Finding Sea Legs in Saṃsāra: An Online “Householder” Retreat

Finding Sea Legs in Saṃsāra: An Online “Householder” Retreat

hosted by Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS)

Sunday, Nov 29, 7:00 PM EST – Saturday, Dec 05, 1:00 PM EST 

This retreat is unlike typical retreat formats. Two practice periods will ‘bookend’ each weekday, in the morning and in the evening, with a more expanded time for practice and reflection on the first evening and final morning. This leaves the weekday afternoons as a time to mindfully attend to the activities and commitments of a normal week.

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 retreat is specifically designed to address this disheartening practice dilemma. It is intended to support the integration of a meaningful meditation practice into the flow of our everyday lives. During this precarious time, with fear and anxiety and uncertainty running high, making meditation supportive and relevant to our lives feels more important than ever.

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.

Together we will focus on the foundation of meditation practice, a relatively stable,  settled internal holding environment. Our aim will be to make this holding environment increasingly “portable” and accessible throughout the activities of daily life. To this end, various reflections and exercises will be offered each day of the retreat.

This will be a Dana retreat. All contributions received will go to BCBS.

Please join us for this unique offering!

Online Course: Our intention is to build sangha and provide meaningful virtual interactions with each other and teachers in our online courses. When registering for an online course, please note that you should plan to commit to attending all scheduled sessions. 

The SCHEDULE of Zoom meetings for this course (shown in US Eastern Time) is as follows:

Sunday

7:00 - 9:00 pm  Opening Talk and Meditation; Sitting, Standing, Walking

Monday - Friday

10:30 - 11:15 am  Guided Meditation (the online daily BCBS sit)

11:15 - 11:45 am  Group Discussion and Instruction

7:00 - 8:00 pm  Meditation and Daily Wrap-Up

Saturday

10:30 - 1:00 pm  Meditation, Closing Discussion

Please check the time of the group meetings in your timezone here. Sessions will be recorded and uploaded within 24 hours.

REGISTER through the BCBS website