Online One-day Retreat

These full day of meditation practices not only immerse you in peace and quietude but also infuse new energy and stability to your busy lives.  They reinforce your everyday practice and prepares you for more serious practice, intensive residential meditation retreats.

One-day retreats run from 8am to 4pm or from 9am to 5pm. They include several sitting periods, walking (outdoor walking if weather permits), mindful yoga, eight-form moving meditation, dharma talks. Some may offer optional one-on-one afternoon interview and some may adopt a more flexible schedule suitable for home-setting practice, depending on the teacher and type of retreat. Registration required. 

Online Weekend Retreats

Retreat Description

This weekend retreat starts on Friday evening and ends on Sunday afternoon. The traditional Chan monastery schedule is modified and adaptable to an online format, starting 8:00 am in the morning, with longer break time and ending at 9:00 pm. Still, it is an intensive retreat designed to make the most efficient use of time in a virtual group practice. There are numerous thirty-minute sitting periods throughout the day.

In addition to sitting meditation, the retreat also includes mindful work practice, walking meditation, chanting, gentle yoga exercise, and loving kindness meditation in the last day. There will be three Dharma talks and some Q&A sessions at the end of talks.

This weekend intensive is an opportunity to pick up or strengthen your practice by sitting together with other practitioners, and receive guidance from the teacher. An intensive retreat in home setting is actually very helpful and powerful in furthering our practice in everyday life. It is also excellent preparation for our longer intensive retreats, both virtually and in the Chan Hall.

Sample Schedule

Friday,

6:00 – 7:45 pm Orientation and Guided Meditation

Saturday,

8:00 am – 9:00 pm Sitting, Moving, Walking Meditation, Mindful Yoga, and Dharma talks. 

Sunday, 

8:00 am – 3:00 pm Sitting, Moving, Walking Meditation, Loving-Kindness Meditation, and Dharma Talk 

Fees for the retreats are in a sliding scale, from $ 80 to $300. 

All are welcome! No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. For more information, please email chanmeditation.ca@gmail.com