ALL DAY MEDITATION RETREAT - The Body as a Source of Revelation

Find your inner quiet at the summer’s solstice. An opportunity for beginners to learn insight meditation in a supportive setting and for experienced meditators to deepen their practice. We will explore five forms of meditation: concentration (shamatha), spacious awareness (vipassana), open awareness (shikantaa), loving-kindness (metta), and a process of somatic descent. There will be a dharma talk on “The Body as the Source of Awareness” and an opportunity for Q and A.

The entire retreat will be held in Noble Silence, including lunch. Please leave your cell phone at the door and bring your own lunch. Tea wil; be provided. Please also bring a sturdy cushion if you would like to sit on a zafu (we have some extras). Sitting in a chair is also just fine.

There is no fee for this retreat but there will be an opportunity for dana (generous offering) at the closing.

Pre-registration is required by June 15, 2026. Morning only attendance is permitted.

For additional information please call or email Allen Wells at meditation@muuf.org.

Allen teaches at MUUF's Buddhist Meditation Group and at the Buddhist Sangha of The Unitarian Society of East Brunswick.  He is a graduate of the Study/Practice Program of The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and is a UU minister.  He has been practicing insight meditation for 30 years. Allen has also followed in pilgrimage the footsteps of The Buddha throughout northern India.