Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

This program offers a new style of Insight Meditation that employs the “Nine Bodies of Consciousness” map. The focus of this practice is on developing mindfulness of the felt sense of embodied experience. Accessing the felt sense allows you to directly experience the various capacities of consciousness, including intuitive awareness and emptiness. 

The program will start by focusing on the consciousness that arises in the physical body and then presents a series of guided meditations for exploring ever more subtle levels of consciousness. This distinct teaching style was developed by Phillip Moffitt and emphasizes two daily detailed 45-60 minute guided meditations. The practice utilizes the felt sense as a means for freeing the mind of over-conceptualization, reactivity, and scattered thinking, thereby supporting the arising of liberating insights.

Teaching Assistant: Jan Rosamond

Program Format: This program will be held in noble silence except for the two daily guided meditations, talks, and teacher-led practice support meetings.

Noble Silence:

Noble silence will begin with the opening talk on the first evening and continue through the closing session.

Experience Level:

Suitable for intermediate and advanced practitioners.

Cancellation Policy:

We understand that personal circumstances may require you to cancel your registration. In these cases, please contact us right away. If you cancel more than eight weeks before the program starts, you are eligible for a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee. If you cancel between three and eight weeks before the program starts, you are eligible for a 50% refund of the deposit. Registration fees are nonrefundable less than three weeks before the program starts.