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Typical Schedule

Typical Schedule

You will be provided a schedule to follow upon arrival, similar to the one below. There is some variation between retreats, as some might include more or less movement, chanting, music, Q&A, reflections in dyads, individual or small group meetings/interviews with the teacher.

Arrival Day:

  • 4-6pm:     Check-In
  • 4:30-5:30pm:     Optional Grounds Tour with SDRC Staff
  • 6pm:     Orientation followed by Dinner
  • Opening session with your teacher(s) could begin as early at 7:30pm and end as late at 9:45pm
  • Noble Silence usually begins upon leaving the Meditation Hall
  • 10pm     Lights out

vipassana centers Full Retreat Days:

  • 6:30am     Wake up
  • 6:45am     First sitting period
  • 7:30am     Breakfast
  • 8:30am     Working meditation
  • 9:45am     Morning Sit
  • 11am     Walking Meditation
  • 11:30am     Sitting Meditation
  • 12:30pm     Lunch
  • 1pm     Personal time
  • 2:30pm     Sitting Meditation
  • 3pm     Mindful Movement (yoga, qi gong, etc)
  • 3:45pm     Sitting Meditation
  • 4:30pm     Heart Practice
  • 5:30pm     Walking Meditation
  • 6pm     Dinner
  • 7:30pm     Evening Talk
  • 8:30pm     Walking Meditation
  • 9pm     Closing Sit
  • 10pm     Lights out

Departure Day:
Similar morning program followed by end of Noble Silence at lunch and departure by 2:00pm

While on retreat, we encourage you to practice putting down your ideas of how the schedule “should” be. It is natural to feel constriction regarding a new routine that varies from your daily customs. Instead of resisting, allow yourself this opportunity to notice and tenderly let go. Retreat is a radical opportunity to sink into a rhythm where you don’t have to plan or constantly check your phone… just be.

Additionally, since we live and practice in close community here, it’s important to respect the schedule so as not to disrupt others. Together, we co-create the community and atmosphere of each retreat.

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1661 West Road
Hot Springs, NC 28743

!Please see your participant website for arrival day phone number!

828-622-7112

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