Online Classes, Workshops & Retreats 2025

Weekend Retreat 8pm Friday, February 21 - 12pm Sunday 23, 2025 CEST.

Suitability: Suitable for everyone. Meditators outside of this timezone are welcome to join in on the retreat at any time.

Instructor: Krister Trangius.

Cost: This retreat is run on dana (by donation) and Krister would like to offer all dana from this retreat to support Stephen Procter: Donate with PayPal

Registration: Please fill in this registration form https://forms.gle/BdHsRtJDVtnxgK286 .

Zoom link: Join on ZOOM *Note: This is a different link to weekly class links.

Retreat Topic: Being kind to what is: During this retreat, Krister will share with you meditation skills that will allow you to put down striving during meditation and instead turn your mind toward being kind and caring with what your present experience.

Description: Everyone is welcome to join this online MIDL Weekend Retreat. This is a wonderful opportunity to withdraw from the business of your life and spend time meditating within community. This retreat is suitable for any level of experience in MIDL Insight Meditation and contains guided meditations, Dhamma talks and optional 1-on-1 interviews.

Retreat Structure Europe CEST:

Meditators from other time zones are welcome to join in when they can.

FRIDAY Feb 21

• 8pm Introduction and guided meditation.
• 9.30pm Sleep & Rest.

SATURDAY Feb 22

• 7.30am Guided meditation.
• 8.30am Walking meditation.
• 9.00am Silent meditation.
• 10.00am Walking meditation.
• 10.30am Dhamma talk.
• 11.15am Lunch / break.
• 1pm Free sittings with silent/walking meditation and optional 1-on-1 interviews.
• 5pm Dinner / break.
• 7pm Silent meditation.
• 8pm Walking meditation.
• 8.30pm Silent meditation.
• 9.30pm Sleep & Rest.

SUNDAY Feb 23

• 7.30am Silent meditation.
• 8.30am Walking meditation.
• 9.00am Guided meditation.
• 10.00am Walking meditation.
• 10.30am Silent meditation.
• 11.30am Dhamma talk.
• 12.15pm Retreat finishes.

Next Workshop: Saturday, March 1 @ 9am - 12pm, 2025 EST

Suitability: Suitable for everyone.

Check here to see when this workshop is happening in your time zone. 

Instructor: Monica Heiser. 

Cost: by donation: https://paypal.me/MonicaHeiser

*MIDL teachers rely on your support to teach. When offering a donation, it is important to consider that they give up time with their family and friends to offer this gift to you.
 

Registration: Please fill in the Workshop Registration Form below. 

Zoom link: Join on Zoom *Note: all classes/workshops use the same zoom link.

Description: In this three-hour session, join MIDL teacher Monica Heiser in a series of short talks, guided meditations, Q&A, and independent practice time. These workshops are perfect for practitioners who are looking for an extended practice time in the comfort of their own home with community and guidance.

Workshop Topic: This month's workshop topic will be "student-centered" and will explore overcoming obstacles in our personal practice. Come discuss what is happening in your practice and find solutions that might be hindering your progress. 

Structure: Three people attending the workshop will have the opportunity to have Monica and experienced community members review and fine-tune their meditation practice.

• 9am Grounding exercise.
• 9:10am Person 1 practice review.
• 9:15am Talk.
• 9:30am Guided meditation.
• 10am Movement break.
• 10:10am Person 2 practice review.
• 10:15am Talk.
• 10:30am Guided meditation.
• 11am Q&A and Movement break.
• 11:15am Person 3 practice review.
• 11:20am Talk.
• 11:30am Guided meditation.
• 12pm Q&A / Closing remarks.

10 Day Online MIDL Insight Meditation Retreat 2025: 

Retreat Code: April112025

• US (EDT) 3pm Friday April 11 - 10.30am Monday 21.
• EU (CEDT) 8pm Friday April 11 - 3.30pm Monday 21.
• AUS (AEST) 5am Saturday April 12 - 5am Tuesday 22.

MIDL Insight Meditation: MIDL (Mindfulness in Daily Life) is a Buddhist Insight Meditation practice, based on Theravada Buddhist Suttas, designed for daily life. MIDL uses the development of samatha (calm) as a foundation for vipassana (insight) into hindrances to calm, during seated meditation, walking meditation and daily activities. Because of curiosity toward the integration of calm and insight, and its low levels of meditation induced dukkha (suffering), MIDL has the advantage over other retreat practices, of being able to be continued outside of meditation retreats in family and work life. 

Registration: Please fill in the Retreat Registration Form below.

*Note: Registration is not required for joining in group activities but it is required to register for private interviews and a retreat schedule.

MIDL Teachers: Join MIDL teachers Stephen Procter, Monica Heiser, and Krister Trangius in a 10-day online MIDL Insight Meditation Retreat hosted on zoom. This Retreat is a special opportunity to withdraw from the business of everyday life and deepen your experience of calm & insight practice in the Theravada Buddhist Insight Meditation Tradition. 

Retreat: There are three options for this retreat: 

1. Full Retreat (FR) means following the 10-day schedule, with the option of joining daily retreat group activities and private interviews with a teacher. 
2. Working Retreat (WR) means organising your time to meditate mornings and evenings while still working while being mindful in daily life, with the option of joining daily retreat group activities. 
3. Drop in Meditator means that you are welcome to join any of the daily retreat group activities online as displayed in the MIDL Class Calendar.

Online Meetings: The retreat will include online group meetings on Zoom throughout the day including Group sharing, Mindfulness of movement, Dhamma talks, and Optional 15-minute interviews. Join on Zoom

Private Interviews:  The first 20 Meditators registered for the Full Retreat (FR) will have the option of booking a 15-minute interview with a MIDL Teacher every second day. Full Retreat (FR) students who select Yes, in the question on interviews in the retreat registration form will be emailed an interview time appropriate for their time zone. We are currently looking at a way to offer optional interviews for meditators doing a Working Retreat (Option 2), but still have some complexities to overcome. Please note, to respect the teachers time, if you miss an interview and did not let the teacher know ahead of time that you could not make it, you will forfeit your remaining interview sessions.

Retreat Schedule: So that you can meditate with the MIDL community, retreat schedules are provided in US (EDT), EU (CEDT) and AUS (AEST) time zones. A link to the retreat schedule, as a PDF, will be included with your conformation.

Teacher Support: Dana: There is no formal charge for this 10-day MIDL Insight Meditation Retreat, as Stephen, Monica and Krister are offering their time as a gift preparing this retreat, and teaching it, as a gift to you in the spirit of dana (generosity & letting go). As the receiver of a gift, you also have the option to support their work by donating toward the time they have spent on the retreat using the PayPal links below.

• Stephen Procter: Donate with PayPal
• Monica Heiser: Donate with PayPal

*It is important to note that there is no expectation to donate, and no one will be turned away or judged in any way. Entering into the relationship of the gift, with these Dhamma teachers, is a movement and letting go of the heart.

We look forward to sharing these 10 days together.

With kindness and love,

Stephen, Monica & Krister.