Awakening the Political Body:
Integrating Embodied Vipassana Practice in a World that Needs Our
Teachers:
Pascal Auclair
Michael Stone
When:
June 12-15, 2014
Where:
Villa St-Martin
Montreal, Quebec
Cost:
Scale: $355/$405/$460
Deposit: $180
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This unique silent Vipassana retreat will include formal sitting meditation, walking meditation and daily yoga. The dharma talks and interview themes will address two directions that Buddhist teachings take: internal stability and sanity and social awakening. If we are all truly interconnected, than how can we be free if others are in pain? How can we transform our own wounds and habitual distractions into tools that serve others? Can Vipassana practice re-orient our internalized cultural values of greed, competitiveness and consumerism? If Buddhist practice is going to serve us in the next centuries it needs to address both our personal suffering and also the suffering of a world in need of repair. This retreat will explore these deep issues in the pulsing heart of the present moment.
The retreat is open for meditators of all levels and backgrounds.
About Pascal Auclair
Pascal Auclair has been immersed in Buddhist practice and study since 1997, sitting retreats in Asia and America with revered monastics and lay teachers. He has been mentored by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, where he is now enjoying teaching retreats. Pascal also teaches in Quebec and in other Canadian provinces. His depth of insight, classical training, and creative expression all combine in a wise and compassionate presence. In addition, his warmth and humour make Pascal a much appreciated teacher.
About Michael Stone
Michael Stone is a psychotherapist, yoga teacher and Buddhist teacher. He leads Centre of Gravity Sangha in Toronto, a thriving urban community integrating formal practice and social action. His studies are in Vipassana and Zen as well as Yoga, Sanskrit and Psychoanalysis. He has written numerous books on Buddhism, yoga and ethics with Shambhala Publications. He is a father and lives in Toronto while also teaching internationally. www.centreofgravity.org
Registration Information
Location: Villa St-Martin, 9451 boul. Gouin West, Montréal (Pierrefonds),Québec H8Y 1T2
Arrival Time: 3:30-5:30 pm, Thursday, June 12. The retreat will conclude by lunch on Sunday, June 15. Everyone is welcome to stay for lunch.
Cost: TNI is dedicated to offering affordable rates to all. We offer a sliding scale with low, mid and high rates that allow retreatants to pay according to their means. Paying at the low rate covers the minimum expense of holding a retreat. The high rate helps ensure TNI’s viability as an organization. The deposit is included in all of our fees.
Please note that the retreat fees pay for your room and three meals a day. This does not include payment to the teacher. Following the 2,500-year-old Buddhist tradition, the teachings are considered priceless and so are offered freely. At the end of the retreat you wil be invited to offer dana, or donations, to the teachers, the retreat manager and TNI.
Directions to Villa St-Martin:
By Train:
The best way to get to Villa St-Martin, and also the cheapest, is to take the Train de banlieue from Central Station.
1. Take the Deux-Montagnes train to the Sunnybrook station.
2. Take the 68 bus east. Get off at the corner of Wilfrid St.
If you’re coming by train from the West Island, it is easier and quicker to get off the train at Dorval and take a taxi to Villa St-Martin.
By Car: Hwy 40 or Hwy 20
1. Take Highway 13 North (Direction Laval - Mirabel – St- Jérôme)
2. Take Exit 8 (boul. Gouin – Henri-Bourassa)
3. Take the service road to Gouin Blvd.
4. Turn left (west) onto Gouin. Go under the bridge.
5. Villa St-Martin is on the right (9451 Gouin)