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SUMMARY:Netherlands: Anapanasati Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Shaila Catherine will lead a retreat for Sangha Metta. \nJuly 1–15\, 2022\nin Naarden\, Netherlands \nTopic is Mindfulness with Breathing: Practicing the 16-steps of Anapanasati\nA Concentration and Insight Retreat \nThis retreat will emphasize mindfulness with breathing (anapanasati) to strengthen concentration\, explore routes to the absorption states of jhāna\, and illuminate the powerful role that right concentration plays on the path of awakening. \nPre-requisite: At least one week prior silent retreat experience. \nPreparation: Please read the Anapanasati Sutta: https://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/bodhi \nFor details and registration information visit the Sangha Metta website: https://sanghametta.corsizio.com/c/61b71adfa96b2989a420adff \n  \n 
URL:https://staging.imsb.org/event/netherlands-anapanasati-retreat/
LOCATION:Naarden\, Netherlands\, Naarden\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Retreats with Shaila
ORGANIZER;CN="Sangha Metta in Netherlands":MAILTO:Click on the link under organizer.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190727
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190728
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SUMMARY:Three summer retreats in Netherlands
DESCRIPTION:Shaila Catherine will lead 3 summer retreats in Netherlands\nDATES: \n\nSaturday\, July 27 – Sunday\, August 4\, 2019\nConcentration Through Anapanasati Samadhi\nMonday\, August 5 – Tuesday\, August 13\, 2019\nInsight Through Anapanasati\nThursday\, August 15 – Sunday\, August 18\, 2019\nEnergy\, Effort\, and Ease in Meditation\n\nRETREAT DESCRIPTIONS: \nSaturday\, July 27 – Sunday\, August 4\, 2019\n8 night Anapanasati Samadhi retreat\nConcentration Through Anapanasati Samadhi\nThe teachings on this retreat will emphasize the development of concentration using the breath as the primary meditative object. The daily morning instruction session will introduce mindfulness with breathing as a concentration practice and will systematically develop the skills that can lead to the deep absorption states of jhana. Dhamma talks will explore a range of subjects to support the growth of wisdom and insight. This silent retreat is intended for experienced practitioners who have already developed some degree of skill working with hindrances and mindfulness or insight practices. There will be periods of sitting and walking meditation\, dhamma teachings\, question and answer sessions\, and group and individual  consultations with the teacher. \nPrerequisites and Preparations: This retreat is intended for practitioners who already have some experience with insight meditation and have attended at least two previous mindfulness or insight meditation retreat or have an established daily meditation practice for at least one year. Prior to the retreat please read Focused and Fearless\, by Shaila Catherine\, and the Ananpanasati Sutta https://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/bodhi. \nMonday\, August 5 – Tuesday\, August 13\, 2019\n8 night Insight Meditation Retreat\nInsight Through Anapanasati\nThis silent meditation retreat will focus on the insight instructions that are embedded in the Anapanasati Sutta. The teachings will explore the dynamics of insight\, and illuminate the perceptions of impermanence\, dukkha\, not-self\, dispassion\, cessation\, and letting go.  \nPrerequisites and Preparations: This retreat is intended for practitioners who already have some experience with insight meditation and have attended at least two previous mindfulness or insight meditation retreats or have an established daily meditation practice for at least one year. Prior to the retreat please read the Ananpanasati Sutta https://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/bodhi. \nThursday\, August 15 – Sunday\, August 18\, 2019\n3 night Weekend Retreat\nEnergy\, Effort\, and Ease in Meditation\nAn Insight Meditation retreat led by Shaila Catherine\nThis insight retreat will emphasize skills for developing Right Effort to support mindfulness\, concentration\, and insight. By learning to use our energies wisely\, we can set down the burden of competitive striving\, infuse our activities with ease\, cultivate balanced beautiful qualities\, open to a fresh and free way of engaging with experience\, and incline the mind toward profound peace. \nThe factor of effort is included in many of the most important Buddhist Lists including the Noble Eight-fold Path\, the Seven Factors of Awakening\, The Five Faculties\, The Five Powers\, and the Four Bases of Success. \nMorning instructions on this retreat will explore effort as described in the Sammappadhāna Samyutta\, The Connected Discourses on Right Striving (SN 49.1). This brief teaching presents a flexible four-part approach to skillfully meeting situations\, both in formal meditation practice and in life. \nEveryone is welcome. This weekend retreat is appropriate for both new and experienced practitioners. It will include group meditation instructions\, dharma teachings\, and either group or individual consultations with the teacher. \n\nAttendance Requirement: Participants are asked to arrive at the start of each retreat\, and depart at the end of the retreat. Please do not register for a retreat if you expect to arrive late or depart early. Fees are based on the full retreat; if a situation arises that requires an early departure\, fees will not be reduced or refunded. \nFor more information and registration details visit www.sanghametta.nl \nhttps://www.sanghametta.nl/index.php/programma-en-activiteiten/english-retreats/426-shaila-catherine-2019-1-en
URL:https://staging.imsb.org/event/three-summer-retreats-in-netherlands/
LOCATION:Naarden\, Netherlands\, Naarden\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Requires Registration,Retreats with Shaila
ORGANIZER;CN="Sangha Metta in Netherlands":MAILTO:Click on the link under organizer.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180505
DTSTAMP:20260509T153238
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SUMMARY:Insight Retreat in the Netherlands with Shaila Catherine - May 4-14
DESCRIPTION:Insight Meditation Retreat\nTheme: Strategies for Overcoming Distracting Thoughts\nMental restlessness is an insidious and pervasive hindrance that all practitioners struggle to overcome. We can refine our skills for working with the modes of thinking that distract us from being mindful: critical thoughts\, planning\, worrying\, lustful thoughts\, judging\, memories\, internal commentaries\, to name a few. The teachings on this retreat will present a sequence of strategies for dealing with obstructive mental patterns; these progressive instructions are found in two discourses in the Middle Length Discourses\, (suttas 19 and 20). Practitioners will be encouraged to develop a mindfulness-based meditation practice\, while exploring these strategies for overcoming distractions. \nPrerequisite: Participants must have some previous insight meditation experience. This requirement may be satisfied either by having attended at least one insight meditation retreat of five days or longer\, or by having an established daily meditation practice of mindfulness or insight meditation for more than one year. \nAttendance Requirement: Participants are asked to arrive at the start of the retreat\, and depart at the end of the retreat. Please do not register for this retreat if you expect to arrive late or depart early. Fees are based on the full retreat; if a situation arises that requires an early departure\, fees will not be reduced or refunded. \nPreparation: Please read the following two discourses prior to the retreat. You may wish to bring a print out to the retreat for your personal reference. \n\nhttps://suttacentral.net/en/mn19\nhttps://suttacentral.net/en/mn20\n\nLocation: This retreat will take place in Loenen\, which is in central part of Netherlands. See the Sangha-Metta website for details about retreat\, location\, registration\, and fees. \nhttps://www.sanghametta.nl/index.php/programma-en-activiteiten/english-retreats/380-shaila-catherine-2018-english
URL:https://staging.imsb.org/event/retreat-in-the-netherlands-insight-meditation/
LOCATION:Netherlands\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Retreats with Shaila
ORGANIZER;CN="Sangha Metta in Netherlands":MAILTO:Click on the link under organizer.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170811
DTSTAMP:20260509T153238
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SUMMARY:Retreat in Netherlands - weekend
DESCRIPTION:Liberating Attitudes \nAugust 10 – 13\, 2017 \nGuided by: Shaila Catherine \nThis silent meditation retreat will nurture attitudes that support peace\, forgiveness\, curiosity\, letting go\, and awakening. The weekend will include meditation instructions and dhamma teachings designed to strengthen mindfulness\, clear awareness\, and loving kindness. \nThis program is appropriate for new and experienced meditators. Priority in attendance will be given to participants who did not attend the preceding concentration or insight retreats with Shaila.
URL:https://staging.imsb.org/event/retreat-in-netherlands-weekend/
LOCATION:Netherlands\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Retreats with Shaila
ORGANIZER;CN="Sangha Metta in Netherlands":MAILTO:Click on the link under organizer.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170729
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170730
DTSTAMP:20260509T153238
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SUMMARY:Retreat in Netherlands - Insight Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Awakening with Insight\nJuly 29 – August 8\, 2017 (10 nights) \nGuided by: Shaila Catherine \n  \nThis silent meditation retreat will emphasize the cultivation of mindfulness of breath\, body\, and mind to enhance the potential for liberating insight. By cultivating a calm\, balanced awareness\, we can dissolve any suffering that may entangle our hearts and discover our freedom in the midst of things. \nThis retreat is suitable for both new and experienced practitioners. \nShaila will continue to instruct students who choose to continue their concentration practice from the preceding retreat\, but she will not repeat the concentration instructions for students who enter retreat after July 16. The focus for this retreat will be mindfulness of body and mind with an inclination toward insight.
URL:https://staging.imsb.org/event/retreat-in-netherlands-2/
LOCATION:Netherlands\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Retreats with Shaila
ORGANIZER;CN="Sangha Metta in Netherlands":MAILTO:Click on the link under organizer.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170717
DTSTAMP:20260509T153238
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SUMMARY:Retreat in Netherlands\, focus on concentration
DESCRIPTION:Cultivating Concentration through Anapanasati Samadhi \nJuly 16-27 (11 nights) \nGuided by: Shaila Catherine \nThe teachings on this retreat will emphasize the development of concentration using the breath as the primary meditative object. The daily morning instruction session will introduce mindfulness with breathing as a concentration practice and will systematically develop the skills that can lead to the deep absorption states of jhana. Dhamma talks will explore a range of subjects to support the growth of wisdom and insight. This silent retreat is intended for experienced practitioners who have already developed some degree of skill working with hindrances and mindfulness or insight practices. There will be periods of sitting and walking meditation\, dhamma teachings\, question and answer sessions\, and group and individual teacher consultations. Pre-requisites include three prior meditation retreats and reading Focused and Fearless\, by Shaila Catherine. \nContact Sangha Metta for an application and details.
URL:https://staging.imsb.org/event/retreat-in-netherlands-focus-on-concentration/
LOCATION:Netherlands\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Retreats with Shaila
ORGANIZER;CN="Sangha Metta in Netherlands":MAILTO:Click on the link under organizer.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160512
DTSTAMP:20260509T153238
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SUMMARY:Retreat in Netherlands
DESCRIPTION:Shaila Catherine will lead a four-day meditation retreat in Naarden\, just east of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. \nMay 10-14\, 2016 \n\nAwakening with Insight\nThis silent meditation retreat will emphasize a balance of mindfulness\, concentration\, calmness\, and investigation. Instructions will encourage mindfulness of breath\, body\, and mind to enhance the potential for liberating insight. By cultivating a calm\, balanced awareness\, we can dissolve any suffering that may entangle our hearts and discover our freedom in the midst of things. \n\nFor more information visit the Sangha Metta website: https://sanghametta.nl
URL:https://staging.imsb.org/event/retreat-in-netherlands/
LOCATION:Netherlands\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Not an IMSB event,Retreats with Shaila
ORGANIZER;CN="Sangha Metta in Netherlands":MAILTO:Click on the link under organizer.
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