Teaching Schedule
All teaching is by donation (dana), so cost does not hinder participation.
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Summer Retreats at Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center:
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ImpermanentSangha.org
Exploring Ecodharma Nature Retreat July 19-28
Transformation in Nature Supported Solo July 30-Aug 3
Love and Beauty: Nonduality in Nature Aug 4-10
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Summer Dedicated Meditation Group
Being in Nature:
The Direct Path of Beauty and Love
July 8-Sept 2, Outdoors in Boulder area parks, and Labor Day at RMERC.
See full schedule below.
This group will support and deepen your meditation practice and catalyze spiritual growth. Our meetings, held outside in local parks (under shelters if rain), will be time for deeper connection with nature, our self, and others. Our love of being outdoors and appreciation of beauty will bring us into healing and spiritual realization.
Participants will develop an increased sensitivity and appreciation for being in nature. This leads to a deeper connection with our being, which is really the source of peace and happiness. Direct Path meditation is relaxing into being, rather than trying to make something happen. In this group we will enjoy the Direct Path approach together, outside, where our instinctive love of nature opens our hearts. We realize that love is not something we have to learn, earn, or practice: love is who we are.
All of this will be fostered in an open and supportive group environment. Our meetings include sharing and listening, talks, instruction, meditation, questions and discussion. They are informal, relaxed, and enjoyable; yet honor your most serious intentions for personal and spiritual growth.
If you are unsure whether the group is for you, please email me to inquire at johannrobbins@comcast.net .
Structured Donation/Dana: The group is offered on a structured donation or dana basis. This is so you can attend within your financial means, and everyone is totally welcome regardless of amount. I am grateful for and rely on your generosity and support. If you would like a guideline, a suggested amount is $350 to $500
for the meetings, daylong, and a one-on-one with me; but that is not a requirement or a limit, and whatever you choose to give is received with gratitude.
Unless arranged otherwise, $100 is due with your application as a non-refundable deposit, and the rest of your Dana pledge is due by the first meeting.
Schedule (may be subject to adjustment)
Seven evenings in Boulder parks, 6:30-8:30PM:
Mondays 7/8, 7/15; Wednesday 7/24; Mondays 7/29, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26
Daylong Labor Day Mon 9/2, at the Ecodharma Center, 10-4.
Attendance in summer varies, so how many meetings “makes it worth it” is totally up to you, as is the amount of your Dana commitment. Plan to attend when you are in town, and it’s fine to miss if you are away.
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Dedicated Meditation Groups with Johann Robbins
These groups start periodically, two or three a year. To find out about the next one please join the email list on the left side.
The groups are deep, personal, supportive, and interactive. They reinforce your commitment to meditation, and catalyze your personal and spiritual growth. Our regular meetings are safe and enjoyable spaces for going into deeper connection with our self and others. This naturally progresses into spiritual realization, which is much more about letting go than seeking.
During the group meetings and retreats, as well as in daily practice, you will learn to use precise and skillful mindfulness (Insight) meditation techniques to develop a new sensitivity to and understanding of emotions and thought patterns, fostering more skillful ways of feeling, communicating and relating. When we bring awareness and acceptance to our unconscious wounds and unmet needs, they heal, allowing us to more appropriately meet the stresses, challenges and opportunities of life.
This newfound tendency towards greater peace and equanimity allows us to then open our awareness to simply being, rather than always having to do something or be someone. We will support this process with direct (Direct Path and Non-Dual) approaches to being and opening the heart, transcending the personal into the spiritual. Life starts to flow, and the heart naturally opens. We realize that love is not something we have to learn, earn, practice, or do; but that in reality love is what we are.
All of this is fostered in community, using the power of a small, open and supportive group. Meetings include sharing and listening, talks, instruction, meditation, questions and discussion. They are informal, relaxed, and enjoyable; yet honor your most serious intentions for personal and spiritual growth. These groups are not for people just starting out, but for those who have a basic practical grounding in some form of meditation, and wanting to delve much deeper.
If you are unsure whether the groups are for you, I welcome the opportunity to talk with you about it. Please email me to set that up.
Structured Donation/Dana: The groups are offered on a structured donation or Dana (generosity) basis. This is so you can attend within your financial means, and everyone is totally welcome regardless of Dana amount. I am grateful for and rely on your generosity and support. If you would like a guideline, there is a suggested amount (weekly meetings, often a long weekend retreat and/or a daylong, and several one-on-one meetings with me), but there is never a requirement or a limit, and whatever you choose to give is received with gratitude.
If the cost of room and board at the retreat is an obstacle, scholarships are readily available.
For more information on the next group, please sign up for my email list on top left of this page.