Category: Recordings

Recordings from retreats

Viriya Mini-Retreat Recordings

Title

Viriya: Courageous Energy

Retreat Description

We need courageous energy right now, to face what’s here and what’s ahead. But we need the right kind of energy — the viriya that connects us to the Seven Factors of Awakening. Join us for this half day of community cultivation of the energy that uplifts, inspires and nourishes our capacity to meet the moment with our whole, courageous heart.

Teachers

Jeanne Corrigal is the guiding teacher for the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community, and a graduate of the 2017-2021 IMS teacher training program. She deeply appreciates metta and nature based practices. She has been practicing since 1999, and is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner and Community Dharma Leader Programs. Jeanne is certified with Indigenous Focusing Oriented Trauma Therapy (IFOT), is a certified MBSR teacher, and she has trained with Mindful Schools and Somatic Experiencing. She is Metis, and one of her first teachers in loving presence was Cree Elder Jim Settee.

James Lowe has practiced meditation for over 15 years, with Adrianne Ross, Michele McDonald and Steven Smith as his main teachers. James has over 20 years of teaching adults in community agencies and institutions, primarily teaching the Brahma-Viharas to volunteers and healthcare practitioners. As a psychotherapist, he sees life as learning, and thus helps clients learn to use the Dharma in a one on one setting. James is currently interested in exploring different ways to teach the dharma in nature, online, and in smaller groups. He especially likes smaller groups where people get to share their practice with one another. His greatest wish is to make the dharma accessible and personal to all people. To connect with James, visit www.jameslowe.com.

Recordings

Playlist on SoundCloud

Richard Shankman retreat talks

Title

Calming the Mind/Opening to Insight – The Path of Mindfulness, Jhana and Insight

Retreat Description

Concentration and jhana are often taught as separate practices from insight meditation.

This retreat, however, will integrate concentration, mindfulness and insight into a single meditative path. Practicing in this way, the mind becomes more collected and centered, leading to deepening states of concentration, peace, clarity and calm abiding, and culminating in states of unification of mind known as jhana. At the same time, awareness will be guided to open into mindfulness of the body and states of the heart and the mind, revealing the four foundations of mindfulness.

This integration of concentration, calm, mindfulness and jhana builds a strong foundation for the arising of insight.

Teacher

Richard Shankman has been a meditator since 1970 and teaches classes and meditation retreats at dharma centers and groups nationally and internationally. Richard is the guiding teacher of the Metta Dharma Foundation, and co-founder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and of Mindful Schools. He has sat many silent, intensive meditation retreats for periods up to eleven months long. Richard is the author of The Experience of Samadhi: An In-Depth Investigation of Buddhist Meditation and The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation.

Recordings

Richard recorded the talks and has them posted to a playlist on the Metta Dharma Foundation’s YouTube channel:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGvhYLzi4ktKh9wS7dnvsJTKoHFyqfb0G

Pascal Auclair, Mar 19-21, 2021

Title

A Vast, Vibrant & Stable Heart

Retreat Description

Together, we will cultivate the courage to meet reality as it is : changing and unpredictable. We will allow this intimate encounter to become the gateway leading us to tenderness and joy. A presence, altogether sensitive, engaged, vibrant and calm –wise!– will take us to the silent and caring heart of Mindfulness.

Teacher

Jeanne Corrigal

Pascal Auclair has been immersed in Buddhist practice and study since 1997, sitting retreats in Asia and America with revered monastics and lay teachers. He has been mentored by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, where he is now enjoying teaching retreats. Pascal teaches in North America and in Europe. He is a co-founder of True North Insight and one of TNI’s Guiding Teachers.

Recordings

Now available on SoundCloud!
https://soundcloud.com/saskatooninsight/sets/202103-simc-retreat-pascal-auclair

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Matty Weingast and Jeanne Corrigal, Jan 23, 2021

Title

Closer Than We Think

Event Description

A community exploration of how we prepare for the transition of dying & the moment of death

Matty brings a lightness to these reflections which is refreshing and inspiring. Matty and Jeanne have the intention that this sense of light touch comes through in the session, and we hope that you join us.

