Mindfulness Intensive

Half-Day Practices

Quarterly Sunday Mini-Retreats

We have been offering opportunities to explore your own mind in silence and begin to experience the benefits of concentration practice (samadhi) to complement your mindfulness practice. The retreats are scheduled quarterly from 1:00 - 4:00 on the second Sunday of the first month in the quarter, e.g. January, April, July, and October. There are three sittings, each one followed by a period of walking meditation and increasing in duration over the afternoon. There is a short dharma talk after the first sitting. Please contact me at catherine@bhavanacommunity.org or click below to register. Only brief preliminary instructions will be provided, so if you need more detailed meditation instructions, please contact me before the program.

As this is a fundraiser, there is no fee and we ask that you offer what you can.

Here are links to the

retreat schedule

and

basic sitting instructions

Day Long Practices

Although Day-Long Retreats have been out of the question during Covid, we hope to be offering them again soon.

Location

596 Captain Beam Blvd, Hampstead

910-270-0610

More Details

Practice will be in mindful silence. If you have your own meditation cushion, feel free to bring it, chairs are also available.

Wear comfortable clothing for sitting, comfortable shoes and bring an umbrella if it looks like it might rain. Bring slippers or stockings as shoes will be left at the door.

Maximum attendance is 8 students.

Just before the retreat, you will receive an e-mail with more details about the schedule, the practice and some suggested readings if appropriate.