“From my own experience, there is no difference between mindfulness and loving kindness. When you are fully loving, aren’t you also mindful? When you are mindful, is this not also the essence of love?” – Dipa Ma
This retreat will focus on integrating a sense of embodied warmth with an intuitive knowing by cultivating a relaxed and kind attention in all activities. We will pay particular attention to attitudes of mind—such as pushing away, leaning in, or spacing out—and the impacts of those mind states on one’s capacity to connect with lovingkindness and deep inner intuitive listening. As we develop this continuity of compassionate presence and discernment together we will cultivate our capacity to attune and listen to Citta, an intuitive mysterious knowing that arises simultaneously within moment to moment experience. Come with a beginner’s mind.
This retreat is suitable for both beginner and experienced meditators and is held in noble silence except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings. There will also be opportunities and instructions for outdoor practice.
*This retreat is a parallel retreat and will be held in the Community Meditation Center while another retreat is being held in the upper Retreat Center. It’s an opportunity to practice at Spirit Rock in a more intimate size retreat setting. | 
