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Insight Meditation Retreat

Weekend Vipassana Retreat

Seeing Clearly: The Path of Insight

Start: 2025 dates coming soon @ 4:30 pm

End: 2025 dates coming soon @ 1:00 pm

Retreat Description:

This Insight Meditation weekend retreat is being held at the Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House, located in Lake Dallas, TX. The weekend vipassana retreat begins on Thursday, 2025 at 6:00pm and ends on Sunday, 2025 at 1:00pm. We ask that you arrive between 4:30pm and 6:00pm on Thursday to settle into your room. The retreat center will be serving dinner promptly at 6:00pm.

During this weekend Vipassana retreat, we will explore the practice of mindfulness through the Four Foundations of Mindfulness—body, feelings, mind, and mental objects. This practice invites us to see clearly into the impermanent, unsatisfactory, and selfless nature of our experience, cultivating insight and inner freedom.

The power of Noble Silence will provide a supportive container for sustained mindfulness, fostering a space for introspection and a profound connection with the present moment. By observing our inner and outer worlds with precision and balance, we create the conditions for wisdom and clarity to naturally arise.

This weekend Vipassana retreat is suitable for both new and experienced meditators, as well as anyone seeking to deepen their practice and find greater peace amidst serene surroundings.

Details:

Date:
0/0/2025
0/0/2025

Time:
Check in at 4:30pm

Cost:
See Payment Instructions Below

Organizer:

Contact:
Johnathan Woodside LLC

Website:
johnathanwoodside.com

Phone:

Venue:

Location:
Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House
600 N Shady Shores Rd Lake
Dallas, TX 75065

Website:
Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House

Retreat Details

• 2025 – 2025 — Space for 20 retreatants

This Insight Meditation weekend retreats takes place at the Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House, located in Lake Dallas, TX. Our weekend retreats begin on Thursday at 6:00pm and end on Sunday at 1:00pm. We ask that you arrive between 4:30pm and 6:00pm on Thursday to settle in to your room and prepare for dinner at 6:00pm, followed by practice and a 7:45pm teacher opening talk.

The weekend vipassana retreat is limited to 20 retreatants. Payment secures your spot in the retreat. $200.00 of which is non-refundable. Again, If after making your payment you wish to cancel your participation there is a cancellation fee of $200.00

If payment is made and the retreat is full, you will be notified and placed on a waiting list. If space in the retreat does not open, your payment will be returned.

Driving Instructions

Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House is located about 20 miles North of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Their physical address is: 600 N Shady Shores Rd Lake Dallas, TX 75065. Phone: 940-321-6020

By car from: From DFW International Airport, take State Hwy 121, Sam Rayburn Tollway and I-35E N to S Interstate 35/S Stemmons Fwy in Lake Dallas. Take exit 458 A from I-35E N

Transportation:
Super Shuttle – 1-800-258-3826 or www.supershuttle.com
DFW Taxi Service: for service at DFW Airport, call 214-694-0424
Star Cab Taxi Service for Love Field, 214-252-0055

For Retreatants

Retreatant’s are assigned single dorm-style bedrooms. All pillows, bed linens and blankets are provided as well as towels, washcloths, shampoo, and soap. There is an alarm clock in each room.

Note: Meditation cushions will not be provided, if you have a cushion you are comfortable with, please bring it with you.

The retreat is spent in noble silence with alternate periods of sitting and walking meditation. Retreatants will be invited to turn in their electronic devices as a support for their practice. We encourage the use of a wrist watch to keep time.

Three meals are served – breakfast 7:30am, lunch 12:15pm, and dinner 6:15pm. The retreat includes daily insight meditation instruction and opportunities for individual teacher meetings.

This is a fragrance free retreat: No cologne or scented deodorant please.

