Dana DePalma, Alex Haley and Ying Chen (supporting)
Completion of one 7- day/6-night, residential or online Insight meditation retreat that included practice meetings.
The Nine Bodies teaching presents a unified map of the various capacities of consciousness, which are often only partially recognized (or completely unrecognized) even among long-term practitioners. This retreat offers a method of practicing Insight meditation in which consciousness itself becomes the object of meditation. We start with establishing mindfulness through the practice of arriving, and then turn towards ever more subtle levels of consciousness. The practice utilizes the felt sense as a means for freeing the mind of over-conceptualization and supporting the arising of liberating insights.
We respectfully acknowledge that this method, which was created by Phillip Moffitt, is an integration of the Nine Bodies teachings from Himalayan yoga master Premvarni Balyogi and the Theravada Insight Meditation tradition.
The retreat includes two detailed guided meditations per day, teaching sessions, and cohort (small group) practice meetings.
All times are PACIFIC Daylight Time (GMT -7)
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Session
6:00 a.m. Silent Meditation (Main Hall - Optional)
6:45 a.m. Personal Practice or Meal Break
8:00 a.m. First Guided Meditation (Main Hall)
9:10 a.m. Walking/Movement Practice
9:45 a.m. Silent Meditation (Main Hall)
10:30 a.m. Walking/Movement Practice
11:00 a.m. Second Guided Meditation (Main Hall)
12:00 p.m. Meal Break (Main Hall closed for 30 minutes for recording processing)
12:30 p.m. Main Hall Open
1:30 p.m. Cohort Practice Meetings (for some groups Sat - Tue) OR Walking/Movement Practice
2:30 p.m. Silent Meditation (Main Hall) + Affinity Groups - Alternating
3:15 p.m. Cohort Practice Meetings (for some groups Sat - Tue; everyone on Fri) OR Walking/Movement Practice
4:15 p.m. Silent Meditation (Main Hall)
5:00 p.m. Moment of Silence & Practice Skills Talk (Main Hall)
5:20 p.m. Short Break
5:30 p.m. Evening Teaching Session (Main Hall) -
following the teaching - Chanting Refuges (Main Hall)
6:30 p.m. Continued Personal Practice (Optional)
7:00 p.m. (Main Hall closed for 30 minutes for recording processing)
7:30 p.m. Candlelight Silent Meditation (Optional)
8:30 p.m. Continued Personal Practice (Optional)
Wednesday, April 24 - Closing Day
8:00 a.m. Closing Session
11:00 a.m. Retreat Ends
Please be able to attend all sessions listed in bold/underlined
All Dharma Ground programs, including this retreat, are offered by donation. For this retreat, donations to Dharma Ground and teachers are offered separately. The first donation opportunity is at the time of registration and goes to Dharma Ground, the nonprofit organization hosting this retreat. The suggested donation range for the hosting organization is $275 - $850. The second donation opportunity is at the end of the retreat and goes to the teachers.