At the New York Vipassana Association, you will experience a structured 10-day meditation retreat focusing on Vipassana (Insight meditation) techniques. You'll engage in intensive mindfulness practice, observing silence and self-discipline, surrounded by serene natural landscapes to facilitate deep mental clarity and inner calm.
Participating in this experience helps build awareness and equanimity by enabling you to abstain from everyday activities, focusing deeply on breath and sensations through structured meditation practices. This practice sharpens your ability to live with increased awareness, understanding, self-control and peace.
Incorporate learning from this experience into your daily life by setting aside time each day for meditation, using the techniques you learned to maintain focus and calm. Regularly practice mindfulness to engage fully in the present moment, regardless of your daily activities.
The rented camp site in Fishkill, New York, offers a tranquil setting for deep meditation, nestled within 2,000 acres of rolling wooded terrain and natural beauty at Sharpe Reservation. This peaceful retreat features rustic, open-air cabins and a meditation hall, creating an ideal environment for introspection and mental clarity. Surrounded by lakes, ponds, and adjoining state parkland, the site supports profound mindfulness practice away from the sensory overload of daily life.
Ancient text name: Visuddhimagga
Title: VIPASSANA- NAVIGATING TOWARDS MENTAL PEACE
The following schedule provides a general outline of the duration and activities aimed at facilitating the integration of the experience's teachings into your daily life.
Day 1 to Day 9:
Morning: Meditation in the hall or in the room
Afternoon: Lunch
Evening:Tea break
Day 10: Departure Day
Morning: Meditation in the hall
Afternoon: Closing session and feedback
Intensive Mindfulness Retreat