Vipassana weekend retreat with Shinzen Young - Cultivating Tranquility

Cultivating Tranquility
In this weekend, you will learn how to develop mindful awareness through focusing on pleasant restful states such as mental quiet, physical relaxation, and emotional peace.
Many traditional forms of meditation develop concentration power by focusing on simple, soothing experiences. There's a good reason for this. Such practices create a positive feedback loop. The more you concentrate on soothing rest, the more soothing it becomes, thereby motivating you to concentrate even more. This creates an accelerating, exponential growth in your concentration power.
In traditional Buddhism, this process is called tranquility (samatha) or absorption (jhana). In terms of Judaism, it leads to a kind of inner Shabbat.

Shinzen Young became fascinated with Asian culture while a teenager in Los Angeles. Later he enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Buddhist Studies at the University of Wisconsin.
Eventually, he went to Asia and did extensive training in each of the three major Buddhist traditions: Vajrayana, Zen and Vipassana. Upon returning to the United States, his academic interests shifted to the burgeoning dialogue between Eastern meditation and Western science.
Shinzen is known for his innovative "interactive, algorithmic approach" to mindfulness, a system specifically designed for use in pain management, recovery support, and as an adjunct to psychotherapy.
He leads meditation retreats throughout North America and has helped establish numerous mindfulness centers and programs. He also consults widely on meditation-related research, in both the clinical and the basic science domains.
He often says:
"My life's passion lies in exploring what may arise from the cross-fertilization of the best of the East with the best of the West."

The weekend will take place in Ein- Dor.

It is open to all - new and experienced practitioners.

The retreat will take place in English.

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For more information and registration please contact: weekends@tovana.org.il