Category: 2027 Events

March Daylong 🏠

Opening to This Moment
Cultivating the Conditions for Practice to Unfold

A close-up view of a branch with white blossoms partially covered in snow. The branch is thick and textured, displaying a brownish-gray bark with hints of reddish tones. The flowers are budding, with some in full bloom, showcasing delicate white petals and green sepals. Fluffy snowflakes rest on the branches and blossoms, creating a contrast with the organic textures of the plant. The background is a soft, grayish-blue, enhancing the visual focus on the branch and its frozen blossoms. Image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay.

An in-person daylong retreat
with Andrea Grzesina

Saturday, March 20, 2027
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saskatoon Unitarians, Saskatoon

As winter gives way to spring, we are reminded that growth cannot be forced. Just as a bud opens in response to warmth, light, and the right conditions, our meditation practice unfolds through patient attention and gentle care.

This daylong retreat offers an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with the present moment, and deepen the foundations of mindfulness. Through periods of sitting and walking meditation, a dharma reflection, silent lunch, and shared practice, we will explore how simple awareness can nurture qualities of steadiness, kindness, and wisdom in our everyday lives.

Suitable for both new and experienced meditators, this retreat invites us to let go of striving and discover what becomes possible when we simply open to this moment.

Please bring a mat for lying down meditation.

This retreat is offered through mutual generosity. When you register, there will be an opportunity to pay a registration fee to help SIMC cover our administration costs. During the retreat, we will provide information for those who are able to offer financial support to our teachers.

Registration

Please register here:
coming soon

Andrea kneeling next to a black and white dog on a grassy area, with the South Saskatchewan River and the Saskatoon cityscape in the background.

Andrea Grzesina is a certified mindfulness teacher with the Mindfulness Training Institute, having trained under Mark Coleman and Martin Aylward in 2021. She also completed the 2024-25 Buddhist Geeks Teacher Training with Vince Fakhoury Horn and Emily West Horn. Jeanne Corrigal has been her teacher and mentor for many years. Andrea’s passion for the Dharma and continuous learning led her to complete the Intensive Practice Program at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, various Social Meditation Facilitation courses, along with many dharma study programs. She has been a dedicated practitioner since 2014, and contributes to SIMC as a community dharma teacher, planning committee member, volunteer, retreat manager, and occasional cookie baker.

Indigenous Insight Daylong 🏠💻

Indigenous Insight
The Four Elements: Indigenous and Buddhist Wisdom Connection

Fish Lake
Fish Lake Metis Settlement, Saskatchewan

Offered in collaboration with True North Insight – Voie boréale

Saturday, February 27, 2027
11 AM-5 PM CST/SK/AB
noon-6 PM EST
10 AM-4 PM BC
9 AM-3 PM PST
other time zones)
In-person in Saskatoon and online with Zoom

Awaken to the foundational teachings of Indigenous and Theravadan Buddhist wisdom through embodied contemplation of the four elements.

This silent meditation day explores earth, water, fire, and air within the body, internally and externally, in inner and outer nature. We will weave Indigenous and Buddhist teachings that combine conceptual understanding with the direct experience of these natural qualities as they unfold in our own nature, moment to moment.

This practice is a powerful tool to develop embodied insight into impermanence, not-self, and freedom in heart and mind.

This retreat is open to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people from around the world.

Portions of this retreat may be offered as a recording. In order to support a sacred, live opportunity for all present, we will make the decision of what is appropriate to share after the retreat is complete.

This retreat is offered through mutual generosity. When you register, there will be an opportunity to pay a registration fee to help SIMC and TNI cover our administration costs. During the retreat, we will provide information for those who are able to offer financial support to our teachers.

Registration

Please register here
https://saskatooninsight.com/forms/view.php?id=94171

Jeanne Corrigal - The image shows a smiling individual standing outdoors in front of a lush evergreen tree. The person has curly, shoulder-length brown hair with prominent gray streaks at the front. They are wearing a vibrant blue top and a textured, multicolored blue scarf. A backdrop of green pine needles fills most of the background, providing a natural and fresh setting.

Jeanne Corrigal is the guiding teacher for the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community, and a graduate of the 2017-2021 IMS teacher training program. She has trained primarily in the Burmese lineage of Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw, with a great affinity for the Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn Buddhadasa and for the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. She is a certified MBSR teacher, is certified with Indigenous Focusing Oriented Trauma Therapy (IFOT), and she has trained with Mindful Schools and Somatic Experiencing. She has taught with Mindfulness Magazine, Lion’s Roar and Tricycle’s online programs, and teaches across North America. She is Metis, and one of her first teachers in loving presence was Cree Elder Jim Settee.

Karen Waconda-Lewis is a native from Isleta/Laguna Pueblo. After initiation into the Native Medicine, she brought the native medicine into an urban American Indian health clinic in Albuquerque, NM and continues to expand the program to local hospitals, Indian Health Service, VA Hospital and surrounding organizations. She joins Western Medicine with Native healing in preventive health, mental health and overall well-being. She is the founder and director of Center for Native American Integrative Healing, LLC located in Albuquerque, where other indigenous healers practice their traditional medicine and extends out to the community. She also is the founder of Wa’Kanda Retreat & Spa which brings in holistic, chemical free, healing for those in chronic need.

January Daylong 🏠

Compassion and Resilience in Our Times

A tall, white statue of Quan Yin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, against a serene blue sky. The statue is intricately detailed, showcasing Quan Yin in a standing pose, with one hand raised in a gesture of blessing while the other hand cradles a small object, symbolizing compassion and care. Her facial features are serene, embodying tranquility and kindness. She wears flowing robes adorned with delicate patterns that accentuate the elegance of her form. Above her head, a smaller figure is depicted, representing the sacred quality of her being. The soft lighting around the statue enhances its divine appearance, and gentle clouds can be seen in the background. Image by Thúy Đỗ from Pixabay.

An in-person daylong retreat
with Jeanne Corrigal

Saturday, January 23, 2027
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saskatoon Unitarians, Saskatoon

Compassion has qualities of wholeness, openness, spaciousness, and the capacity to meet suffering without being shattered. Self-compassion builds inner strength through loving acceptance and care. Together, compassion for others and self-compassion support resilience and equanimity in these times. Quan Yin is known as a manifestation of compassion, and this retreat will include a special Quan Yin chanting ceremony, calling forth compassion for ourselves and all beings.

This day will include instruction, dharma reflections, practices, nourishment, and community practice. Everyone is welcome.

Please bring a mat for lying down meditation.

This retreat is offered through mutual generosity. When you register, there will be an opportunity to pay a registration fee to help SIMC cover our administration costs. During the retreat, we will provide information for those who are able to offer financial support to Jeanne.

Registration

Please register here:
coming soon

Jeanne Corrigal is the guiding teacher for the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community, and a graduate of the 2017-2021 IMS teacher training program. She has trained primarily in the Burmese lineage of Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw, with a great affinity for the Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn Buddhadasa and for the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. She is a certified MBSR teacher, is certified with Indigenous Focusing Oriented Trauma Therapy (IFOT), and she has trained with Mindful Schools and Somatic Experiencing. She has taught with Mindfulness Magazine, Lion’s Roar and Tricycle’s online programs, and teaches across North America. She is Metis, and one of her first teachers in loving presence was Cree Elder Jim Settee.