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Retreat Schedule

5:45-6:00 Wake Up
6:15-6:45 Yoga
6:45-7:30 Sitting Meditation
7:30-8:15 Breakfast
8:15-9:00 Walking Meditation
9:00-10:00 Sitting Meditation with Instruction and Q&A
10:00-10:45 Walking
10:45-11:30 Sitting
11:30-12:00 Walking
12:00-12:30 Sitting
12:30-2:15 Lunch and Rest
2:15-3:00 Sitting
3:00-3:45 Yoga
3:45-4:30 Guided Heart Meditation
4:30-5:00 Walking
5:00-5:30 Sitting
5:30-6:45 Supper and Walking
6:45-7:15 Sitting
7:15-7:30 Walking
7:30-8:30 Dharma Talk
8:30-9:00 Walking
9:00-9:30 Sitting and Chanting
9:30 Further Practice or Sleep

All the sitting, talks, and yoga were held in the same place - a big, round room with windows all around. The walking was on the grounds, and was often replaced (by me) with shower meditation, hammock meditation (my favorite), sitting in a chair with a cup of tea and staring out the window at the rain meditation, or sitting outside in the rain or shine listening to the birds meditation.

The schedule was posted all over. Even though I looked at it daily myself, every time I saw someone else looking at it, I thought, "I'll tell you what it says. It says, 'yoga, sit walk sit walk sit walk sit breakfast; walk sit walk sit walk sit walk sit walk sit lunch; sit yoga sit walk sit walk sit walk sit supper; walk sit walk sit walk sit walk sit sleep!'"