Summer Dharma Series;
Training the Mind, Opening the Heart.
Three Afternoons of Practice
June 28 • July 26 • August 23
1-5pm, at Point Reyes Yoga
$120 for each session
$333 for the series
REGISTER HERE for all three dates
REGISTER HERE FOR JUNE 28 ONLY
Summer invites us into warmth, ripening, and a widening of light. This three-part series offers a gentle arc of practice, from steadying the mind, to opening the heart, to resting in the boundless field of awareness itself.
Each session will begin with a 45-minute dharma talk, followed by 90 minutes of somatic movement and asana, then a 30-minute meditation, and time for sharing.
Each gathering stands on its own, yet together they form a natural unfolding. This is an in-person series; however, the Dharma talks and meditations will be recorded and available in case you can't make any of the sessions.
June 28 - The Foundations of Mindfulness
We begin where the Buddha began:
with the simple, radical act of directed attention.
Through embodied mindfulness of breath, body, feeling, and thought, we cultivate steadiness and clarity. We learn to meet experience as it is, without turning away and without grasping. This practice invites a return to ground: to presence, to simplicity, to the quiet strength of awareness.
July 26 - Metta: The Practice of Loving-Kindness
From a steady mind, the heart begins to soften.
In this session, we cultivate Metta - training the heart and mind towards a compassionate response, in order to untangle the habit of criticism and self-judgment. Cultivating an attitude of allowing rather than resisting, as a pathway towards greater ease.
August 23 - Open Awareness
As practice matures, effort relaxes.
In our final gathering, we explore open awareness - resting not on a single object, but in the spacious knowing that holds all experience. Thoughts, sensations, emotions, sounds… all arising and dissolving within the vast field of awareness. Here, nothing needs to be fixed. Nothing needs to be pushed away. Awareness is already whole.
Through Dharma teachings, guided meditation, and mindful movement, we will gently explore the patterns of the mind and how it can come to rest in itself.
These retreats offer a supportive space to pause, reset, and rediscover a way of being that is both awake and at home.