mindfulnessThe Way of Awareness with Will Kabat-Zinn and Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Way of Awareness with Will Kabat-Zinn and Jon Kabat-Zinn at Omega Institute — Rhinebeck
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mindfulnessThe Way of Awareness: An Immersion Experience in Mindfulness & Heartfulness
This five-day workshop explores mindfulness not as technique but as the cultivation of open-hearted attention to lived experience. Led by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Will Kabat-Zinn, the program integrates formal and informal meditation practices, including body scan, sitting meditation, walking meditation, and guided movement. The retreat emphasizes the seamless continuity between formal practice and daily life, with substantial periods of silence punctuated by dialogue about emerging insights. Participants engage with mindfulness in relation to the full spectrum of human experience: stress, pain, illness, implicit bias, and social inequity. The schedule runs Sunday evening through Friday morning with early morning meditations, extended sessions, and evening dialogues. The retreat treats daily life itself as the primary curriculum.
mindfulnessThe 1% Practice: Tiny Moments—Lasting Peace
Barb Schmidt teaches the 1% Practice, a fourteen-minute daily meditation and mindfulness protocol designed to interrupt patterns of overwhelm and restore internal balance. The workshop spans three days at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, combining group instruction, contemplative writing, guided meditation, and mindful walking. Schmidt frames the practice as essential self-preservation rather than luxury wellness, addressing the modern paradox of increased connection alongside isolation, productivity alongside exhaustion, and information alongside anxiety. Participants learn concrete strategies to shift from reactivity toward a grounded presence, exploring how small intentional moments accumulate into lasting resilience. The work draws from Schmidt's book, The Practice: Simple Tools for Managing Stress, Finding Inner Peace, and Uncovering Happiness.
mindfulnessUnbridled Stories with Jennifer Cohen Harper
Unbridled Stories with Jennifer Cohen Harper at Omega Institute — Rhinebeck
mindfulnessComing Home to Yourself
This weekend workshop explores the integration of contemplative practice with the texture of everyday life. Led by Aditi Shah, the program addresses a common tension: how to honor mindfulness commitments while navigating work, relationships, and decision-making in real time. Rather than treating meditation as separate from daily existence, participants develop a sustainable approach that weaves intentional practice into the fabric of their actual circumstances. Through structured lectures, peer dialogue, and reflective writing, the workshop invites attendees to examine their relationship with themselves across time, and to design a way of living that feels both grounded in their values and genuinely sustainable. The goal is not transformation but alignment, helping participants stay anchored amid life's pace.
mindfulnessMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) with Chris Molnar and Alissa Yamasaki
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) with Chris Molnar and Alissa Yamasaki at Omega Institute — Rhinebeck
mindfulnessMeditation Party with Dan Harris, Sebene Selassie, and Jeff Warren
Meditation Party with Dan Harris, Sebene Selassie, and Jeff Warren at Omega Institute — Rhinebeck