An Online Weekend Retreat through Insight Meditation Society. Taught by Kaira Jewel Lingo

In a world shaped by climate crisis, political division, racial injustice, and profound uncertainty, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Ven. Thích Nhất Hạnh remind us that love is not merely a feeling—it is a courageous, embodied practice. Their friendship and shared vision call us to a path where mindfulness and justice, contemplation and compassionate action, become inseparable.

During this weekend retreat, we will explore how awareness, love, and liberation can be made visible in our bodies, relationships, and communities. Through insight meditation, guided reflection, relational mindfulness, and gentle movement, we will cultivate the inner steadiness needed to face suffering without collapse, and the spaciousness to meet our lives with clarity and care.

Drawing on the teachings of Dr. King and Thích Nhất Hạnh, we will soften conditioned patterns, release internalized division, and touch a deeper belonging. There will also be dedicated space to honor and hold our grief, both personal and collective, as a doorway to greater compassion and freedom. From this ground, joy can naturally arise, not as an escape, but as a sign of a liberated heart.

Open to all, this retreat will weave silence with connection, reflection with community, and practice with the call to transform our world. Together, we will nurture the “Beloved Community” within and around us, and learn how to continue Dr. King and Thích Nhất Hạnh’s legacy of courageous compassion in our daily lives.

Info and registration here.