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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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