The Embodied Heart - A Four Day Residential Thaypassana Retreat

AN RSVP ON THIS MEETUP SITE IS NOT A REGISTRATION. Registration is online using the form here. For more details about the teachers, registration prices and registration deadlines and reservations, a flyer is available here.

Join us for a four day residential Thaypassana retreat with Janice Cittasubha Sheppard and David Haskin at the beautiful Siena Retreat Center in Racine, WI, November 7-10, 2024.

The present moment is the only moment in which we can experience life as it happens but, in our busy lives, our minds are often disconnected from this truth, and we become lost in rumination about the past and the future. By reconnecting with our body and breathing, we experience the present moment directly and can open to the ease, freedom, and release of a receptive and open heart. As a wonderful teacher, Ajahn Sucitto, says, we can, “let the heart and body start to dialogue.”

Please join us for a “Thaypassana” meditation retreat, which will draw upon the wisdom teachings of both Thich Nhat Hahn and the Insight practices of Theravada Buddhism. These few days of silence will create a supportive environment in which, by practicing sitting, walking and standing meditation, mindful movement and mindful eating, we can turn inward and directly learn about our own body, heart and mind moment by moment. We also will have Dharma reflections, small group interviews, large group question and response sessions, and some one-on-one sessions.

In keeping with best health practices as put forward by the CDC, participants are asked to be current on their Covid, RSV and flu vaccinations. Masking for health reasons will be at your own discretion.

What to expect: Please wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothes. If you use
a meditation cushion or bench, please bring it. Chairs will also be available
for meditation. Please note — throughout this retreat participants will be in
Noble Silence except during Q&A or interview groups.

Fees cover all meals Friday breakfast through Sunday lunch, lodging, private baths, towels and the meeting rooms. (Thursday dinner is on your own.) Coffee/tea are available throughout the weekend. All meals will be vegan. If you have dietary restrictions, please make those known on your registration. If you feel a commercial caterer may not fully understand your dietary restrictions, consider bringing items to supplement your special diet. Refrigerators and microwaves are available.

The retreat will begin on Thursday at 7 pm. Please arrive and check-in between 4-6 pm, Thursday, November 7, so you can settle into your room and be in the hall and ready when the retreat opens at 7 pm. Check-out follows the close of the retreat at 3PM on Sunday.

Location: Siena Retreat Center, 5637 Erie Street, Racine, Wisconsin 53402.
Parking is free and plentiful. Once you park your car, you can leave it for the weekend.

Registration: Registration is online using the form here. For more details about the teachers, registration prices and registration deadlines and reservations, a flyer is available here.

Complete the online registration form at https://bit.ly/460FCFG. Then complete your registration by transmitting your payment to our registrar, Kevin Kuhn. Payments can be sent via Zelle to **kevinkuhn56@yahoo.com**. If you do not have access to Zelle, you may use the paper registration form along with a check payable to Kevin Kuhn and mailed to:
Kevin Kuhn, 1632 W. Columbia Avenue, #2S, Chicago, IL 60626

Single room occupancy, $450, Double room occupancy, $400, Commuter, $190.

Once your registration paperwork has been received and processed you will be added to the list of attendees. You will be notified well in advance of the retreat of "things you need to know" before the retreat.

For more information, feel free to contact Steve Starr at 847-644-2389 or stephenbstarr@gmail.com.