We will also practice lovingkindness, opening to our highest intentions through guided reflections. 7:00 pm Walking meditation The Satipatthana Sutta, translated as the Foundations of Mindfulness, is the traditional beginning for our mindfulness practice. You may like to change your dates, or we can put you on a wait list, if your application is approved. It is expected that applicants have already participated in either six one-week retreats or one six-week course, or have an established and long-term commitment to insight meditation practice. Retreat daily schedule: Download the schedule here: BIPOC affinity group : . Interest in mindfulness meditation has been increasing over the past 40 years in the West. . The Daily Sit Join Bill & Susan Morgan and facilitating teachers Dawn Scott, David Kohn, Jaye Moyer, Lori Rugle, Lee Steppacher, and Catherine Glenn in 2023. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Prior approval of both the teacher and our office is required for anyone wishing to arrive late or leave early. The live session schedule with the teachers is as follows: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm ET ( check local time) 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ET ( check local time) 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm ET ( check local time) Support Our 2023 Spring Appeal Read More Practice Anytime, Anywhere IMSO On Demand IMS Online Sanghas IMS Online Schedule Join the IMS Book Club! It offers a yearly schedule of meditation courses, lasting from a weekend to three months. 5 dayMetta Retreat with Nikki Mirghafori and Diana ClarkAugust 31 to September 4, 2023-Hours: Thursday check-in is from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pmEnd time: Monday 1:00 pm, 3 weekInsight Retreat for Experienced Practitioners with Gil Fronsdal, assisted by Ines FreedmanSeptember 10 to 30, 2023-Hours: Sunday check-in is from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pmEnd time: Saturday 1:00 pm. 2022 Sally & Guy Exploring Awareness, Spirit Rock Guy & Sally The Still Heart of Awareness, IMS Forest Refuge Concentration, loving-kindness, and awareness. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Register here. Please do not bring or use perfumes or scented shampoos, ointments or lotions, or laundry products containing fragrance. Schedule This retreat begins on Saturday, December 31 at 12:30 pm ET and concludes at 12:30 am ET. Our Retreat Center courses offer guidance in Buddhist meditations known as vipassana (insight) and metta (lovingkindness). To create even more space for women who wish to join our community, we are now committed to continuing this offering through the addition of an annual online retreat, open to all those who have participated in the womens retreat in the past and to any new students who feel called to add their voices and hearts to the circle. While at IMS, it is essential that all retreatants, staff and teachers clean their hands frequently and thoroughly, either with soap and water or using the hand sanitizer provided. If you have questions about the online option, email IMS Online at imsonline@dharma.org . This is an opportunity to come together in the safety of community, embracing all of ourselves, as we cultivate the wholesome and loving qualities of our hearts and minds. Leave behind your laptops, iPods, iPads and other communication devices. Effective masks (surgical or N95/KN95), one for each day of your retreat. Read more about the style and form of this Awareness & Wisdom retreat. Retreats range from a weekend to three months most are suitable for both new and experienced meditators. Since walls are thin at IMS and everyone lives together in close community, your willingness to embrace the silence and simplicity helps us all. IMS IMS Insight Meditation Society (IMS) began running silent meditation retreats rooted in the Theravda Buddhist teachings of ethics, concentration, and wisdom in 1976. Made in partnership with long-time yogis Eddie and Jan Hauben and filmmakers Joe and Elizabeth Seamans, the documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at the discovery and creation of IMSs permanent homewhere it sits todayin Barre, MA. Contact details for your physician, therapist and/or any other medical professionals whose treatment you are under. 44 avenue du General Leclerc, 68100 Mulhouse France. Your cooperation with this is necessary in order for you to attend the retreat you will not be allowed to participate unless we are given this information. A silent mindfulness retreat with alternating sitting and walking meditation, instruction, dharma talks, work meditation, and practice discussion with the teachers. This program is open to anyone who identifies as a woman cis, trans or genderqueer. