Registration now open for 2017 IMS retreat for Mindfulness-based professionals, "Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research (7 days)"

Hello, all. I’m on the path of training to teach MBSR and newly engaging with cfmHOME. Please forgive any insufficient understanding of how this works.

I wanted to let all know - many may already know - that registration is now open for next January’s Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research taught by Akincano, Chris Cullen and Jaya Karen Rudgard, January 8–15, 2017.

According to IMS literature, “This retreat is specifically for those teaching, training, researching or otherwise engaged in mindfulness-based approaches.
… participants are invited to extend and deepen personal experience of insight meditation, which is rooted in the cultivation of mindfulness. In the company of peers and colleagues, there’ll be an opportunity to explore the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as taught in the Satipatthāna discourse given by the Buddha. Each day will offer a sustained schedule of formal meditation practice (both insight and metta, the teaching of boundless friendliness), meetings with the teachers, talks and guidance, all within an environment of silence. A familiarity with formal practice is assumed.”

http://www.dharma.org/meditation-retreats/retreat-center/retreat-description?id=423

I took the last two January retreats at IMS for Mindfulness-based professionals, taught by Christina Feldman, John Peacock & Chris Cullen (assisted by Yuka Nakamura) in Jan '15, and with Christina Feldman & Chris Cullen (assisted by Yuka Nakamura and Jaya Rutgard) this Jan '16. These retreats were tremendous experiences, deep support in cultivating a practice of embodiment with such remarkable teachers!

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Thanks so much for posting this; I registered.
Best,
Jess

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That’s wonderful! Glad to hear, Jess!

Hi, my name is Piero. I am registered as well. I live in Coral Springs, Florida, and I am thinking about the cold weather in MA in January. It’s going to be a great opportunity to practice equanimity and acceptance. :-) Lovely! :-) I am looking forward meeting you.

Hi, my name is Kathy Woodliff. I will be at IMS for this retreat and I am looking forward to being back in Mass. I’m happy to hear you have had good experiences since this will be my first time to go to IMS. The other 7 day retreat I attended was at Copper Beech and it was outstanding in every way.

How great that you’re registered, Piero. It’s beautiful up here in winter! :-) Unfortunately, I won’t be taking the retreat this time – I took it the last two Januarys, and I’ve also just came out of a month-long retreat. Wishing you well on this journey!

Hi Kathy, Great to hear you’ll be at IMS for this retreat - it’s such a deep and spacious environment for retreats. Copper Beech is lovely, too. Warm wishes for your retreat.

Thank you TheresaVincent, All the best to you on your journey to help yourself and others through Mindfulness! :-) I will be arriving in Boston on January 5 and going to Barre on January 8. I imagine you are in Boston, right? Maybe we can meet for coffee and conversation. If so, email me, please. My email is piero@pierofalci.com. I love to meet those who are on the same journey. If someone else is reading this and would like to meet for coffee and conversation, email me, and let’s see if we can make it happen. All the best, Piero