4:30pm Thursday to 1:00pm Sunday | Sustaining: $850; Mid: $775; Base: $699

Retreat Schedule

Thursday (Opening Day):

  • 4:30 pm – Registration
  • 6:00 pm – Retreat Opens / Orientation
  • 6:15 pm – Dinner
  • 7:00 pm – Personal Time **Silence Begins**
  • 7:45 pm – *Teacher Dharma Talk*
  • 8:45 pm – Walking meditation
  • 9:15 pm – Sitting meditation
  • 10:00 pm – Late tea, further practice or sleep

Friday (Day of Practice):

  • 6:00 am – Wake up
  • 6:15 am – Sitting meditation
  • 7:15 am – Walking meditation
  • 7:30am – 8:00am – Breakfast
  • 8:45 am – *Sitting meditation with instruction*
  • 9:30 am – Walking meditation
  • 10:00 am – Sitting meditation
  • 10:45 am – Walking meditation
  • 11:15 am – Sitting meditation
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch
  • 2:00 pm – Sitting meditation
  • 3:00 pm – Walking meditation
  • 3:30 pm – Sitting meditation
  • 4:30 pm – Walking meditation
  • 5:00 pm – Sitting meditation
  • 6:00 pm – Walking meditation
  • 6:15pm – 7:00pm – Dinner
  • 7:45 pm – *Teacher Dharma Talk*
  • 8:45 pm – Walking meditation
  • 9:15 pm – Sitting meditation
  • 10:00 pm – Late tea, further practice or sleep

Saturday (Day of Practice):

  • 6:00 am – Wake up
  • 6:15 am – Sitting meditation
  • 7:15 am – Walking meditation
  • 7:30am – 8:00am – Breakfast
  • 8:45 am – *Sitting meditation with instruction*
  • 9:30 am – Walking meditation
  • 10:00 am – Sitting meditation
  • 10:45 am – Walking meditation
  • 11:15 am – Sitting meditation
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch
  • 2:00 pm – Sitting meditation
  • 3:00 pm – Walking meditation
  • 3:30 pm – Sitting meditation
  • 4:30 pm – Walking meditation
  • 5:00 pm – Sitting meditation
  • 6:00 pm – Walking meditation
  • 6:15pm – 7:00pm – Dinner
  • 7:45 pm – *Teacher Dharma Talk*
  • 8:45 pm – Walking meditation
  • 9:15 pm – Sitting meditation
  • 10:00 pm – Late tea, further practice or sleep

Sunday (Closing Day):

  • 6:00 am – Wake up
  • 6:15 am – Sitting meditation
  • 7:15 am – Walking meditation
  • 7:30am – 8:00am – Breakfast
  • 8:45 am – *Sitting meditation with instruction*
  • 9:30 am – Room Check Out
  • 10:00 am – Sitting meditation
  • 10:45 am – Walking meditation
  • 11:15 am – Sitting meditation
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch — **Silence Ends**
  • 1:00 pm – Retreat Ends

Meals

A full breakfast buffet is offered. Lunch and dinner are both served buffet- style – include a salad bar, an entrée, vegetable and dessert. Although Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House does not provide a vegetarian entrée specifically, they do offer a full salad bar with cheeses, beans and peanut butter to provide protein with your meal.

Payment & Dāna

The weekend vipassana retreat is funded using a sliding scale payment system. The intent of this approach is to make the retreat accessible to as many people as possible, regardless of their financial situation. A base level payment is required to reserve your seat. At the end of the retreat, you will be invited to make an additional contribution to the teacher based on:

  • Your knowledge of the actual costs of offering the retreat (the value).
  • Your sense of the benefits from the retreat to you and your relationships.
  • Your interest in seeing this work made more fully available to benefit the community.
 

You are asked to give from your abundance in a way that honors what you received and honors the truth of your financial situation. The opportunity to make an additional contribution (dāna) at the end of your retreat helps support the my efforts to share these liberating teachings and devote time for my own practice, ensuring that my teachings are continuously enriched.

My deepest aspiration is to share this practice with all who are interested, regardless of their ability to pay. I count on your generous support to offer these retreats, to provide affordable rates, and to give financial assistance to retreatants when possible.

Whenever you are inspired to offer a donation, you join a community directly engaged in alleviating suffering and bringing greater wisdom and compassion to the world.

Weekend Vipassana Retreat Teacher – Johnathan Woodside

Registration

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Payment Instructions

  1. First Register
  2. Select payment amount
  3. $200.00 of which is non-refundable
  4. Enter your payment information
  5. Click the “Pay” button to process payment
Sustaining: $850
Mid Range: $775
Base Range: $699

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