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Winter Retreats in Asia

Join us for two wonderful Vipassana Hawai´i retreats in Asia this winter!

January 11-31

Kyaswa Monastery Fusion Retreat, Sagaing Hills, Burma (Myanmar)

with Sayadaw U Pannabhinanda, Michele McDonald, and Steven Smith

Dec 29- January 5

New Year’s Retreat, Khao Sok National Park, Thailand

with Steven Smith and Julie Seibt

For this silent retreat at the magnificent and remote Khlong Long Lake in Southern Thailand, Steven Smith will teach Vipassana meditation while Julie leads mindful movement sessions twice daily.  Each participant will enjoy a floating bungalow at this rustic and spectacular venue offered by Jungle Yoga. Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary is a remote, beautiful lake in the interior of Southern Thailand. For more information, click here or email BodyMindEase here.

January 11-31

Kyaswa Monastery Fusion Retreat, Sagaing Hills, Burma (Myanmar)

with Sayadaw U Pannabhinanda, Michele McDonald, and Steven Smith

This three-week meditation retreat will be held at Kyaswa Monastery in the Sagaing Hills of Upper Burma (Myanmar). The hills are filled with centuries-old pagodas, monasteries, and nunneries, and are one of the most important practice centers of Theravada Buddhism. This “fusion” retreat offers a rare opportunity to practice meditation using highly respected traditional Burmese monastic methods supported by a skilled Western teaching perspective. For more information on the retreat and our teachers, please visit click here or email our registrar here.