We are a non-profit organization made up of directors, teachers, volunteers, and founding members dedicated to guiding meditation practitioners from suffering to awareness. We offer online classes and meditation retreats in various locations around beautiful Muskoka.
We are a non-profit organization made up of directors, teachers, volunteers, and founding members dedicated to guiding meditation practitioners from suffering to awareness. We offer online classes and meditation retreats in various locations around beautiful Muskoka.
Working Mindfully with Koans
Sun, Apr 14
|Virtual Meditation Hall
Koans are ancient Zen stories of awakening that can help us cut through painful habitual patterns. We will sit with several different koans and let them do the work of opening to the great freedom that is already here waiting to be discovered.
Time & Location
Apr 14, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Jun 09, 2024, 8:30 p.m.
Virtual Meditation Hall
About the event
Eight Sundays 7-8:30pm
Sitting with a different koan every two weeks, these ancient stories will begin to unlock patterns in your daily life so that you can discover greater freedom from stress, pain, illness, and other aspects of life that feel burdensome, but needn't be. The course will cover other aspects of Buddhist psychology and secular mindfulness as well as elements of Taoism and other spiritual traditions. This rich exploration will be of most benefit to those with an established mindfulness/meditation practice.
Cost is on a sliding scale. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Scholarships are available.
Facilitated by Sarah Carlin-Ball. Sarah studies with a variety of teachers and on her own, including four years of intensive study with non-dual teacher, Matt Flickstein, a long relationship with Terry Hagan and Mala Sikka, core teachers at the Dharma Centre of Canada, and ongoing mentorship with Bill Knight, founding teacher of the Muskoka Mindfulness Community.
"Sarah was very committed to the group and clearly practices the teachings and made the experience very meaningful to us all."
"Sarah's way of teaching is as invaluable as what she teaches. She possesses a deep knowledge of her material - her guided meditations were superb. The follow up weekly emails only added to the value of the course."