

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Samatha--Meditation to Develop Concentration and Serenity for a Chaotic World, 7-Day Retreat
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: In concentration and serenity (samatha) meditation, we return our awareness to one object of meditation to the exclusion of everything else, thereby collecting and unifying the mind stream. This practice counteracts the overstimulation of today’s world, reflected in books like “The Shallows” that highlight the neurological effects of social media, texting, and technology that bombard our awareness with messages, alerts, and feeds. (Neuroscience will be discussed.) Practicing concentration meditation collects the mind stream and “builds the muscle” of concentration, enabling us to turn away from the constant pull of our smartphones, computer screens, games, and entertainment, allowing us to settle into the serenity of our deeper nature. The practice also reveals with heightened clarity our habitual patterns that cause us to suffer both on and off the cushion, a process referred to as “purification of mind.”

Then, as we build the capacity to turn away from these patterns, a laser-like awareness can develop that can lead to profound stillness and deep joy, as well as the possibility of the deep meditative absorptions known as the jhanas. This retreat provides an overview of anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing) concentration meditation as taught in the lineage of Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw of Burma, considered by many to be the leading living teacher of samatha practice and the jhanas. Highlights of recent neuroscience research demonstrating the benefits of focused attention meditation will also be provided. This retreat is open to all, and is suitable for beginners as well as experienced meditators. There will be instructions and meditation, silence, and periods of teaching and questions. 

Visit www.LuminousMindSangha.com for more info.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vader/samatha-meditation-to-develop-concentration-and-serenity-for-a-chaotic-world-7-day-retreat/200029224327657
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, meditation, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Vader
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
- **lat**: 46.37232
- **long**: -122.95001
- **full address**: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, 373 Agren Rd,Vader, Washington, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Tina Rasmussen, Ph.D. (https://allevents.in/org/tina-rasmussen-phd/27111504)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, 373 Agren Rd,Vader, Washington, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Tina Rasmussen, Ph.D.
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** health-wellness, meditation, nonprofit
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