Residential Retreat

A retreat is a wonderful way to unplug from the busyness of daily life and find restfulness and ease. This retreat will be held partly, or mostly, outdoors, weather permitting. This is a wonderful chance to try a silent meditation retreat while surrounded by the beauty of the Virginia forest. We follow the ancient tradition of using nature to support our spiritual journey. Nature has a many teachings for us, and we will explore some of those throughout the weekend.

Vipassanā, or insight meditation, is the practice of seeing directly and without judgment. We learn to observe bodily sensations, feelings, thoughts and other experiences as they arise, without clinging to them or pushing them away. With a kind and non-judgmental attitude, we begin to see how desire, aversion and habitual patterns arise and pass away. As insight deepens, their hold on us gradually weakens.