Your time on the cushion is just the beginning
Learn how to enjoy the benefits of Buddhist meditation all day long
Join Sylvia Boorstein, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Melissa Myozen Blacker, and the editors of the Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma for a community retreat at Omega Institute.
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Registration Options
Full Retreat: August 26-30, Wednesday to Sunday
Weekend Only: August 28-30, Friday to Sunday
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Omega Institute
150 Lake Drive
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
[op_liveeditor_element data-style=””][text_block style=”undefined” align=”left” font_size=”16″ font_font=”Arial”]The Shambhala Sun is pleased to invite you to its first-ever community retreat, featuring leading teachers in the Insight, Zen, and Tibetan traditions who will guide you in meditation and mindfulness practices designed to help you wake up and embrace life. No previous meditation experience? Not to worry, as you’ll receive the introductory training you need. If you’re already a meditator, you’ll be offered support to go deeper in your practice. All participants, no matter their level of experience, will have the opportunity to meet and talk with the teachers in small groups. Joining you in your practice and discussion will be the editors of the Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma[/text_block][/op_liveeditor_element]
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[text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left” top_padding=”15″]Sylvia Boorstein, LCSW, PhD, is a cofounding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, and senior teacher at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. A psychotherapist since 1967, she is also the author of five books on Buddhism and meditation practice, including Pay Attention, for Goodness’ Sake and Happiness Is an Inside Job.[/text_block]
[text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left” top_padding=”15″]Tsoknyi Rinpoche is a meditation master in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and spiritual head of twenty-six nunneries in Tibet and two in Nepal. He has been teaching in the West for more than twenty years and has a center, Yeshe Rangsal, in Crestone, Colorado. His most recent book is Open Heart, Open Mind.[/text_block]
[text_block style=”style_1.png” align=”left” top_padding=”15″]Melissa Myozen Blacker, Roshi, is a Zen teacher, abbot of Boundless Way Zen, and coeditor of The Book of Mu. She has a private practice in contemplative counseling. For twenty years, she was a teacher and director of programs at the Center for Mindfulness, founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn.[/text_block]
The Waking Up in Every Moment program begins on Wednesday evening with a two-day mini-meditation retreat that includes periods of silence, walking, and sitting meditation under the guidance of Sylvia Boorstein, Melissa Blacker, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche. It’s a precious opportunity to experience the benefit of retreat in a supportive environment and learn how to apply practice to all aspects of your life.
On Friday evening, the retreat opens up to celebrate our journey together and come together as a community. Throughout the weekend Sylvia Boorstein, Melissa Blacker, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche offer teachings and guidance on how to use everyday life experiences as a way to wake up and embrace each moment.
Join us at this special Shambhala Sun Community retreat
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Read articles about Waking Up in Every Moment from all three of the retreat’s teachers in the July 2015 Shambhala Sun magazine.
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Please join us for this wonderful chance to meet and practice with great teachers featured in the Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma magazines, along with the magazines’ editors and readers like you.
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Rod Meade Sperry, deputy editor, Shambhala Sun; editor, LionsRoar.com
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Lindsay Kyte, assistant editor, Shambhala Sun
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Tynette Deveaux, editor, Buddhadharma: The Practitioners Quarterly
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