Freedom in the path of the heart - a retreat with Simi Levi

Led By Simi Levi

Location: Kibbutz Ein Dor

Brahma Vihara retreat - Love, Forgiveness and compassion

"Out of a quiet heart love is born

When love meets suffering, it becomes compassion

When love meets joy, it becomes bliss" (Jack Kornfield)

As meditation practitioners we sometimes tend to develop habits that leave gentleness, love, compassion and joy "off the cushion" and outside of our practice. With an emphasis on forgiveness as a deep movement of renunciation, empowerment and compassion, In this retreat we will learn to cultivate the qualities of friendship and loving-kindness (Metta).

During these six days we shall practice an age-old mediation technique taught by the Buddha which has as its aim freeing the heart from its habitual patterns of contraction, fear, blame and anger while wisely and gently cultivating grace by seeing the good in all, creating an intimacy with one's self and with the world.

This retreat is meant for those who have completed at least one long retreat with Tovana.

More on the practice of Metta in this article by Sharon Salzberg: 

http://www.vipassana.com/meditation/facets_of_metta.php

If you have never attended a course with Tovana please click here