A Two-day Online Retreat

Friday, May 15, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 

and

Saturday, May 16, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

So much of our suffering in the present is caused by fear and anxiety about what may or might unfold in the future. Unable to see the future clearly or control all the variables in our life and the lives of those around us, we spin myriad imaginary future-based scenarios in our minds, which can result in the experience of a constellation of emotional afflictions, i.e. worry, anxiety, fear. In this online retreat, Florida Community of Mindfulness Dharma Leader Ken Lenington will guide participants through key teachings and practices to explore the distorted and delusive mental processes that fuel our fears. He will help us uncover our natural capacity to navigate today’s world with a more calm, clear and courageous mind.

Our retreat, via Zoom, will involve sitting and walking meditation, and Dharma teachings. This Dharma Path retreat is appropriate for practitioners at all levels who have experience with meditation, and is open to both members and nonmembers. We will begin Friday evening from 7-9 pm and continue Saturday from 8 am - 1 pm.

For more information please contact Ken at kenlen108@gmail.com.

Registration will close Thursday, May 14.

Ken Lenington has had a meditative practice in various traditions starting in 1970. He was drawn to the Plum Village (Thich Nhat Hanh) tradition in the 1990s and began practicing in that tradition with a sangha in 2003. He met Fred Eppsteiner at the Southern Dharma Retreat Center in 2004 and has been his student since then. Within the FCM he has mentored new members, OI aspirants, and Intensive participants over the course of several years. He retired in 2015 from his work as a psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist, which included utilizing mindfulness and meditation both with patients he worked with as well as teaching other mental health professionals. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where he is active with the local Thich Nhat Hanh Sangha and also leads a mindfulness practice group.