Retreats

  • $304.00 – Residential Stay
    plus dana (offered at the end of the retreat) to the teacher and to Heartwood. You can read more about the practice of dana here.
  • $207.00 – Commuter Option
    plus dana (offered at the end of the retreat) to the teacher and to Heartwood. You can read more about the practice of dana here.
  • $50.00 – Day Long Option on Saturday 11/9 9-5pm
    plus dana (offered at the end of the retreat) to the teacher and to Heartwood. You can read more about the practice of dana here.

Date & Time Details: Opening Day: check in is between 2-5pm, with orientation at 5:30pm and supper at 6pm. Closing Day: ends at 11am.

Location: Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center

Address: 159 Osceola Rd Hendersonville, NC 28739

Contact: Retreat Manager
[email protected]
828-356-5568

Cancellation Policy: View Here

Room Assignments: Rooms are double-occupancy. Depending on the number of retreatants, if single rooms are available, we assign them in order of registration to those who registered earliest.

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A Journey Inward – Exploring the Five Faculties

with Tuere Sala

November 7 - 10, 2019

This journey towards inward awakening asks more of us than force of will.  It is a gradual unfolding of understanding and equanimity.  The engine behind this gradual unfolding are the five faculties.  The five faculties are faith (or conviction), energy, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom.  Together they gradually turn the wheel of dharma.

Faith/conviction strengthens energy; energy strengthens mindfulness; mindfulness strengthens concentration and concentration strengthens wisdom and vice versa. These five faculties are natural activities of mind that move us along the path.  This weekend retreat will focus on learning how to cultivate these faculties and recognize their impact upon our practice.

Leader

Tuere Sala
Tuere Sala is a Guiding Teacher at Seattle Meditation Society (SIMS). She is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced Vipassana meditation for nearly 30 years and has been a practicing member of SIMS since 2001.  She is also the founding teacher of the Capitol Hill Meditation Group.  Ms. Sala teaches weekly meditation sits, introduction to meditation classes, intermediate and advance practice courses, and Buddhist study courses. She offers residential retreats, weekend nonresidential and daylong meditation retreats on various Dharma principles, workshops using nonviolent communication (NVC) to support a mindfulness practice and mindfulness-based resilience training. She has completed extensive trainings including: Spirit Rock Community…
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