Weekend Retreats
The Mindfulness Practice Center of Fairfax will offer three weekend retreats in 2007 at Claymont Court Retreat Center in West Virginia. The dates are:
- December 12-14, 2008: "Cultivating the Mind of Love" -- Open for registration. Click on the title --
- March 20-22, 2009
- May 29-31, 2009
- October 16-18, 2009
- December 11-13, 2009
Claymont
Court (www.claymont.org)
is located on 369 acres of forest and farmland in the Shenandoah Valley of West
Virginia, near Charles Town, less than 90 minutes by car from Washington, D.C., or Baltimore.
The
cost of the retreat, including meals (Friday dinner through Sunday lunch) and
overnight accommodations is $250 per
person. Room
accommodation is of dormitory style with 3 or 4 beds per room. A limited number
of rooms with double beds are reserved for couples. We ask that all participants
be at least 13 years of age.
For more information,
please e-mail the retreat registrar at info@mpcf.org
or call 703-938-1377.
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Retreat Schedule From
6pm on Friday until 3pm on Sunday Friday evening: Dinner, Orientation, Sitting meditation. Saturday morning: Guided sitting meditation, Breakfast, Outdoor walking meditation, Talk.
Saturday afternoon: Lunch, Tea meditation, Total body relaxation /
Mindful movements.
Saturday evening: Dinner, Group discussion, Sitting meditation /
Touching the earth.
Sunday morning: Sitting meditation, Breakfast, Outdoor walking
meditation, Talk / Questions and answers. Sunday afternoon: Lunch, Closing circle.
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