Name: Meditative, Daylong Retreat (with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren)
Start: 2024-09-28T08:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-09-28T16:30:00-07:00
Location: Sacramento Dharma Center

Meditative, Daylong Retreat (with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren)

Daylong Retreat/Workshop SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
Retreat Theme: Working with Memory, Remembering, Repetitive Thinking and Suffering
About This Onsite Retreat:
* The teacher will present in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. Participants will attend this event in-person at the SDC. It’s not available via zoom.
* Pre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance since registering early helps us determine how many people the meditation room should accommodate.
* After you’ve registered you may later offer a donation in gratitude of the teacher. To offer teacher dana, visit https://sactoinsight.org/retreat-dana-online/.
[Working with Memory, Remembering, Repetitive Thinking and Suffering]
Almost all of us have had this experience: After an encounter with someone, we reflect on the situation and think they are upset with or mad at us. Repetitive thought sets in re-enforcing and strengthening our concern. We become anxious and this affects our behavior. We feel uncomfortable when we see the person, or maybe avoid them.
And then…we talk with the person and find out they were never upset or mad in the first place. This is a wonderful illustration of the Historical Buddha’s teaching that we make not just the world, but our suffering and happiness, with our thoughts.
This one-day workshop will explore the pivotal and major role that memory, remembering and related repetitive thinking play in our identity and suffering. We will investigate and learn how to work skillfully with these qualities of mind from the perspectives of Buddhist psychology and modern memory research. It will involve meditations, reflections, dharma talks, and small and large group discussions.
The day is appropriate for all levels of practice experience. Please bring a pen/pencil and paper, and your own lunch. Plan on staying on-site at the Sacramento Dharma Center all day during the retreat.
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All are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.)
Registration is $25.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially, you have the option of a registration fee of either $35 or $50 dollars however no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
For the registration fee, you may pay online at https://sactoinsight.org/event/hybrid-daylong-retreat-with-sims-founding-teacher-dennis-warren/ ; please contact the registrar or visit the registration page for more information.
DENNIS WARREN is SIM’s Founding Teacher and has been teaching mindfulness, meditation and contemplative practices since 1998. He recently completed his 11th year as a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Mindfulness in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is certified as a Mindfulness Teacher, Professional Level (CMT-P), by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He is a graduate of the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. He also is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Medication Center’s Dharma leaders training program. You can learn more about Dennis’ background and activities at https://www.denniswarren.net/ .
Dennis has been participating in residential meditation retreats, and has maintained a daily meditation practice, in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition for over 30 years. 2018 was his 20th year of teaching Insight Meditation and mindfulness practices in residential, retreat, educational, medical, corporate and community settings. In 2007 and 2014, Dennis led month long pilgrimages and moving retreats in Thailand, India and Nepal. A third is being planned for late 2021.