The Heart of Practice Spring ONLINE Retreat May 5-11, 2024 (Pasadena & Martha’s Vineyard)

We are happy to announce for the fifth consecutive year, our annual online week-long practice intensive, this year hosted by both Pasadena and Martha’s Vineyard Bodhi Path Centers.

It is fortunate indeed to have the time to delve deeply into spiritual discovery. This is a rare opportunity to set aside our normal routines, unplug from distractions, and allow ourselves to experience the true relief that comes from cultivating a quiet mind and an open heart. Learning to be gentle with ourselves and “to relax in the doing” is liberating and transformative.

Creating a retreat environment offers the support of a daily schedule and the opportunity to practice together. The key is finding the balance between, “not too tight, and not too loose”, between relaxed discipline and awake relaxation. In so doing we discover that peace and happiness are already present within our own mind, we only have to relax in the practice and let go of everything that obscures the innate qualities of wisdom and compassion.

We will provide individual “Zoom Rooms” for each of the practice sessions, meditation, Yoga, Feldenkrais, small group and whole group sessions.

As well, the Meditation Hall at the Vineyard’s Bodhi Path Center will be open during the retreat to welcome registered participants who wish to join the practice sessions in person.

As the retreat is primarily online, participants can set their own retreat schedules around personal obligations.

We ask that whatever schedule you set for yourself, that you sincerely commit to it for the entire week and don’t make last minute changes. Each person’s attendance truly supports the whole retreat community.

We hope you will join our online Dharma community retreat. Registration is now open. Please see the registration link below for more details.

https://ezregister.com/events/39964