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. If you are taking prescription medications for any reason, please ensure you bring enough supplies with you to continue treatment for the full duration of your retreat. For a stay at the Forest Refuge, you dont need to bring an extra zabuton each bedroom has one in it. IMS orientations, literature and signage will remind you of these practices once you are here. If you cancel 60 days or less before your starting date, you forfeit your full deposit. This March, we honor Nani Bala Barua (1911-1989), the beloved teacher known as Dipa Mamother of Dipa. If you have recently experienced considerable trauma, significant depression or anxiety, or are currently experiencing strong PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), a silent retreat may not be appropriate for you at this time in your life. At IMSs Forest Refuge, the daily schedule is less structured. IMS strives to provide a safe, peaceful and efficient environment for meditators. Our teachers request that you not engage in other forms of communication while on retreat. Learn more about a personal retreat. How do I share a ride? These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Although retreats are conducted in silence, there are scheduled times for retreatants to speak with teachers and ask questions about meditation practice. In the event of an urgent medical problem that an IMS representative judges is not serious enough to require a 911 call-out, we may be able to arrange for our staff to transport you to the Barre Clinic or to the emergency room of one of the nearby hospitals. Insight Meditation Centers and Communities, Essential Mindfulness: Mindfulness & Science, Your Life Is Your Practice: An Insight Meditation Weekend, Introduction to the Insight Meditation Path, Essential Mindfulness: Mindfulness & Spirituality, Here and Now, Moment to Moment: New Year's Eve Retreat, The Way of the Buddha: Core Teachings of the Dharma Path, The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation. If you refuse care from 911 personnel, you will be required by them to sign a form acknowledging this, and you will still be liable for the cost of the ambulance call-out. During the general practice weeks in Winter, Spring, Autumn and the Rains Retreats, retreatants have an opportunity to follow the monastics' routine schedule to deepen the fundamental practices of sitting and walking meditation, chanting, touching the earth, mindful eating and working. Many IMS teachers are offering online courses, and were adding more each month. Outdoor temperatures may be warm enough for short-sleeves and cold enough for heavy coats, sometimes within the same day or week! It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Accept the simple accommodations and meals that are offered. Please give our office number to a family member or close friend to use in case of emergency so you do not have to check your cell phone. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The additional three precepts are: To refrain from eating after 12pm. What if I cancel? This retreat will ground in the foundational teachings of this sutta and then open up to the teaching on awakening, in a way that is suitable for both early and experienced meditators. Everybody is welcome to stay for lunch. 11:30 am Sitting meditation, 1:45 pm Walking meditation But as heavy industry began its inevitable decline, so did Mulhouse. Please remember, however, that strong-smelling repellent should not be worn in the meditation hall. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. 170, 175 or 180. 6 dayInsight Retreat with Matthew Brensilver and Ines FreedmanAugust 28 to September 2, 2024-Hours: Wednesday check-in is from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pmEnd time: Monday 1:00 pm, Note: This retreat will also be webcast to a Zoom Meditation hall for Online Participants. Experienced meditators are also welcome. We hope you will join us this October for Women on the Path. The month of May will begin with a roar when up to 25,000 runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes cross the start line at the Indianapolis Life 500 Festival Mini-Marathon at 7:30 a.m. Please click here for more information and to register. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Exceptions to this rule are: Smokers use of the smoking area at each center please see above. Our retreat environment, with its simple yet nourishing lifestyle has been developed over several decades and is designed to support and enhance your meditation practice. At the Forest Refuge, silence is maintained continuously. The daily schedule includes periods of sitting and walking meditation, instructions, dharma talks, work meditation and practice discussion with teachers. Because meditation retreat practice can lead to a heightened sense of awareness, some participants may develop a sensitivity to odors and perfumes, and some are allergic to many chemicals. Compassion. Our four-day online retreat offers meditation guidance, periods of sitting and walking meditation, opportunities for reflection, and small group meetings with the teachers as we explore what it means to awaken together. At IMS, these guidelines known as the Five Precepts form an integral part of daily life, and are adopted by everyone here, from retreatants and visitors to teachers and staff. To help uphold the standard of ethical behavior at our centers, our board of directors has created an Ethics Committee, responsible for receiving and addressing complaints of unethical behavior at IMS by teachers, staff or volunteers. If you start to experience flu-like symptoms while at IMS, please see our office staff immediately they will assist with an appropriate course of action. While maintaining our primary commitment to supporting your practice, IMS may agree occasionally to requests from the media to visit us for reporting. