Due to COVID-19, all in-class activities are cancelled till further notice. Please visit class pages for online classes and additional information.
One may also log on to YouTube Premier every Tuesday at 7:30 pm. Please follow with self 1 hour of self-practice.
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Daily meditation requires practicing from 4 am to 10 pm. Each day starts with a one hour loving-kindness meditation, followed by alternate sitting and walking meditations every other hour. A Dhamma talk is delivered during the last hour of the day.
Each practitioner will have a 15 to 30 minute interview with the teacher regarding their daily practice.
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Maintaining the nine precepts and noble silence is mandatory during the retreat. Pre-approval of attendance is required. Travel time to Hope from Vancouver is approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. Take Freeway Exit 168 (Flood Hope Road).
Please contact: info@satipatthana.ca if you have any questions.
A Residential Retreat is usually held once a month, primarily on long weekends, at the Chanmyay Yeiktha Retreat Centre in Hope, BC. Announcements are posted on our “Upcoming Events” page. You may also send us an email to sign up for notifications via email.
The Mindfulness-Insight course for beginners is an introduction to the meditation practice. This class is for both beginners and experienced practitioners who have no previous exposure to the Pure Vipassana Meditation method (Mahasi tradition).
The intermediate class is held weekly on Tuesday evenings and is also 2 hours long. It involves a 60 minute meditation time, followed by a dhamma talk (lecture about the practice) followed by a question and answer session. The intermediate class is an ongoing year-round program.