April 2025 Retreat - 1- Friday - The Path of Skillful Resolve

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Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom
Kim Allen & Diana Clark
June 2025

Dharma practice can unfold as a journey of both opening the heart and deepening wisdom – these two movements are intertwined, each reinforcing the other. Understanding this, we can sense that at every step of the path there is both heartfulness and freedom. In this retreat, we will explore classical insight practices, highlighting that these are also forms of opening the heart that evoke greater and greater freedom

01 June 22, 2025 Mindfulness of Breathing - Kim Allen

09 June 25, 2025 The Fruits of Practice, Wise Living - Kim Allen

07 June 24, 2025 Neither Tarrying nor Hurrying, the Art of Allowing - Diana Clark

04 June 23, 2025 Mindfulness of The Body - Diana Clark

08 June 25, 2025 Mindfulness of Thinking - Diana Clark

06 June 24, 2025 Mindfulness of Emotions - Kim Allen

03 June 22, 2025 Evening Reflection, Drop by Drop & Metta - Kim Allen

05 June 23, 2025 Fashioning a Raft - Kim Allen

02 June 22, 2025 The Near Shore, Meeting Dukkha with Dharma - Diana Clark

Nestled within hundreds of acres of ancient Juniper and Pine woodlands, the local flora and fauna easily encourage participants to remember and realign with their own true nature. Only 2 hours from Los Angeles, we are a residential retreat center space of respite and calm. Guests are welcomed to slow down and embrace connection with self, others and nature.

Peter Doobinin teaches the dharma - the Buddha's path of wisdom and compassion.   Peter is the author of the dharma books, Skillful Pleasure and The Skill of Living, and the novels, Daylight Saving Time, and Suburban Boy.  His writing has appeared in the anthology Commit to Sit; Tricycle; The New York Times, and other publications.   After working in the publishing industry for more than twenty years, Peter left in 1998 to pursue less worldly interests. He has been teaching insight meditation for more than 25 years. These days he is the guiding teacher of New York Dharma.  He is founder of New York Insight Meditation Center, Downtown Meditation Community, and Berlin Dharma.  Through the years he’s taught at many venues, including the New York City public schools.

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