Insight Lewes to host meditation retreat Nov. 9
Insight Meditation Community of Lewes will welcome meditation teacher Luisa Montero for a daylong retreat from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9, with the theme of Trusting This Very Moment.
The event will be held on a hybrid basis, available both virtually via Zoom and in person at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church parish hall, 211 Mulberry St., Lewes.
IMC-Lewes is a nonprofit group with the mission of providing practice in Buddhist Insight Meditation and related Buddhist teachings; cultivation and support of individual spiritual growth; and development and maintenance of a growing and deepening community for present and future generations of practitioners.
Registration is required. Both in-person and virtual attendees are asked to RSVP by emailing info@imc-lewes.org. In-person participants are asked to bring a bag lunch and snacks.
“What if we trusted this very moment – just as it is; and with attention and care, let it flow into the next moment? Trusting this moment is a form of letting go. We let go of thinking we can control much of our life and world, let go of wanting things to be a certain way, let go of harmful or unhelpful mental habits. In so doing, we might discover peacefulness, lightness, clarity that can guide our daily life,” said Montero. “This daylong retreat gives us an opportunity to explore this question. Through guided and silent meditations, walking meditation, talks and being in community, we will reflect on the balance between letting go (trusting things as they are) and taking action, and explore how this might play out in our moment-to-moment experience.”
Montero has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1987 and teaching meditation since 1993. She completed the three-year Community Dharma Leadership program sponsored by the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She currently teaches a weekly meditation class in Takoma Park, Md., and leads daylong and weekend retreats in the Washington, D.C. area.
For more information including the Zoom link, contact Carolyn Quinn at 302-604-0132 or cquinn@quinnassoc.com. For directions and further details, go to IMC-Lewes.org.
