Online: Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That – A Daylong Retreat for Radical Self Care
with Gina LaRoche
Saturday, December 9th, 2023 | 10:00am – 4:00pm ET
“If one knew oneself to be precious,
One would guard oneself with care.”
This opening to chapter 12 in Gil Fronsdale’s translation of the Dhammapada has been a valuable source of support and guidance for practice.
On this retreat, we will explore what it means to guard oneself with care during great uncertainty and tumult. We will find ways to nourish and sustain ourselves through moment-to-moment awareness, all while letting go of the context and structure of time while experimenting with the retreat form.
Gina’s teaching style is to allow the context of the moment to determine the structure and outline of our time together. Our practice will incorporate mindfulness of body and breath (the first and second foundations of mindfulness) and open awareness.
Formal kindness, compassion, and equanimity practice (Brahma Viharas) will also be woven throughout the day. The intention for this time is to carry what is learned from our formal practice into our day-to-day experience.
Depending on the yogis attending, a BIPOC-only practice time may be included.
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Teacher(s)
Gina LaRoche
Gina LaRoche is a trainee in the four-year IMS and Spirit Rock teacher training program. She started her meditation practice in 2000 and was introduced to Insight Meditation while attending her first residential retreat in 2010. Deeply transformed by the Dharma, Gina integrates its teachings into her daily life and work. She is a 2017 graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader Program, a founding teacher of Elm Community Insight in New Haven, CT, a former IMS Board member, and co-holds the monthly POC sit at CIMC (MA). Gina is married with two adult children and co-authored, The 7 Laws of Enough: Cultivating a Life of Sustainable Abundance.