Six Week Program: Ethics and Love in Interpersonal Life [Online]
With Matthew Brensilver
April 24 - May 29, 2025
A Six Week Integration dharma program with Matthew Brensilver
*available for all those that attend the in person and online April retreat*
Please ensure you are registered for the April 16-20, 2025 retreat first, this program is only available for those attending the retreat.
In-person and Online options available.
Dates for the program are as follows:
In-person and Online Retreat: (must attend all dates)
April 16th – 20th, 2025
Online Integration Sessions via Zoom: (please plan to attend all sessions)
April 24th: 7pm – 8pm PT
May 1st: 7pm – 8pm PT
May 8th: 7pm – 8pm PT
May 15th: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm PT
May 22nd: 7pm – 8pm PT
May 29th: 7pm – 8pm PT
Registration for this program closes on April 24th, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
A Six Week Interactive Dharma Program (for all that attend the in person or online retreat)
This retreat will be an interactive online six week course dedicated to integration and connection on the topic. Please plan to be present and actively attend all the sessions. This will be offered over Zoom. Please plan to have your video on during the sessions.
At registration you will receive a link with a landing page for the online community that includes the Zoom and schedule information for the online component of this program, along with any other helpful tips before, during, and after your retreat. This link will be emailed to you again 24 hours before your retreat. The retreat recording will be available within 48 hours of the retreat. This program recording as well as past program recordings can also be found in full on Big Bear Retreat Center’s YouTube Channel.
What retreat participants have to say about programs at Big Bear Retreat Center
“Big Bear created an online retreat experience that was inclusive, supportive, and responsive. I felt held and cared about throughout the hybrid retreat, as an online participant.” – Bernadine
“I appreciated the way they held space for people in small groups and encouraged authentic sharing within the container of noble silence. I felt that they all skillfully met everyone where they were at, including myself.” – Joe
PROGRAM FEES AND TEACHER DANA
Retreat fees, Course fees and Teacher compensation for this program are all completely dana-based.
For teacher compensation, please note the registration dana offered does not include teacher compensation. Learn more about the practice of dana here.
Teacher
Matthew Brensilver, PhD, offers retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Insight Retreat Center. For more than a decade, he taught for Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. He continues to teach at UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center about the intersections between mindfulness and mental health. He spent years doing research on addiction treatment at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine and continues to be interested in the unfolding dialogue between dharma and science.
Learn more about Matthew Brensilver