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The Buddhist path cultivates four powerful and transformative qualities: kindness, compassion, joy, and balance. These qualities are innate human capacities, and can be developed into steadfast dwelling places for the heart. Known as the brahmavihāras, or “sublime homes,” these states can serve as powerful supports both for deepening concentration and insight on the contemplative path and for responding to suffering in these troubled times. In this silent meditation retreat, we will explore techniques to develop each of the four sublime states, and to release the obstacles that hinder us from living a full life and responding meaningfully to the needs of our world. Our time together will include silent and guided sitting meditation, walking meditation, Dharma talks, instructions, Q&A and small group meetings with the teachers. This retreat is appropriate for both beginning and more experienced meditators.

This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.

The Buddhist path cultivates four powerful and transformative qualities: kindness, compassion, joy, and balance. These qualities are innate human capacities, and can be developed into steadfast dwelling places for the heart. Known as the brahmavihāras, or “sublime homes,” these states can serve as powerful supports both for deepening concentration and insight on the contemplative path and for responding to suffering in these troubled times. In this silent meditation retreat, we will explore techniques to develop each of the four sublime states, and to release the obstacles that hinder us from living a full life and responding meaningfully to the needs of our world. Our time together will include silent and guided sitting meditation, walking meditation, Dharma talks, instructions, Q&A and small group meetings with the teachers. This retreat is appropriate for both beginning and more experienced meditators.

This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.

Online Retreat Details:
The online retreat will be offered via Zoom and will include: meditation instructions, Dharma talks, and opportunities to ask questions during Q&A with on-land teachers, broadcasted live from Spirit Rock’s Upper Meditation Hall. There will also be practice meetings on Zoom with a dedicated online Spirit Rock teacher, as well as online affinity groups. Please note: the on-land teachers will not offer practice meetings to online practitioners. This retreat has a limited number of spaces for online participants.

Through the practices of mindfulness and equanimity, the heart discovers a capacity for steadiness and love, which allows us to stay open to the challenges of our times without being broken by them. During this silent retreat, we will call on mindfulness to support the cultivation of equanimity, a relational and meditative ballast, through guided meditations, dharma talks, one-on-one practice meetings with teachers, and periods of sitting and walking meditation. This retreat is open to all levels of experience and anyone interested in the Buddha’s teachings of liberation, wisdom, and compassion.

Jessica Morey is a meditation teacher and coach who has been practicing meditation for almost three decades. She studied engineering and worked in clean energy finance before founding Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, a nonprofit organization bringing in-depth mindfulness and compassion training to youth. Jessica brings a sense of playfulness and care to her teaching and is focused on how we can bring our meditation practice off the cushion and into our relationships and our work. Contemplative practice has been central to her life and work–whether focused on clean energy and climate policy, or growing an international youth mindfulness organization.

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Mondays, 12-1:15pm ET
Live on Zoom | July 14 – August 25 (no class July 28)

In this six-week class, we’ll read How Compassion Works: A Step-by-Step Guide to Cultivating Well-Being, Love, and Wisdom—a newly released book by Lama John Makransky and Dr. Paul Condon. The book draws on decades of Tibetan Buddhist meditation teaching and cutting-edge insights from psychological science. The book offers a rare and powerful synthesis of Tibetan compassion practices, attachment theory, and contemplative psychology.

John’s teachings have been central to my own practice and teaching for over a decade—and as you probably know, I’m all about Attachment Theory and therapeutic modalities like Somatic Experiencing and Internal Family Systems. This book brings together two of my deepest passions and most reliable personal resources. I’m so excited to share these with you and explore them together!

Each 75-minute class includes a guided meditation, a short teaching based on that week’s chapter, and time for group reflection and discussion. We will focus particularly on how we can apply the teachings on compassion into our actual lives each week – and what changes in our experience internally and externally when we do. 

All sessions will be recorded and shared within 48 hours of each class.

This course is offered on a dana (generosity-based) model. Please pay what feels good and meaningful to you.

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

In this retreat dedicated to supporting the health and well-being of young adults in these difficult times, we will co-create a refuge from all forms of oppression, a nourishing refuge of rest and rejuvenation. With the Buddhist teachings of wisdom and compassion as our guide, we will cultivate a wholehearted attention to the present moment, waking up from worldly delusion and developing embodied ease, clarity, and kindness.

The retreat format includes daily meditation instruction, group and individual meetings with teachers, and opportunities for questions and discussion. An optional daily period of mindful movement will be offered by Lissa Edmond.

The course will end with a day of optional activities centered on building relationships, supporting community, and integrating the practice into our everyday lives.

All are welcome to attend – this silent retreat is open to both beginning and experienced meditators.

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

In this retreat dedicated to supporting the health and well-being of young adults in these difficult times, we will co-create a refuge from all forms of oppression, a nourishing refuge of rest and rejuvenation. With the Buddhist teachings of wisdom and compassion as our guide, we will cultivate a wholehearted attention to the present moment, waking up from worldly delusion and developing embodied ease, clarity, and kindness.

The retreat format includes daily meditation instruction, group and individual meetings with teachers, and opportunities for questions and discussion. An optional daily period of mindful movement will be offered by Lissa Edmond.

The course will end with a day of optional activities centered on building relationships, supporting community, and integrating the practice into our everyday lives.

All are welcome to attend – this silent retreat is open to both beginning and experienced meditators.

