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 TRUE REFUGE:
The Heart of Wise Action
 Friday dinner June 16 -
Lunch Tuesday, June 20, 2017
 Hallelujah Farm, Chesterfield, NH


Co-teachers:   Phyllis Hicks and Jan Surrey,  
Yoga and Movement:  Annie Hoffman
Retreat Manager:  Elyse Simon
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​In this Insight Dialogue retreat we will take refuge in awareness, wisdom, and spiritual friendship (Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha) as sources of wise relationship and compassionate action. In these turbulent and challenging times, we will investigate and practice together the Four Noble Truths and cultivate the fruits of relational practice: insight, forbearance, power, and equanimity. We will investigate obstacles to wise friendship and beloved community, internally in the heart-mind, and externally in social constructions. Cultivating Lovingkindness, Compassion, Appreciative Joy, and Relational Equanimity, we will explore the possibility of courageous personal and collective action, and deep companionship on the Noble Eightfold Path. In this beautiful New England setting, the retreat will be held in Noble Silence. We will alternate periods of silent meditation practice, Insight Dialogue, and mindful movement. There will be two optional yoga classes everyday, geared for every body. Prior silent meditation experience is suggested.
If you have any questions about the retreat , please contact
Jan Surrey at  Jsurrey@aol.com   (617-966-4898) or
Phyllis Hicks at  Phyllishicks@gmail.com  or
Annie Hoffman at  Anniehoffmanyoga@yahoo.com.  
Elyse Simon (Elsimon2001@yahoo.com) can be contacted for any questions about travel and accommodations.  
 
For more info: metta.org/programs/9562/