With a selection of poems from The First Free Women as reflections, we will inquire together into these important questions and also into how they can help us to live life more fully now.

Teachers

Matty Weingast is the co-editor of Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End-of-Life Care. He is also a former editor of the Insight Journal at Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and the author of The First Free Women: Original Poems Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns.

Jeanne Corrigal is the guiding teacher for the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community.

Recording

Now on SoundCloud!
https://soundcloud.com/saskatooninsight/closer-than-we-think-audio

Other resources

The following poems from The First Free Women were shared:

Mitta ~ Friend
Sela ~ The Rock
Gutta ~ Guardian
Grandma Sumana
Another Uttama
Sakula ~ From a Good Home
Sangha ~ Community

Daylong with Jeanne Corrigal, Dec 5, 2020

Title

Resilience in the Time of COVID

Retreat Description

Our December daylong retreat is one of nurturing our innate peace, before the seasonal busyness starts.

This year, you may have some COVID fatigue to fold into the mix, as well. This day long retreat will offer some community relational practice to connect us; heart music to inspire gratitude and metta (toe-tapping definitely encouraged), and stillness contemplation, all with the intention of drinking deeply from our always present and sustaining wellspring of inner nourishment.

Dear friends, take a breath now, sense the body and the heart, and the sangha around you. We look forward to being together in December.

Teacher

Jeanne Corrigal

Jeanne Corrigal has been practicing since 1999, and is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program, and Community Dharma Leader Program, and is the Guiding Teacher for the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community. She is trained with Mindful Schools, and a certified MBSR Teacher (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction). Jeanne is Metis, and one of her first teachers in loving presence was Cree Elder Jim Settee. She is a participant in the 2017-2021 IMS teacher training program.

Recordings

Now on SoundCloud!
https://soundcloud.com/saskatooninsight/sets/202006-simc-retreat-jeanne-corrigal

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Other resources

Look for the Good – Jason Mraz
https://youtu.be/2trTOe8YuX0

Keep Going On Song – The Bengsons
https://youtu.be/Cs-ju_L9pEQ

Patience – Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer:
https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2020/03/26/patience/

A Lesson in Resilience – Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer:
https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2020/03/24/a-lesson-in-resilience/

Jeanne Corrigal, June 27, 2020

Title

Gladness and Quiet Joy: Essential Friends in Times of Change

Retreat Description

The Buddha encouraged us to live in joy, even in times of affliction, to support freedom in our own heart and mind, and to strengthen our capacity to support our communities. This day of nourishment will explore gladdening practices that are available in every moment, and their liberating role in the journey of life. We look forward to gathering with you in community – a quiet joy, in itself.

This retreat was hosted by the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community.

Teacher

Jeanne Corrigal

Jeanne Corrigal has been practicing since 1999, is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader Program, and the guiding teacher for the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community. Jeanne is Metis, and one of her first teachers in loving presence was Cree Elder Jim Settee. She is a participant in the 2017-2021 IMS teacher training program.

Recordings

Now on SoundCloud!
https://soundcloud.com/saskatooninsight/sets/202006-simc-retreat-jeanne-corrigal

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Dana

This teaching is freely offered. If you are able to offer financial support to Jeanne, please visit our dana page for details on sending an e-transfer or making other arrangements.
https://saskatooninsight.com/wp/about/dana/

Jeanne Corrigal, Apr 24-25, 2020

Title

Cultivating Care and Wise Response in Challenging Times

Retreat Description

In this challenging time, the practice is a great gift. In a way, this is what we practice for–to be able to meet all of life with kindness, and wisdom. This moment, too, is an opportunity to feel our feet on the floor, to rest in the breath, to connect with our hearts, and respond wisely. Our practice is big enough, and flexible enough, for this, too.

Practicing in community is also a gift in this time, and we are grateful to be able to do so with Zoom technology. The intention of this retreat will be to cultivate a sense of connection, and will include dharma talks, meditation instruction, home practices, and practice guidance.

