Theme: The Breath as Anchor and Mirror. Please see below for a full description.

What and When

• Dharma Talk: Friday November 20 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. The Dharma Talk (Buddhist teachings) will be followed by discussion. Water, tea and light snacks will be available for in-person attendees.
• Daylong Retreat: Saturday November 21 from 9am to 4pm. The full-day retreat will include guided and silent meditations, walking meditation, talks and sharing in community. In-person participants are asked to bring a bag lunch/snacks. Water, tea and light snacks will be available.

Where: The event will be held in-person and online.

• In-person: St. Peter’s Community Hall, 211 Mulberry St., Lewes, DE.
• Online via Zoom: Please use this Zoom Link to join us through the app or your browser. If you prefer to dial-in, or have additional questions about joining us on Zoom, please send us an email.

Suggested Dana: The suggested dana for the Friday talk is $10 and is $45 for the retreat. For those with limited income, 50%, or any amount of the suggested donation offered is welcome. If budget does not allow for a donation, no explanation is needed. Please see our Dana page for information on how to send it.

Info: For more information contact Carolyn Quinn at info@imc-lewes.com or 302 604 0132 (mobile)

The Breath as Anchor and Mirror

Ahead of these events Luisa shared the following:

What is the relationship between tranquility and insight? What can we learn from calming the body and mind? Rather than treating tranquility and wisdom as separate, mindfulness of breathing practice treats them as two sides of the same coin, and guides us to cultivate them in a mutually supportive way. Attention to the breath then becomes a dynamic bridge not only between body and mind, but between tranquility and insight. Calmness clears the ‘muddy water’ of our experience, while insight prevents stagnation, and as insight deepens, unshakeable calm can be present. 

A Friday evening talk/practice and following Saturday daylong retreat will give us an opportunity to explore the relationship and balance between tranquility and insight. The day-long session will include guided and silent meditations, walking meditation, talks and sharing in community.

About Luisa

Luisa Montero has been practicing meditation since 1987 and teaching meditation since 1993. She completed the first three-year Community Dharma Leadership program offered by Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Luisa has been affiliated with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington since its inception (and through the years as retreat manager, volunteer, Board member, and teacher) and was an officer on the founding Board. She started the WSYC/Takoma Park class in 1994 and continues to teach there. She teaches meditation classes, day-longs, and local residential retreats.

Additionally, Luisa is a mentor in the Mindfulness Meditation Teachers Certification Program. Prior to her exploration of Buddhist meditation, she studied Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way and the Christian mystics.