MBSR based silent retreat Online June 22nd – 27th 2021
Join Beth Mulligan PA-C and John Taylor for this 6-day, 5-night, silent teacher led mindfulness meditation retreat. Participate remotely from the safety and comfort of your own space as you deepen your relationship to your own practice and your understanding of mindfulness.
MBSR based silent retreat Online June 22nd – 27th 2021
June 22nd - 27th 2021
4:00 pm - 12:00 pm
Led by Beth Mulligan and John Taylor
Co-Sponsored by The Mindful Leader, this online mindfulness retreat meets the retreat requirements for numerous mindfulness based teacher training programs. And is also open to sincere practitioners who wish to cultivate their own practice under the guidance of experienced teachers.
Questions?
For Beth Mulligan, email beth@mindful-way.com or call +1 760-799-7847
Pre-Retreat Evening Orientation: Note schedule is on Eastern time. Subtract 3 hours for Pacific time
- 7:00 – 9:00 pm: Opening
Typical Retreat Days (Day 1 – Day 4)
- 9:30 – 11:00 am: Morning practice
- 11:00 – 12:00 am: Meal (informal practice)
- 12:00 – 1:30 pm: Practice
- 1:30 – 2:30 pm: Meal (informal practice)
- 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Practice
- 5:30 – 7:00 pm: Meal (informal practice)
- 7:00 – 8:30 pm: Practice
Final Retreat Day
- 9:30 – 11:00 am: Morning practice
- 11:00 – 12:00 pm: Meal (informal practice)
- 12:00 – 3:00 pm: Sit and closing
Instructors
Beth Mulligan
Beth Mulligan, PA-C is a certified MBSR teacher, teacher trainer, and adjunct faculty through the UMASS Center for Mindfulness. She has been teaching MBSR for over a decade to diverse populations; from the critically ill, to non-profit organizations, the underserved, educators, and corporate leaders. She currently teaches at the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at UCI and Insight LA. Beth teaches the 10-week and nine-day practicum for teachers in training nationally and internationally. Beth is a certified Mindful Self-Compassion teacher and teacher trainer and does international training for the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion.
Beth has a background in primary care medicine as a Board Certified Physician Assistant having graduated Magna cum Laude from Duke University and has practiced medicine for over thirty years. She is a long time student of Charles Tenshin Fletcher, Roshi at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center where she has lived in residence. Beth is the Guiding Dharma teacher at Insight Community of the Desert and is a certified yoga instructor.
Beth is the Author of The Dharma of Modern Mindfulness, New Harbinger Publications
John Taylor
John Taylor is a Certified Teacher of MBSR as defined by the UCSD Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute. He has practiced Reiki, and other hands on healing modalities for over 30 years. John is currently a faculty member of the Innerwork Center in Richmond, Virginia where he teaches Mindful Based Stress Reduction, facilitates Silent Retreats and leads other mindfulness programs. In UCSD’s Mindfulness-Based Proffessional Training Insitites’ commitment and our offering of a Teacher Training for a cohort to BIPOC Teacher trainees; he brings a wealth of experience to guide the training. His trauma sensitivity makes him the perfect team member for our MBSR Program for Survivors Empowered ,
John is an active member of the Greater Richmond community where a large focus of his work has been on racial equity, reconciliation initiatives, and facilitated community dialogues. He currently he serves as a director of Side by Side, an organization that provides supportive communities for Virginia’s LGBTQ+ youth as well as training, education and awareness programs for adults. John lives in North Chesterfield, VA with his partner, their three children (and three dogs).