What we’re about
We meet at Hawaii Loa Ridge park (just below the trail head) every 2nd Saturday and Sunday of the month, from 10am to 3pm. There is a short introduction to the mindfulness practice for people new to insight meditation (vipassana) followed by alternate periods of walking and sitting of 30-45 minutes each and some sharing or Q&A.
Please bring your lunch, a water bottle and on-the-ground sitting gear (yoga mat, cushion, bench or chair), a sun hat and a light jacket/wind-breaker. We suggest to carpool (at least from Kawaikui Beachpark below PuuIkena drive which leads up to Hawaii Loa Ridge ending at the park and the trailhead). Please drive on the left lane, stopping at the guard to show D licence and state that you attend a gathering at the park spnsored by the Huynhs of Maono place). You may come and leave at any time but we would appreciate being informed when you leave. Please do not park in the lot for hikers (at the trailhead) but do park in the lot below it (reserved for HLR residents). If that lot is full, please park on Ikena circle (the street just before the entrance to the park). There is no charge for the retreat (donation to the scholarship fund is accepted although not expected).