7-Day Retreat w/ Richard Witteman

In this retreat Richard Witteman will give talks, be available for private meetings , and take part in group dialogue.

“In retreat, there is time and space for solitude…to sit together and alone, to walk in nature…to be silent within the rhythms of everyday life…to be here with feeling and sensation, the movement of our bodies, the activity of thought and imagination, the spaciousness of awareness.”

“There is also an invitation for community…for meeting and inquiring together into our everyday experience…for asking questions and bringing awareness to the social aspects of our lives…as we share the spirit of inquiry and the wonder of presence.”

Richard has been leading retreats at Springwater since 2003. He began meditative work in 1971, and was a student of Roshi Philip Kapleau at the Rochester Zen Center for ten years. In 1982 he began working with Toni Packer, and has been part of Springwater Center since its inception.