This retreat was co-hosted by Happy Hearts Mindfulness Community, in Edmonton, and the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community.

Teacher

Jeanne Corrigal

Jeanne Corrigal has been practicing since 1999, is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader Program, and the guiding teacher for the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community. Jeanne is Metis, and one of her first teachers in loving presence was Cree Elder Jim Settee. She is a participant in the 2017-2021 IMS teacher training program.

Recordings

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  • Friday evening talk and meditation
  • Saturday morning instruction
  • Saturday afternoon dharma talk

Or via Dropbox folder (soon)

Jeanne Corrigal, Jan 24-26, 2020

Title

Responding to Resistance: Sitting with ourselves and others in challenging times

Retreat Description

Resistance is a normal human response, in the face of fear, loss, uncertainty, or to the way things are–within ourselves and in the world. “Just let it be” can be easy to say… and very very difficult to do. And yet, we understand this as key to our practice of liberation. Can we truly see resistance as a doorway to peace? This retreat will explore meeting this important part of our experience wisely, as a direct invitation to freedom, skillful action, and even to happiness, in the midst of our world.

Teacher

Jeanne Corrigal

Jeanne is a Community Dharma Leader with the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community, and a participant in the 2017-2021 IMS Teacher Training Program.

Recordings

Now on SoundCloud!
https://soundcloud.com/saskatooninsight/sets/202001-simc-retreat-jeanne-corrigal

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Susie Harrington, June 20-24, 2019

Title

Paramis: A Guide to Everyday Living

Retreat Description

The Ten Paramis or perfections, are qualities of heart and mind that we have the opportunity to cultivate and nurture in our formal practice, and in our lives. They are doorways to a wholesome and responsive life. We live in difficult times. How to meet the everyday challenges, local and global, has become not only a personal exploration but a critical one for this time in our history. We will explore the foundational principles of the Paramis, how they can guide our practice, and the guidance they offer in living in a relational and complex world. During this retreat, we will deepen our silent practice, as well as acknowledge and even celebrate the expression of wisdom and love in our lives.

Teacher

Susie Harrington teaches meditation internationally and is the guiding teacher for Desert Dharma, which serves many communities in the Southwest near her home in Moab, Utah. She has trained in the Insight tradition since 1989, and in 2005 was invited into teaching by Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, and Guy Armstrong. Her teaching is deeply grounded in the body and often emphasizes the expression of mindfulness in speech and daily life. Susie brings the skills of inquiry, relational dharma, and the psychological/spiritual interface from her training in Hakomi Therapy and the Diamond Approach. Believing nature to be a profound teacher and a gateway to our true self, she often offers retreats outside. For more information on Susie Harrington, see: desertdharma.org

Recordings

Now on SoundCloud!
https://soundcloud.com/saskatooninsight/sets/201906-simc-retreat-susie

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Adrianne Ross, Jan 26-31, 2017

Title

Calm Mind, Compassionate Heart: Cultivating the Five Spiritual Faculties

Retreat Description

In this retreat, we will explore how the Five Spiritual Faculties of mindfulness, stability of mind, balanced energy, confidence and wisdom can support our meditation practice and our daily lives in the world. We will be both recognizing our strengths and cultivating and developing these qualities together in balance. There will be periods of meditation instruction, silent sitting and walking periods and time for discussion with the teacher. We will include periods of loving kindness practice each day to support a safe and friendly environment for us all.

Teacher

Adrianne Ross

Adrianne Ross, MD, has been involved with meditation and healing since 1978. Her teaching is influenced by Burmese and Thai streams of Theravada as well as Dzogchen and contemplative practices. She teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to people with chronic pain and illness. She recently retired from working as a family physician to devote more time to personal practice and teaching retreats in Canada and the U.S.

Recordings

Now on SoundCloud!
https://soundcloud.com/saskatooninsight/sets/201701-simc-retreat-adrianne-ross

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Or via Dropbox folder