Below is our retreat and event schedule for 2012.
 
 
 
There Is Nothing Wrong with You retreats at the Monastery
This is the challenging, joyous, fulfilling, courageous, demanding, loving, kind, and compassionate work of freeing oneself from the ravages of conditioning and self-hate. It is a great first retreat and a prerequisite to many of our other retreats.
May 19-26 - Register,    June 30 – July 7 - Register,    September 8-15 
 
 
 
What You Practice Is What You Have retreats at the Monastery
In this retreat you will be led to a clearer perception of how the reality in which you live is dictated by where your attention is focused, and how to shift the focus, resulting in living from your deepest heart's desire. Available only for graduates of the It's Time to Feel Good email classes who have also done a There Is Nothing Wrong With You retreat. This retreat is facilitated by Cheri Huber and Ashwini Narayanan.
 
 
 
Not What, But How retreat at the Monastery
This retreat focuses on the five processes that form the foundation of practice: beliefs and assumptions, subpersonalities, projection, disidentification, and centering. It is an opportunity to deepen your understanding of practice. Both newcomers and those familiar with practice find inspiration from this retreat. It is led by Cheri and co-facilitated by Ashwini Narayanan and Justin McKay.
 
 
 
Visiting Monk Program at the Monastery
Deepen your practice and train as a monk in the Visiting Monk Program at the Monastery. This is training in Zen and quite different from a retreat. There are prerequisites for this training. It will be offered on a month by month basis throughout the year. Email us at information@livingcompassion.org if you are interested in this program.
 
 
 
Precepts Renewal: Celebrating 25 years of commitment to practice
Retreat at the Monastery

If you have taken Precepts in the last 25 years, you are invited to this "Precepts Homecoming." Here is a wonderful opportunity to recommit to bringing our lives into practice.
September 26-29 
 
 
 
Email Classes
Join with Sangha and participate in a month-long workshop, facilitated by Cheri Huber, right from your home. Work at your own pace, submit your homework assignments, and receive guidance from Cheri in return.
August 1-30,    November 1-30
 
 
 
New Year's Retreat at Santa Sabina Center in San Rafael, California
There's an old maxim that states, "How you end one year is how you will spend the next." During this retreat you will welcome the New Year in the company of Sangha, practicing.
December 28-January 2 
 
 
 
At-home Retreats
Based on the popular At-Home Working Meditation Retreat, these retreats offer a full day of teleconferenced, at-home participation. The day is filled with groups and exercises on a special focus for the day such as art, relationships, working, mentoring, and more!
October 13,    December 1
 
 
 
Guidance Days
Look at anything about your practice one-on-one with an experienced practitioner. Phone guidance appointments are a special practice opportunity for monthly donors contributing $300 or more to the Monastery or Living Compassion annually. For more information about our Monthly Donor program, please visit: http://www.livingcompassion.org/monthly-donor-program.
September 1,    November 3,    December 15
 
 
 
The Practice of Conscious, Compassionate Awareness
Join Justin McKay and Chris Larson in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains for this yearly retreat. You can register through Southern Dharma.
 
 
 
Rest and Renew Retreat at the Monastery
The focus of this 3 day retreat at the Monastery is on allowing the silence to give rise to the ever present gratitude of our lives. Arrive late on Friday afternoon and depart after lunch on Sunday. Time for meditation, group discussion, a workshop, and rest are included in the schedule.
July 20-22,    August 24-26,    October 19-21
 
 
 
The Reflective Listening Buddies Practice
This program offers the opportunity to connect with a participant in another part of the country (or another country) weekly for 30 minutes of practice support. New quarters begin:
July 15,    October 15 
 
 
Workshops
and talks
with Cheri
Awareness:
It's Not What You Think

A workshop with Cheri at Shambhala Mountain Center, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
The International Enneagram
Association Conference
Keynote Speaker

Cheri will speak at the International Enneagram Association conference in Long Beach, California.
 
 
 
Mark Your Calendar!
 
Eleventh Annual Golden
Gate Bridge Walk in San
Francisco - celebrating the
Africa Vulnerable Children
Project.

September 22, 2012
Registration details will be announced as available.