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Retreat facilitators: Marisela Gomez, Sister Peace, Kaira Jewel, and Brian Kimmel (not pictured)
Join us on this beautiful path to freedom! This page contains resources to help guide and support your virtual, at-home retreat experience. These gentle tips and suggestions, especially the suggested offline practices, will help you make the most of the retreat experience, even at home.
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Download the files below to print and place around your space, or set as a background on your computer screen.
Saturday, February 19- morning offline practice
730 am Wake – writing gratitudes in journal 800 am Movement 840 am Read ‘5 Mindfulness Trainings’ before sitting Sitting meditation for 20 minutes 900 am ‘Eating Contemplations’, then breakfast 945 am Mindful clean up and lunch preparation
Saturday, February 19- morning Zoom session
1030 am 15 minute sitting meditation (body scan) 1045 am Welcome and orientation 1140 am Bio break 1150 am Movement and breathing 1155 am Ancestors’ altar 1245 pm Sitting meditation
Saturday, February 19- midday offline practice
100 pm Choose one ‘Love Letter to Mother Earth’ to read, then walking meditation 130 pm ‘Eating Contemplations’ before lunch 215 pm Mindful clean up 230 pm Deep Relaxation- scroll down to Marisela Gomez, April 5, 2020 Deep Relaxation recording
Saturday February 19- afternoon Zoom practice
300 pm Dharma talk 400 pm Mindful movement/dance 410 pm Bio break 415 pm Dharma sharing 515 pm Close- song and metta- offline by 5:30 pm
Saturday, February 19- evening offline practice
700 pm Personal practice - reflections
What was a moment of presence today?
What was a moment of forgetfulness today?
Remembering a gratitude from the day.
730 pm Optional 45-minute Zoom session: Deep relaxation
830 pm Read ‘Discourse on Love’ before sitting (offline)
Sitting meditation: 20 - 30 mins (offline)
900 pm Ready for rest
945 pm Lights out/rest
Sunday, February 20- morning offline practice
730 am Wake – writing gratitudes in journal 800 am Movement 840 am Read ‘Contemplations on the Five Mindfulness Trainings: A New Paradigm for Racial Justice’ Sitting meditation for 20 minutes 900 am Read ‘Eating Contemplations’, then breakfast 945 am Mindful clean up and lunch preparation
Sunday, February 20- morning Zoom practice
1030 am Sitting meditation 1045 am Dharma talk 1145 am Movement and breathing 1155 am Bio break 1200 pm Guided meditation on planting positive liberatory seeds 1245 pm Slow walking meditation inside
Sunday, February 20- midday offline practice
100 pm Choose one ‘Love Letter to Mother Earth’ to read, then walking meditation 130 pm ‘Eating Contemplations’ before lunch 205 pm Mindful clean up 210 pm Deep Relaxation- scroll down to Sister Peace, Total Relaxation recording, February 21, 2020
Sunday, February 20- afternoon Zoom practice
300 pm Interplay - generating liberatory practices for healing racial trauma 400 pm Mindful movement/dance 410 pm Bio break 415 pm Dharma sharing 515 pm Close- song and metta- offline by 5:30 pm
Sunday February 20- evening offline practice
700 pm Personal practice - reflections
What was a moment of presence today?
What was a moment of forgetfulness today?
Remembering a gratitude from the day.
730 pm Optional 45-minute Zoom session: Deep relaxation
830 pm Metta meditation: 45 mins (offline)
915 pm Ready for rest
945 pm Lights out/rest
Monday February 21- morning offline practice
730 am Wake – writing gratitudes in journal 800 am Movement 840 am Read Fourteen Verses on Meditation before sitting Sitting meditation for 20 minutes 900 am Read ‘Eating Contemplations’, then breakfast 945 am Mindful clean up and lunch preparation
Monday February 21- morning Zoom practice
1030 am Sitting meditation 1045 am Dharma talk and Q&A 1145 am Movement and breathing 1155 am Bio break 1200 pm Breakout sessions 1245 pm Sitting meditation
Monday February 21- midday offline practice
100 pm Choose one ‘Love Letter to Mother Earth’ to read, then walking meditation 130 pm Read ‘Eating Contemplations’, then lunch 215 pm Mindful clean up 230 pm Rest / personal practice
Monday February 21- afternoon Zoom practice
300 pm Deep relaxation 330 pm Get your tea and chocolate! 335 pm Tea/chocolate meditation and large group dharma sharing 425 pm Evaluation link 430 pm Dedicate merit, gratitudes, bell. End at 4:30 PM