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Leslie Booker
Assisted by Coral Short
Awakening Through the Body: A Movement and Meditation Retreat
Teacher
Dawn Mauricio
When
October 30 -
November 1, 2020
Where
Kio-o
Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides
Québec
Cost
$240 / $265 / $290
Deposit: $120
Your movement and meditation practices, and ultimately, your body and mind, are different doorways to mindfulness and insight that complement each other in a nourishing way. This silent retreat will blend the traditions of yoga and Insight Meditation (Vipassana) into an integrated flow of meditation in movement and stillness, helping you to relax, open and embody wisdom in a sustained way.
Over the course of the retreat, you’ll receive meditation instructions for sitting and walking practice, dharma teachings, and mindful movement practices suitable to all levels of experience and physical ability.
This retreat is taught in French.
Teacher
Dawn Mauricio has been practicing and studying Insight Meditation since 2005, sitting silent residential retreats in Canada, United States, Thailand, and Burma. Since discovering the Dharma, she has graduated from Spirit Rock's Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training and the Dedicated Practitioners' Program, as well as the first teacher development group of True North Insight. Dawn teaches with a playful, dynamic, and centered approach, currently leading a weekly sitting group, daylong retreats, and mindfulness workshops. She is a meditation retreat teacher for teenagers with Inward Bound Mindfulness Education and is currently in Spirit Rock's 4-year Teacher Training.
Registration Information
LOCATION: Kio-o, 1905 Chemin 6e Rang, Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, QC J0T 2J0
http://www.kio-o.ca/contact/Most of the rooms at Kio-o are double rooms, with only a few single rooms. Single rooms are filled on a first come, first served basis. Washrooms are shared.
ARRIVAL TIME: 3:30-5:30 pm, Friday, October 30. The retreat will conclude by lunch on Sunday, November 1. Everyone is welcome to stay for lunch.
COST: TNI is dedicated to offering affordable rates to all. TNI retreat fees are on a sliding scale basis that allows participants to pay according to individual means. Fees do not include compensation for the teachings, and teachers rely on the generosity of retreatants for a sustainable income. There is an opportunity to offer dana (donations) to the teachers at the end of each retreat. The deposit is included in all of our fees.
Sliding Scale:
$240 - $265 - $290
Deposit:
$120
Opening to Loss with a Heart of Wisdom
Teachers
Daryl Lynn Ross
Jill Davey
When
June 11-14, 2020
Where
Loyola House
Guelph, ON
Cost
$395/ $460/ $510
Deposit: $200
Loss is part of life; no one escapes change and loss. We might ourselves feel lost, not knowing how to continue on when someone we love has died, a relationship ends or a dream or vision no longer seems possible. Sitting together, with the guidance of the teachers and within the stability of meditative awareness, we will explore how to compassionately accept the pain and confusion of loss, see its universality and be open to growth, creativity, love and joy in our lives. Insight meditation, contemplation of the Buddha's teachings and guided practices will be included in this retreat.
Teachers
Daryl Lynn Ross lives and transmits the Buddhist teachings from the heart with a sensitivity to the unique path of each person. She has been teaching meditation for over 30 years and is grateful to have teachers and mentors from several Buddhist and other traditions, including mystical Christian. For 22 years as a University Chaplain at Concordia University in Montreal she offered meditation practices and spiritual leadership. Co-founder and guiding teacher for TNI since 2003, Daryl teaches local groups and intensive courses, mentors and counsels in personal meetings and enjoys offering a wide range of retreats. She is known for her clear, gentle, compassionate approach which is both accessible and profound.
Jill Davey is the founder of RiverSound Retreat and Insight Meditation Fergus. She has been teaching Hatha Yoga and yogic meditation since 2003. Since her first meditation retreat in 2008, Jill has devoted herself to the study and practice of Vipassana (Insight Meditation) and sharing her understanding with others, both at her Retreat Centre and at other centres in Ontario. She has been mentored by Molly Swan and Norman Feldman; her offerings include retreats, daylongs, and courses. She is skilled at connecting the relevance of these ancient teachings of awareness, wisdom and kindness to daily life experience. Jill brings her previous years of experience as a community worker and lay chaplain to her teaching.
Registration Information
LOCATION: Loyola House, 5420 Highway 6 North, Guelph, Ontario
All of the rooms at Loyola House are single rooms with a sink. Washrooms are shared.
