Weekend Retreats
The Mindfulness Practice Center of Fairfax will offer four weekend retreats in 2006 at Claymont Court Retreat Center in West Virginia. The dates are:
- February 17-19, 2006: The Practice of Happiness.
- May 19-21, 2006: Dwelling Peacefully in the Present Moment. -- Now accepting registrations, please click on the title --
- October 20-22, 2006
- December 8-10, 2006
Claymont
Court (www.claymont.org)
is located on 369 acres of forest and farmland in the Shenandoah Valley of West
Virginia, near Charles Town, less than 90 minutes by car from Washington, D.C., or Baltimore.
The
cost of the retreat, including meals (Friday dinner through Sunday lunch) and
overnight accommodations is $220 per
person. (A reduced fee is available for
those for whom the regular retreat cost would be a financial hardship.) Room
accommodation is of dormitory style with 3 or 4 beds per room. A limited number
of rooms with double beds are reserved for couples. We ask that all participants
be at least 13 years of age.
For more information,
please e-mail the retreat registrar at info@mpcf.org
or call 703-938-1377.
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Retreat Schedule From
6pm on Friday until 2pm on Sunday Friday evening: Dinner, Orientation, Sitting meditation. Saturday morning: Guided sitting meditation, Breakfast, Outdoor walking meditation, Talk.
Saturday afternoon: Lunch, Tea meditation, Total body relaxation /
Mindful movements.
Saturday evening: Dinner, Group discussion, Sitting meditation /
Touching the earth.
Sunday morning: Sitting meditation, Breakfast, Outdoor walking
meditation, Talk / Questions and answers. Sunday afternoon: Lunch, Closing circle.
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