5-Day Silent Mindfulness Retreat
August 25–30, 2020
Experiential Retreats, Immersive Meditation Retreats, Meditation & Mindfulness, Personal Transformation, Scholarship Available Programs, Wisdom Traditions
Note: This program is being rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This program will also be offered as an online retreat June 26 – July 1. Please see updates about SMC’s response to the pandemic here.
All of us have an innate capacity to experience well-being, resilience, and unconditional kindness. In order to enhance this capacity, we will directly explore the power of mind and heart in a silent and supportive atmosphere.
This secular retreat will be offered in the tradition of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction as taught through the Center for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts Medical School and in many places around the world. It will include guided meditation instruction, talks, periods of sitting and walking meditation, mindful yoga, and an opportunity to discuss your practice in small group audiences. It can be a profound and strengthening opportunity to meet oneself in this kind of supported, extended, compassionate silent retreat setting.
Retreat Faculty
Janet Solyntjes
Janet Solyntjes leads programs and silent retreats in both the Shambhala tradition and in the MBSR-based style of secular mindfulness. She is the co-founder of the Center for Courageous Living and has served on the faculty of Naropa University, the Center for Mindfulness, the Engaged Mindfulness Institute, and Mindful Leader. Janet facilitates the annual leadership retreat: Do Nothing: Learning […]