Cultivating Mindfulness: The Essential Teachings
co-sponsored with MBSR Winnipeg
Teacher:
Steven Hick
When:
June 10-15, 2016
Where:
St. Benedict’s
Retreat Centre,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
This retreat will emphasize the cultivation of mindfulness and wisdom, opening the heart, and developing clarity and depth of practice. Traditional meditation instruction will be combined with silent sitting, walking, dharma talks and interviews in a spirit of loving-kindness and compassion.
In this retreat, we are cultivating clear seeing by exploring the qualities of bare attention, not-knowing, non-reactivity, present centered-ness, and curiosity. We introduce the Four Noble Truths and how this relates to mediating the stresses of living in the world.
This retreat is appropriate for beginners and experienced meditators alike, and would be of special interest to alumni or teachers of MBSR and other mindfulness-based interventions.
About Steven Hick
Steven Hick At the peak of his career, former social work professor and founder of War Child Canada, Steven Hick dove into the Dharma full-time in 2005. He has since founded the Ottawa Insight Meditation Community and now teaches insight meditation with an emphasis on reducing the stress in our daily life. He is Director of MBSR Ottawa where he established MBSR teacher training in Manitoba, Newfoundland and Alberta. Steven is the author of numerous books including Mindfulness and Social Work and Mindfulness and the Therapeutic Relationship. He holds a PhD in social work, and is a father and activist. Steven has been practicing meditation and yoga since 1979 with a variety of teachers, including Matthew Flickstein, Adyashanti, Bhagavan Shanmukha and Thich Nhat Hanh.
Registration Information
LOCATION: St. Benedict’s Retreat Centre, 225 Masters Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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