Join us for a Residential Retreat at
Creighton University Retreat Center
The theme of this retreat derives from a profound teaching by Dogen Zenji, a highly respected Japanese Buddhist teacher. He taught that “Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.” What this statement actually means and how we apply this teaching in our lives as modern spiritual practitioners is what we’ll be exploring in this uplifting and life-affirming retreat. A significant portion of our time together will involve alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation in Noble Silence. There will also be instruction in the practice of insight meditation, dharma talks on the retreat theme, experiential exercises, and opportunities for discussion.
Together we will create a caring, supportive learning community that encourages each participant to bring to greater fruition their best human qualities and to celebrate the awakened heart that we all share.
David Chernikoff is a meditation teacher, spiritual counselor, and life coach who taught psychology and meditation at Naropa University for many years. A student of meditation since 1971, David completed the inaugural Community Dharma Leader Training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and began teaching Insight Meditation in 1988. His teaching has been influenced by senior teachers from the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock, Zen teacher Yvonne Rand, and spiritual guides from other contemplative traditions, most notably Ram Dass, Father Thomas Keating, and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.
In the early 1980s, David worked at Ram Dass's Hanuman Foundation Dying Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico and then became the director of Mesilla Valley Hospice in Las Cruces, N.M. He later spent three years in Nepal doing public health development work for the Seva Foundation and studying with Tibetan Buddhist teachers. After returning to the U.S., he became the education and training director for the Spiritual Eldering Institute, now called Sage-ing International. In that role, he taught conscious aging programs throughout the U.S., in Canada, and in Ireland. David is currently one of the guiding teachers of the Insight Meditation Community of Colorado and teaches retreats throughout the U.S. He is the author of Life, Part Two: Seven Keys to Awakening with Purpose and Joy as You Age.
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Registration closes on: July 16, 2025
