BCIMS - Cultivating Love and Wisdom

Hosted by: BC Insight Meditation Society

Cultivating Love and Wisdom

Gather with us at the height of summer to take a deep dive into practice! An extended retreat like this one gives us an opportunity to pause and relax amidst the busyness of our lives, as well as to learn things we can’t learn any other way. We will be undertaking practices that strengthen the qualities of peace, love, and wisdom in our minds and hearts.

There will be practice instructions at the beginning of each day and the practice schedule will be made up of alternating periods of formal sitting and walking meditation. There will be practice discussion groups and time for questions and answers each day.

This silent retreat is suitable for people with some prior retreat experience: at minimum an in-person day-long. (If you haven’t yet done something like this, check out the events that Rachel is offering most months as well as the weekend nonresidential retreats offered by BCIMS.)

We welcome people from all backgrounds, communities, and life experiences. We will offer at least one “affinity sit” during the retreat for folks who self-identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of colour), and at least one for folks who self-identify as LGBTQIA2S+. In an affinity sit, members of that group have the choice to gather in a separate space and sit in silence together during a scheduled sitting period. If you have questions about why we offer this as an option, please email rachel.lewis@gmail.com before the retreat starts.