Newsletter

Winter 2024

• Gil Fronsdal: Insight Retreat–Returning to Our Mind’s Natural Home
• A Practice Question from Retreat
• A BIPOC Retreat in Nature: August 6-10
• Introducing the 2021-2025 IMC/IRC Teacher Training Cohort
• Remembering Two Dedicated Volunteers

Summer 2023

• Gil Fronsdal: An Overview of Retreat Practice
• Big Changes: A Message from our Managing Director, Liz Powell
• Thanking Liz Powell, and Introducing Mei Elliot and Kodo Conlin, Our New Managing Directors
• IRC Resident Volunteer update: Immerse Yourself in Practice

Winter 2023

• Gil Fronsdal: Self-Retreats
• IRC Resident Volunteer Update:  
• Immerse Yourself in Practice
• Your Questions About Practice 

Summer 2022

• Gil Fronsdal: Renunciation
• IRC Resident Volunteer Update!
• Your Questions About Practice 
• Introducing DaRa Williams

Winter 2022

• Gil Fronsdal: Doing One Thing at a Time
• Your Questions About Practice
• Residential Retreats Offered as Webcasts via Zoom
• Caretaker/Facilities Manager Wanted

Summer 2021

• Gil Fronsdal: Community as Part of Retreat Practice
• Andrea Fella: Beliefs About Accepting What Is
• From Our Managing Director: Residential Retreat Update
• Introducing Diana Clark

Winter 2021

• Gil Fronsdal: Evaluating Your Practice, part 2   
• IRC Resident Volunteers:  Practicing Generosity
• IRC Update from Liz Powell, Managing Director
• Welcoming Tuere Sala and bruni dávila 

Summer 2020

• Gil Fronsdal: Practicing in Online Retreats at IRC
• IRC Resident Volunteers:  Life under Shelter-in-Place
• IRC Update from Gil

Winter 2020

• Gil Fronsdal: Skillful Evaluation of Your Meditation Practice–Part One
• Andrea Fella:  The Impulses that Move Us
• Help Fund Renewable Energy at IRC
• IRC Offsite Retreats

Summer 2019

• Gil Fronsdal: Meditation Instructions on Retreat
• Behind the Scenes Changes at IRC
• Your Questions about Practice
• A Favorite Retreat Recipe: Chicken Fried Tofu

Winter 2019

• Gil Fronsdal: Wise Perspectives for Retreat Practice
• Andrea Fella: Awareness of Thinking
• The Next Generation of Insight Retreat Teachers

Summer 2018

• Gil Fronsdal: Dharma Service on Retreat
• Andrea Fella: Noticing Agendas in Meditation
• Welcoming Bhikkhu Analayo

Spring 2018

• Gil Fronsdal: Mindfulness of Breathing on Retreat
• Andrea Fella: Working with Delusion
• Welcoming Ajahn Sucitto

Summer 2017

• Gil Fronsdal: Listening to Dharma Talks on Retreat
• The Highest Blessings: Life as an IRC Resident Volunteer

Winter 2017

• Gil Fronsdal: Preparing for a Retreat
• A Challenge and a Relief: Electronic Devices and Retreat

Summer 2016

• Gil Fronsdal: The Practice of Leaving a Retreat
• Andrea Fella: Finding Trust in an Unreliable World
• Introducing Leigh Brasington

Winter 2016

• Gil Fronsdal: Practicing with Pain on Retreat
• Andrea Fella: Love and Wisdom
• Introducing Pamela Weiss

Summer 2015

• Gil Fronsdal: Mindfulness of Meals During Retreats
• Andrea Fella: Continuity of Mindfulness on Retreat
• Your Questions About Practice

Winter 2015

• Gil Fronsdal: Mindful Postures
• Andrea Fella: Your Questions About Practice
• Behind the Kitchen Door

Summer 2014

• Gil Fronsdal: Practicing with Sleep During Retreats
• Reflections on Creating IMC and IRC
• A Day with Joseph Goldstein

February 2014

• Gil Fronsdal: Community as Part of Retreat Practice
• Andrea Fella: Patience
• Kim Allen: Living and Serving at IRC

October 2013

• Gil Fronsdal: Practice Discussions on Retreat
• Andrea Fella: The Factor of Attention in Meditation
• Bruni Dávila: Registering and Managing Retreats at IRC

July 2013

• Gil Fronsdal: Practicing with the Retreat Schedule
• Andrea Fella: No Distractions in Mindfulness Practice
• Shelley Gault: Managing a Retreat at IRC

March 2013

• Gil Fronsdal: The Practice of Work Meditation
• Andrea Fella: Recognizing Mindfulness
• Max Erdstein: A New Teacher’s Perspective

August, 2012

• Gil Fronsdal: Retreat Practice
• Andrea Fella: Taking Retreat Practice Home

March, 2012

• Gil Fronsdal: The Dana of Dana Retreats
• Andrea Fella: Concentration and Relaxation, 
• Aaron Chavira: Freedom for the Busy

September, 2011

• Gil Fronsdal: The Silence of a Silent Retreat
• Andrea Fella: Retreats: A Personal Journey that Nourishes Everyone
• Dawn Neal and Victor Medina: A Practitioner’s Perspective