More and more people are meditating these days, and research is proving meditation is good for everything from insomnia to stress. But what is it, exactly? Where do you begin if you want to learn to meditate, and what can you expect?

Meditation doesn’t need to be mysterious. Susan Piver, author of Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation , shows you how to begin. Through discussion, periods of meditation, contemplative exercises, and partner work, you explore the basics of this ancient practice. You learn how to avoid the most common obstacles and create a practice that you can sustain at home.

As you experience meditation, you come to understand the benefits reach beyond improved health to include greater kindness, patience, discernment, wisdom, and joy. It naturally opens your heart and allows you to live with grace and confidence.

This retreat is designed for beginners, but anyone looking to jump-start a flagging meditation practice is welcome.