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Friday, September 3 to Sunday, September 5, 2010
Jikoji Retreat Center, 12100 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos CA 95033
Registration opens May 3, 2010
A silent mindfulness retreat with alternating sitting and walking meditation, as well Dharma talks, time for Q & A, and interviews with the teachers. There will be instruction in mindfulness of the breath, body, emotions, thoughts and walking. The retreat is suitable for both beginners and those wanting to review the basics of practice in a retreat setting. Optional Qi Gong practice will be offered.
Dormitory-style sleeping or camping. Vegetarian meals.
Carla Brennan is a Vipassana teacher and offers a variety of classes, workshops and retreats in the Santa Cruz area and beyond and has a weekly meditation group in Felton, CA. Carla is also a Spirit Rock Meditation Center visiting teacher. She leads nature-based retreats in California and Utah. Carla has been practicing meditation for 35 years in the Zen, Vipassana, and Tibetan traditions. Her many teachers include Zen Master Sueng Sahn, Jack Kornfield, and Lama Surya Das. Carla is also a former psychotherapist and has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for over 17 years. See her website or you can listen to her talks on audiodharma.
Ines Freedman has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1985, with Gil Fronsdal as her primary teacher since 1995. She is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center Community Dharma Leader Program and was Managing Director of Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City. She has experience with long meditation retreats including extended self-retreats, and has a special interest in working with meditation for those with chronic pain. She directs and teaches the Audiodharma Online Meditation Courses, and serves on the IMC Chaplaincy Council. She is a retired chiropractor. You can listen to her talks on audiodharma.
Sunday, October 17 to Sunday, October 24, 2010
Hidden Villa Retreat Center, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Registration opens June 17, 2010
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 Meditation lineage of Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia. Gil was trained as a Vipassana teacher by Jack Kornfield and is part of the Vipassana teachers’ collective at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He was ordained as a Soto Zen priest at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982, and in 1995 he received Dharma Transmission from Mel Weitsman, the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. He has been the primary teacher for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California since 1990. He is a husband and father of two boys.
Heather Martin has practiced different forms of meditation for over thirty years. Her early dharma practice was under the guidance of S. N. Goenka, and has since been influenced by both Burmese and Thai streams of Theravada – just recently while practicing in Burma with Ven. U Tejaniya. She was trained by Jack Kornfield, and teaches at Spirit Rock, in south western Canada and in the Pacific Northwest. She worked for 20 years as a midwife, and lives on Salt Spring Island, off the west coast of British Columbia.
Sunday, September 19 to Sunday, October 3, 2010
Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Registration opens May 19, 2010
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 Meditation lineage of Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia. Gil was trained as a Vipassana teacher by Jack Kornfield and is part of the Vipassana teachers’ collective at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He was ordained as a Soto Zen priest at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982, and in 1995 he received Dharma Transmission from Mel Weitsman, the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. He has been the primary teacher for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California since 1990. He is a husband and father of two boys.
Wednesday, August 4 to Sunday, August 8, 2010
Jikoji Retreat Center, 12100 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos CA 95033
Registration opens April 4, 2010
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 teaches residential retreats for IMC, and the Thursday evening meditation class. She is in the Spirit Rock teacher training program with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.
Pamela Weiss is a Professional Coach and meditation teacher. She has been practicing Zen since 1987, including several years of monastic training, and is currently a teacher-in-training with Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock. Through her company, An Appropriate Response, she coaches leaders and executives in organizations, and leads meditation classes, workshops and retreats, as well as an ongoing Women’s Circle. The focus of her work is the integration of spiritual practice into the nitty-gritty of everyday life. She lives in San Francisco with her husband.
Memorial Weekend, May 28–31, 2010
Jikoji Retreat Center, 12100 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos CA 95033
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 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 one week before the retreat begins.
May 2–9, 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.
Retreat Flyer
Retreat Application
More Information
See: http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/programs/retreats/residential-retreat-faqs/
Registration opens January 18, 2010
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 Meditation lineage of Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia. Gil was trained as a Vipassana teacher by Jack Kornfield and is part of the Vipassana teachers’ collective at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He was ordained as a Soto Zen priest at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982, and in 1995 he received Dharma Transmission from Mel Weitsman, the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. He has been the primary teacher for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California since 1990. He is a husband and father of two boys.
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 teaches residential retreats for IMC, and the Tuesday morning and Thursday evening meditation classes. She is in the Spirit Rock teacher training program with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: IMC
Notes:
Integrating practice into our daily lives can be difficult. Many of us need support for this challenging but rewarding aspect of practice. We will integrate formal practice and Dharma discussion with our daily life by surrounding our usual workweek and workdays with practice & discussion. We begin with a half-day retreat with instructions and discussion on Sunday, and end with a daylong retreat on the following Saturday. During the week we will meet each morning and evening to inspire, encourage and support our daily life practice. You may participate in any part of the program.
Householder Retreat Schedule:
- Sunday 9/13: 1:30 to 5pm
- Monday-Friday 9/12-9/18, mornings: 7:30 to 9am
- Monday-Friday 9/12-9/18, evenings: 7:30 to 9pm
- Saturday 9/19: 9 am to 4:30 pm, Daylong Retreat
September 13 to 27, 2009
This is a silent mindfulness retreat for experienced meditators who are comfortable with periods of independent practice. Instruction, Dharma talks, and interviews with Gil will support the meditator’s independent insight practice. The retreat will be conducted at the Hidden Villa Hostel near Los Altos.
Prerequisite: This retreat is for practitioners with previous Vipassana residential retreat experience and who have checked in with Gil Fronsdal about participation.
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 $250 deposit is required to reserve a space. Your deposit will be refunded if you attend the retreat, or if you cancel six weeks before the retreat, by August 2, 2009.
Registration will open on May 13, 2009. To reserve your space after having checked with Gil Fronsdal, 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 $250 deposit made payable to IMC, to
Laura Crabb
160 Saratoga Ave., #210
Santa Clara, CA 95051
408-380-3002, x80
lauracrabb2@gmail.com
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.
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
Sep 25 – 27, 2009
Mindfulness retreat at Jikoji Retreat Center in Los Gatos, http://www.jikoji.org/
Taught by Andrea Fella and Pam Weiss
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