Practicing Presence: A Day of Mindfulness Meditations

We offer mini-retreats as  “refresher classes” for past and current practitioners of mindful meditation, as well as for anyone who is curious about the various meditations that are offered in the course “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction”.  These are special opportunities of silent meditation for participants, following the guided meditations led by our mindfulness teachers. We practice seated meditation and movement-based meditation practices, including gentle yoga poses, “Mentastics” movement, Qigong, and walking meditation. Midway through the retreat we have time to eat a mindful meal.

A goal of these mini-retreats is to allow each of us to experience what a day of mindfulness can feel like; and while it is usually relaxing, it can also be whatever we bring to each moment: sadness, joy, discomfort, boredom…you name it, it can appear! We encourage everyone to bring curiosity with them as a companion and welcome whatever arrives…

The next retreats will be held at the Fillmore Street Studio, 629 Fillmore Street, Port Townsend on New Year’s Day, Wednesday January 1st, 12pm – 4pm. Registration is required as space is limited! 

Later in 2025, on Saturday April 12 the retreat will be from 10am – 4pm.