Summer Solstice Meditation Retreat
- Lisa Hatala
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The MUUF Buddhist Sangha is most pleased to have the Rev. Allen Wells lead once again our annual all-day summer meditation retreat in Chu Family Hall on Saturday, June 20 from 9 am - 5 pm. (A morning option is also available.)
About the 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 will 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 requested by June 18, 2026. Morning only attendance is permitted.
To register and for more information, please visit the link below, or email meditation@muuf.org.
About the Rev. Allen Wells:
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.
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