MEDITATION RETREAT: Full Surrender

Both In-Person and Online Streaming Options Available

All phenomena are constantly changing, arising and passing and arising and passing again into something new – including ourselves. “Life” is really a continuous flow; a verb instead of a frozen noun. Yet so often we suffer because of our very human tendency to grasp and cling to what is essentially in motion – especially our own identity as a solid and unchangeable “self.”

Freedom and ease come from being able to recognize, allow, and align ourselves with this minute-by-minute, second-by-second flow, and to identify more with the vast, loving ocean of awareness that is simply riding the waves of experience.

During our time together, we’ll be exploring a variety of guided and silent meditations to put us more in touch with the changing flow of phenomena, a talk on annica (impermanence), silent walking meditation, lunch shared in silence, and quiet time in nature.

We’ll be gathering for our retreat on Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m in the beautiful, peaceful, light-filled sanctuary of Grace Episcopal Church, 110 N. Church Street in Berryville, VA.

The spacious pews are padded, and the quiet church grounds include a large Parish Hall building, and several different lovely natural places to sit and walk. Lunch will be in silence, and participants are asked to bring their own.

THE TEACHER: SHELL FISCHER, Mindful Shenandoah Valley's founder and guiding teacher, offers more than 30 years of extensive mindfulness training, practice, and study. She's a Buddhist teacher, trained in the Tibetan Vajrayana tradition at Naropa University - the nation's leading contemplative university - and in the Theravadan Vipassana (Insight) tradition by Dr. Tara Brach - one of the world's preeminent Insight meditation teachers.

FEES: $85 in-person/$40 online streaming (you can save to watch later, too)
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