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Clifton, AZ Retreat December, 2009

October 16 to 27, 2006 Fall GWV Charismatic Meditation Teacher Training Retreat, Altoona, Pennsylvania

October 8 to 15, 2006 Fall GWV Charismatic Meditation Teacher Training Retreat, Culpepper, Virginia

July 13-16, 2006 Lecture, "The Witch Hunt, The Oppression of the Ecstatic Contemplative in Contemporary U.S. American Culture" at CESNUR (Center for Studies on New Religions), Conference on Religion, Globalization, and Conflict: International Perspectives
San Diego State University, San Diego, California. (download PDF poster)

July 9, 2006, Jhana-Walk, the Walking Meditation in costume with masks, at the Farmers Market in Ojai, Sunday, 11am to noon.

May 28, 2006, Jhana-Walk, the Walking Meditation in costume with masks, at the Farmers Market in Ojai, Sunday, 11am to noon.

May 23-June 1, 2006 10-day GWV Charismatic Meditation Teacher Training Retreat, in Gold Hill near Boulder, CO • Dhamma Dialogs from this retreat (download PDF poster) Retreat Report

March 2-5th, 2006 4-day Jhana retreat in Oracle, near Tucson, AZ (download PDF poster)

Dec 1, 2005 - Jan 30, 2006
Winter Wilderness Meditation Retreat in Death Valley in the Inyo National Forest, California, USA

Oct 1 - Nov 30, 2005
Fall Wilderness Meditation Retreat in the Lower Owens River Valley of the Inyo National Forest, California, USA

May 6 - Sept. 30, 2005
Summer Wilderness Meditation Retreat in the Inyo National Forest, California, USA

April 29 - May 1, 2005
Discover the Joy of Meditation, Jhana. Understanding the 8th Fold of the Noble Eightfold Path. A weekend workshop in ecstatic meditation in Yuma, AZ, USA

January 14, 2005
Jhana, Understanding the 8th Fold of the Noble Eightfold Path. Weekly classes at the Ada Peirce McCormick Building, Little Chapel of All Nations, 1401 E. First St. Tucson, AZ, USA

July 1- Sept. 6, 2004
Summer Wilderness Meditation Retreat in the Inyo National Forest, California, USA

May 24th, 2004
What is Ecstatic Buddhism? at the Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA, USA

May 20 - 23, 2004
Discovering the Joy of Meditation at the Living Lighthouse, Santa Monica, California, USA

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