One Dharma December Retreat: Awakening into Awareness and Insight
Thursday Evening, December 4 – Sunday Noon December 7 with Optional Extension to December 9
Bethany Hills Retreat Center, Kingston Springs, TN
Retreat is now full but the waitlist is open. Spots usually open up closer to the retreat so we encourage you to join the list if you want to attend. Email onedharmaretreat@gmail.com
All of our joys and sorrows, thoughts and feelings arise and fall away in a field of awareness that is clear, expansive and open. In this retreat we will explore how mindfulness, concentration and open awareness support each other. We will deepen the capacity to rest in awareness that creates a wider container to meet even our most challenging and stressful thoughts and emotions with insight and compassion. These practices also stabilize concentration (samadhi) and strengthen insight (prajna). This retreat is designed to invigorate and nourish, not only our formal mindfulness and concentration practices, but also our daily activities.
This retreat, offered in a beautiful natural setting and held mostly in silence, will include periods of sitting and walking meditation, instruction, dharma talks and q&a. It is suitable for all levels of experience from beginner to long term practitioner. The cost is $485 for three nights and $685 for the five night option. Reduced fee scholarships are available for those who need financial assistance. We appreciate donations to our scholarship fund to allow those who need to pay less to attend. Donations can be added to your retreat registration if you would like to participate. For scholarship requests, email onedharmaretreat@gmail.com.
Please note that the retreat fee covers meals, lodging and administrative expenses. The teacher is compensated separately through the practice of dana (generosity). You will have a an opportunity at retreat’s end to make a dana offering to the teacher.
If you are unable to pay the full fee at registration, please email us at the address above to arrange for two payments. Fees can be paid through Venmo @onedharma or Paypal. We can also accept checks. To sign up, click the Register button. After you’ve completed the form it will direct you to the payment page. If you would like to support the scholarship fund, please add to your payment any amount you’d like to contribute. Thank you! Note that you are not registered until you pay the retreat fee.
Lisa Ernst is a meditation teacher in the Thai Forest/Spirit Rock lineage of Ajahn Chah, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman. Lisa and leads classes and retreats internationally.
Cancellation Refund Policy: Please note that cancellations are costly in that we can’t always fill spaces last minute. Up to six weeks from retreat date, $50. Six to four weeks from retreat date, $100. We are unable to offer refunds less than 30 days from retreat start date.