Dhamma Dena: 2022 Queer Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Venerable Fred, Nov 2022 (Week 3)

As the third week of the queer retreat comes to a close, Arinna offers morning instructions on transition and gratitude, followed by a guided meditation in appreciation for our bodies.

Dhamma Dena: 2022 Queer Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Venerable Fred, Nov 2022 (Week 3)

Arinna offers a dharma talk on gratitude: "Gratitude actually is the movement to appreciate that knows the particular characteristics and qualities of what we're moved to appreciate — and so we're coming to know the experience more accurately just as it is. So, it's a practice that actually brings us into right relationship with whatever we're being grateful for."

Dhamma Dena: 2022 Queer Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Venerable Fred, Nov 2022 (Week 3)

Morning instructions from Arinna on transforming the dynamics of ignorance through our moment-to-moment practice.

Dhamma Dena: 2022 Queer Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Venerable Fred, Nov 2022 (Week 3)

Guided evening compassion meditation offered by Arinna Weisman.

Dhamma Dena: 2022 Queer Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Venerable Fred, Nov 2022 (Week 3)

How do we know when greed and aversion are operating in our minds? Arinna gives a dharma talk on the transformative power of love.

Dhamma Dena: 2022 Queer Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Venerable Fred, Nov 2022 (Week 3)

Morning instructions from Arinna on mindfulness and beginning again: "So this combination of standing by — bearing witness — knowing — being present — being mindful — includes this wish not to abandon. Not to turn away from — but to be there for. To be there for ourselves. To be there for our lives, in a non-preferential way."

Dhamma Dena: 2022 Queer Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Ian Challis, Nov 2022 (Week 2)

Morning instructions from Arinna on self-determination: "We talk about this practice as so precious because it's giving us the tools to find a different way than reacting — and that different way is based on the capacity to respond differently."

Dhamma Dena: 2022 Queer Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Ian Challis, Nov 2022 (Week 2)

Guided evening metta meditation offered by Arinna Weisman.

Dhamma Dena: 2022 Queer Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Ian Challis, Nov 2022 (Week 2)

Morning instructions from Arinna: "What is living in my mind-heart right now? [...] The check-in comes from the intention to love: 'I love you honey, I care about you, and so I want to check in how things are'"

Dhamma Dena: 2022 Queer Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Ian Challis, Nov 2022 (Week 2)

Guided evening compassion meditation by Arinna Weisman.