​This five-day retreat, led by Dawn Mauricio and Yong Oh, offers a devotional practice experience blending chanting, bowing, and discussion to deepen one's spiritual connection within the everyday life of a householder.

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​With every breath, I plant the seeds of devotion.

​ - Rumi

​ Key Info

• ​​This offering has practice periods over the course of five days (Sunday, April 13th to Thursday, April 17th). You can use the same Zoom link to join all the sessions. Full description of event below.

• ​​Registration for this event will close on Saturday, April 12th at 12:00 p.m. PST.

• ​​This offering is shared on a tiered based contribution scale to support Sacred Mountain Sangha's operational costs. There will be opportunity to give dana and support the teachers at the end of the offering.

• ​This course will be recorded and recordings will be shared with all registered participants.

​Offering Description

​In the classical teachings, a 'Householder' is one who chooses a path of awakening through the doorway of lay life. Home, work, relationships, family, and all that we might hold as our day-to-day life is included. Everything is welcomed into the practice. Everything is Dhamma.

​Our daily lives will be weaved into this householder retreat form through the exploration of devotional practice. We will be invited into direct experience of the Sacred within our ordinary and wonderful life as it is. There will be guided practice, including chanting, bowing, and other devotional expressions, connection and discussion. This retreat is suitable for all levels of practice experience, and is welcome to anyone who wishes to deepen one's devotional heart in the midst of one's everyday life.  

​Schedule

• ​Sunday, April 13th: 3-hour half-daylong from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. PST (UTC-8)

• ​Monday, April 14th: 2 one-hour gatherings at 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. PST (UTC-8)

• ​Tuesday, April 15th: 2 one-hour gatherings at 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. PST (UTC-8)

• ​Wednesday, April 16th: 2 one-hour gatherings at 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. PST (UTC-8)

• ​Thursday, April 17th: retreat close at 7:00 a.m. PST (UTC-8)

​Facilitators

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​Dawn Mauricio

​Dawn (she/her) is one of SMS' core teachers. She is passionate about helping people remember their wholeness as a means to individual and collective liberation, through mindfulness, Buddhist wisdom, and somatics. You can learn more about Dawn and her teachings at dawnmauricio.com.

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​Yong Oh

​Yong (he/him) is a Dharma Council teacher at the Durango Dharma Center and a core teacher for SMS. Yong is also a retired acupuncturist, is passionate about Nature and Dharma, and has particular interests in devotional expression, supporting caregivers, and offering teachings to communities of color in the Dharma. For more, visit yongoh.com.