Online weekend retreat: Rest, Resilience, Renewal, Release – Exploring the four brahmavihāra heart qualities in daily life for London Insight Friday May 12 7:00 – 9:00 pm UKSaturday May 13 9:00 – 5:00 pm UKSunday May 14 9:00 – 5:00 pm UK The four brahmavihāra heart practices of kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity areContinue reading “Coming soon …”
Category Archives: Insight Meditation Society
Latest ONLINE practice opportunities
I’m happy to announce a few new opportunities to practice with me online, starting soon: Online meditation and dharma talk for Insight Meditation Community of Western Mass Working with Afflictive Thought Patterns Wednesday April 19; 7:00 – 8:30pm ET Embodying Awareness: A day of online meditation with Jill Shepherd, Willa Reid and Elizabeth Day You are warmly invitedContinue reading “Latest ONLINE practice opportunities”
More ONLINE practice opportunities
I’m happy to announce two new online courses starting soon: Photo by Alex Baker Photography You can find more information about these and other online events on my Teaching – Online webpage herePlease register soon to avoid missing out!
Some bhikkhuni news from around the world
Sri Lanka Bhikkhuni Kusuma passes away 28 August 2021 The internationally acclaimed Buddhist monastic, scholar, and vocal advocate for full female monastic ordination Venerable Dr. Bhikkhuni Kusuma Devendra died of Covid complications late on Saturday in Sri Lanka. She was 92 years old. Some personal reflections on meeting Bhikkhuni Kusuma Bhikkhuni Kusuma was for me, a realContinue reading “Some bhikkhuni news from around the world”
Insight Meditation Society 2020 Registration Now Open
Just letting you know that the Insight Meditation SOciety in Barre, Massachusetts, has just announced its 2020 retreat schedule and registration is now open. Based on previous years, most retreats tend to get fully booked within a few days, so if you’re interested in practising at IMS, best to register as soon as you canContinue reading “Insight Meditation Society 2020 Registration Now Open”
December 2017 super moon – impermanence, vastness, and intimacy
Impermanence This month’s full moon post is a little late, because just this morning, I finished co-teaching the last six weeks of the three-month retreat at IMS in Barre, Massachusetts. The ending of any period of intensive meditation practice is poignant, but even more so when it’s been a longer retreat. As this retreat wasContinue reading “December 2017 super moon – impermanence, vastness, and intimacy”
July 2017 full moon – Gratitude
Just last week, I finished a one-month retreat at the Insight Meditation Society’s Forest Refuge in Barre, Massachusetts, led by Sayadaw U Vivekananda. What a relief it was, to temporarily put down some of the burdens I didn’t even know I was carrying, and to have such a powerful opportunity to “disentangle the tangle” (asContinue reading “July 2017 full moon – Gratitude”
June 2016 full moon – Inspiration and taking refuge in sangha/community
Graduates of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock four-year teacher training programme, 10 June 2016 – photo by Ben Marshall In my last international newsletter back in April, I wrote about inspiration, an aspect of spiritual practice that surprisingly, doesn’t seem to be talked about very often. As I discovered back then, “… theContinue reading “June 2016 full moon – Inspiration and taking refuge in sangha/community”
November 2015 full moon – gratitude
A few slightly random reflections on Gratitude “These two people are hard to find in the world. Which two? The one who is first to do a kindness, and the one who is grateful and thankful for a kindness done.” AN 2.118 As the three-month retreat at IMS comes to a close, there’s a definiteContinue reading “November 2015 full moon – gratitude”
Meditating together in May
Each month on or about the full moon, I’ve been trying to write a post about some aspect of dharma practice that’s relevant to what’s happening in my own life. This next full moon though, I plan to be on retreat at the Insight Meditation Society’s Forest Refuge in Barre, Massachusetts, for the whole monthContinue reading “Meditating together in May”
Jill Shepherd: insight meditation 