Nourishing Natural Insight
Teachers
Dawn Mauricio & Shinmu Tamori Gibson
When
April 30 - May 3, 2026
Where
Kio-o
Ste-Lucie-des-Laurentides, QC
Join this retreat to nourish the inherent wisdom through the container of Sangha, gathering as dedicated and curious practitioners of all experiences. Together, we intend to explore the Five Spiritual Faculties (faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom) as pathways that cultivate our deepest knowing.
Through our collective and individual heart-minds, we'll co-create spaces to be guided by mindfulness, movement, stillness, and nature as we cultivate the conditions for insight to arise. We'll practice learning to trust whatever shows up, allowing our natural awareness to unfold in its own time and way.
Teachers
Dawn Mauricio (she/her), a Filipina-Canadian, has been practicing and studying Insight Meditation since 2005. She graduated from the first teacher development group of True North Insight, and Spirit Rock's Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training, Dedicated Practitioners' Program, and 4-year Retreat Teacher Training. Subsequently, Dawn co-led two 2-year Dharma training programs for True North Insight and Sacred Mountain Sangha, and currently co-leads annually the 8-month Spirit Rock Program Living the Dharma. She teaches with a playful, dynamic, and heartfelt approach people of color and folks of all backgrounds. Dawn is a co-founder of the True North Insight BIPOC practice group and is a core teacher for Sacred Mountain Sangha. She is also the author of “Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners” and is a Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner. For more information, visit dawnmauricio.com.
Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson (心無 田守 ギブソン) (fka Jozen) lives to study, nourish, and offer contemplative heart-body-mind practices and spaces rooted in compassionate wellness, anti-oppression and interdependent liberation for all beings through the Buddhadharma. Shinmu is a Sotō Zen monastic priest ordained on November 12, 2023 by their teacher, Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel of the Suzuki Roshi lineage. Honoring the wisdom and compassion of all teachers and future generations, with the ancestors of their Black Japanese heritage, Shinmu highlights their mother - Akimi, and their lay dharma teacher - Monitsu Pamela Weiss. They began formal meditation practice while living in Japan, joined by Early Buddhism, Theravada practice centering Vipassana and Thai Forest lineages. Shinmu is a graduate of the four-year Insight Meditation Society (IMS) - Insight Retreat Center (IRC) Dharma Teacher Training program. Certifications and embodiment studies in Yoga, Qigong, psychology and emergency medicines supplements the fluidity of this life and clarification of the ennobling truths.
Registration Information
LOCATION: Kio-o, 1905 Chemin 6e Rang, Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, QC J0T 2J0.
Most of the rooms are double rooms, with shared washrooms. There are a small number of single rooms.
ARRIVAL TIME: 3:30-5 pm, Thursday, April 30. The retreat will conclude in the afternoon on Sunday, May 3.
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.
A deposit of 50% of the base rate is required to register to the retreat. The deposit is included in all of our fees.
- Benefactor: $1 230
- Sustaining: $960
- Base: $645
- Reduced: $540
- Scholarship: upon request (limited number of scholarships are granted)
◆ Deposit : $322.5
Benefactor
The Benefactor rate provides the opportunity to offer more substantial support for TNI.
Sustaining
The Sustaining rate represents the actual cost to TNI to operate our programs. If you can afford this level or higher, you assist our efforts to offer lower sliding-scale rates and ongoing financial subsidies.
Base
The Base rate covers 69 % of what is needed to run our organization. To balance our budget and to wisely steward our resources, donations must supplement our registration income.
Reduced
Payment at the Reduced rate covers only 55 % of what is needed to run our organization. To balance our budget and to wisely steward our resources, donations must supplement our registration income.
Scholarship
TNI offers scholarships providing a reduction of up to 50% on the base rate on our sliding scale to those who request them. Scholarships are available for a limited number of places.