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. This online daylong retreat is appropriate for those who have been practicing mindfulness for at least three years and have completed at least one residential or online retreat of at least three days in length. IMS provides unscented shampoo and conditioner in all the bathrooms. Date changes that lengthen your confirmed retreat incur no fee. A refillable water bottle for drinking water. To register for the Online option instead: REGISTER HERE, 3 weekExperienced Practitioners Retreat with Gil Fronsdal, assisted by Ines FreedmanSeptember 8 to 28, 2024-Hours: Sunday check-in is from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pmEnd time: Saturday 1:00 pm, Note: This retreat will also be webcast to a Zoom Meditation hall for Online Participants. For Three-Month, P1 and P2 participants only. As insight deepens, we develop greater equanimity and peace in the face of change, and wisdom and compassion increasingly become the guiding principles of our lives. Whether you use mindfulness to manage stress or difficult emotions, improve relationships, increase engagement, or enhance your overall well-being, these discussions can help you further live your mindfulness practice. The various methods of this practice have been well preserved in the Theravada tradition of Buddhism. We also strongly recommend some form of removable cleats in case of icy conditions. Unscented personal hygiene products. It is a path of love, beginning with our sincerity and culminating in our devotion to the welfare of others. Your own meditation cushion or bench. As an educated practitioner, how can studies support our practice and when do they become a hindrance? Most courses end in the late morning on the final day of the course. 5:30 am Wake up 7:00 am - 7:45 am YouTube: Sitting and Dharmette With Maria Straatmann 7:00 am - 7:45 am. A retreat is when you take a break from your daily schedule of activities and be somewhere away from your usual work environment. This form needs Javascript to display, which your browser doesn't support. If you are seeing a therapist and/or any other mental health professional, please inform them of your intention to participate in a silent retreat. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. An optional practice session will be offered through the midnight hour (Eastern Standard Time), as we approach 2023. Now, for the first time, our teachers offer the profound insights of the Buddha in a comprehensive practice and study program delivered directly to you in your own online practice space. Jericho Prayer on every first Monday of the month. If you stay on, we will provide a face mask that can be worn in common spaces. Noble silence includes not reading, writing, keeping a journal, receiving mail, or otherwise keeping busy and distracted. Washcloths are not provided. If you can offer a ride to or from IMS, or are seeking a ride, please visit our Ride Board, which is available to anyone confirmed for an IMS retreat. To abstain from using alcohol, recreational drugs and other intoxicants that cloud the mind and harm the body. Keep your silence with friends and family members that are on retreat with you. Designed to orient newer practitioners to the path, but all are welcome. (Feel free to bring your own if you prefer.) Our overall objective in this course is to cultivate more discernment in our relationship to mindfulness and lovingkindness research studies both to appreciate their promise, as well as to understand their deficiencies. This online daylong retreat will include instruction in sitting and walking, dharma talks, and community relational practice or journaling reflections to close our time together. is required to reserve a space in the retreat. At the Retreat Center, there is a small shed for this purpose behind Shanti House and Bodhi House dorms, at the edge of the woods. The first 7 or so minutes are a bit rambly, he's talking about diet in his own practice, but there are definitely some useful points to consider throughout the video. Please contact the Forest Refuge office (fr@dharma.org or 978-355-2063) before your start date to schedule an arrival time between 1:00 5:00 pm. : All applications that come in duringthe first 3 weeks of registration are entered into a lottery. Schedules IMS retreat fees are on a sliding scale basis that allows participants to pay according to individual means. 