Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha

September 9-13, 2009 With Grove Burnett and Mary Powell

Vallecitos Mountain Ranch, Carson National Forest

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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,
to front only the essential facts of life.”
–Henry David Thoreau

Fall in the mountains of northern New Mexico is spectacular. Learn mindfulness meditation in the morning and hike in the mountain wilderness in the afternoon.

The Retreat
The retreat will offer a practical training in mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness is the simple art of being aware. It is the basis for insight, wisdom, and seeing things clearly. It is a radical training, extraordinary in its simplicity, its lack of dogma and, above all, its results.

The morning schedule: Training in Mindfulness meditation. Our mornings will provide an introduction to the practice of mindfulness meditation, with alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, daily interviews with the teacher, and a short discourse from the teachings of the Buddha.

The afternoon schedule: Hiking the La Manga wilderness. Our afternoons will be spent going to the woods. We will take guided, mindful hikes– suitable for all levels of walking–into the magical La Manga wilderness, the largest old growth forest in the Carson National Forest and one of the most beautiful alpine regions of the Rocky Mountains.

The retreat is suitable for beginners and seasoned practitioners.

Registration & Cost: The cost of this retreat, which includes meals and accommodation, is on a sliding scale: $250-$375. A 50% deposit is required to reserve your place. Visit www.vallecitos.org to register online or contact Leigh Lauck at refuge@vallecitos.org or (575) 751-9613 to reserve your space. (more…)

Our Winter Retreat with Marcia Rose is from January 8-17, 2010 at the Sangre de Cristo Center

This retreat is for practitioners who have attended previous retreats. For more info, call Sarah Grant at 505-992-1963.

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Marcia Rose is the founding and guiding teacher of The Mountain Hermitage and founding teacher of Taos Mountain Sangha. She has been studying and practicing Buddhist teachings and meditation with Asian and Western teachers since 1970, primarily in the Theravada-Vipassana (Path of the Elders) tradition. Her own teaching reflects a clear influence from the Burmese Mahasi Vipassana and the Pa-Auk Forest Monastery lineages. She has also studied and practiced in the Dzogchen Tibetan Buddhist tradition with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Marcia was resident teacher for staff at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, MA from 1991-1995. She has been one of the teachers for the annual three-month retreat at IMS, and is currently a visiting teacher at The Forest Refuge in Barre, MA. Marcia also teaches Vipassana and Metta retreats in other U.S. and international venues, and is dedicated to offering these ancient and timeless teachings in ways that make them accessible and authentic for contemporary culture.