New Year’s Retreat with Andrew Getz: Doorway to Awakening (online)

Dec 29, 2023 -Jan 1, 2024 (Friday-Monday)

The ten paramis or perfections are qualities of heart that that ”lead onwards” to an awakened life. During this retreat we will touch on three of these perfections: patience, truthfulness and equanimity and how these qualities support our practice on the path.

The schedule will include periods of guided sitting meditation, Dhamma talks, and Q&A. This retreat is appropriate for all levels of experience, beginners are welcome!

Prior to the retreat, we will email you more details, including an online "Home Page" that will hold all the information you need for this retreat, including the schedule and Zoom information.

This is a dana(donations)-based retreat and you will have opportunities to make contributions directly to Andrew. To learn more about dana, go here.

Andrew has been leading meditation retreats for Insight Chicago since 2004. He has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 40 years, including four years as an ordained monk in Burma and Thailand. He has taught at Spirit Rock and The Insight Meditation Center in Barre, MA. Additionally, Andrew is a hospice nurse and psychotherapist and was trained as a mindfulness based stress reduction instructor by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. He has worked extensively teaching mindfulness in healthcare community settings and with incarcerated teens.