Timeless Wisdom: Exploring Buddhist Teachings through Similes and Stories 3
REGISTER BY: Feb 21, 2027
COURSE DATES: Feb 17 – Apr 23
MEETINGS: Wednesdays 3:30 – 5:30 PM Pacific Time | 6:30 – 8:30 PM Eastern Time
PREVIOUSLY OFFERED: Jul – Sep 2022
Concentration and the Jhanas: 10-night Retreat in Georgia
Cultivating Concentration and the Jhanas
A RETREAT with Shaila Catherine: October 1 – 11, 2026
This retreat will follow the approach to deepening concentration and attaining the absorption states of jhāna as described in Shaila Catherine’s book, The Jhanas, (previously published as Focused and Fearless). Instructions will use the breath as the […]
Beyond Distraction: Practical Strategies to Free the Mind
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NEXT COURSE: Jul 20 – Nov 29, 2026
PREVIOUSLY OFFERED: Sep – Dec 2020, Sep – Dec 2022
Mental restlessness is an insidious and pervasive hindrance that most practitioners struggle to overcome. How many times have you let go of a thought, only to find it morph into a […]
Insights into Emptiness: 10-night Retreat in California
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RETREAT: May 5 – 15, 2026
This retreat will develop insight meditation practices using the structure of the six sense bases.
We will cultivate mindfulness of sensory experience, and contemplate the impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and not-self characteristics in contact with seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and mental activities. By clearly seeing the […]
Sustaining a Deep Practice – Friday Gathering
Sustaining A Deep Practice:
A Mentorship Group with Shaila Catherine
This group is designed to deepen your meditation practice, build supportive relationships with other dedicated meditators, and maintain contact with Shaila Catherine between retreats. This series of eight 90-minute meetings via Zoom gatherings will be somewhat like small group meetings at a […]
Exploring Jhana States
REGISTER: TBD
NEXT COURSE: TBD
PREVIOUSLY OFFERED: Oct – Dec 2019, May – Aug 2025