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Spend a half‑day (4.5 hours) gently acquainting yourself with the meeting point of Buddhist wisdom and contemporary Attachment Theory. Through guided meditation, visualizations, and reflective inquiry, we’ll introduce practices that point toward the unshakeable, unconditional loving presence available in each of us.

This retreat offers a taste of the concepts and methods you can continue exploring in daily life and future programs. By the end, you’ll leave with:

• a foundational understanding of how Buddhist and Attachment Theory frameworks complement one another;
• several straightforward practices you can try on your own;
• greater confidence that this inner steadiness and warmth are trainable qualities, even in challenging times.

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. My intention is to choose a theme each month to focus on.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

Tentative topics:

• Sept + Oct: Cultivating meditative attention and calm + somatic practices for calming the body and mind

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. My intention is to choose a theme each month to focus on.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

Tentative topics:

• Sept + Oct: Cultivating meditative attention and calm + somatic practices for calming the body and mind

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. My intention is to choose a theme each month to focus on.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

Tentative topics:

• Sept + Oct: Cultivating meditative attention and calm + somatic practices for calming the body and mind

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. My intention is to choose a theme each month to focus on.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

Tentative topics:

• Sept + Oct: Cultivating meditative attention and calm + somatic practices for calming the body and mind

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.

Join me for a weekly Meditation Q+A with my friend (and podcast partner) Jon Roberts. 

Each Tuesday at noon ET, we’ll host a short 30-minute gathering where we:

• Banter a bit (as usual)
• Answer one meditation-related question—submitted ahead or asked live
• Guide a brief sit

It’s free and open to all, thanks to generous hosting by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Come drop in for some midday mindfulness.

Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/40VZPvy
No registration needed, just show up!

All sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube.

Have a question you’d like us to explore?

Send it my way at jessiemorey at gmail —we’ll try to answer it at an upcoming session.

We’ll be running these gatherings at least through the fall, so bring your thorniest meditation (or life) questions. 

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. Each month, we’ll dedicate time to a specific theme or practice.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.

In person retreat with John Makransky and Jessica Morey.

From a Tibetan Buddhist perspective, our buddha nature is the boundless space of awareness, warmth, and wisdom that is always present beneath our conditioned patterns of thought and reaction. This retreat introduces three modes of meditation—receptive, deepening, and inclusive—drawn from Tibetan Buddhism and supported by insights from modern psychology. These meditations are designed to help us realign with our innate buddha qualities, making us into a profoundly healing environment for all parts of ourselves and others, from which to hold all in a sustaining power of compassion and wisdom.

This retreat is both for Buddhist practitioners and for people of all faiths who have previous contemplative experience and seek an accessible way to cultivate unconditional love and wisdom. The weekend will include explanation of the principles of the practice, guided meditations, Q&A, and discussion. Noble silence will be practiced.

Prerequisites: At least two years of daily contemplative practice (meditation or prayer). And before the retreat, please read John’s book, How Compassion Works, or as much of it as possible. Meditation handouts will be provided.

Price: $375 double, $575 single, plus teacher dana

Linens, including pillows and towels, are available to rent from Potash Hill for $15 and can be added within the registration.

(We aim to provide scholarships for this retreat, but it is not guaranteed at this time. )

Teacher dana

If registration is full when you try to sign up please use this Waitlist Form and we will let you know if a spot opens up!

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. Each month, we’ll dedicate time to a specific theme or practice.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. Each month, we’ll dedicate time to a specific theme or practice.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. Each month, we’ll dedicate time to a specific theme or practice.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. Each month, we’ll dedicate time to a specific theme or practice.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.

Transforming Mindfulness into Wisdom
How does mindfulness become wisdom?

In this evening talk and practice, we’ll explore how insight arises when we learn to see our thoughts, sensations, emotions, and underlying views clearly—and especially how these elements interact and build on one another to create our perception of reality. Drawing from both Buddhist teachings and contemporary psychology, we’ll explore this capacity—often called metacognition, or the capacity to be aware of one’s own and others’ minds—and how it helps loosen identification, reduce suffering, and support more skillful, compassionate responses in daily life.

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. Each month, we’ll dedicate time to a specific theme or practice.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.

In this half-day retreat, we’ll explore what “true love” really means from both Buddhist and psychological perspectives. Drawing on the Four Brahmavihāras—the Divine Abodes of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity—along with research from attachment theory, we’ll examine how love can become a steady refuge rather than something fragile or fleeting.

We’ll begin by developing the capacity to recognize and receive the love and care already present in our lives. From there, we’ll practice strengthening our ability to extend and express love—toward ourselves, those dear to us, and the more difficult people in our lives.

The retreat will include guided meditation, short teachings, and reflective exercises.

During this regular bi-monthly meditation group (2nd + 4th Mondays of the month), we will continue to explore the cultivation of compassion and awareness rooted in the Sustainable Compassion Training practices of John Makransky. Each meeting will include a guided meditation and discussion – with an emphasis on integrating practice into daily life. Each month, we’ll dedicate time to a specific theme or practice.

To begin we will be diving into John Makransky + Paul Condon’s new book How Compassion Works – much more slowly than than we did during the summer book group. So expect to have more time to explore each of the practices presented in the book.

I will also incorporate relevant practices and teachings from my practice and training in other lineages/teachers, including somatic meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Insight Meditation.

During these sessions, please also come with any other questions about your meditation practice or how to apply it in your life – we’ll make time for questions and discussion.

You are welcome to drop in when you can make it – and you are encouraged to come regularly so that we can all get to know each other – I can get to know your practice and be able to better support you that way.

To register and get the zoom link click Register below.