Tag: Kristina Baré

April 2025 retreat 🏠

Image Description: The image depicts a serene nighttime scene dominated by shades of blue. On the left side, there is a solitary tree with a thick trunk and a broad canopy of leaves, rendered in black silhouette. The tree casts a long shadow on the ground, which extends towards the bottom left corner of the image. Under the tree, there is a silhouette of a person sitting cross-legged, facing right, suggesting meditation or contemplation. On the right side of the image, the night sky features a bright, singular star that stands out against the deep blue background, adding a touch of light to the calm atmosphere. Wispy clouds faintly visible across the sky contribute to the tranquil and peaceful ambiance of the scene.

Liberative Dependent Origination
Supporting Awakening in the Mind and Heart

The teaching on Liberative Dependent Origination describes a way that freedom happens in the mind and heart. This insight sequence can happen quickly in a moment, or gradually over time. As we understand how to support this natural and innate process, we can taste freedom and understand how to nurture the conditions for the sure heart’s release. This teaching is accessible to us on retreat, in daily life, and in the midst of the crises of our world, in support of wise action.

On this retreat we will practice with this process to become more familiar with recognizing and supporting it. We will include instruction, dharma talks, and practice talks with the teachers.

Date

April 5-12, 2025

Beginning on the first day with optional supper and then 7 pm start
Ending at 11 am on the last day with clean up and then optional lunch after

Registration

Registration is currently on hold as we work on some further details.

Retreat Information

Cancellation Policy

50% of the registration fee is due upon confirmation of registration. Your spot will not be reserved until payment is received.
Full payment is due by March 5, 2025.

If you find it necessary to cancel, your administration fee will be refunded according to the following schedule:

  1. $50 fee for cancellations at least eight weeks prior to opening day (February 8, 2025)
  2. $200 fee for cancellations eight to four weeks before opening day (February 9-March 8, 2025)+
  3. Cancellations received four weeks or less before opening day (March 9 and onward) will not be refunded+*

+ Exception: if we are able to fill your spot with someone from the waitlist, you will be refunded less a $50 fee.
* Exception: For registrations at the Benefactor rate, we will refund the difference between the Benefactor and Sustaining rates.

Our teachers

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.

Kristina Baré - A photograph of a woman facing the camera and smiling. She has long brown hair that drapes over her right shoulder. She is wearing a colorful patterned scarf with shades of red, green, and gold. The background is a plain, light-colored wall.

Kristina Baré, MFT, SEP, is an insight meditation teacher, therapist, and Somatic Experiencing practitioner. She has trained primarily in the Burmese lineages of Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw and Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw. She enjoys supporting students deepening samadhi, loving-kindness and insight. Opening the door to an expansion of the heart and to liberating wisdom. In support of the Buddha’s teachings, Kristina also draws on knowledge from western psychology and Somatic Experiencing. She invites a kind, patient, and embodied approach as a base for samadhi, loving-kindness and insight meditation practices.
http://www.kristinabare.com/