Meditation Retreats and Classes
Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (TWIM)
samatha vipassanā
samatha vipassanā
2023 - 2024
April—October 2023, 10-Day residential retreats, Delson Armstrong , David Johnson, and others, Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center, MO, $650, Also available are online and zoom Retreats available (see DSMC retreat calendar). Go>
January 6–18 2024, In the Footsteps of the Buddha. 11-day tour of 14 Buddhist sacred sites.India that includes Sutta reading and analysis with Delson Armstrong. Registration is open: Go> March 29–April 7, 2024, Bhante Ananda, and Rachael O'Brien at St. Francis Retreat Center, San Juan Bautista, CA, $1490, Separate tracks for beginners and experienced TWiM meditators. Course Opens July, 2023 June 14-23, 2024 Dependent Origination Symposium, Delson Armstrong, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Single and Double Occupancy, Previous TWIM retreat experience is required for enrollment. Course Opens August, 2023 TWIM Foundation
The mission of TWIM Foundation and Awaken Insight Retreats are to host meditation courses in tranquil wisdom insight meditation (TWIM). The retreat leaders have many years of dedicated meditation experience and formal training in for teaching TWIM. This practice combines the development of insight-vipassana with tranquility samatha as described in the earliest Buddhist texts.
Retreats are neither difficult nor a test of endurance, but rather, a joy-filled journey to transcendental awakening as described by the Buddha in has many discourses. TWIM practice includes:
For more information email: admin@TWIM.Foundation |
Groups and Classes
Sutta study and analysis with focus on meditation by Zoom with Rachael O'Brien
Weekly Thursdays at 7 PM Eastern To join email: rachaelobrienretreats@gmail.com About Rachael Go> Drop-in Zoom Saturday loving-kindness meditation class 10 AM EST (7 AM PST) with Khin. Includes: brief instructions, guided meditation, and group discussion with Q/A Go>
ID: 873 2250 2236, Passcode: 8888, Coaching and Individual Instruction by appointment with Doug Kraft
Books, videos, and teaching More at Easing Awake website: Go> Monthly daylong Group Practice Zoom or in person every 3rd Sundays each month 9AM–4PM. Hosted by Yolo and Sacramento TWiM groups. Contact: Lynn.Metta@gmail.com TWIM group series for beginner or experienced meditators. Individualized TWiM instructions and coaching with Scott A. Jordan, Go> Cleona Lira the author of Conscious Money offer two videos about her TWIM experiences: Go> Online Dhamma Sukha Retreats
Online Home Retreats
Led and guided by senior TWIM meditation guides by donation only Go> TWIM Teachers
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Heart Fluency Training
Bruce Pardoe trains therapists, coaches and healers to fully heal debilitating emotional patterns and trauma. Go>
Traditional Yoga and Meditation
Yoga Master Dr. Kumar
Combines traditonal yoga of Northern India with insight meditation practices and renowned yoga teacher training program. Go> |
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