Insight Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair - ONLINE [Mar27achybrid]

This page is for ticket sales for folks interested in joining the March 27-29 Weekend Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair ONLINE, live via Zoom. For more information about the retreat, or if you're interested in registering as an in-person attendee, please visit the main event page.

RETREAT DESCRIPTION

Clearly Seeing, Lightly Treading: A Silent Weekend of Insight & Presence

What happens when we meet life with curiosity rather than effort, and presence rather than resistance? This silent weekend insight retreat offers an opportunity to explore the art of seeing clearly, resting lightly and walking the path with ease.

Through the practice of vipassana, we will cultivate the capacity to feel experience with openness and respond with kindness. This retreat invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect —not by adding more, but by discovering how wisdom and freedom can appear in the simplest of moments.

Open to all, this non-residential weekend provides a space to let go of distractions, soften into awareness, and experience the natural clarity and lightness of being. Join us for a journey of gentle awakening and the art of treading lightly on the earth.

New and experienced meditators are welcome!

The general schedule (all times are Pacific Time):

Friday, March 27: 7:15–9:00 PM
Saturday, March 28: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Sunday, March 29: 9:00 AM–3:30 PM

Fees: A sliding scale of fees is offered. Please choose the highest rate you can comfortably offer:

Supported Ticket $50 CAD: The supported rate covers about 58% of what is needed for retreat costs and to run our organization. To balance our budget and wisely manage our resources, donations must supplement registration income.

Sustaining Ticket $85 CAD: The sustaining rate represents the actual cost to BCIMS to operate our programs.

Generosity Ticket $130 CAD: The generosity rate covers the cost of the program and also provides funds to subsidize the reduced fees paid by others who have more challenging financial circumstances. Tax Receipts: Please note that we are unable to offer tax receipts for folks who purchase the Generosity Ticket. If you are interested in receiving a tax receipt, we recommend you purchase a Sustaining Ticket and offer a donation of any amount to BCIMS via our Canada Helps page.

Financial Assistance: No one is turned away for lack of funds. If you require additional financial assistance to attend this retreat please contact jess@bcims.org.

Please note that your registration fee goes toward retreat costs and BC Insight Meditation Society organizational expenses which allow us to continue offering retreats such as this one. Financial support for the teacher is offered separately.

Teacher Dana: In the Buddhist tradition, teachings are given freely because they are considered priceless; in the Buddhist tradition we also practice dana, or generosity, by making monetary offerings to the teachers. Dana is not payment for goods or services rendered; it is given from the heart. Your generosity is a gift that supports not just the teachers, but also the Sangha, the larger Dharma community, and your own practice. More info on Dana is shared below.

Cancellation/Refund/Ticket Transfer Policy: You may request a full refund up to 24 hours before the start of retreat. To cancel your ticket, log on to Eventbrite with your email address. Go to your tickets for this event and click on "Request a Refund". Cancellations within 24 hours of the start of retreat will not receive a refund. Transfers: If you have purchased an Online Ticket and wish to transfer to an In-Person ticket, we invite you to please cancel your Online Ticket with at least 24 hours notice to receive a refund, and re-register with an In-Person Ticket. If you request a transfer within 24 hours of the retreat start, the cancellation policy will apply.

DANA -

Dana may be offered to Pascal via a mailed cheque, by e-transfer, credit card, or Paypal. More info will be shared with registrants on retreat.

TEACHER BIO -

Pascal Auclair has been immersed in Buddhist practice and study since 1997, sitting retreats in Asia and America with revered monastics and lay teachers. He has been mentored by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, where he has been enjoying teaching retreats since 2007. Pascal teaches in North America and in Europe.

He is a co-founder of True North Insight and one of TNI’s Guiding Teachers. His depth of insight, classical training, and creative expression all combine in a wise and compassionate presence. In addition, his warmth and humour make Pascal a much-appreciated teacher.

How to Join the Retreat after Registering -

We will be using Zoom for this online retreat. The Zoom Link will be sent to participants via Eventbrite emails ahead of the retreat. Please ensure you type in your correct email address in the Registration Order Form.

The Zoom Link and all other retreat information is also posted on the Eventbrite Online Event Page, which you can access through the Eventbrite Confirmation email sent after you've registered. Click the "View Event" button in this email, sign into your personal Eventbrite account using the same email address you registered with. Here you will find the detailed schedule, links to resources, link to the recordings, dana information, etc. Information will also be shared via email.

With heartfelt gratitude, BCIMS acknowledges we are based in what is now known as Vancouver, BC, the beautiful, traditional, and unceded lands of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, who live on and have stewarded this land for thousands of years.