ARRIVAL TIME: 3:30-5:30 pm, Thursday, June 11. The retreat will conclude by lunch on Sunday, June 14. Everyone is welcome to stay for lunch.
COST: TNI is dedicated to offering affordable rates to all. TNI retreat fees are on a sliding scale basis that allows participants to pay according to individual means. Fees do not include compensation for the teachings, and teachers rely on the generosity of retreatants for a sustainable income. There is an opportunity to offer dana (donations) to the teachers at the end of each retreat. The deposit is included in all of our fees.
Sliding Scale:
$395 - $460 - $510
Deposit:
$200
Care for Caregivers
Teachers
Jill Davey
Angela Ross
When
April 16-19, 2020
Where
Loyola House
Guelph, ON
Cost
$395/ $460/ $510
Deposit: $200
This retreat is for those of you who are caring for others in your personal or professional life (frontline workers, first responders, teachers, caregivers of family or community). All who resonate with the term caregiver are welcome.
This is an opportunity for you to rest, reflect and refresh your relationship to yourself, your work and the ways you support yourself.
You will be supported by daily yoga practice, silence, meeting with a teacher, guided meditations, beautiful grounds, amazing food and a private room.
Teachers
Jill Davey is the founder of RiverSound Retreat and Insight Meditation Fergus. She has been teaching Hatha Yoga and yogic meditation since 2003. Since her first meditation retreat in 2008, Jill has devoted herself to the study and practice of Vipassana (Insight Meditation) and sharing her understanding with others, both at her Retreat Centre and at other centres in Ontario. She has been mentored by Molly Swan and Norman Feldman; her offerings include retreats, daylongs, and courses. She is skilled at connecting the relevance of these ancient teachings of awareness, wisdom and kindness to daily life experience. Jill brings her previous years of experience as a community worker and lay chaplain to her teaching.
Angela Ross has practiced meditation and has studied the Dharma for many years. She has been teaching Insight Meditation since 2011. Her work as a family doctor focuses on psychotherapy and mental health with an emphasis on mindfulness based approaches.
Registration Information
LOCATION: Loyola House, 5420 Highway 6 North, Guelph, Ontario
All of the rooms at Loyola House are single rooms with a sink. Washrooms are shared.
ARRIVAL TIME: 4:00-6:00 pm, Thursday, April 16. The retreat will conclude at 4 pm on Sunday, April 19.
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.
Sliding Scale:
$395 - $460 - $510
Deposit:
$200
This Elusive Life
Teacher
Pascal Auclair
When
June 1-5, 2020
Where
Kio-o
Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, QC
Cost
$540 / $610/ $675
Deposit: $270
During this silent retreat, this intensive meditation training, together we will see how attentive presence can bring us to deep wisdom and complete tenderness for our humanity, our life, beautiful and imperfect, troubling and precious, that in many ways and too often eludes us. We will bring a calm and curious look at our heart and its contractions, our mind and its confusion, and we will be led, one step at a time, towards a soothing clarity where compassion and joy coexist. Everyone is welcome at this friendly gathering, whether meditation practice is familiar or not, whether solitude in community is a known experience or not.
This retreat will be held in French, with the possibility of having an individual meeting with the teacher in English if needed.
Teacher
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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 teaches in North America and Europe. 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.
Registration Information
LOCATION: Kio-o, 1905 Chemin 6e Rang, Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, QC J0T 2J0
http://www.kio-o.ca/contact/Most of the rooms at Kio-o are double rooms, with only a few single rooms. Single rooms are filled on a first come, first served basis. Washrooms are shared.
ARRIVAL TIME: 10 am-noon, Monday, June 1. The retreat will conclude at 4 pm on Friday, June 5. The teacher requests that you plan to attend the entire retreat – please arrive on time and stay through the closing talk.
COST: TNI is dedicated to offering affordable rates to all. TNI retreat fees are on a sliding scale basis that allows participants to pay according to individual means. Fees do not include compensation for the teachings, and teachers rely on the generosity of retreatants for a sustainable income. There is an opportunity to offer dana (donations) to the teachers at the end of each retreat. The deposit is included in all of our fees.
Sliding Scale:
$540 - $610 - $675
Deposit:
$270