This 7-day supported self-retreat will be run via Zoom. This course is designed for Steven and co-teacher Darine to support yogis to do a retreat at home, with as much participation in a silent container as they can-given their particular home circumstances. The request is that yogis shift from their daily life schedule to a home retreat. The expectation is that yogis participate in the guided sittings, interviews, Dharma talks and as much of a home meditation retreat schedule as they can.

• 6am to 8am: wake-up, wash, walk/stretch, eat
• 8am: to 12 noon: sit and walk: 4 hour formal practice period
• Make own schedule to include guided practice times online
• 12 noon to 2pm: rest, walk, stretch
• 2pm to 8pm: 6 hour formal practice period.
• sit, walk, stretch, rest in order that works best outside online scheduled practice, Dhamma talk times

• Morning to noon: 4 hours formal practice
• Noon: rest
• Afternoon to evening: 4 hours formal practice
• Suggested: 6-8 hours total.

““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““

Anchored in the Theravadan Buddhist Burmese lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw since 1974, Steven Smith was trained and sanctioned as a teacher by the late revered monk and meditation master Sayadaw U Pandita. Steven teaches Vipassana and the Divine Abodes (loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity) in meditation retreats in Asia, Hawai’i, North America and Australia. He co-founded Vipassana Hawai’i in 1984 and in 1995 founded the MettaDana Project for educational and medical projects in Burma. Also in 1995 Steven helped establish the Kyaswa Valley Retreat Center in Burma, headed by the late Sayadaw U Lakkhana, Abbot of Kyaswa Monastery.

This retreat is suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.