10-Day Meditation Retreat at IMS (Barre, MA) This entry was posted in Dharma on April 20, 2015 This April 3-12 I did a silent meditation retreat at the Insight Meditation Center in Barre, Massachusetts. Yes. At the same time, meditation practice can be strenuous and requires some stability of physical and psychological health. This silent weekend course, suitable for both beginning and experienced meditators, is rooted in this ancient and well-mapped path to awakening, and draws on the full spectrum of this traditions lineages. In the event of an acute medical or psychological condition, an IMS representative may determine that professional attention is required. We ask that you anticipate your needs and bring unscented soap, body lotion and other hygiene products with you. Before you arrive for a residential retreat at the Retreat Center, please review the following information: In offering a spiritual refuge for awakening, IMS is committed to cultivating a community that reflects the diversity of our society and our world. Our sitting and walking schedule will move through each of the four in sequence, beginning with the practice of metta (loving-kindness), and moving through karuna (compassion), mudita (appreciative joy), and upekka (equanimity). 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Zoom: Sitting and Q&A with Lienchi Tran & Liz Powell and Ari Crellin-Quick. Please consider washing the items you bring with an unscented laundry detergent and softener before you come. This form needs Javascript to display, which your browser doesn't support. Read more about the style and form of this Awareness & Wisdom retreat. While the context is the Buddhas teachings, these practices are universal and help to develop awareness and compassion. On the day of your departure, youll need to vacate your room by 10:00 am. Revenues from the organization's course fees typically cover just 50-55% of operating costs. Essential Mindfulness: Mindfulness & Science This online retreat experience will be a livestream of the onsite weekend retreat. 1 weekInsight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Andrea FellaDecember 10 to 17, 2023-Hours: Sunday check-in is from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pmEnd time: Sunday 1:00 pm, 5 dayLBGTQIA+ Insight Retreat with bruni dvila and JD DoyleJanuary 11 to 15, 2024-Hours: Thursday check-in is from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pmEnd time: Monday 1:00 pm. Winters are cold, and there can be rain, snow or ice. All cancellation fees support our Scholarship Funds. We ask your help with the following: Please do not come to IMS if you are sick with flu symptoms we will charge you our minimum cancellation fee only, and issue a refund for the balance. We will invite integration of the wholesome qualities of mind of mindfulness, lovingkindness, and compassion to support a continuity of present moment awareness that gives rise to insight. Every teacher, every staff person, and everyone who participates in our retreats, can contribute to the sense of safety and respect that supports our practice here. In this two part episode of Behind the Bricks, Doug Boles takes you behind the scenes to rehearsals for the Indy 500 Pre-Race Show to give you an inside look at how driver introductions, NBC and in house broadcasting and more come together to create Indy 500 Race Morning. She/he should be someone who can either collect you from IMS or help to make transportation arrangements if you need to leave your retreat early. Through personal stories and the transmission of practices held sacred by Dipa Ma herself, Sharon Salzberg lead three sessions honoring Dipa Mas life, legacy, and teachings. (The exception to this is the Three-Month Retreat, during which laundry service is provided.). For any retreat with a You Choose rate option, cancellation fees are $25 if you cancel four or more weeks before a course begins and $50 after that. In fact, the best way to find stillness is to orient to the simple joy of presence. If you register online, you will immediately receive an email acknowledging receipt of your application. To refrain from taking what is not freely given not to steal or borrow without the consent of the giver; to accept what is offered and not try to change it or get more. On your arrival, we will also ask for some details regarding your prescription medications. For 45 years, IMS has been a leader in Dharma education rooted in the foundational principles of Early Buddhism. Please do not wear any scented products on the day of your arrival and throughout the retreat. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Shelley Gault will provide Practice Support for the Online Participants. ForForest Refugequestions, please call 978-355-2063 oremail. Insight Retreats are opportunities to engage in full-time mindfulness training. The Retreat Center and the Forest Refuge are in different locations on IMSs property, around 0.9 miles apart via road. The day is spent in silent practice with alternate periods of sitting and walking meditation, as well as a one-hour work-as-practice period. They will be assisted by Dawn Scott, David Kohn, Jaye Moyer, Lori Rugle, Lee Steppacher, and Catherine Glenn in 2023. 