12100 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos CA 95033 This retreat is currently full. New applicants will be placed on a waiting list and notified if spots open up. Application Information Flier Registration opens January 28, 2010. This is a silent mindfulness retreat with alternating sitting and walking meditation, as well as instruction, Dharma talks, and interviews with the teachers. It will be conducted at the rustic Jikoji Retreat Center on Skyline Boulevard in…

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Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Taught by Gil Fronsdal

Posted October 26, 2009 - For Beginners

Six Wednesday evenings January 6 to February 10, 2010, 7:30 to 9pm Insight Meditation or Vipassana, is a simple technique, beginning with focusing the attention on the breath. The practice concentrates and calms the mind. At the heart of Insight Meditation is the practice of Mindfulness, a practice of moment-to-moment observation which cultivates a clear, stable and non-judgmental awareness. While mindfulness practice can be highly effective in helping bring calm and clarity to the pressures of daily life, it is…

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Beginners’ Practice Group with Susan Ezequelle & Jim Bronson

Posted October 26, 2009 - For Beginners, Special Events

Wednesdays, November 17 to December 15, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm No class on 11/24/10 This series is for those beginners who have taken a basic mindfulness meditation instruction class and would like to take the next step in building and supporting their practice. Come to this five-week discussion group on developing mindfulness practice. There will be a 20 minute sitting, a review of the basic teachings, and lots of discussion. The class will review the basic instructions in mindfulness meditation,…

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Yoga November 26, 2009 Canceled: Thanksgiving Day

Posted October 26, 2009 - Yoga

Thursday Morning Yoga & Sitting Meditation for November 26, 2009 Canceled: Thanksgiving Day

Mindfulness of Mind Retreat with Andrea Fella and Heather Martin

Posted October 21, 2009 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

Cloud Mountain Retreat Center September 10 – 17, 2010 The Buddha taught four foundations of mindfulness. While each tradition of practice has as a starting point one foundation or another, liberating mindfulness includes all four foundations without preference. This retreat offers instructions on the four foundations of mindfulness with particular attention to Awareness of Mind, and will be taught in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya. The initial instructions will be given by Sayadaw U Tejaniya through pre-recorded sessions. Daily…

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Concentration Retreat at Spirit Rock with Philip Moffitt, Sally Clough Armstrong, Andrea Fella, Richard Shankman

Posted October 21, 2009 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

August 16 – August 25, 2010 Concentration (samadhi) defined as the collection and unification of the mind, was emphasized by the Buddha as one of the aspects of the Eightfold Path. It can bring joy to your practice and develop the skillful use of pleasure in the meditative process. Whatever your level of practice, you can improve your Insight Meditation (Vipassana) by strengthening your concentration skills. Your ability to concentrate will develop in response to the attention you give it….

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Vipassana and Metta Retreat: Wise Attention and Opening the Heart

Posted October 21, 2009 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

Cloud Mountain Retreat Center July 16 – 21, 2010 With Andrea Fella and Greg Scharf This Vipassana and Metta retreat will emphasize how the understanding of wisdom in present moment awareness opens the heart to the beautiful qualities of love and compassion. We will explore how the wisdom teachings of Buddhism point us to directly touch and understand our experience. We will also offer the practice of Metta, or Lovingkindness, which brings kindness and compassion to our relationships, not only…

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Living Dharma: An integrated practice and study retreat at Spirit Rock

Posted October 21, 2009 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

June 28th – July 5th, 2010 With Philip Moffitt, Sally Armstrong, and Andrea Fella Further information about this retreat will be posted as it becomes available. For further information see: http://www.spiritrock.org/page.aspx?pid=561

Non Residential Retreat in Bellingham, Washington

Posted October 21, 2009 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

Saturday and Sunday, April 10th and 11th, 2010 A two day non-residential retreat taught in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya. During this non-residential retreat we will explore the meditation style taught by Sayadaw U Tejaniya: a relaxed open awareness with an emphasis on exploring qualities of mind, and the attitude towards one’s experience. The schedule for the retreat will alternate periods of sitting and walking with instructions and discussion. Aside from the instruction and discussion periods, the days will…

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Insight Meditation One-Month Retreat at Spirit Rock

Posted October 21, 2009 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

January 31 – February 28, 2010 with James Baraz, Carol Wilson, Sally Clough Armstrong, Howard Cohn, Andrea Fella An extended period of retreat offers the rare opportunity for sustained and dedicated practice. This retreat emphasizes quieting the mind, opening the heart, and developing profound clarity and depth of insight practice. Instruction will follow the traditional four foundations of mindfulness combined with training in lovingkindness and compassion, through a daily schedule of silent sitting, walking, dharma talks and interviews. Prerequisite(s): Completion…

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Buddhists Go Bowling

Posted October 20, 2009 - Dharma Friends

Nov., Friday the 13th. At a local alley. Contact Don Kensil, 650/965-4112, for more information.

Keeping Cool in the Fire: Becoming More Skillful with Inner or Outer Conflict – A Two-Day Training with Donald Rothberg and Lawrence Ellis

Posted October 19, 2009 - Special Events

Saturday, January 23, 2010, 9am to 5pm and Sunday, January 24, 1 to 5pm How do we bring our spiritual practice into situations of conflict, whether inner conflict (“Should I stay in this job or relationship?”), interpersonal conflict, or conflict within an organization or community or society? By conflict, we mean a tension or contradiction between goals, intentions, or styles, which may or may not be connected with hostility. For most of us, conflicts are difficult and we often tend…

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Hungry Ghost Halloween Party for All Boo-dhists

Posted October 19, 2009 - Dharma Friends

Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009 6:00 to 6:30 — Hungry Ghost Ceremony. 6:30 to 9 PM — Halloween party. ATTIRE Come dressed as one of your hungry ghosts (or a generic demon): a costume representing a personal character trait which haunts you. For example, we have had ghosts representing: fear of ending up a bag lady, craving for recognition or attention, indecision, and constant vigilance. BRING Food to feed our hungry ghosts which after the ceremony, we (dressed as our hungry…

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