A seven-day silent residential retreat designed for Black/African womxn only will begin with intentional community building and unfold into periods of silent sitting and walking, meditation instruction, daily embodied movement, Dharma talks, and meetings with teachers.

Aishah will be away engaged in intensive sutta study and residential retreat teacher training, with limited availability for email, phone, and other forms of communication.

On Retreat (No Teaching Engagements)

Aishah will be on silent retreat, devoted to meditation practice and away from email, phone, and other forms of communication.

This retreat is specifically designed for professionals involved in mindfulness-based approaches, whether as teachers, trainers, psychotherapists, clinicians or researchers. A minimum requirement for attendance is prior completion of a recognized eight-week mindfulness course, or prior retreat experience together with a professional involvement with mindfulness. The teachers of this retreat are all involved in training mindfulness-based professionals or in teaching mindfulness.

Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s April Insight Meditation Retreat with teachers, Kamala Masters, Tara Mulay, Vance Pryor, Winnie Nazarko, and Joseph Goldstein (via Zoom only). Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Adam Stonebraker are the assistant teachers.