Mindfulness Retreat
- Cost:
- $150.00
- Assisi Heights
Additional Information
An Invitation to a Journey!
May 7-10
Starting Thursday at 6:30 pm through Sunday at Noon
$150 per person, includes accommodations and meals.
This retreat is an opportunity to know what it is to live life to the fullest; an exploration on how to live wholeheartedly, despite what is happening now in your life by choosing mindfulness as a life style. Mindfulness is the awareness of paying attention to the present moment without judgment.
Learn tools for mindful living, and enjoy the powerful results that can occur by giving attention to the present without judging, Enhance the experience of your everyday life. The program will start on Thursday evening and finish Sunday at noon. Strict Silence will be observed. The day starts early (around 6 am) and concludes after evening dinner. The day will be a combination of meditations, talks, mindful movements, time for journaling and being with yourself in nature.
Roberto Benzo, MD, leads a research and clinical program for Mindfulness at Mayo Clinic, Roberto has a long-lasting meditation practice and received training in Mindfulness from Jon Kabat-Zinn's program at the University of Massachusetts. He had formal training in Compassion Practices with Chokyii Nyima Rinpoche and Roshi Joan Halifax, and attended trainings with Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron.