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Featured Retreat
Insight & Resilience
In the midst of life’s constant demands, it’s easy to lose touch with what truly supports us and what frees our heart from being caught in suffering. This weeklong Insight retreat is an invitation to gently turn inward, guided by kind awareness and curiosity.
Together, we’ll explore the Buddha’s teachings that reconnect us with our innate resilience, strength, clarity, and peace. Rather than turning away from our experience, we’ll practice meeting it fully, uncovering the simple truth of living in harmony with the way things are.
Held in the nurturing land of Vallecitos, this silent retreat offers us a space to step out of the habit of constant doing and rediscover the quiet power of simply being—present, open, and grounded.
Guidance will be offered in Insight Meditation and the Brahma Viharas, supported through sitting, standing, walking, lying down, practices. The retreat also includes daily Dharma talks and individual or small group practice meetings. To support a quiet and contemplative environment, the retreat will be held in noble silence. This retreat is appropriate for beginners and advanced practitioners alike. Everyone is welcome!
Upcoming Community Practice
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with Victoria Cary
For those who identify as LGBTQIA+. The Rainbow (LGBTQIA+) Sangha is a weekly gathering for self-identified practitioners within marginalized gender and sexuality groups such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and gender non-conforming.
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with Victoria Cary
This evening's offering will include a sitting meditation and a dharma talk with Victoria Cary in person and on Zoom, with Victoria present in the meditation hall. There are 2 ways to attend this offering:
1. To attend in person, there is no need to register—please simply show up! To support the shared container of practice, we encourage participants to stay for the entire program when possible. We understand that life circumstances sometimes require an early departure, and if so, we simply ask that you leave quietly after the meditation and before the talk to minimize any disruption.
2. To attend online, simply click here. If prompted for a passcode, please use 81301. Alternatively, if you do not have a computer, you may phone in by tapping here for smartphones +17193594580,,85358951031#. Or, if you are on a non-smartphone, dial 719-359-4580, then meeting ID: 853 5895 1031# and the # sign when asked for your participant ID.
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With Victoria Cary
The Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Sangha is a bi-weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners who meditate together and explore the teachings of the Buddha in the light of personal experience.
Each bi-weekly session offers a short talk, guided meditation, and/or a silent sit for 30 - 40 minutes. Some gatherings add a 10 - 15 minute question and response period to help support the practice.
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with Victoria Cary
For those who identify as LGBTQIA+. The Rainbow (LGBTQIA+) Sangha is a weekly gathering for self-identified practitioners within marginalized gender and sexuality groups such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and gender non-conforming.