Indeed, this is an introvert’s paradise – a week of silence in the deep New England snow. No better place to meet yourself fully and just like you are, than in mindful silence.

I am grateful that I was able to spend the week of January 24 – 31, 2015 in silent retreat and mindfulness training at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts.  My teachers were exceptional in their own mindfulness practice, their wisdom and their knowledge . . .  John Peacock, Christina Feldman, and Chris Cullen, all from the United Kingdom. What good fortune to be able to sit with and be a student of these remarkable folks!  Upon my arrival, I was greeted again this year by a good old-fashioned New England blizzard, with 2 feet of fresh powder falling from the sky and wind-blown drifts exceeding 4 feet.  When I am safely ensconced indoors in silent retreat, I love this kind of weather, for it only deepens my sense of being enveloped in a womb of peace and stillness.