Discovering liberation through the ordinary. With Shaila Catherine and Guest Teacher This event is part of the Doorways to Insight Series. You know everything changes, so why do you suffer when possessions are lost, relationships end, or friends die? Each day, we experience changing sensory impressions; we cannot control what happens, and we have never [...]
Insights into Emptiness: Meditations on the Six Senses An 8-day meditation retreat with Shaila Catherine January 8 – 16, 2025 at Redwood Glen Retreat Center in Loma Mar, CA The retreat begins with registration from 2:30 – 4:00 pm on January 8. The retreat ends around noon, before lunch on January 16. This retreat will [...]
A Weekend ONLINE AT-HOME Retreat with Shaila Catherine April 11 – 13, 2025 Do you aspire for awakening? Do you ponder spiritual experiences that have occurred in your practice? This program will provide an opportunity for meditation practice along with frank and bold discussions on themes of awakening, and spiritual aspirations, experiences, or meditative attainments. [...]
Cultivating Concentration, Jhana Factors, and Jhana States a 10-night Meditation Retreat in California led by Shaila Catherine Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – Friday, May 16, 2025 This retreat will follow the approach to deepening concentration and attaining the absorption states of jhāna as described in Shaila Catherine's first book, Focused and Fearless, recently republished under [...]
Cultivating Concentration, Mettā, and the Jhana Factors A 10-day meditation retreat with Shaila Catherine October 8 – 18, 2025 at Calvin Center, 13550 Woolsey Road, Hampton, GA 30228 (near Atlanta, GA) The retreat begins with registration from 2:30 – 4:00 pm on Oct 8. The retreat ends around noon, before lunch on Oct 18. Partial [...]
