Compassion in the Time of Corona: An Online Householder Retreat

For many of us, bringing mindfulness into our daily lives is a significant challenge. Even when we get a taste of clarity while on retreat, our insight and resolve tend to weaken in the busyness of our multi-tasking lives.

This “bookend” householder retreat is specifically designed to address this disheartening practice dilemma. It is an ideal context in which to integrate a meaningful meditation practice into the flow of our everyday lives. 

Alone together in our own and shared worlds we will learn how to frame the day and intersperse moments of mindfulness practice throughout, in real time and in good company with others. 

The Buddha offered a range of meditation approaches to deal with ever-changing conditions and unpredictable worldly winds. How can meditation practice be of support during this precarious time, with fear and anxiety and uncertainty running high?

Together we will explore compassion practices and the four exertions,…