Monday, January 3rd
- Arrive at Deerhaven Center any time after 2:00 pm
Sunday, January 4th
- Opening Ceremony 8:00 pm
Monday, January 17th
- Conclusion of meditation course in the morning (final interview with Venerable Yuttadhammo) — silent meditation continues throughout the day
- Preliminary clean-up may make sense
Tuesday, January 18th
- Closing Ceremony 9:00 am
- Brunch served 10:00 am
- Clean-up — we must leave the center as we found it
- Must depart by 2:00 pm
Please observe the Eight Precepts upon arrival at Deerhaven Center.
We will enter our period of silent meditation beginning at 8:00 pm on January 3rd, and remain in silent meditation throughout the course, following the daily schedule below.
Daily Schedule
- ~4:00 am wake up (set your own sleep schedule, no more than 6 hours of sleep per night)
- 6:00 am – 8:00 am self-serve breakfast available
- 7:00 am – 9:00 am teacher interviews: 1-on-1 meetings with Venerable Yuttadhammo
- 11:00 am lunch
- 9:00 pm Dhamma talks on some evenings, as announced