Natural Meditation Community Presents
Beginning Again - New Years Retreat
Weekend Residential Retreat
January 6th - 8th 2012
At the beautiful and scenic Atlantic Center For The Arts in New Smyrna Beach FL
Come Alive in the New Year
Awaken your heart and infuse your wisdom mind with joy, spaciousness and clarity.
Discover the richness and joyful play of unconditioned existence.
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This is a unique opportunity to revive after the holidays and start the new year from
a space of presence, peace and insight
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Allow yourself to rest and open in a loving and supportive environment
away from our usual day to day distractions.
Retreat Details
This silent retreat is suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators.
Come join us for a unique, transformational weekend of self-discovery and awakening. Rediscover your natural way of being and learn to live life more fully in the new year. This will be a two-night two-day residential, silent retreat at the scenic Atlantic Center For The Arts. The weekend will be filled with natural meditation, cultivating an open heart, gentle yoga (optional) and exercises that open us to the truth of how we see ourselves, others and the world around us.
There will also be periods of contemplative dialog - these playful yet penetrating periods of dialogue will help guide you to a space of deep silence and natural serenity. Together we will explore the effortless dissolution of reactive emotions and fixed ways of thinking and taste the experience of natural contemplation, where meditation happens all by itself.
This wonderful retreat location allows us the opportunity to "stop", leave behind our habitual ways of being distracted and be surrounded by the loving, still presence of nature.
About The Facilitator:
Michael Kane has over 10 years of spiritual training, meditation and retreat experience and has studied intensively with many of today's most insightful teachers. He is an experienced meditation teacher and the founder and facilitator of the Natural Meditation Community and owner of Natural Bodhi, a private practice dedicated to guidance, healing and exploring Unconditioned Existence. Michael is a Holistic Counselor, an Emotional Connection facilitator and completed a year long Non-Dual Teacher and Therapist Training with Peter Fenner, founder of Radiant Mind. With his wealth of life experience and his own uncompromising commitment to personal and spiritual growth he devotes his time and experience to point others to their natural way of being and their capacity to open to life more fully. His method is to provide a pure non-judgmental clearing and in that space, unfold together. When we do this, all beings and the world we live in benefit.
Meeting Hall:
The meditation area is encircled by a ring of sand-blasted windows 15 feet above the floor, while a band of clear windows at the floor level looks out onto the densely textured vegetation and sentient landscape. There are no windows on the areas adjacent to public walkways to ensure privacy. However, the magnificent sliding doors lead to a semi-private deck and create a breathtaking connection to the environment.
Accommodation:
Associate Housing consists of 28 individual units and 4 double units. Each unit is equipped with a full sized bed, work desk, radio alarm clock, small refrigerator and private bath with shower. Bed and bath linens are provided. Televisions, individual telephones, and housekeeping services are not provided. Four handicapped units are available. Please notify an ACA staff member immediately if you will require the use of one of these units.
Dinning:
The food is great. All meals are included in the price of the retreat including 2 dinners, 2 breakfast and 2 lunches. Atlantic Center chef Tom Kurtzhals or Sue Flynn prepares meals for all residents during the course of the retreat. A continental, self service breakfast is provided each morning including fruit, cereals, bagels, muffins, coffee/tea and more. A buffet style lunch is served each day and includes a vegetarian dish, a large salad, sandwich options and more. An evening meal is served and includes vegetarian main dishes, vegetables, salad and desert.
The retreat is limited to 20 attendees so please register to ensure attendance.
Pricing:
There is no tuition fee for this retreat but you are welcome to offer dana (donations) to the teacher at the end of the retreat.
With Lodging:
Retreat facility fee, vegetarian meals and lodging for two nights and two days: $238.00
There will be a deposit of $75 due at sign up, balance due on or before January 6th.
Without Lodging:
Ratreat facility fee, vegetarian meals for Friday, Saturday and Sunday: $138.00
There will be a deposit of $75 due at sign up, balance due on or before January 6th.
• Refer a friend friend and receive a 10% discount.
There is an option to pay by credit card or check. There is also an option to donate to our retreat scholarship fund. Click Register Button.
The retreat starts after dinner time (dinner is at 6pm) on Friday January 6th, and ends at 2pm on Sunday January 8th, 2012. Please try and arrive before dinner (between 3 - 5:30pm) so you can arrange your housing and place in the meeting hall.
There will also be periods of contemplative dialog - these playful yet penetrating periods of dialogue will help guide you to a space of deep silence and natural serenity. Together we will explore the effortless dissolution of reactive emotions and fixed ways of thinking and taste the experience of natural contemplation, where meditation happens all by itself.
