Weekend retreat

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There are no MBSR courses or weekend retreats scheduled at this time. We do have a 6-week LIVE, online course, Developing Equanimity that starts May 5th. Learn more & join us if it feels right for you.

We’ll announce classes and groups via email as they become available. If you’re not already on our mailing list, please use the form at the bottom of this page to join and you’ll receive announcements.

Mindfulness is best understood through practice, especially in community. MBSR courses & groups nurture awareness, compassion, and balance in life.  These gifts are magnified through the shared practice, group interaction and presence, and gentle guidance from Micki.  She is dedicated to holding the space where feelings of safety, connection, and identification are possible.


Our residential weekend retreat has been a wonderful opportunity to step away from day-to-day busyness and focus on the interior landscape of your experience.   With the support of shared meditation, you can deepen your practice and be open to the fullness of your experience.  Mindfulness throughout the day will be encouraged through the retreat schedule. We will alternate periods of sitting and walking meditation with a period of mindful yoga each day.   Instruction for beginning and advanced mediators will be given as well as evening talks and optional private interviews with the instructor.  

The cost of the retreat covers instruction, evening talks and private interviews by Micki Fine M.Ed., L.P.C.  Registering through Mindful Living ensures that your room and meals are reserved but please keep in mind that the Villa de Matel is generously providing them free of charge, therefore a donation is highly encouraged. Donation envelopes will be provided at the end of the retreat. Cash and checks are most welcome.

This mindfulness meditation retreat will be held in silence, allowing one to develop concentration and insight.  While there are many benefits of silence and extended practice, it can bring us into contact with the sharper edges of our experience.  If you are in the midst of deep emotional difficulties such as untreated post-traumatic stress, major depression, or addiction, an extended retreat may be better timed after you experience some stability and relief.  Feel free to email us with any questions related to these issues.  Mindfulness training (less intense than retreat practice) as an adjunct to psychotherapy can skillfully address deep emotional suffering.

As with all training & courses, retreats are also conducted by Micki Fine M.Ed., L.P.C., the founder of Mindful Living, certified mindfulness teacher, and licensed professional counselor in the Houston Metro area.

 
I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days.
— Hafiz