Men's Retreat
Oct
2-3 from 9 to 4 each day (non-residential)
Led
by Pat Coffey and Chas DiCapua
at Bridge Between the Worlds
2395 Paddock Wood Road
Keswick, Virginia 22947
Cost:
$75 for the weekend plus teacher Dana
no one will be turned away due to lack of funds
Please
join us in meditation practice and in exploration of what it means to
be a man in today's world. Sadly in our culture men rarely come
together outside of the traditional arenas of sports and war. This
weekend retreat will provide an opportunity to come together, as men,
in a supportive environment and explore together our male
spirituality.
The
retreat will consist of silent periods of sitting and walking
meditation, teacher led group discussion periods and dharma talks.
Suitable
for both beginning and seasoned meditators. No prior meditation
experience is necessary as full instructions will be offered.
Pat
Coffey has over 30 years of meditation experience and teaches nationally and internationally. He has studied with numerous Asian and
Western teachers in the Theravada, Tibetan and Zen traditions. Pat is
founder of The Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville and
the co-founder of the Blue Ridge Prison Project. He was originally trained as a meditation teacher in the joint teacher training program
of The Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock
Meditation Center in California under the tutelage of Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Down-to-earth real world practical dharma is the hallmark
of his teaching. The father of two children, owner of several
businesses and the holder of several patents, he draws on his varied
and rich life experience to articulate the dharma.
Chas
DiCapua began practicing meditation in the Soto Zen tradition in
1989. He sat his first Vipassana retreat at the Insight Meditation
Society in 1995. Since then he has practiced in the US and Asia, both
in the Mahasi and Thai Forest traditions of Burma and Thailand.
A
graduate of the Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training Program, Chas is
currently the Resident Teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in
Barre, Massachusetts. He also teaches regularly at sitting groups
and centers throughout the North East. Chas is interested in how the
basic material of our everyday lives, including relationships, can be
used as a vehicle for awakening.
Questions call Pat at 540-456-8200 or Patcoffey@aol.com