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Summer and Fall 2006 Retreats
Friends of the Heart is offering a summer retreat, with
Joyce Allen
and
Richard Johnson at
Harmony Dawn Retreat.
We are limiting retreats at Harmony Dawn, so please register early.
- Summer Weekend or Week to 9-Day Retreat:
The weekend option runs from Friday, July 14 - Sunday, July 16.
There is an option of coming for just one week from July 16 to July 23.
Registering for the full 9 days from July 14 to 23rd will allow you an extended period of depth meditation.
Preference will be given to those registering for the full 9 days.
Those interested in the weekend or week option will be put on a waiting list until June 23rd.
We are also planning a Fall retreat at Harmony Dawn with Catherine Jetsun Yeshe.
- Autumn Week Retreat:
Tentatively scheduled from Friday, Nov. 10 - Friday, Nov. 17
Retreat Descriptions
- Summer Week 1. Vipassana or Insight Meditation is a practice
that emphasizes the development of clarity and equanimity with awareness.
Vipassana means 'to see separately' or to see clearly, distinctly
and with penetration. This going deeply with awareness allows for
transformation and release from our conditioning. The everchanging
flow in mind and body is experienced with joy, affection and calm
as we learn to take ourselves less seriously.
Our retreats look to balance mind and body in our meditation practice.
We include in the daily schedule, yoga in the morning and evening,
formal walking and sitting meditation and time to be with nature.
We ease naturally into silence. The reduction of inner chatter supports
the outer silence just as letting go of social chatter and engagement
enhances inner silence. Integrated into every retreat is kindness
or in the meditation language of Buddhism - metta.
- Retreat costs include food, accomodation and teaching. We help coordinate
ride sharing amongst retreatants. See below for
PayPal credit card payment options.
- Weekend retreat cost is $290.
- Week retreat is $995.
- 9-Day retreat is $1275.
Registration Forms and Questionnaire
Call FoH now at (416) 486-5105, or email us with your questions.
If you wish to go on the waiting list for the weekend or retreat, please fill out a registration form and send in your payment.
We will not process your credit card or cash your cheque unless you are accepted into retreat.
Email us at
Also please download an interview questionnaire to fill out and bring
with you to the retreat. These are some questions about your meditation
experience to help teachers give you individual guidance. download
questionnaire.
Advance Reading
Please have a look at our brief guide to approaching retreat meditation
at Turn
Your Retreat Into an Advance — by Catherine Jetsun Yeshe and Joyce
Allen. When we do retreat at Friends of the Heart, we are not trying
to “retreat” from anything, but rather advancing toward our aspirations.
Daily life does not normally offer us the quiet spaciousness needed
to go beyond a certain threshold of calm in meditation. During retreat,
we have the opportunity to move through repeated meditation cycles,
allowing us to “go deeper” each time in a safe, quiet, compassionate
atmosphere.
Donations and Payments
If you wish to make a donation to Friends of the Heart
or to Catherine Jetsun Yeshe, we have setup Paypal to receive payments
for audio teachings, memberships and for other activities of Friends
of the Heart. We prefer to work through paypal as it is time consuming
for a volunteer organization to handle cheques and email credit card
orders. You can use Paypal to make secure payments in your own currency.
The Canadian dollar amount will be automatically converted for your
credit card or bank account.
Please specify the purpose of the payment or donation.
The drop down lists give you some options when you enter payment details on the initial Paypal window.
If you are not a member, please give us your address, if you wish tax receipts for donations.
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