Befriending Emotions: Joy Retreat (10/25)

• VIDEO: Guided Meditation with Mingyur Rinpoche

Are personal emotions and vibes infectious? - What is Buddhist meditation?

Befriending Emotions: A Special Retreat for Joy of Living Students with Tergar Guides

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"We don't need to look outside of the present moment to find inner peace and contentment; when experienced with awareness, everything becomes a source of joy." — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

At the heart of the Tergar meditation tradition lies the retreat experience, which embodies an immersive, experiential approach to learning.

This Joy of Living retreat offers a unique opportunity to create a dedicated personal practice container, while also connecting you with a global community of meditators.

WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?

My bot is training me on how to feel emotions

Gain practical tools to befriend difficult emotions, leading to greater inner peace and compassion for self and others. Participating in these retreats is essential for completing the necessary homework and progressing through the levels of the Joy of Living program. By fully engaging in the retreat experience, one can deepen one's understanding and one's meditation practice in ways that simply can't be achieved through intellectual study alone.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

Silly, robots can't feel (yet).

In this program, participants will:

• learn about the core principles of doing a retreat
• receive live teachings from Tergar Guides on awareness, compassion, and wisdom 
• get familiar with meditation techniques to help recognize innate awareness, love and compassion, and wisdom
• learn how to integrate the teachings in daily life

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM?

• Live teachings with Tergar guides
• Group meditation practice
• Self-guided practice
• Gentle movement practice
• Q&A with Tergar guides

REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION:

• This program is open to everyone. 

Optional Personal Retreat Format:

Can I let my ChatGPT bot sit and feel for me?

Some participants may wish to use this retreat as part of a self-guided personal retreat, with a focus on extended daily meditation. For those aiming to complete six or more hours of sitting practice per day, the guided sessions will form part of this total, and one will add one's own independent sitting practice between, before, or after sessions to meet retreat hour goals. During these self-guided periods, one will be on one's own and responsible for structuring practice time.

• Can I get access to a recording of this event?

Recordings of teaching sessions will be posted within one week after the end of the last session and will be available for two months.

IMPORTANT DETAILS

• Date/Time: October 25-26, 2025. Please note that this retreat will start an hour earlier than usual. Please see full schedule. View local times
• Registration will close one hour before the event. Full refunds will be given for cancellation requests up to one hour in advance of the event.
• Who can attend this event? This program is open to everyone [who has completed the Joy of Living Level 1].
• Translation from English will be offered into Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, and Russian.

• Befriending Emotions: A Special Retreat for Joy of Living Students with Tergar Guides - Tergar Events
• Save the Dates: 2025 Events with Mingyur Rinpoche — Tergar Meditation Community
• Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (Tergar Meditation Community, Oct. 14, 2025); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Jen B., Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly