In-Person
In Person Retreats
Weekend de Dialogue Conscient
With Adriana Orellana de Rickebusch
“Peu importe le niveau de déséquilibre ou de maladie, la solution ou la cure est toujours dans la présence. ” Dalaï Lama Cette retraite propose le cadre pour cultiver la présence à travers la pratique de Dialogue Conscient. Elle sera entièrement en silence, à part les moments de dialogue conscient à deux. L’interpersonnelle – moi […]
Engaging Wise Intention to Navigate Worlds of Change
With Jane Cutler
Explore meeting the unknown using relational Insight Dialogue meditation Wise intention In Buddhism, ‘wise intention’ involves cultivating a mindset of renunciation (letting go), goodwill and non-harm. It is the underlying motivation behind our thoughts, words, and actions. It is vital for reducing suffering by counteracting greed, hatred, and delusion - the delusion that we are individuals […]
Het pad naar bevrijding, een levensomvattend pad
With Chris van der Velden
De Boeddha gaf het nobele achtvoudig pad als weg naar vrij worden van lijden. Tijdens deze cyclus, van zes bijeenkomsten, onderzoeken we de eerste vijf padfactoren: * wijze visie * wijze intentie * wijs spreken * wijs handelen * wijs levensonderhoud * Met Insight Dialogue cultiveren we meditatieve kwaliteiten, ontwikkelen we meditatie-in-relatie en contempleren we gezamenlijk over onderwerpen […]
Waking Up Together
With Rosalie Dores and Ayya Anopama
How we can be present with ourselves, while in relationship with others. We will explore this through silent meditation and the relational meditation practice of Insight Dialogue. We will cultivate, and strengthen, the meditative qualities of mindfulness, investigation, concentration, and tranquility experienced in personal practice, and access them in the midst of relating with another. […]
Exploration des Cinq Facultés Spirituelles
With Patricia Genoud-Feldman and Sandrine Rauter
Mettānattā : mettā as a practice of self effacement and insight
With Gregory Kramer and Irene Bumbacher
A powerful teaching is hidden in plain sight: metta is a practice of anatta, of not-self. This can be expressed by a compound Pali word, mettānattā. When we cultivate true friendliness, we move our focus of attention from ourselves to others. This diminishes the trance of self-identity. This is one way that Insight Dialogue functions […]
Sources of Joy and Sources of Sorrow
With Gregory Kramer, Nolitha Tsengiwe, Riët Aarsse and Asaf Federman
In times of global turmoil, how do we cultivate joy, wisdom, and inner balance? How do we meet the sorrows of the world without being overwhelmed? This six-day retreat invites us to explore how joy and sorrow arise in the body-heart-mind—both in silence and in relational contact with others. Drawing on the Buddha's teachings, we […]
Retraite de Dialogue Conscient
With Anne Michel
Gemeinsam wach durch Achtsamkeit- Meditationsseminar im Schweigen mit Einsichtsdialog
With Ayya Anopama
In diesem Retreat werden wir erforschen, wie wir durch die Kraft der stillen Meditation und die Praxis des Einsichtsdialogs in uns selbst und mit anderen präsent sein können. Die sechs Meditationsleitfäden des Einsichtsdialogs unterstützen uns dabei, Achtsamkeit und Geistesruhe zu kultivieren, während wir gemeinsam verschiedene Aspekte unserer menschlichen Erfahrung in der Unmittelbarkeit des gegenwärtigen Augenblicks […]
14th Annual Cascadia Insight Dialogue Retreat
With Gregory Kramer, Mary Burns and Jessica Mui
Growing Resilience and Relational Capacity Through careful and skillful practice, with the support of the Insight Dialogue guidelines, we will expand our relational capacities as awareness meets awareness. This is an empowering response to the alienation, cruelty, and disempowerment saturating our societies. In our fractured world, greater relational capacity offers us greater resilience and balance. […]
Liberating Wisdom for These Times - Refuge, Relationship & Response
With Rosalie Dores
These Insight Dialogue (ID) retreat days will offer an opportunity to explore together how the Buddha's teachings on the three marks of existence; impermanence, suffering and not self can provide resource, resilience and liberation in these times.Six Insight Dialogue meditation guidelines will support us in bringing kind awareness into the heart of speaking and listening, […]
Returning to Love: An Insight Dialogue Retreat
With Phyllis K. Hicks and Joyce Curnan
Running throughout the Buddha’s teachings are the profound benefits of awareness, release, and spiritual friendship—each supporting the clear seeing of what we may not be able to perceive on our own. The three bases of Insight Dialogue practice—meditation, wisdom, and relationship—form both a foundation and a path of unbinding. When mindfulness permeates our ways of relating, we begin to realize the transformative power of solitude and friendship in our lives..[…]
Die Gemeinsam Erwachen: Vipassana-Einsichtsdialog Retreat
With Bhikkhu Sukhacitto and Ayya Anopama
In diesem Retreat werden wir erforschen, wie wir durch die Meditationspraxis des Einsichtsdialogs in uns selbst und miteinander präsent sein können. Durch das Sprechen aus der Stille und das tiefe Zuhören wird die Achtsamkeit und Geistesruhe der stillen Vipassana-Meditationsübung in die Interaktion mit anderen eingebracht. Das ermöglicht uns Dinge, die wir normalerweise in der Geschäftigkeit […]
Awakening Amidst the World’s Turbulence: An Insight Dialogue Retreat
With Phyllis K. Hicks and Bart van Melik
In times of rapid change, ecological fragility, and social unrest, our habitual patterns—of perception, thought, speech, and reaction shape our inner experience and view of the world. This retreat invites us to the immediacy of each moment and the quiet joy of simply being here, now. Together, we will explore the transformative potential of relating […]
Liberating Wisdom for These Times - Refuge, Relationship & Response
With Rosalie Dores
These Insight Dialogue (ID) retreat days will offer an opportunity to explore together how the Buddha's teachings on the three marks of existence; impermanence, suffering and not self can provide resource, resilience and liberation in these times.Six Insight Dialogue meditation guidelines will support us in bringing kind awareness into the heart of speaking and listening, […]
From Concept to Experience: Apprehending Dhamma Through Insight Dialogue
With Gregory Kramer
After some time with the teachings, practitioners can recognize when the Dharma is alive and when it is dry. There are attitudes and practices that support us in transforming what might be a conceptual understanding of the Dharma to a vibrant, intuitive, embodied experience. This retreat is about feeling the Dhamma as alive here and […]