Upcoming Teachings
August 2019
Weekly Meditation Class with Tara – Bethesda, MD (check schedule for visiting teachers)
Meditation class meets weekly with Tara ~ NOTE: visiting teacher dates: 2019: August 28 - Luisa Montero-Diaz; September 4 - Hugh Byrne; September 11 - Trisha Stotler; September 18 - Trish Magyari; September 25 - Ben Connelly This class includes 1/2 hour of Vipassana meditation instruction and guided meditation followed by an hour-long teaching talk.…
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Residential Weekend – Radical Acceptance: Healing and Freeing our Hearts – Kripalu, West Stockbridge, MA
Stockbridge, MA – Radical Acceptance: Healing and Freeing our Hearts For everyone; no meditation experience required. One of the deepest forms of suffering in contemporary society is the pain of believing that “something is wrong with me.” Feeling that we are continually falling short is like a toxic gas we breathe, making it difficult to…
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Residential Weeklong Retreat – Intimacy with Life – Reisterstown, MD, USA
Vipassana, or Buddhist Meditation, is a way of opening to life and seeing clearly the totality of one’s being and experience. The practice is based on cultivating a present-centered mindfulness, leading to an unfolding of our natural wisdom and compassion. The focus of this weeklong retreat is to enhance intimacy with ourselves and the world.…
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Residential 5-Day New Year’s Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion – Reisterstown, MD
With Tara, Jonathan Foust, Konda Mason and guest teacher(s) ~ The New Year is a wonderful time to touch sacred presence and deepen our roots in spiritual life. In this silent retreat we will open our hearts and minds through practices of Vipassana (mindfulness meditation--both sitting and walking sessions), traditional heart meditations (metta), yoga (mindful…
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Radical Compassion: An Evening With Tara Brach – New York City, NY
Radical Compassion: An Evening With Tara Brach Compassion is the medicine we most need as individuals and as a species to heal suffering and free our spirits. Radical Compassion has three key elements: it is an embodied experience (a felt sense of tenderness), it is inclusive all beings, and it naturally moves us to act…
Find out more »The RAIN of Compassion – Daylong event in New York City, NY
The RAIN of Compassion - Daylong event in New York City, NY Tara Brach and Jonathan Foust Compassion is the medicine we most need as individuals and a species to heal suffering and free our spirits. In this workshop with Tara Brach and Jonathan Foust, we will use the acronym RAIN (Recognize-Allow-Investigate-Nurture) to explore the…
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Residential Weekend – Radical Compassion: The Courage to Love Ourselves and Our World – Kripalu, West Stockbridge, MA
Stockbridge, MA – Radical Compassion: The Courage to Love Ourselves and Our World For everyone; no meditation experience required. Imagine who you would be if you truly held your inner life and others with a tender, awake heart. How would your life change? Radical compassion is our evolutionary capacity to include all living beings in…
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