Beyond Mindfulness
A retreat is a time to both take a break from your normal daily activities and also be able to take a closer look at your life and practice.
Mindfulness is a very popular practice of bringing one’s awareness to the present moment with many benefits. It can lower blood pressure,
increase patience and lower stress. It retains the stamp of a practice of a “doer” doing something. This retreat will look at what unfolds beyond this. There is a place of resting as awakened awareness which is beyond a someone doing something. We will explore this possibility with the help of silent meditations, guided meditations, dhamma talks and yoga designed to support these meditations. This is intended for continuing meditators, not suitable for those needing beginning instruction.
Accommodations: Comfortable semi-private or private rooms, all with private baths and individually controlled heat and air conditioning.
The Weber Center also has beautiful grounds, with over than 100 acres of wooded land, ideal for walking and reflection. Outdoor labyrinth and circle meditation garden.
The retreat will be led by Lou Weir, a resident teacher at Insight Meditation Ann Arbor, and Julie Woodward, certified yoga teacher. Lou has been teaching Vipassana meditation for over 15 years and is also a trained teacher in the Diamond Approach tradition. Julie is a meditation and mindfulness teacher, Health Coach, she leads mindfulness hikes, and is a long-time yoga teacher, formerly with Inward Bound Yoga.
- DATE: Thursday noon (lunch) to Sunday noon (lunch) Oct. 26-29, 2023
- TEACHERS: Lou Weir and Julie Woodward
- PLACE: Weber Retreat Center, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI.
COST: There is a donation for the cost of room and board during the registration process. The suggested donation (actual cost) for room and board is $400 for a double, and $480 for a single . Donations less than the suggested amount will be assigned double rooms. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
This does not include support for the teachers. Traditionally, there will be an opportunity at the retreat itself to offer a donation for the teachers and the teachings.
Registration is closed for this retreat.