It is with pleasure that I can announce the resumption of our silent meditation and yin yoga retreats at Karuna Center in Algarve,...

I write this as it is approaching three months since I spent six days on a silent meditation retreat in the hills of Monchique, Portugal....

' In this world we walk on the roof of hell gazing at flowers. " Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1827) This is heaven, call it home. This is...

MAITRI RETREATS AND HAMID EBADI – AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF ‘COMING HOME’ “Meditation is a bodily practice.” I will never ever forget...

orientation talk on the first day of our july 2018 sesshin in sierra de monchique, algarve, portugal. a presentation of the practice of...

windows shut curtains drawn from the paddies sunlight pouring in screeching of cicadas pouring in no one inside no one outside ...

Less than a month to our silent meditation retreat in the Serra de Monchique, Portugal. Some of you are making the journey from other...

it's destiny you said encounter of destinies should one time we meet it is an overnight stay in a rundown hermitage stars spread...

cold wind roaring through monchique hills down into the valley though silent we stand on your way are part of your voice with...

early morning sitting on the edge of a cliff a sea of clouds to watch blooming mountains endlessly drift away #monchique #retreat...

preparing sesshin inside trees there was i born there each time i die that moment when the owl's last call with songs of waking...

Since the beginning of our silent retreats at Maitri-Retreats, our meditation format has been zazen which translates into zen meditation...

Sitting through a sesshin is something you need to come and experience for yourself as this is as personal an experience as it gets and...

My time in Bali is soon coming to an end and in a little more than a month I will be leaving this island after having lived here with my...

when things start falling apart, hold on to your seat. albert camus puts it this way: there is no love of life without despair of life. ...

ease into this the need to know i have blown it out in your heart paths and journeys now silenced are you awake or is this still sleep...

we passed this gate to reach our place of practice, a towering ganesha greeting us. we sat through an intensive period of meditation...

Our sesshin (silent meditation retreat) in Monchique, South Portugal, is less than a month away. Some of you have written to express your...

over the past ten years, i have had the honor to share teachings with many students in india, bali and some other parts of the world. the...

Thank you Jennifer Stretton for posting your blog entry about our Bali retreat here below. Five years have passed and we have all become...