Meditative, Daylong Retreat - Acceptance and Cultivation: the Yin and Yang... (with Rich Howard))
Schedule
Sat Aug 31 2024 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm
Location
Sacramento Dharma Center | Sacramento, CA
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Daylong Retreat SIM Teacher Rich HowardRetreat Theme: Acceptance and Cultivation: the Yin and Yang of Practice
About This Hybrid Retreat:
* The teacher will present in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. All participants may attend this Hybrid event in-person or online via Zoom.
* Pre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance since registering early helps us determine how many people the meditation room should accommodate.
* After you’ve registered you may later offer a donation in gratitude of the teacher. To offer teacher dana, visit https://sactoinsight.org/retreat-dana-online/.
Retreat Theme: Acceptance and Cultivation: the Yin and Yang of Practice
The progress of meditation practice has its ups and downs, peaks and valleys, and plateaus when seemingly “nothing is happening.” Each of these phases requires different skills. Some practices of meditative awareness rely on acceptance and openness, while others require cultivation and intention. Wisdom is the skill of discerning what is needed in any given moment or phase of practice and how to adjust (or not!). On this daylong retreat, we will explore different practices of sitting and walking meditation on different points of the spectrum from acceptance to cultivation. There will be plenty of time for practice questions and discussion.
Bring a lunch and plan to stay all day.
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All are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.)
Registration is $25.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially, you have the option of a registration fee of either $35 or $50 dollars however no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
For the registration fee, you may pay online at https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-aug-31-2/ ; please contact the registrar or visit the registration page for more information.
RICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015, the last two years as president. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. His teachers are Dennis Warren, Tony Bernhard, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi.
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Where is it happening?
Sacramento Dharma Center, 3111 Wissemann Dr, Sacramento, CA 95826-3660, United States,Sacramento, CaliforniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
