About this On-Demand Program

This program was recorded live on November 14 - 16, 2025.

From the first breath to the last, life reminds us of its fleeting, changing nature. The Buddha pointed to impermanence (anicca) as a central truth and a teacher always at hand. This on-demand retreat focuses on the full arc of human experience: birth and becoming, aging and change, illness and loss, death and release. These are gateways to wisdom and compassion. At your own pace, explore how awareness, compassion, and letting go can transform life’s inevitabilities into profound opportunities for freedom.
This online program consists of five guided meditations, a question-and-answer session, a Dharma talk, a receiving care practice, and a suggested retreat schedule. This structure may be incorporated into daily practice or distributed over several days, allowing you to tailor you engagement according to your individual preferences.

Enrollment Fee

Meet Your Teaching Team

Joseph Goldstein

Joseph Goldstein has been leading insight and lovingkindness meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, where he is one of the organization’s guiding teachers. In 1989, together with several other teachers and students of insight meditation, he helped establish the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Joseph first became interested in Buddhism as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand in 1965. Since 1967 he has studied and practiced different forms of Buddhist meditation under eminent teachers from India, Burma and Tibet. He is the author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism, Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom, The Experience of Insight, and co-author of Seeking the Heart of Wisdom and Insight Meditation: A Correspondence Course.

Devon Hase

devon hase has practiced intensively in the insight and vajrayana traditions since discovering meditation in 2000. After a decade of bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms, she entered several years of silent, solitary retreat in the mountains of Oregon. She now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Forest Refuge, and serves as co-guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. Devon supports practitioners in both long and short retreats, as well as through personal mentoring, with an emphasis on relational practice and connection to the natural world. Along with her life partner, nico, she co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the forthcoming This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026). Learn more at devonandnicohase.com.

More Information

  • Equity Pricing Model

    As one part of our ongoing effort to expand access to the teachings of the Buddha, no-fee enrollment is available for those who request a fee-waiver at [email protected], no questions asked. Our system supports the cultivation of a dynamic and inclusive community and is made possible by our generous donors and those who choose to support other students by contributing at the “Benefactor” level.

  • Program Recording

    This program was recorded and made available for on-demand viewing after the live sessions. On-demand videos will be available to registered participants for 90 days.

  • Refunds

    Please reach out to [email protected] with any refund requests. Refunds can only be applied to the card that was used for the purchase.

  • Additional Questions

    If you have additional questions please contact us at [email protected].