Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
SouthWest Unitarian Universalist Church
6320 Royalton Rd.
North Royalton, OH 44133
Pack a lunch and join us for this day-long retreat.
This one-day retreat with Mary Aubry will be held in Noble Silence. The day will include three 45-minute sitting periods and two 45-minute walking periods. At the beginning of the day, Mary will give guidance on practicing embodied mindfulness during daily activities, including while eating and walking. At the end of the day, Mary will give a dharma talk on working with and abandoning the hindrances following the guidance in the sutta on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as well as Right Effort, the sixth factor of the Noble Eightfold Path.
If you have questions about the retreat, contact the retreat manager.-
Mary Aubry leads meditation retreats on insight, the jhānas, abiding in emptiness, and the brahmavihārās. In addition, she has taught programs that support mindfully meeting aging, illness, and dying, as well as training meditation companions for the aging, ill, and dying and those who love and care for them. Mary also offers meditative support to parents of deceased children, having lost her son to cancer in 2015. Additionally, Mary is one of the facilitating teachers for Bhikkhu Anālayo’s online courses on Satipaṭṭhāna, Mindfulness of Breathing, and the Brahmavihārās and Emptiness offered by the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Prior to becoming a full-time meditation teacher, Mary worked as a lawyer at the U.S. Justice Department for 24 years.
In keeping with ancient tradition, the teachings of the Buddha are offered freely—the teachers receive no compensation from IM Cleveland for teaching, but rely on dana (generosity) of their students. At retreat’s end, students have an opportunity to practice dana by offering contributions to the teacher.