Mary Burns
Mary Burns teaches Insight Dialogue internationally and also offers the practice online. She engages actively in the Insight Dialogue Community by participating in the Teachers Council, Guiding Sangha, Awakening White Awareness cohort and by mentoring facilitators and teachers in development. For more than three decades she has been drawn to the intersection of eastern and western healing practices and has had the good fortune to study with many gifted meditation teachers including in-depth study with Gregory Kramer since 2004 and decades of study with Stephen Gilligan, and John Welwood. Mary lives in Chapel Hill, NC, where she also works as a psychotherapist.
Category: Retreat Teacher
Upcoming Programs by Mary Burns
Thursday Weekly Practice Group
Two Thursday practice sessions are available, from 6:00 am-7:30 am Americas eastern time and 9:00 am - 10:30 am Americas eastern time. These are for experienced Insight Dialogue practitioners.
12th Annual Cascadia Insight Dialogue Retreat
Also With Nicola Redfern and Nobantu Mpotulo
The fires of the world have been very hot. There is injustice, climate crisis, and the degradation of dignity and truth. How do we find refuge in the Dhamma while remaining fully in relationship with the world and its pain? What are our sources of joy, inspiration, and resilience at this point? Insight Dialogue is […]
Kalyana-mittata Retreat: A Daily Life Insight Dialogue Retreat
Also With Dave Leggatt and Viveka Bhikkhu
This annual gathering of friends is a 9-day residential retreat in which the tasks of daily life and Insight Dialogue become a single practice. We will investigate the teachings of the Buddha on the cushion, in the dwelling place and in the marketplace, opening the container of practice to accommodate all.. …]
