In the Midst of
Weekend Retreat
About this IMS Online Retreat
Saturday, February 18, 2023 - Sunday, February 19, 2023
This program is now closed to new registrations.
In the midst of whatever is arising, we drop into the transcendent qualities of loving kindness and wisdom as a transformative path of practice. Encouraging wisdom in the midst of confusion, loving kindness in the midst of anger, and compassion in the midst of sorrow, we can let the torments of the heart abate and dissolve on their own. Neither denying and resisting, nor perpetuating and feeding that which doesn’t serve inner peace, we practice remembering the beautiful and expansive qualities of the heart. As one practitioner put it: “I am grateful that although I am not feeling grateful, I am practicing gratitude anyway.” Thus, as the Buddha advises, we learn how to rest like a great tree in the midst of it all.
Coming together for 5 online sessions each day, this weekend retreat will include guided sitting meditation, dharma talks, and mindful movement.
This retreat begins on Saturday, February 18, at 10:00 am ET and concludes Sunday, February 19, at 5:30 pm ET. A full home retreat schedule and instructions will be offered. The live session schedule with the teacher is as follows:
Saturday, February 18, 2023
- 10:00 am - 10:45 am ET (check local time)
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm ET (check local time)
- 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm ET (check local time)
- 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm ET (check local time)
- 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm ET (check local time)
Sunday, February 19, 2023
- 10:00 am - 10:45 am ET (check local time)
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm ET (check local time)
- 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm ET (check local time)
- 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm ET (check local time)
- 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET (check local time)
This program will be recorded and made available for on-demand viewing after the live sessions. On-demand videos will be available to registered participants for 90 days.
About the Teacher
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Narayan Helen Liebenson finds it a joy and a privilege to share the Buddha’s teachings with all who are interested. She serves as an IMS guiding teacher, and has been a guiding teacher of the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center since its inception in 1985.
Her training over the past forty years includes study in the United States and in Asia with meditation masters in the Theravada, Zen, and Tibetan traditions. She was a student of the late Chan master Sheng Yen for over ten years. Asked by Master Sheng Yen to teach, Narayan decided to integrate her understanding of Zen into her already existing Vipassana lineage.
Narayan is the author and illustrator of a small book titled Life as Meditation, and for many years wrote a meditator’s advice column in Buddhadharma magazine. Her latest book, The Magnanimous Heart, was published by Wisdom Publications in January, 2019.