In this 6-day residential retreat, we will engage in meditation practices and contemplations to awaken our inherent wisdom and natural capacity for love, and to recognize how habituated patterns get in the way of its expression. We will cultivate a deepening experience of wisdom and love as natural qualities of the awakened heart/mind, and as an active and dynamic way of being in the world. The emphasis will be on practice and direct experience.

The retreat will be held in noble silence. The daily format will include sitting and walking meditation, gentle movement and awareness exercises, nature meditation, and evening Dharma talks. Instruction and guidance with your personal practice will be available. This retreat is suitable for both beginning and experienced meditators.

Teacher: Susan Child began practicing meditation, and engaging in spiritual inquiry in the 1970s. Since 1991, she has been involved extensively in Buddhist study and practice in Asia, Europe and North America, with respected Dharma teachers, primarily in the Theravadan and Tibetan traditions of Buddhism. She has completed a 3-year Buddhist teacher training program with Ken McLeod. She has professional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Jon Kabat Zinn, and has studied Buddhist psychology and Buddhist ministry. Susan is the founder of The Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre― a non-sectarian centre for meditative practice in the Buddhist tradition ― where she is the spiritual coordinator, and teaches meditation. 

Registration is limited to 25 people. The cost is $675 for a single room and $600 for a shared room. A deposit of $325 is required at the time of registration, and is non-refundable after March 9, 2012. The balance of the retreat fee is due March 9, and is non-refundable.

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