Insight Meditation Scottsdale
Practicing the Dharma in the Arizona Desert
Mindfulness: An Intimate Journey
A 2-Day, Non-Residential *IN PERSON*
Insight Meditation Retreat
with Howard Cohn
April 22nd & 23rd, 2023
9am - 5pm Sat/8:30am - 3pm Sun
Hospice of the Valley Dementia Care & Education Campus
3811 N. 44th St, Phoenix
Howie is additionally offering a Public Talk at the SCUCC on Friday evening, April 21st at 7-9pm at the SCUCC church
You can separately register for the Friday event for free on Eventbrite
Retreat Registration:
$60 through March 31st
$75 April 1st - April 19th
$80 at the door
Registration fee pays for retreat costs only
there will be an opportunity to offer Dana* to Howie at the Retreat
No one turned away for lack of funds:
If you would like to attend the retreat and require scholarship funds please contact us.
*All retreat fees go toward facility rental, teacher travel, accommodations and other retreat expenses, Howie is not paid from these funds) Howie offers the teachings in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition of generosity or 'Dana', and is reliant on the offering of Dana to support his continued teaching.
The offering of Dana has been practiced since the time of the Buddha, and is intended to open the heart and generate good-will as well as create a interconnected web of giving and receiving as the teachings are offered and received and support is offered and received. Dana should never be considered as a 'tip'. Opportunity will be provided to offer Dana to Howie during the retreat. The cost of the retreat is kept at the lowest possible rate that enables our basic expenses to be covered and does not represent the 'value' of the retreat, but rather our hope to make the teachings available to all who are interested, regardless of ability to pay.
Please take the time to read more about the tradition of 'Dana' - in the link above -
to support our teachers and continue this beautiful practice in the Theravada tradition
Retreat Description:
Mindfulness: An Intimate Journey
Join this 2 day nonresidential retreat opportunity for a deep dive into the experience and principals of mindfulness meditation. We will explore the potential of mindfulness as a keen and kind observing power, helping us to move beyond just thinking to a more intimate and direct moment to moment experience. Any experience can be a source of insight. Direct experience makes possible a more profound understanding of ourselves and our world, which frees us from common misunderstandings. With more clarity we can move through the world with more wisdom and compassion. Suitable for all levels of experience.
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About the Teacher:
Howard Cohn is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in the San Francisco Bay area. He has guided a local sitting group in San Francisco, been in private practice as a psychotherapist and led Vipassana retreats worldwide since 1985. He incorporates the influences of Theravada, Zen, Tibetan Dzogchen and Advaita Vedanta in his teaching, with an emphasis on reawakening our intrinsic freedom. Among his many teachers and mentors are Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, U Pandita Sayadaw, Tulku Urgyen Rimpoche, Tsoknyi Rimpoche, and the Advaita Vedanta Master H.W.L. Poonja.
Howie's book: Invitation to Meditation: How to Find Peace Wherever You Are
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IMPORTANT RETREAT DETAILS FOR ATTENDEES:
Information to come...