Carl Skooglund from the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW), led members of IMC-Lewes on a virtual day-long retreat on February 12.

The retreat focused on the theme Making Effort Easier. It was Skooglund’s intent to “offer up some fresh perspectives and practices that will help effort make more sense, and seem more valuable — which can make effort much easier!”

Our time together included guided meditation, dharma talk & questions, walking meditation, sitting mediation, and mindful sharing.

After the retreat Carl shared with us a very useful resource — the detailed notes he used for his dharma talk on “Right Effort” which you can view here.

Below are the audio files from the February 12 retreat, which you can either listen to here or download to your device.

Part 1 — Welcome and Opening Meditation (44:22)or Download Part 1

Part 2 — Dharma Talk and Questions (1:08:19)or Download Part 2

Part 3 — Walking Meditation and Movement Intro (6:59)or Download Part 3

Part 4 — Questions and Sharing (13:25)or Download Part 4

Part 5 — Sitting Meditation Intro (4:08)or Download Part 5

Part 6 — Walking Meditation and Movement Intro (0:45)or Download Part 6

Part 7 — Final Sitting Meditation Intro (3:06)or Download Part 7

Part 8 — Closing and Sharing (15:27)or Download Part 8