Registration for this retreat is closed
Each year, the ordained sangha from the Forest tradition offers a monastic retreat at IMS. Two bhikkhunis will lead this 2012 course, focusing on the Buddha's Four Foundations of Mindfulness as a path to awakening. The retreat will support the deepening of wisdom and compassion, opening the heart and touching the experience of emptiness.
This course is an invitation to all to experience a taste of monastic life, through observing the eight precepts as a community - this includes abstaining from eating after noon. Each day's schedule includes devotional chanting and offerings of flowers and candles, silent sitting and walking meditation, dharma talks and responses to questions.
An optional daily period of yoga will be offered by Éowyn Ahlstrom.
This retreat is offered on a 'You Choose' basis which means that you can establish your own course fee, based on your financial means. Although rates for this begin at $15 per night (a total of $135 for this retreat), paying more allows IMS to continue offering financial aid to as many people as possible. No financial assistance application is necessary.
