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Wake Up to Your Life: A Householder Retreat
With Dawn Mauricio and Gullu Singh
September 28 – October 2, 2025
This online program is open to both beginning and experienced practitioners.
In the Buddha’s time, the path of awakening was not reserved for monastics alone. The Householder’s Way invites us to wake up in the midst of our lives—not in spite of them. Work, relationships, family, and the responsibilities of daily living are not obstacles to the path—they are the path.
This retreat will explore how mindfulness, wise effort, wise speech, and heartful presence can be cultivated right where we are—within the sacred rhythms of ordinary life. Through guided meditation, dharma reflections, relational practices, and embodied ritual, we’ll reconnect with the possibility of awakening in every moment.
Together, we’ll honor our lives as the very ground of practice, and remember that the conditions for waking up are already here. This retreat is open to all, whether you are new to practice or a seasoned practitioner longing to more fully integrate the teachings into your life.
Registration for this program closes on September 27, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. To inquire about joining after registration closes, please contact guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org.