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Mindfulness and Anxiety with Lee Lipp and Martina Schneider

Posted February 4, 2011 - Daylong Retreats, Special Events

Saturday, June 25, 9:30am – 5pm Aversion to anxiety is often accompanied by reactivity and actions that worsen how we feel. We suffer. Instead of running from anxiety, our focus for this day will be on kindhearted mindful awareness and intentional cultivation of non-reactive attention to this mood state. Guided meditations will be offered as we practice stopping and quieting the mind so that we slow down enough to see what is actually happening internally. The natural state of a…

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Hidden Villa Meditation Retreat with Gil Fronsdal

Posted January 9, 2011 - Residential Retreats

Sunday, Sept. 11 to Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011 Hidden Villa , 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 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. RETREAT FULL AND WAITLIST CLOSED Flyer Information Application Prerequisite: This retreat is for practitioners with previous Vipassana residential retreat experience and who have checked in with Gil Fronsdal about participation….

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Series: Body and Mind with Andrea Fella

Posted December 20, 2010 - Special Events

Five Thursday Evenings: February 10,17, March 3, 10, 17 In this five week series, we will explore how mindfulness of the body can help us to become more familiar with our minds. We will begin with mindfulness of the elemental nature of physical experience. Over the weeks of the course, we will explore a variety of mental processes, such as emotions, feeling tone, perception and knowing, and look at how we can become mindfully aware of these processes in relationship…

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Refuges Class with Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella

Posted December 18, 2010 - Special Events

Tuesdays, May 3 to June 14, 7 to 9pm No meetings on May 17, June 7 For those who would like to formally take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, we will have four classes exploring the meaning of “taking refuge.” Then, on the evening of June 14, we will meet for a sitting, dharma talk, and refuge ceremony. Those who have been in the refuge ceremony before are encouraged to come again to provide support and inspiration. Taking…

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Living Dharma: An integrated practice and study retreat at Spirit Rock

Posted December 15, 2010 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

May 29th – June 5th, 2010 With Andrea Fella, Tempel Smith, Anushka Fernandopulle For further information see: http://www.spiritrock.org/

Three Month Course, Part 1 Insight Meditation Society

Posted December 15, 2010 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

September 10 – October 22, 2011 With Carol Wilson, Guy Armstrong, Sally Armstrong, James Baraz, and Andrea Fella For more information, see http://www.dharma.org

Four Night Jikoji Retreat with Andrea Fella and Pamela Weiss

Posted December 15, 2010 - Events, Residential Retreats

August 10 – 14, 2011 RETREAT FULL Flyer Information Application 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 United States and in Burma. During one long practice period in Burma, she ordained as a nun with Sayadaw U Janaka. Andrea is especially drawn to the wisdom teachings of the…

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Two Week Mindfulness of Mind Retreat at Jikoji Center in Los Gatos, CA

Posted December 15, 2010 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

July 15 – 29, 2011 in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya. With Andrea Fella. Space limited. Prerequisite: one seven day residential retreat. For further information contact Dan Acland at dan@danacland.com

Vipassana and Metta Retreat – Wise Attention and Opening the Heart

Posted December 15, 2010 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

Cloud Mountain Retreat Center June 17 – 22, 2011 With Andrea Fella and Greg Scharf For further information: http://www.cloudmountain.org

Mindfulness of Mind Retreat in Samish Island, Washington

Posted December 15, 2010 - Other Retreats with Andrea Fella

Sponsored by Bellingham Insight Meditation Society April 1-10, 2011 Taught in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya With Andrea Fella and Heather Martin For further information: http://www.bellinghaminsight.org/

Creativity & Meditation with Carloyn Dille

Posted November 24, 2010 - Daylong Retreats, Special Events

Saturday, April 2, 2011, 9:30am – 4:00pm In this day we’ll explore some of the practices that meditation and the creative arts share. Through concentration, mindfulness, imagination, and energy we’ll deepen an open awareness of both meditation and creativity. Bring materials for drawing and writing and a lunch. Carolyn is a poet and teacher, a Sati Center board member, and a Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader.

Memorial Day Weekend Family Retreat: 3rd- 7th Graders and Parents with Gil Fronsdal, Rebekkah LaDyne, Liz Powell

Posted November 20, 2010 - Residential Retreats

Saturday May 28- Monday May 30, 2011 This retreat is now full. If you wish to be put on a waiting list, contact Liz Powell on the Application link below. Jikoji Retreat Center, Los Gatos. Flyer Information Application Practice together as a family during a relaxed weekend that will alternate structured retreat practice with hiking and sharing circles. We will help to create the retreat together, from cooking to simple work projects, camping or sharing dorm rooms. Families will be invited to…

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Practicing Sila; The Precepts, Karma and Liberation with Tony Bernhard

Posted November 18, 2010 - Special Events

Thursdays, January 13, to February 3, 2011, 7:30pm – 9:00pm A 4-week series on Sila (virtue, moral conduct), the cornerstone upon which the entire Noble Eightfold Path is built. Tony Bernhard is one of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders. He sits on the board of the Sati Center, is a member of the Spirit Rock Planning Committee and hosts sitting groups and teaches dharma in Davis, CA.

Women’s Daylong with Andrea Fella

Posted November 17, 2010 - Daylong Retreats, Special Events

Saturday, March 5, 9am to 4:30pm Offers a space for women to gather in silence and community. Alternate periods of sitting and walking meditation, with instruction, questions, and a Dharma Talk. At the end of the day, we will gather in community to share refreshment and mindful speech. Bring your own lunch (in silence) and refreshment to share for the afternoon gathering, if you wish.

Mindfulness of Mind Daylong with Andrea Fella

Posted November 17, 2010 - Daylong Retreats, Special Events

Saturday, February 26, 9:30am to 4:30pm Taught in the style of U Tejaniya. The simplicity, silence and support of retreats contribute to letting go of many distractions that get in the way of clear seeing and for developing a continuity of awareness. We will explore relaxed open awareness with an emphasis on qualities of mind, and the attitude towards one’s experience.. The retreat will alternate periods of sitting & walking with instructions & discussion. The day will be primarily in…

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