SILENT WEEKEND RETREAT: Cultivating Ease and Joy - In-Person and Online Hybrid

[NOTE: An RSVP to this Meetup event is not sufficient for registration. To register and pay for the event, please follow this link.]

ABOUT: Join us for a weekend dedicated to practices designed to help move into a greater sense of tranquility and well-being. The heart of the Buddhist teachings is to move beyond suffering and stress--dukkha--and into a state of well-being or joy--sukkha. Removing ourselves from daily stresses, coming home into the body, learning to stay with present-moment experiences, and practicing relaxation and lovingkindness meditations all serve to enhance our capacity for peace and happiness.

Through dharma talks, guided and unguided meditations, group meetings with the teachers, and mindful movement, we will practice cultivating a deeper sense of ease and joy.
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TEACHERS: Stan Eisenstein has been guiding self-inquiry and other meditation practices since 2012. He is a teacher for the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, with founder Tara Brach. Stan is a an instructor for various courses: Mindfulness-Basted Stress Reduction; Inviting Chronic Pain and Illness to Tea; Self-Inquiry. He is also a mentor for the international Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, taught by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, and run by Sounds True. You can explore Stan's bio and recordings of Stan's teachings at his website: staneisenstein.com

LINDA NAINI developed a deep appreciation for Tara Brach’s teachings and the practice of mindfulness in 2009 during her father’s terminal illness and later while working through her own depression after his death. A certified Health and Wellness Coach through the Maryland University of Integrative Health, In 2013, she received Reiki II certification and participated in the .b Teacher Training, where she received a certification to teach mindfulness meditation to children and adolescents. As an Iranian-American, Linda has studied Rumi and Hafiz in both Persian and English. She loves sharing their poetry in her weekly mindfulness classes at Flow Yoga Center, extendYoga, Equinox, and with children and adolescents through MINDS and The Village Youth.

LOCATION: Wellspring Retreat Center in Germantown, MD or Online via Zoom Video Conferencing.

RETREAT FEES:
Single room (sold out): $700.00
Shared room: $560.00
Camping: $440.00
Online: $250.00
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Please note that retreat fees only cover direct expenses for this event, such as room, meals, and administrative costs. In keeping with the Buddhist tradition, the teachers and retreat managers receive no payment. Donations offered by students at the end of the retreat are appreciated and support the teachers and retreat managers in continuing to make the teachings available to all.

REGISTRATION : The registration deadline for in-person participation is May 9 and online participation is May 21.

QUESTIONS : Contact manager at imcwretreatmanager@gmail.com

TESTIMONIALS

I have no words at this moment to describe what I learned or how I benefited from attending this retreat other than to say I will carry the truths Stan so skillfully taught, the people I met, and the deep knowing found during our meditation periods with me for the rest of my life. I am profoundly changed, and grateful. ~Melanie

This was a much needed respite from the craziness of the world around us. Stan is a wonderful guide, teaching with love and kindness how to be loving and kind to ourselves during difficult times. His practices gave me a sense of calm and clearing out, and being in community with others (even over Zoom) felt so supportive. Many thanks ~Julie