Still Mountain

Past Classes and Retreats

  • Retreat: The Middle Way, Saturday, February 3, 2024
    Still Mountain is hosting a retreat on Saturday, February 3, 2024, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Turner Senior Resource Center. If you have not already registered, you may do so by booking your seat online.
  • The Cycle of Dependent Arising and Ceasing
    New class starts Tuesday, January 2, 2024, on freeing the heart from addictive and destructive cycles of attitude and behavior.
  • Retreat in Michigan: Loving Kindness, Concentration, & Jhana Factors
    August 22 @ 5:30 pm EDT – August 31 @ 3:00 pm EDT Cultivating Loving Kindness, Concentration, and the Jhana Factors with Shaila Catherine Tuesday, August 22, 2023 – Thursday, August 31, 2023Partial attendance can be arranged for the first 3 nights. LOVING KINDNESS (mettā) is a profound quality of friendliness toward all of life. Mettā meditation cultivates a …
  • The Mindful Meditation Path to Living in Ease
    Teacher: Bilha Birman Rivlin invites you to join her six-session class: During the class, we will explore what “living in ease” truly means to us. We will search into the qualities in us that hold the power to move us toward living our life in ease. We will look at the intention and goal of …
  • October Retreat with John Orr
    October 7-9, 2022, we held an online weekend retreat led by Buddhist teacher John Orr.
  • Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
    By Bilha Rivlin and Ken Morley  Date & Time: Mondays 10:30am – 12:00pm, Oct 17 – Nov 21 Mindfulness is a gateway to lasting personal transformation. Learn about mindfulness and concentration in a kind and supportive environment, as you take the first steps toward establishing your own meditation practice. There will be a strong emphasis on cultivating …
  • Mindfulness Meditation Class
    TURNER SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER This is a rare and great opportunity for those interested in learning about the health benefits of mindful meditation! Mondays – July 18, 25 and August 1, 8 10:30AM – 12:00 PM  |  Free  |  In-PersonTurner Senior Resource Center (2401 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor, MI) Instructors Ken Morley and Karen Mori. This free class provides …
  • “JOIN the CARAVAN” – MINDFULNESS TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES TO AWAKEN JOY IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
    Please join our ONLINE weekly sessions. We begin on Tuesday, May 3, 10:00 AM -11:30 AM Through meditation practices, contemplations, and interactive teachings we’ll explore how to live with inner joy and well-being in our daily life. The sessions are offered by Turner Resource Senior Center and is being led by Still Mountain teacher, Bilha …
  • Concentration and Insight Study Group
    The CONCENTRATION AND INSIGHT STUDY GROUP will meet by Zoom Thursday evenings, 7:00 – 8:30 pm, beginning April 7 through May 12.We will read and discuss The Experience of Samadhi: An In-depth Exploration of Buddhist Meditation, by Richard Shankman. In this book Shankman discusses samadhi, frequently translated as “concentration”—including the jhanas—and vipassana, usually translated as …
  • Still Mountain Hosting a Retreat in March: PERCEPTION
    March 25-27, 2022, will be a retreat led by Carol Blotter titled PERCEPTION. This retreat will explore perception, perceptual distortions and offer meditations and contemplations to see the illusions, the mirages, the perceptual misinformation.  We will also explore how knowing perception clearly adds deep joy into our lives.