10:30-11:15 am ET On this page you will find information about how to prepare for your stay at our Retreat Center and what to expect. These capacities of mind are available to all of us, and they are the seeds of awakening. There are often cancellations from those already confirmed, and spaces open up. To refrain from using high and luxurious seats and beds. Changes that move or shorten the dates of a confirmed retreat are considered cancellations. To minimize odors we ask you to wash your hands after smoking and not to wear smoke-filled clothing in the meditation hall. IMS welcomes all who are genuinely interested in meditation and who wish to participate in our programs. If you have ever been to an emergency room because of a medical condition, bring your doctors telephone number in case the condition comes up while youre on retreat. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. If you are acutely chemically sensitive, please let us know. There is no public transportation service directly to Barre. If you change part of your retreat more than 60 days before the confirmed start date, the fee is $100. Retreat Center Schedule 2023 Please take note of our current COVID-19 safety protocols here. Meditation retreats can last anywhere from 1 day to 2 weeks to a month or more. What is a typical daily schedule like? The nation's largest half-marathon takes participants on a scenic 13.1-mile tour of downtown Indianapolis and a When do I arrive at and leave the Forest Refuge? In particular, we are unable and unqualified to provide medical and psychological care. Through careful and sustained observation, we experience for ourselves the ever-changing flow of the mind/body process. Chairs are available for those who cannot sit on a cushion. We encourage you to approach this online retreat as you would approach an on-campus silent retreat, arranging the conditions of your life to support a silent retreat and committing to attend all sessions, as possible. Feel free to give our office number to a family member or close friend to use in case of emergency so that you do not have to check your cell phone. Check out their current retreats on our IMS Online page. We suggest that you bring unscented products with you, if possible. See ourFAQfor more information E-Mail Us: info@insightretreatcenter.org, 6 dayEarth, Water, Fire, Air, Space: A Practice-and-Study Retreat with Kim Allen, Diana Clark, David Lorey, and Ying ChenJuly 24 to 29, 2023-Hours: Monday check-in is from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pmEnd time: Saturday 1:00 pm. If there is no accommodation available at the time you wish to come, we encourage you to keep your application in process. Silent retreats have been attracting meditators for thousands of years, and with recent research confirming the benefits of mindfulness and meditation reduced stress levels, lower blood. While on retreat, all participants undertake: To refrain from harming any living, sentient beings not to kill or intentionally hurt any person or creature, even an insect. Recent studies suggest a variety of potential benefits, ranging from managing depression, anxiety, addiction, and physical pain to boosting the immune system; and improving sleep. During this two-day online retreat, well take a deep dive into the four heart practices offered by the Buddha: Kindness, Compassion, Appreciative Joy, and Equanimity. And please make sure your watch doesnt beep. The following information outlines these limitations please read this before your retreat begins. www.dharma.org/retreats/schedules/retreat-center/ You can register now for any. These cookies do not store any personal information. After a closing ceremony, there is an opportunity to talk with fellow participants, as well as to purchase books, tapes and other items. Please note: The onsite teacher will not offer practice meetings for online participants. Ines Freedman will provide Practice Support for the Online Participants. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Andrea Fella. For longer-term retreats, if you need to send out mail, please bring paper, envelopes and postage stamps. Suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners. To be added to the list, submit a registration and deposit. This allows you to commit to your retreat wholeheartedly and reap the benefits of that commitment. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Together we will welcome the New Year practicing in community, connecting with our shared aspirations to cultivate mindfulness, nourish our own hearts, and care for our world. This powerful tool greatly enhances the deepening of concentration and awareness. Here is a typical daily Retreat Center schedule. In the absence of the monastic vows and customs adhered to in the Early Buddhist traditions of Asia, IMSs Guiding Teachers established a set of clear Western guidelines that help ensure the wisest ethical conduct possible. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. At the Retreat Center, fees do not include compensation for the teachings, and teachers rely on the generosity of retreatants for a sustainable income. 8:30 pm Walking meditation To access the Ride Board you will need the password that was included in your course confirmation material. If you are accepted into the program, we will provide you with a link to our online registration form. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. This presents our community with a valuable opportunity to introduce the teachings to a wider audience.
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