Breathing (Retreat)
REPEATING SCHEDULE: Daily
START DATE: Friday, May 24, 2024
END DATE: Sunday, June 2, 2024
REGION: Bull River,, British Columbia
ORGANIZATION: Planet Dharma
TEACHER: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei
CONTACT PERSON: Richard Nathaniel
CONTACT NUMBER: 2504293929
EMAIL: registrar@planetdharma.com
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A Life Changing Experience
Join Catherine Pawasarat Sensei for a life changing ten day breathing meditation retreat. Breathing practice is suitable whether you are a newbie or seasoned meditator, or have always wanted to do a vipassana or longer retreat. Benefit from the in-person guidance of an accomplished meditation teacher and a balanced meditative approach of the four classical meditation postures.
The breathing retreat in 2022 and 2023 was so powerful for participants we just had to push the ‘repeat’ button. Repetition for mastery is what meditation is all about -whether you are a newbie or a seasoned practitioner. Over and over again, we hone our attentiveness to the breath until calm, clarity and wisdom emerges.
At this retreat, the practice itself is life changing, profound and healing. And most importantly, you will benefit from the rare in-person guidance of an accomplished meditation teacher and wisdom holder – Catherine Pawasarat Sensei.
Breathing meditation is suitable for all types of people. It develops concentration, calm, bliss and insight – altogether leading to awakening and healing.
If you have a background in Vipassana retreats and are interested in doing something that is similar but a next step, with a live teacher, then this retreat may be for you. This retreat gives an opportunity for more detailed instructions based on the Buddhist suttas, and opportunities for asking questions and receiving feedback on your practice.
An online option is also available for those not in Western Canada, to make participation possible from anywhere in the world.
While we believe any undertaking can be a vehicle for awakening, there’s no substitute for the power of one’s own profound experience of truth, gained through meditation. This is why meditation is one of the four foundational practices of our teaching.
A guiding text for this retreat is the Ānāpānasati Sutta, or Mindfulness of Breathing Discourse. In it, the Buddha describes 16 steps of practice divided into four areas of mindfulness.
This simple yet powerful framework will extend your meditation experience to everything from subatomic particles to the vastness of space, and all that’s between. It includes practice in all four postures – sitting, walking standing and lying down. Finally, we will also offer support for bridging the gap between retreat and daily life when you get home.
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