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There are many sitting opportunities in and around Charlottesville. Charlottesville Buddhist Association maintains a list of local groups and has an email list to publicize local events. The Bhavana Society is a forest monastery and retreat center in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, led by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, author of Mindfulness in Plain English and the highest ranking Theravada monk in North America. It is just two hours from Charlottesville. The Thanksgiving retreat is excellent for those relatively new to mindfulness meditation, and wonderful for anyone. UVA Mindfulness Center offers Stress Management and other classes Forest Way Insight Meditation Center has many local retreats with Matthew Flickstein, (he helped Bhante G start the Bhavana Society). Insight Meditation Community of Washington, home to Tara Brach, is sort of local.... if you can handle the beltway. Sevenoaks Pathwork Center in Madison County offers a variety of retreats and programs.
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