Daylong Retreats

Saturday Dec 14 — Convergence of Wisdom and Love Daylong with Matthew Brensilver

Saturday Dec 14 — Convergence of Wisdom and Love Daylong with Matthew Brensilver

In-person only at IMC Offered by: Matthew Brensilver Wisdom practices are commonly distinguished from practices of love and compassion. However, Buddhist psychology suggests a powerful connection between awareness and love. In insight meditation, we practice resting, looking deeply, knowing moment-by-moment what it’s like to be human.  Some of us are hesitant to look because we’re concerned about what we’ll find. But our practice shows us that the more deeply we look into experience, the more reason we have to love….

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Saturday Oct 19: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Daylong Retreat with Dawn Neal

Saturday Oct 19: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Daylong Retreat with Dawn Neal

Saturday, October 19, 2024:  9:30 am – 4:30 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Dawn Neal
 This daylong retreat will include guided meditations, dharma talks, and alternating periods of sitting and walking. Instructions and guidance on mindfulness of breathing, body, emotions, thoughts, and open attention will be provided. This daylong retreat is an opportunity to strengthen mindfulness, develop concentration, practice with the IMC community, and ask a teacher questions. Appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Bring lunch. 
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Saturday Sep 7 — Intensive Daylong with bruni dávila

Saturday Sep 7 — Intensive Daylong with bruni dávila

Saturday, September 7, 2024:  6:00 am – 9:00 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: bruni dávila This is a great opportunity for a full day of immersion in silent Dharma Practice. Practicing mindfulness on retreat is one of the foundations for maturing insight meditation. The simplicity, silence and support of retreats contribute to letting go of many of the distractions that get in the way of clear seeing. Retreats also are a wonderful environment for developing a continuity of awareness…

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Bringing All Parts of Yourself to IMC — A Daylong of Care and Connection for IMC Volunteers

Bringing All Parts of Yourself to IMC — A Daylong of Care and Connection for IMC Volunteers

DATES: Saturday November 2, 2024 OR March 1, 2025 —You will be asked to choose a date during registration LOCATION: In-person at IMC REGISTRATION:  Required: http://bit.ly/IMCVolunteer Offered by: Bruni Dávila and Tanya Wiser This workshop is a chance to contribute to the IMC community’s ongoing exploration of diversity and inclusivity. We will share, explore, and celebrate our and each other’s many different identities. As we unveil and connect, we will consider the very natural human tendency to have biases and…

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Saturday Sep 14 — Stream Entry Daylong with Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Saturday Sep 14 — Stream Entry Daylong with Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Saturday, September 14, 2024  9:00 am – 4:00 pm In-person at IMC and on Zoom. Register online to get the Zoom link. Co-sponsored by the Sati Center and the San Francisco Bay Parisā — an assembly of people dedicated to practicing in line with Ven. Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s teachings Stream-entry — also known as the arising of the Dhamma eye — is a momentous occasion in the practice. The first glimpse of the deathless, it makes irrevocable changes in the person who…

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Saturday July 13 — Opening to Stability and Clarity through the Breath Daylong with Kim Allen

Saturday July 13 — Opening to Stability and Clarity through the Breath Daylong with Kim Allen

Saturday July 13, 2024  9:00 am – 4:00 pm in-person at IMC only Offered by: Kim Allen Breath meditation is a foundational practice that can be immediately accessible, and yet also unfold to deeper layers over many years. This daylong retreat is an opportunity to connect or re-connect with the simplicity and richness of the breath. Our day will include guided and silent meditations, dharma teachings, and walking meditation. Classical instructions and guidance on mindfulness of breathing will support the opportunity to…

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Cultivating a Boundless Heart In-Person Daylong with Ying Chen — Saturday May 4

Cultivating a Boundless Heart In-Person Daylong with Ying Chen — Saturday May 4

Saturday, May 4, 2024: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Ying Chen This daylong retreat will include guided meditations, dharma talks, practice discussions, and alternating periods of sitting and walking. The day long retreat will ground in the mindfulness practices and expand to include the cultivation of heart qualities. This daylong retreat is an opportunity to strengthen mindfulness, develop concentration, open our hearts, practice with the IMC community, and ask a teacher questions. This daylong…

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Insight Meditation Daylong Retreat with Ying Chen — Saturday April 13