This wonderful retreat location allows us the opportunity to "stop", leave behind our habitual ways of being distracted and be surrounded by the loving, still presence of nature.
About The Facilitator:
Michael Kane has over 10 years of spiritual training, meditation and retreat experience and has studied intensively with many of today's most insightful teachers. He is an experienced meditation teacher and the founder and facilitator of the Natural Meditation Community and owner of Natural Bodhi, a private practice dedicated to guidance, healing and exploring Unconditioned Existence. Michael is a Holistic Counselor, an Emotional Connection facilitator and completed a year long Non-Dual Teacher and Therapist Training with Peter Fenner, founder of Radiant Mind. With his wealth of life experience and his own uncompromising commitment to personal and spiritual growth he devotes his time and experience to point others to their natural way of being and their capacity to open to life more fully. His method is to provide a pure non-judgmental clearing and in that space, unfold together. When we do this, all beings and the world we live in benefit.
Meeting Hall:
The meditation area is encircled by a ring of sand-blasted windows 15 feet above the floor, while a band of clear windows at the floor level looks out onto the densely textured vegetation and sentient landscape. There are no windows on the areas adjacent to public walkways to ensure privacy. However, the magnificent sliding doors lead to a semi-private deck and create a breathtaking connection to the environment.
Accommodation:
Associate Housing consists of 28 individual units and 4 double units. Each unit is equipped with a full sized bed, work desk, radio alarm clock, small refrigerator and private bath with shower. Bed and bath linens are provided. Televisions, individual telephones, and housekeeping services are not provided. Four handicapped units are available. Please notify an ACA staff member immediately if you will require the use of one of these units.
Dinning:
The food is great. All meals are included in the price of the retreat including 2 dinners, 2 breakfast and 2 lunches. Atlantic Center chef Tom Kurtzhals or Sue Flynn prepares meals for all residents during the course of the retreat. A continental, self service breakfast is provided each morning including fruit, cereals, bagels, muffins, coffee/tea and more. A buffet style lunch is served each day and includes a vegetarian dish, a large salad, sandwich options and more. An evening meal is served and includes vegetarian main dishes, vegetables, salad and desert.
The retreat is limited to 20 attendees so please register to ensure attendance.
Pricing:
There is no tuition fee for this retreat but you are welcome to offer dana (donations) to the teacher at the end of the retreat.
With Lodging:
Retreat facility fee, vegetarian meals and lodging for two nights and two days: $238.00
There will be a deposit of $75 due at sign up, balance due on or before January 6th.
Without Lodging:
Ratreat facility fee, vegetarian meals for Friday, Saturday and Sunday: $138.00
There will be a deposit of $75 due at sign up, balance due on or before January 6th.
• Refer a friend friend and receive a 10% discount.
There is an option to pay by credit card or check. There is also an option to donate to our retreat scholarship fund. Click Register Button.
The retreat starts after dinner time (dinner is at 6pm) on Friday January 6th, and ends at 2pm on Sunday January 8th, 2012. Please try and arrive before dinner (between 3 - 5:30pm) so you can arrange your housing and place in the meeting hall.
Click Register button below, email: mk@insightflorida.org or call
386.679.2336.
Include your name, phone # and address.
Include your name, phone # and address.
For location and directions to ACA click the link: http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/geninfo/location.htm
Below you will find testimonials from past retreats.
•I'm still enjoying the Natural Meditation Retreat, it was great. Thank you to all the wonderful people that facilitated and attended. I feel like I had about 50lbs. of stress drained out of me!
-Liz Harrison
•Dear Michael,
It has been almost 3 weeks since the retreat, in one of the most beautiful locations in the world. The lessons that I have learned are very subtle for me as I have been working with breath for many years. Natural meditation is enhanced for me by the sounds of nature itself. In my morning meditations, the sounds of nature, birds, cicadas, squirrels, keep me connected with the earth and with my life purpose by helping me plant each foot firmly on the earth. The exercises that you gave us are invaluable, especially the judgment of self and others. These lessons burrow deep into the soul self for sort of a "deep cleaning".
Thank You Again for making this possible for all of us!
-Joy Sue-Priem, Master Feng Shui Consultant
•I am fortunate to have had you for a teacher and that makes me smile :) . In the tiny space of time I practiced with you and the Sanga, you were able to transmit to me, what I still am discovering to be real stillness. It is one of the most important and influential times of my life. Compassion and laughter THANK YOU.
-Robert Allen
For more information or if you have any comments please email or call. Look forward to seeing you there.
With Metta
Michael Kane
Natural Meditation Community of East Central FL
386-679-2336
mk@insightflorida.org
www.insightflorida.org