Meeting Our Emotional Life with a Dharma Heart
Teacher
Jean Esther
When
March 23-26, 2023
Where
Loyola House
Guelph, ON
Cost
$460 / $500 / $545
Deposit: $230
So often we can be flooded by our emotions and overwhelmed by our nervous system's response to our own personal circumstances as well as to the world around us. This retreat will focus on the Buddha’s teachings on Wisdom and Compassion in service of deepening our capacity to meet our lives with a wise, loving and embodied presence.
This silent retreat will consist of sitting and walking meditation, guided insight and dharma teachings, group inquiry and small group discussions.
This retreat is taught in English.
Teacher
Jean Esther Beginning her formal training in meditation in 1975, Jean has trained in the Buddhist Theravadan tradition with renowned senior lay teachers as well as Burmese and Western Monastics since 1982. Over a number of years, Jean has engaged in intensive teacher training in both Vipassana practice and non-dual awareness. Her teaching is also informed by over 40 years of practice as a psychotherapist, focusing on the healing of trauma through an embodied somatic approach. She trained for over 20 years in Jungian psychology with Jungian analyst Marion Woodman. Respecting all of life through a social justice understanding informs her life and her teaching. Jean teaches at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, USA, Insight Meditation Community of Western MA, USA as well as various other locations across the US and Canada. Jean has served on the Guiding Teachers Council of True North Insight since 2015.
Registration
LOCATION: Loyola House, 5420 Highway 6 North, Guelph, Ontario (http://www.loyolahouse.ca/)
All of the rooms at Loyola House are single rooms with a sink. Some rooms have a private bathroom; otherwise, washrooms are shared.
ARRIVAL TIME: 3:30-5:30 pm, Thursday, March 23. The retreat will conclude by lunch on Sunday, March 26. Everyone is welcome to stay for lunch.
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.
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Cancellation due to COVID: If TNI cancels this retreat due to COVID, we will offer a full refund to all participants.