Retreat 4: Cultivating Compassion

Life often moves quickly, carrying us along in the currents of habit and routine that keep us half-asleep. Yet beneath these very currents lives another possibility: to move with awareness, tenderness, and wisdom, awake to our entanglement with one another and the world around us. What does it mean to truly be awake? What can be released when seen in the light of death? How might we live with greater presence and compassion, even amidst uncertainty?

This retreat is an invitation to pause and come and see together. In the immediacy of the here and now, we will inquire into the conditions that give rise to suffering and into the pathways of release. Our exploration will be relational as much as individual, supported by silence, dialogue, and the living field we create together.

Our shared practice will weave silent meditation, gentle movement, and Insight Dialogue (relational meditation) in pairs and…