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URL:https://stillmountainmeditation.org/events/weekend-retreat-with-jon-aa
 ron/
SUMMARY:Weekend Retreat with Jon Aaron
DESCRIPTION:The retreat and waitlist are full.  Thank you for your interes
 t.\n\nJoin Jon Aaron as he shares his wisdom of living from an open heart 
 in stillness and peace.  We are offering a Four-Day Meditation Retreat wi
 th time for Q&amp\;A and reflection\, May 15-18\, 2025\, beginning with di
 nner at 5pm and ending at noon.\nPeace as Practice: Strengthening Compassi
 on and Expanding Mindfulness While Living in a Frantic World\n\nTogether w
 e will explore ancient teachings about heart practices\, and how these wor
 k in tandem with mindfulness. Grounded in a Buddhist orientation as well a
 s drawing on other wisdom traditions\, we will learn and deepen our practi
 ce of what is referred to as the Four Divine Abodes: loving-friendliness 
 (metta)\, compassion (karuna)\, resonant joy (mudita) and equanimity (upek
 kha). Each of these practices is understood as appropriate responses to w
 hat arises internally and in our world. In this way\, we can develop a mor
 e capacious\, sustainable and creative way of meeting life's challenges.\n
 These days will be held in Noble Silence\, including giving ourselves a we
 ll needed break from our devices. This can support us to unravel our nervo
 us systems and experience a more natural\, luminous nature of mind.\nThe r
 etreat will include guided and silent sitting meditation\, walking meditat
 ion\, chanting\, poetry and dharma talks. Prior retreat experience will of
  course be helpful\, though it is perfectly appropriate for first timers a
 s well.  There will be several opportunities during the retreat group for
  Q&amp\;A and 1:1 meetings.\n\n\n\n\nCost and Location:\n\nColombiere Conf
 erence and Retreat Center\, Clarkston\, MI\n\n\n\nPrivate rooms with share
 d bath\; vegetarian meals\n\n\n\nCost for Room\, Board and Facilities: $44
 0.  For information about scholarships please contact the Still Mountain 
 Teacher's Council.\n\n\n\nIn keeping with Buddhist practice\, the teacher 
 is not paid from the registration fees.  During the retreat\, you will be
  given the opportunity to practice generosity by offering dana (monetary g
 ifts) to the teacher.\nFor more information\, email retreats@stillmountain
 meditation.org.\nMore about Jon:\nJon Aaron has been a teacher at the New 
 York Insight Meditation Center since 2006. As of September 2024\, he has r
 eturned (at least temporarily) to his midwestern roots. He is currently li
 ving in Chicago\, where he is already active in that beautiful city's mind
 fulness and Buddhist meditation scene. His principal dharma teachers have 
 been Matthew Flickstein of The Forest Way and Kittisaro and Thanissara of 
 the Sacred Mountain Sangha.  He is a Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress R
 eduction teacher and trainer and has taught over 150 cycles of this semina
 l curriculum. He is a co-founder of The Global Mindfulness Collaborative.
   Though his primary teaching is through classes\, 1:1 mentoring\, and da
 ily guidance\, he enjoys leading retreats throughout the U.S.  In 2020\, 
 with his partner Upayadhi\, he established Space2Meditate.com\, an online 
 community for meditators that started in the context of the pandemic and i
 s still thriving.  He is also a certified Somatic Experience Practitioner
 ®. With his friend\, the scholar Doug Smith\, he co-hosts the podcast Dig
 gin’ the Dharma (Digginthedharma.com)\, which is now in its third season
 .\nMost important to Jon is how Dharma and mindfulness practices are integ
 rated fully into our lives off the cushion\, allowing greater spaciousness
  and clarity to deal with personal\, environmental\, and social challenges
 .\n\n
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LOCATION:Colombiere Conference and Retreat Center\, 9075 Big Lake Rd\, Clar
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