Events

September 2026 - May 2027 Taught by Daryl Lynn Ross, True North Insight Co-founder and Guiding Teacher, with guest teachers Tatiana Castellanos, Melina Bondy, Muriel Ahmarani Jaouich, Arti Mehta, Rose Mina Munjee and Coral Short   Overview True North Insight is relaunching Metta Wisdom Way in a revised format, to adapt to responses we received to the program as it was introduced last fall; originally it was longer and included two residential retreats. We are sensitive to the feeling of having limited resources experienced by many in our practice community at this time, due to uncertainty and world events. This is a shorter program, without any required retreats, which still offers an immersion in Dharma teachings, practices and relationships. Metta Wisdom Way is a 9-month study and practice program to support you in deepening in Dharma wisdom and Metta (kindness). It’s an opportunity to bring open-heartedness and mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. An integral focus will be creating a practice community of friends which will be a network of support during the months of the program and beyond. In this course we’ll integrate Metta into every part of practice. Wisdom and Metta are essentially not separate; connection with all of life is at the heart of awakening. Practicing in daily-life settings with times for non-residential retreat and group meetings gives us opportunities for supported group practice and an emphasis on living and learning Dharma in the myriad encounters of daily life. So many of us wonder, how can we respond to painful and distressing events in the world with skill and kindness? Whatever our unique gifts and callings in our lives, deepening in Metta wisdom enables us to engage with a quality of being that embodies kindness and openness. This invites something new to emerge. “A deep calling of being alive now is to tend the quality of our presence in this breaking, hurting world to foreshadow and make the...