January 2019
Grounded in the foundational practice of mindfulness, Insight Meditation enables you to see clearly the truth of your inner and outer experience, providing insight into the ways you create your own suffering and how you can be free of pain and stress.
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Through the combination of mindfulness meditation, wisdom teachings, silence, and inquiry and through systematic instructions on the four foundations of mindfulness, we will explore how to live with wisdom and care. Talks will highlight the core teachings of the Buddha and their practical application to our lives. This is an excellent retreat for those wishing to refresh their meditation practice and deepen their understanding of Buddhist teachings in the supportive company of others.
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Applications due for this workshop today! Nature offers herself as a metaphor that teaches us about resilience, adaptability and transformation. Through that connection we can discover ourselves as part of nature and sense our capacity to grow, change, and go through many seasons of blossoming.
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In this day retreat, we will investigate how the foundations of mindfulness support insights into what causes suffering and what creates happiness. What arises from this understanding is a tangible sense of inner freedom, spaciousness, peace, and letting go.
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with Mark Coleman Come get away from winter cold and attend a silent mindfulness retreat in the pristine wilderness of the Sea of Cortez. This is the 10th year that Mark Coleman has led this silent kayaking meditation retreat. The retreat will be mostly in silence to support the meditative process, and there will be several periods of meditation daily as well as time for discussion, talks on the themes of meditation in nature, talking circles and opportunities for one to one work with the Mark Coleman. There will also be free time to swim, snorkel and enjoy this spectacular setting.
Find out moreNature offers herself as a metaphor that teaches us about resilience, adaptability and transformation. Through that connection we can discover ourselves as part of nature and sense our capacity to grow, change, and go through many seasons of blossoming.
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Have you ever been curious about Insight Meditation? This silent retreat will teach the essentials of this practice and offer key Buddhist teachings. We will explore ways to awaken our mind and heart so that we can learn to live a life of wisdom, compassion, inner peace, and freedom.
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5/3/19: Through various nature-based meditations, we will explore the natural joy and insight that arises in nature, sense the interconnection between our inner and outer landscape, and discover how nature evokes the beautiful qualities of peace, wonder, and love.
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In this mindfulness meditation retreat, we will explore the innate quality of awareness as the foundation for cultivating clarity, understanding, and insight into our human experience. We will investigate how, through mindfulness practice, we can develop insight into the causes of stress and the causes of genuine happiness. We will examine what it means to abide, with kindness and awareness, in the midst of life, so we can live with a genuine non-reactive freedom wherever we are.
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Mark will talk about the true promise of mindfulness and read from his new book, From Suffering to Peace. A Q&A will follow the reading and Mark will be available for signing copies.
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Mark Coleman will lead Rick Hanson's Meditation Group and talk about the true promise of mindfulness: how, when studied and developed, mindfulness provides a path to transformation, wisdom and genuine peace.
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TEDxMarin will explore how and if consciousness remains when the wiring breaks down, as in Alzheimer’s, and they’ll discuss our understanding of the age-old question, “what IS consciousness?” Mark Coleman will be the host and moderate. Dr. Helen Weng, PhD, Dr. Dale Bredesen, and Cassandra Vieten, PhD will discuss.
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Find out moreMark Coleman, who has studied and taught mindfulness meditation for decades, draws on his knowledge to not only clarify what mindfulness truly means but also reveal the depth and potential of this ancient discipline.
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6/9/19: People of all experience levels are welcome to join the weekly sittings. You will meet Sunday evening from 7pm to 9pm in the Chapel of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco, located at 1187 Franklin Street at the corner of Geary Blvd. Mark Coleman will lead this Sunday Sit.
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During the retreat, we will learn traditional Buddhist meditation practices, and complimentary techniques that help deepen our relationship to ourselves, the earth, and awaken our receptivity to nature as our teacher. We will explore how mindfulness practice is profoundly supported by the teachings of nature as we sit and walk outdoors. This deepening awareness opens us to profound experiences of interconnectedness, insight, and love.
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With all the hype surrounding mindfulness, what is the real promise of the practice? Drawing from his new book, From Suffering to Peace, Mark Coleman explores the original meaning, depth and context for mindfulness practice as a practice of profound transformation that supports insight, wisdom, compassion and freedom.
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7/5/19: Join Vinny Ferraro's weekly group for a sit and talk with Mark Coleman on Friday night.
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This retreat will be spent meditating outdoors in the natural beauty and mystery here at Vallecitos Mountain Ranch. Whether it is during sunset meditations, listening to the soothing sounds of the river, or sitting graced in the stillness of the aspen trees, we will open to the profound serenity and wisdom of nature.
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The Monday Night sitting group at Spirit Rock has been a welcoming refuge for the community to gather, hear the teachings of the Buddha and practice mindfulness meditation.
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8/1/19: Mark looks forward to seeing you at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery for the 7:30 pm sit, followed by the Dharma talk.
Find out moreDuring the retreat, we will learn traditional Buddhist meditation practices, and complimentary techniques that help deepen our relationship to ourselves, the earth, and awaken our receptivity to nature as our teacher. We will explore how mindfulness practice is profoundly supported by the teachings of nature as we sit and walk outdoors. This deepening awareness opens us to profound experiences of interconnectedness, insight, and love.
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8/6/19: Mark Coleman will facilitate this evening’s meditation and discussion. The evening sittings generally begin with a 30 minute meditation, followed by a short break for tea and greetings. Mark will then give a short talk on relevant themes and lead a group discussion. All levels of experience are welcome.
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During the daylong retreat, we will learn traditional Buddhist meditation practices, and complimentary techniques that help deepen our relationship to ourselves, the earth, and awaken our receptivity to nature as our teacher.
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Climate anxiety--from the news, coping with the immediate trauma of a natural disaster, or fearing for a warming planet--is undermining our health and well-being. So what’s the solution to preventing stress, fear, and helplessness from taking a toll on your well-being? Join Mark Coleman and Climate One host Greg Dalton for an in-depth, in-person conversation about how we face the reality of climate change.
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with Martin Aylward and Mark Coleman This unique yearlong professional teacher training combines transformational cultivation of your own mindfulness practice and systematic development of mindfulness teaching skills, enabling you to teach a variety of mindfulness programs with confidence and clarity.
Find out moreIn this evening talk, Mark will lead brief meditations and explore the aspects of his book to help practitioners, of all kinds, access and benefit from the “true promise of mindfulness”.
Find out moreOn this retreat we will meditate outdoors in the natural beauty and mystery at Vallecitos Mountain Ranch. Whether it is during sunset meditations, listening to the soothing sounds of the river, or sitting graced in the stillness of the aspen trees, we will open to the profound serenity and wisdom of nature.
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In this evening talk, Mark will lead brief meditations and explore the aspects of his book to help practitioners, of all kinds, access and benefit from the “true promise of mindfulness”.
Find out moreThe Buddha stated that awareness is an essential factor for liberation and peace. In this meditation retreat, we will explore this innate quality of awareness: what it is, how to recognize it, and how to cultivate it. We will inquire into what interferes with stabilizing in awareness both in meditation and in daily activity.
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