Awareness and Dhamma Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat (9 days)
August 3 – 12, 2012
Registration for this retreat is closed
On this silent retreat, suitable for all, we will emphasize a relaxed yet alert continuity of awareness, whether in the stillness of sitting or in the movement of walking and general activities. This balance of gentle yet energized attention to the direct experience of the mind and body is a powerful cause and condition for deep meditative insights to arise. Over time, this wisdom beneficially transforms our relationship to life. We grow in the peace of an enduring sense of well-being in all situations.
Teachers
Steve Armstrong
Steve Armstrong, a co-founding teacher at the Vipassana Metta Foundation's dhamma sanctuary on Maui shares the Buddha's teachings on human development and liberation of mind. Out of compassion for future generations he plants trees and directs the Burma Schools Project.
Listen to one of Steve's talks: Four Noble Truths given at IMS on August 13, 2009 – 66 minutes, 45.1 MB (Download, Stream)
Kamala Masters
Kamala Masters began practicing in 1975. Trained by Anagarika Munindra and Sayadaw U Pandita, she offers the dharma in the US and abroad. She is a co-founder and guiding teacher of the Vipassana Metta Foundation on Maui.
Listen to one of Kamala's talks: Three Pillars of the Dharma given at IMS on August 14, 2009 – 56 minutes, 38.3 MB (Download, Stream)
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Deborah Ratner Helzer has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1995, including a year as a nun in Burma. She has been teaching in the Washington, DC, area and around the country since 2001.
