July Insight Meditation Retreat (372Z22)
Kamala Masters, Joseph Goldstein, DaRa Williams, nakawe cuebas berrios, CNM, Walt Opie, Neesha Patel and Ines Freedman
July 15 - 24, 2022
Registration open for Online Audit the entire week of the retreat and will close 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) on July 23, 2022.
To create greater accessibility and inclusivity, we’re offering this retreat in two virtual formats from July 15 – 24, 2022.
The Two Formats are:
1. Online Retreat – limited to only 72 participants – Now Closed
2. Online Audit – unlimited spaces available – Open for Registration until the end of the day July 23rd.
Online Retreat
The online retreat will be offered via Zoom and will include: meditation instructions, Dharma talks, and opportunities to ask questions during Q&A with on-land teachers, broadcasted live from Spirit Rock’s Upper Meditation Hall. There will also be practice meetings and 1:1 interviews with Neesha Patel and Ines Freedman on Zoom, as well as online affinity groups. Please note: the on-land teachers will not offer practice meetings to online practitioners.
Sliding Scale:*
Benefactor – $3000
Sustainer – $2000
ONLINE BASE – $1000
Online Reduced – $500
Scholarship Rates (BIPOC & M/K) – $250
*PLUS a donation to the teacher(s).
Online Audit
The online audit option will be offered via Livestream and will include: meditation instructions, Dharma talks, and observation of Q&A sessions with on-land teachers broadcasted live from Spirit Rock’s Upper Meditation Hall. Please note: the audit option does not offer teacher practice meetings, the option to ask questions during Q&A sessions, or participation in online affinity groups.
Sliding Scale:*
Benefactor – $3000
Sustainer – $1000
ONLINE BASE – $500
Online Reduced – $250
Scholarship Rates (BIPOC & M/K) – $125
*PLUS a donation to the teacher(s).
The Online Retreat and the Online Audit both include recordings of all Dharma talks and meditations.
Program Description
The emphasis during this 9-day retreat will be on the continuity of awareness in all activities, which stabilizes and balances the mind. Relaxed acceptance of our moment-to-moment experience will become the platform for investigation and wisdom. Particular attention will be paid to the attitudes in the mind that condition our understanding. This retreat is suitable for both beginner and experienced meditators. We welcome people from all life experiences, backgrounds, and diverse communities.
Questions about at-home/online retreats? Please visit Home Retreat Guidelines.
About the Teachers
Kamala Masters
Kamala Masters is co-founder with Steve Armstrong of the Vipassana Metta Foundation on Maui, and a Guiding Teacher of the Insight Meditation Society of Barre, MA. In 1977 she began her Dharma training in the Mahasi tradition with the late Anagarika Munindra of India. In 1985, the late Ven. U Pandita also became her life-long […]
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Joseph Goldstein
Joseph Goldstein is a co-founder and guiding teacher of Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. He has been teaching Vipassana and Metta retreats worldwide since 1974 and in 1989 helped establish the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He is the author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma, Insight Meditation, The Experience […]
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DaRa Williams
DaRa Williams is a trainer, meditation teacher, and psychotherapist. DaRa has been a meditator for the past 25 years and is a practitioner of both Vipassana and Ascension meditation. She is a graduate of the Spirit Rock/Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training Program and is currently a Guiding Teacher at IMS. She is the Program Manager […]
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nakawe cuebas berrios, CNM
nakawe cuebas berrios feels blessed to be able to study and journey through different healing and spiritual traditions in her life. The common thread between the many traditions that have touched her path has been the belief that health and wellness depend on a balance between the mind/heart, body, and spirit. The healing systems that […]
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Walt Opie
Walt Opie first discovered insight meditation at Spirit Rock in 1993 and has attended residential retreats since 2005. He is a graduate of both Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders program (CDL4) and the four-year IMS Teacher Training Program (2017-2021). Walt has led sitting groups specifically for people in addiction recovery since 2011. He started assisting […]
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Neesha Patel
Neesha is inspired by the call to awakening and started formal meditation practice in 2003. She is deeply grateful for the Buddha’s teachings and for the opportunity to learn and practice dhamma in both Asia and the US. Her practice has been influenced by numerous wonderful teachers including Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Andrea Fella, Will Kabat-Zinn, […]
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Ines Freedman
Ines first became interested in meditation through her yoga practice in 1970. She has been practicing Insight meditation since 1985, and teaching since 2000. She was trained as a Dharma teacher with Gil Fronsdal. She was Managing Director of both the Insight Meditation Center and the Insight Retreat Center, which she co-founded. She developed and […]
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