Insight Meditation Daylong Retreat with Ying Chen — Saturday April 13

Saturday, April 13, 2024:  9:00 am – 4:30 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Ying Chen To support the cultivation of mindfulness through instruction and continuity, you are invited to join this day of practice. Alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation will be offered, as well as light guidance on mindfulness of breathing, body, emotions, thoughts, and choiceless attention. Recommended for people who have some meditation experience and have attended an introductory mindfulness meditation course (or similar), as well…

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Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Daylong Retreat with bruni dávila — Saturday, March 2

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Daylong Retreat with bruni dávila — Saturday, March 2

Saturday, March 2, 2024 9:30 am – 4:30 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: bruni dávila This daylong retreat will include guided meditations, dharma talks, and alternating periods of sitting and walking. Instructions and guidance on mindfulness of breathing, body, emotions, thoughts, and open attention will be provided. This retreat is an opportunity to strengthen mindfulness, develop concentration, practice with the IMC community, and ask a teacher questions. Appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Bring lunch. The…

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Introduction to Insight Meditation Daylong Retreat with Matthew Brensilver — Saturday February 24

Introduction to Insight Meditation Daylong Retreat with Matthew Brensilver — Saturday February 24

Saturday, February 24, 2024 9:00 am – 4:00 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Matthew Brensilver There are so many doorways into the dharma because the dharma is so many things. The Buddhist path is a process of self-understanding, dramatically refining the map of our inner landscape, simultaneously clarifying the inner life of others. It is a path of love, beginning with our sincerity and culminating in our devotion to the welfare of others. Insight meditation responds to the…

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Mindfulness of Self, and Going Beyond the Self with Nikki Mirghafori — Saturday January 27

Mindfulness of Self, and Going Beyond the Self with Nikki Mirghafori — Saturday January 27

Saturday, January 27, 2024:  9:30 am – 3:00 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Nikki Mirghafori How do you relate to your self? What is the nature of your self-talk? On the spectrum from criticism-to-care and greed-to-generosity, where do you spend most of your inner life? Do most of your concerns center around your self, how you are viewed, perceived, liked? In your day, is there a sense of connection to purpose and meaning that surpasses your small self? In this…

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The Radiance of Emptiness: Mindfulness Meditation Daylong — Saturday December 16

The Radiance of Emptiness: Mindfulness Meditation Daylong — Saturday December 16

Saturday, December 16, 2023:  9:00 am – 4:00 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by Francisco Morillo Gable assisted by Sandra Sanabria The practices of emptiness in Early Buddhism are ways of mindfully emptying the heart and mind of obstructions to true joy, compassion and care. These practices create conditions for insightful stillness. Being empty allows our goodness to radiate freely. Our day will include guided meditations, dharma talks, and small group activities. This day will be an opportunity to strengthen mindfulness, develop concentration, practice with the IMC community, and ask a teacher questions. Appropriate for beginners and those with more experience….

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Mindfulness Meditation Daylong — Saturday November 18

Mindfulness Meditation Daylong — Saturday November 18

Saturday, November 18, 2023:  9:30 am – 4:30 pm In-person at IMC only Offered by: Mei Elliott This daylong retreat will include guided meditations, a dharma talk, and alternating periods of sitting and walking. Instructions and guidance on mindfulness of breathing, body, emotions, thoughts, and open attention will be provided. This daylong retreat is an opportunity to strengthen mindfulness, develop concentration, practice with the IMC community, and ask a teacher questions. This daylong is appropriate for beginners and those with more experience….

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Retiro de un Dia en Español con Andrea Castillo — Saturday October 28

Retiro de un Dia en Español con Andrea Castillo — Saturday October 28

Saturday, October 28, 2023:  9:00 am – 4:00 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by Andrea Castillo Title: From Theory to Practice: Building a Bridge from the Teachings to Our Daily Challenges This daylong retreat will include guided meditations, dharma talks, and alternating periods of sitting and walking. We will engage in contemplations on living the Dharma. This daylong retreat is an opportunity to strengthen mindfulness, develop concentration, practice with the IMC community, and ask a teacher questions. This daylong is…

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Mindfulness of the Body Daylong — Saturday Oct 21

Mindfulness of the Body Daylong — Saturday Oct 21

Saturday, October 21, 2023:  9:00 am – 4:00 pm:  in-person at IMC only Offered by: Kim Allen We’ve lived in or with our body for our whole life, but do we really know what it is? This daylong retreat explores mindfulness of the body through classical instructions in sitting and walking meditation. As we learn to experience the body more directly, concentration deepens and insights become available. The body can be a rich and surprising domain of practice. The day will include…

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