Silent Simplicity of Summer
Reconnect with yourself
Instructors:
Donna Williams
Suzanne Trahey
Charles Byron
Date & Time Details:
Location:
On-Land
Program Fee:
Generosity Price - $660
Tuition - $550
Room/Meals Fee:
This will be added in during the registration process.
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Karmê Chöling
(802) 633-2384
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An Extended Silent Meditation Retreat
Summer into fall is often a transitional time. With the autumn season approaching we often anticipate a fuller and more structured schedule.
August is a perfect time to gift yourself an intentional break from everyday life with time and space for reflection, relaxation and rejuvenation.
Disconnecting from the noise of everyday life, offers a time to practice using mindfulness to investigate your moment-to-moment experience. Taking a break from constant overstimulation and external demands creates space for cultivating greater calm, spaciousness and presence.
Settle in for five days of silence and stillness at Karmê Chöling. August in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont is a time of great beauty with a sense of abundance. The natural world surrounding KCL is the perfect setting for this transformative experience.
Join us for this extended version of a fan favorite, a retreat of silence and stillness to rediscover inner clarity, essential optimism, confidence and wellbeing in your life.
General Schedule
- 7:30 am Optional sitting
- 8:00 Breakfast
- 9:00 Morning Session
- instruction and practice
- (mid-morning break)
- 12:00 Morning Session Ends
- 12:30 lunch
- 1:00 ROTA (light service task)
- 3:00 Afternoon Session
- 4:00 Tea Break
- 4:30 Afternoon Session Resumes
- 6:00 Afternoon Session Ends
- 6:30 Dinner
- 7:30 Optional sitting
Pricing
Karmê Chöling values its commitment to making programs affordable and available to all who wish to study with us. To support this commitment we provide two program price options.
Generosity Price: $660.00
You're able to help us with this commitment by choosing the "Generosity Price". The money above the basic tuition cost goes into a scholarship fund for those who might not be able to attend a program otherwise.
Tuition: $550.00
This is the price of the program, it does not include housing options or material fees.
Please Note:
Price does not include accommodations, which will be added during the registration process.
Policies
Payment Policies:
Please read the payment policy before proceeding with registration.
Financial Aid:
Karmê Chöling offers full-time student discounts, scholarships and other financial aid.
Program Credit:
If using existing program credit to pay for a program, you must pre-register for this program at least two weeks prior to the program start date by calling the front desk (802-633-2384 x3000). Program credit may not be used to pay for housing or practice materials and may not be used on or after arrival day.
Instructors
Donna Williams has taught in the Shambhala tradition for many years. Presently she is developing a Contemplative Ecology program which compliments her appreciation and enjoyment of the forests and mountains of her home in Vermont. For the past 12 years she has spent time in Santiago and Copiapo, Chile teaching and staffing programs. Her interests include gardening and growing native dye plants and practicing Shibori (a Japanese inspired textile art). Her 3 grown children live in the West and she hopes to spend more time “out” there.
I am grateful to be a teacher, professional facilitator and leadership coach in diverse spaces at this time in our world. I feel grateful to be steeped in transformative skills and practices of the Earth, body, heart and mind which encourages:
- Opening instead of closing
- Seeing the simple worthiness of ourselves instead of self-aggression
- Connecting over division
I guide groups from a trauma-informed lens, and am deeply committed to exploring how we show up for ourselves and each other in a community that celebrates sacred common good and interrupts oppression. I continue to learn as a participant/student in all the ways I am in the world. As a long time Buddhist practitioner with the Shambhala lineage (and other lineages), winter is the perfect time to immerse ourselves into the teachings and practices of meditation. I can't wait to be at Karmê Chöling in January!
Charlie Byron, lived and worked in Boston as an analyst and manager at a financial information firm. He started practicing meditation in 1992 and over time became a student of Shambhala, then a Buddhist. In 2000 he began teaching programs in Boston, initially Shambhala Training and later Buddhist programs and introductory talks. Later, he moved with his husband to Vermont and began teaching at Karmệ Chöling, including at their longer residential programs. In recent times, Charlie has pursued interests including daily compassion practice for Ukraine, Buddhist and secular book groups, travel, helping start a community-supported cafe, gardening, and continued Shambhala teaching.
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