Location:

In-person only at IMC

When:
Saturday, October 31 · 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Description:

Mindfulness while speaking can be supported by grounding in the body and stabilized by an open, receptive heart. This daylong retreat will include guided meditations, dharma talks, silent sitting, walking meditation. We will also engage in structured small-group practice sessions designed to deepen the direct experience of speaking from embodied awareness and connection to the clarity and tone of citta (heart-mind).

Instructions and guidance will be offered on knowing, sensing, allowing, and attuning to the citta with compassionate attention. Participants will explore how awareness of the body, together with a heart soft enough to care and respond, can support clarity, steadiness, and care in communication.

This daylong retreat is an opportunity to strengthen mindfulness, develop concentration, practice with the IMC community, and ask questions of the teacher. Both beginners and experienced practitioners are welcome.

Please bring your own lunch.

The program is offered freely, with no registration required. If you would like to support the teacher or the center, donations may be made through IMC’s donation page.

Retreat offered by Tanya Wiser, LCSW, SEP, a formally trained Vipassanā meditation and retreat teacher under the guidance of Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella at the Insight Meditation Center. She is a licensed clinical social worker and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Her approach emphasizes deep listening, compassionate presence, and attunement to the body and citta (heart-mind).