Online Weekend Retreat with Steven Smith

with Steven Smith

March 26 - 28, 2021

Date and Time Details: Friday March 26th 8 am, finish Sunday March 28th 2 pm.

Location: online, hosted by BMIMC

Contact: Margarita Sampson
office@bmimc.org.au
(02) 4788 1024

Course Code: SS1-21

Prices

AUD $65.00 – Standard Rate
AUD $130.00 – Benefactor Rate

This weekend retreat will be an online retreat, hosted by BMIMC, with Steven Smith supported by Darine Monroy.

This weekend supported self-retreat will be run via Zoom. This course is designed for Steven and co-teacher Darine to support yogis to do a retreat at home, with as much participation in a silent container as they can-given their particular home circumstances. The request is that yogis shift from their daily life schedule to a home retreat. The expectation is that yogis participate in the guided sittings, interviews, Dharma talks and as much of a home meditation retreat schedule as they can.

The schedule will be as follows : AEST

Friday 11:45 am Manager’s Introduction

12 Noon Retreat opening and Guided Meditation & Practice Instructions:

Saturday: 6 am First sit.

8 am- 9 am Guided Meditation & Practice Instructions

10.00 am Q & A

1 pm Dhamma Talk

Sunday : 6 am First sit

8 am- 9 am Guided Meditation & Practice Instructions

10.00 am Q & A

1.pm Dhamma talk

Closing circle, manager’s dana talk.

For experienced yogis who can follow a full-time schedule:

6am to 2pm – 8 hour mindfulness block, then what formal practice you can manage in the afternoon and evening.

Yogis can make their own schedule around instructions, guiding sittings and talk. Yogis with less time please make time to attend the talks listed, and can have periods of walking and sitting practice where possible, and in other duties around the home, explore mindfulness in daily life.

Suggested: 8 to 12 hours total mindfulness practice according to ability and intention

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Expectations:

To practice mindful awareness from wake-up to rest times and sleeping at night.

5 precepts. 8 precepts if able to. Please ensure you are able to attend all guided sits, interviews and Dharma Talks. The finalised schedule will be sent out the week before the retreat start.

Be relaxed and at ease. Practice with kindness and intention to be aware throughout waking hours. Similar to retreat.

Please try to resist online entertainment, news and unnecessary distractions.

It is rare to have unbroken silent awareness periods and challenging to create them in our homes.

The whole world needs our practices of mindful awareness and brahma viharas here and now.

It is a requirement that you have the capacity to access Zoom and a private place to be during the online sessions. Zoom can be easily accessed via a computer, tablet or phone. We can help you with the set-up if need be.

This retreat is suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.

About the Teacher

Steven Smith

Anchored in the Theravadan Buddhist Burmese lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw since 1974, Steven Smith was trained and sanctioned as a teacher by the late revered monk and meditation master Sayadaw U Pandita. Steven teaches Vipassana and the Divine Abodes (loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity) in meditation retreats in Asia, Hawai’i, North America and Australia. He co-founded […]

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Category : Non-residential course