Mindfulness of the Presence and Absence of the Hindrances: One-Day Hybrid Retreat
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📍Hybrid retreat
📅June 27th, 2026
🕰️10 am - 5 pm Eastern
⌛Registration deadline: June 26th, 12:00 pm Eastern
This one-day hybrid (in person and on Zoom) retreat with Mary Aubry will be held in Noble Silence. The day will include three 45-minute sitting periods and two 45-minute walking periods. At the end of the day, Mary will give a dharma talk on being mindful of the presence and absence of the hindrances (as instructed in the sutta on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness), as well as the joy that is available when the hindrances are absent.
Mary will be joining via Zoom, and attendees may participate from Vermont Insight’s meditation hall if they wish.
Retreat schedule:
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Morning opening session
10:45 – 11:30 a.m. Sitting Practice
11:30 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch break
12:45 – 1:30 p.m. Sitting practice
1:30 – 2:15 p.m. Walking practice
2:15 – 3:00 p.m. Sitting practice
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Walking practice
3:45 – 5:00 p.m. Dharma talk and closing
Mary Aubry teaches meditation retreats on insight, the jhānas, abiding in emptiness, and the brahmavihārās. In addition, she has taught programs that support mindfully meeting aging, illness, and dying, as well as training meditation companions for the aging, ill, and dying and those who love and care for them. Mary also offers meditative support to parents of deceased children, having lost her son to cancer in 2015.
Additionally, Mary is one of the facilitating teachers for Bhikkhu Anālayo’s online courses on Satipaṭṭhāna, Mindfulness of Breathing, and the Brahmavihārās and Emptiness offered by the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Prior to becoming a full-time meditation teacher, Mary worked as a lawyer at the U.S. Justice Department for 24 years.
📅June 27th, 2026
🕰️10 am - 5 pm Eastern
⌛Registration deadline: June 26th, 12:00 pm Eastern
This one-day hybrid (in person and on Zoom) retreat with Mary Aubry will be held in Noble Silence. The day will include three 45-minute sitting periods and two 45-minute walking periods. At the end of the day, Mary will give a dharma talk on being mindful of the presence and absence of the hindrances (as instructed in the sutta on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness), as well as the joy that is available when the hindrances are absent.
Mary will be joining via Zoom, and attendees may participate from Vermont Insight’s meditation hall if they wish.
Retreat schedule:
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Morning opening session
10:45 – 11:30 a.m. Sitting Practice
11:30 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch break
12:45 – 1:30 p.m. Sitting practice
1:30 – 2:15 p.m. Walking practice
2:15 – 3:00 p.m. Sitting practice
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Walking practice
3:45 – 5:00 p.m. Dharma talk and closing
Mary Aubry teaches meditation retreats on insight, the jhānas, abiding in emptiness, and the brahmavihārās. In addition, she has taught programs that support mindfully meeting aging, illness, and dying, as well as training meditation companions for the aging, ill, and dying and those who love and care for them. Mary also offers meditative support to parents of deceased children, having lost her son to cancer in 2015.
Additionally, Mary is one of the facilitating teachers for Bhikkhu Anālayo’s online courses on Satipaṭṭhāna, Mindfulness of Breathing, and the Brahmavihārās and Emptiness offered by the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Prior to becoming a full-time meditation teacher, Mary worked as a lawyer at the U.S. Justice Department for 24 years.
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Where is it happening?
28 Vernon St., Brattleboro, VT, United States, Vermont 05301
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