FULL: Daylong retreat: Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom with Alexis Santos and Susa Talan

Awareness and wisdom are natural to the mind and they develop when we learn to attend skillfully to our experience. Through relaxing the body and mind, we can come to understand the effortless nature of being mindful. This natural awareness leads to the blossoming of wisdom and compassion.

This will be a day of silent sitting, walking, relational practice and discussion. No prior meditation experience necessary. All are welcome.

Please bring your own lunch + outdoor wear for walking outside, weather permitting. Meditation cushions and chairs are provided.

Visit opendoorportland.org/events for link to register.

About the teachers:

Alexis Santos has practiced insight meditation since 2001, including training as a Buddhist monk in Burma. He teaches at retreat centers throughout the United States and internationally and is a featured teacher in the Ten Percent Happier meditation app. Alexis brings a practical and intuitive approach to the development of wisdom.

Susa Talan has been studying and practicing Insight Meditation for more than 13 years and is a long-time student of Sayadaw U Tejaniya with whom she ordained temporarily in 2010. Susa is currently in the Community Dharma Leader program through Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She offers workshops on mindfulness + meditation in a variety of settings and is also an artist + illustrator.