Kim Allen has been practicing Insight meditation since 2003, and has trained intensively in the U.S. and Asia with cumulative years of silent retreat. She is a graduate of Insight Retreat Center’s 4-year teacher training with Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella, and has also practiced with Theravādan monastics and a few Mahāyāna teachers. She now offers retreats, sutta study, and experiential Dharma engagement. A teacher and author, Kim aims to bring classical Dharma to a modern context and to encourage lay practitioners in fully living a life of Dharma. Her education includes a PhD in physics and a master’s degree in environmental sustainability, and her website is http://www.uncontrived.org.
Events with Kim Allen
Opening the Heart, Deepening WisdomJune 21 - 26, 2025
This retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. Registration for this program closes on June 7, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org Dharma practice can unfold as a journey of both opening the heart and deepening wisdom – these two movements are intertwined, each reinforcing the other. Understanding this, we can sense that at every step of the path there is both heartfulness and freedom. In this retreat, we will explore classical insight practices, highlighting that these are also forms of opening the heart that evoke greater and…