August 2009: Insight Meditation Center

Insight Meditation One-Month Retreat at Spirit Rock

March 1 – 28, 2010

with Gil Fronsdal, John Travis, Mary Grace Orr, Donald Rothberg & Heather Martin: March 1 – 28, 2010

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 of 2 previous silent 7-day Vipassana retreats led by Spirit Rock or IMS teachers, or the equivalent. You will need to provide the teachers’ names, dates, location and length of the retreats when applying along with a questionnaire.

For more information, see http://www.spiritrock.org/calendar/display.asp?id=330R10

New Year’s Retreat at Spirit Rock

Friday – Saturday, December 26 – January 3, 2010

New Year’s Retreat with Gil Fronsdal, John Travis, Sharda Rogell, Eugene Cash & Janice Clarfield (yoga)

This is a traditional Insight meditation (Vipassana) retreat format with sitting and walking in silence, and time for individual interviews. Teachers give daily dharma talks and systematic meditation instructions. We will celebrate New Year’s Eve with a late evening sitting and simple ceremony.

For more information, see http://www.spiritrock.org/calendar/display.asp?id=318R09

Hidden Villa Retreat with with Steve Armstrong & Kamala Masters

Sunday – Sunday, October 11 – 18

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 Hidden Villa Hostel near Los Altos.

Dormitory-style sleeping or camping. Vegetarian meals.

Cost: This retreat is offered entirely on a dana or freely given basis. The teachers and cook will be serving without compensation, and the operational costs of the retreat (mostly for facility rental and food) will be paid from the Retreat Fund of the Insight Meditation Center (IMC). At the end of the retreat, participants may offer whatever dana or donation they wish to the teachers, the cook, and the IMC Retreat Fund. A refundable $150 deposit is required to reserve a space. Your deposit will be refunded as long as you attend the retreat, or cancel three weeks before the retreat begins.

4 Day August Jikoji Retreat

Wed. August 19 to Sunday August 23, 2009

This is a silent mindfulness retreat with alternating sitting and walking meditation, as well as Dharma talks, and interviews with the teachers. It will be conducted at the rustic Jikoji Retreat Center on Skyline Boulevard in Los Gatos.

Dormitory-style sleeping or camping. Vegetarian meals.

Cost: This retreat is offered entirely on a dana or freely given basis. The teachers and cook will be serving without compensation and the operational costs of the retreat (mostly for facility rental and food) will be paid from the Retreat Fund of the Insight Meditation Center (IMC). At the end of the retreat, participants may offer whatever dana or donation they wish to the teacher, the cook, and the IMC Retreat Fund. A refundable $100 deposit is required to reserve a space. Your deposit will be refunded as long as you attend the retreat, or cancel two weeks before the retreat begins.

To reserve your space, please complete: (a) the Application and (b) the Participation Agreement and Liability Release found on our website at: www.insightmeditationcenter.org and send them, along with (c) your $100 deposit made payable to IMC, to

Cheryll Gasner

152 Granada Drive

Mountain View, CA 94043

For more information contact Cheryll Gasner at: imc.august.retreat@gmail.com

Or, if you do not have access to a computer, phone 650-465-3870