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Matthew will return in August 2008!
Matthew Daniell 
Residential Weekend Retreat
To be held at
Saint Raphaela Center
616 Coopertown Road
Haverford, Pennsylvania
August 22, 23, 24, 2008
Insight/Mindfulness Meditation with  Periods of Yoga Especially Formulated for Meditation

Matthew Daniell  has been practicing Buddhist meditation and yoga for over 20 years. He studied Zen in Japan and Insight Meditation in India, Burma, and Thailand. His teachers include Munindra, Dipa Ma, Larry Rosenberg, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein. He studied yoga in the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar of Madras India, and is certified to teach Shivananda and Kripalu traditions. Matthew co-leads retreats with Larry Rosenberg at the Insight Meditation Society, Omega, and Kripalu. He teaches mindfulness yoga at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center. He is a founder and the resident teacher at the Insight Meditation Center of Newburyport.

The cost for a retreat is $210.00   This fee includes two overnights and six meals
  Semi-private rooms. Some Single Rooms are available for an additional $25 
Cost for commuters is $160 which includes meals. Supporting member discount $20
Silence throughout with instruction, yoga, sitting and walking meditation.

Registration and room assignments Friday 5PM to 6:30 PM     Retreat ends Sunday at 4 PM
A dana basket will be available for teacher donations.
  A $25.00 deposit required. Fully refundable until August 15, 2008.

Limited spaces available and pre-registration is mandatory.
   Early registration is strongly encouraged.

A WEEKEND RETREAT is a wonderful opportunity to learn  meditation, to energize and deepen our practice and share in the support of others. We will be using Vipassana (Insight) Meditation and yoga as a means to opening to the innate wisdom, joy, and peace which lies in each of us.

THE PRACTICE OF MINDFULNESS, simple yet powerful, is the heart of meditation and the supreme antidote to distraction. Being mindful allows us to be more alert, calm and spacious. It truly is the gateway to liberation because we experience our bodies, emotions and thoughts with greater clarity and balance.
      In addition to the usual Vipassana retreat format, these retreats will include two optional periods of mindfulness yoga each day. This yoga, based on the teachings of T. K.V. Desikachar, is a form of mind-body training that emphasizes awareness of the coordinated movement of the body and breathing. This practice generates more energy, strengthens the spine, makes breath sensations more vivid and enables sitting meditation to be more stable and comfortable.
No previous yoga experience required and individual needs will be honored.
Please bring a yoga mat if you have one.

TEACHER SUPPORT

We do not have a strong monastic tradition in the West.  Most Insight teachers, however, try to follow the ancient model of generosity as much as is feasible in this culture.  Teachers do not receive any payment from PMC;  retreat fees cover only the Center 's costs and the teacher's airfare.  Teacher support is provided  by voluntary donations given to the

TO REGISTER, Complete this form and send it with your deposit to:
           The Philadelphia Meditation Center, 8 East Eagle Rd., Havertown, PA 19083


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Directions to St. Raphaela Center


Train: Penn Center Station: Take Paoli local to Bryn Mawr Station. 5 minutes by taxi

From Philadelphia: City Line Ave. (South). Turn right on Haverford Rd.. Go about 3 miles to College Ave. Go less than 1 mile. Turn right on Coopertown Rd. to entrance on left.

In Delaware County: Darby Rd. (heading West) to Coopertown Rd. (one block after Ardmore Ave.)  to dead end. Turn right on College Ave. You will pass our EXIT  sign. Continue to next street (Coopertown Rd. again), Turn left and then left to entrance on left.

From I-95 (North or South) to I-476 North to exit 13: St. Davids-Villanova. Follow signs for Villanova. Follow Lancaster Ave. (Route 30 East). You will pass Villanova University on the left. Turn right at County Line Rd. (McDonalds on left). Pass the Bryn Mawr Hospital. One light after Bryn Mawr Ave., turn right on Landover Rd. which eventually becomes Coopertown Rd. Pass Coopertown School on right and look for St. Rafaela entrance sign on right.

From PA Turnpike: (Going West) Get off at exit 25A (476 South). Follow 476 South t0 Exit 13: St Davids-Villanova. Follow directions above from Villanova exit. (Going East) Get off at Valley Forge. Follow 76 East to 476 South. See directions above for 476 South.

Tentative August 2008 Meditation and Yoga Retreat Schedule

Friday
5:00-6:30         Registration and light Dinner
7:30-9:00         Introductions, Opening Talk, Evening Practice
9:00                  Rest
Saturday
6:15                Rising Bell
6:45-7:30        First Sitting
7:30-8:30        Breakfast
8:30-9:15        Meditation Instruction and Sitting
9:15-9:45        Walking instructions and walking
9:45-10:15      Sit
10:15-11:15    Yoga  or Walk           
11:15-12:00    Sit       
12:00-1:15      Lunch and Rest
1:15-1:45       Walk       
1:45-2:30       Sit               
2:30-3:00      Walk or Meditation Q&A
3:00-3:45 Sit
3:45-4:45 Yoga or Walk
4:45-5:30 Sit
5:30-6:30 Tea
6:30-7:00 Walk
7:00-8:00 Dharma talk/Discussion
8:00-8:30    Walk               
8:30-9:15    Sit

Sunday
6:00             Rising Bell
6:30-6:45    Standing yoga
6:45-7:30    Sit         
7:30-8:15    Breakfast     
8:15-9:00    Sit
9:00-9:30    Walk     
9:30-10:15  Sit
10:15-11:15 Yoga or Walk         
11:15-12:00  Sit
12:00-1:15   Lunch and Rest
1:15-1:45    Walk
1:45-2:30    Sit
2:30-3:00     Walk
3:00-3:15     Metta Meditation
3:15-4:00    Dharma discussion and Course Closing
4:00            Departure