The Power of Natural Wisdom (Hybrid)

Public registration will open on November 16 at 7:00 pm ET.

All are welcome to join Lama Liz, Lama Gursam, and our Margha Mitras for a weeklong retreat dedicated to deepening our experience of natural meditation and recognizing the innate wisdom, compassion, and wakefulness that are always available to us.

Through dharma teachings and meditation practice, we will explore three foundational methods of the classical Himalayan Buddhist tradition: shamatha (calm abiding), vipashyana (insight), and open awareness. Together, these practices help us cultivate stability and clarity of mind while opening to a more spacious, compassionate relationship with ourselves and the world.

Please join us to:

• Cultivate stability and ease through shamatha (calm abiding), allowing the mind to settle and rest naturally.
• Deepen insight through vipashyana, meeting our experience with curiosity, openness, and clarity.
• Discover the spaciousness of open awareness, recognizing the innate wisdom and wakefulness of mind.
• Bring meditation into daily life, cultivating greater presence, compassion, and responsiveness.
• Deepen spiritual friendship through shared practice, reflection, and connection.

Guided by the Margha Program’s Natural Meditation curriculum, this retreat introduces the teachings and practices that Margha participants will explore during the first half of their program year.

While Margha students are strongly encouraged to attend both annual program retreats, this retreat is open to all, whether new to meditation or experienced practitioners seeking to deepen their practice.

Together, we will discover how meditation can become a living expression of wisdom and compassion in everyday life.

Kim Albert will offer daily yoga sessions, supporting embodied awareness, relaxation, and ease throughout the retreat.

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