Wisdom Retreat – Resource Page
First Annual Online Wisdom Retreat 2025
Welcome to the Wisdom Retreat Resource Page!
This page is designed to support your Retreat Experience with the following resources:
- Retreat Booklet – Access the Retreat Booklet, instructions to join Slack, and other materials.
- Preparation – Resources to prepare you by expanding awareness of the symptoms, causes, and conditions of the FLOOD.
- Schedule – Complete schedule for the 2.5 days, including all sessions and breaks
- Zoom/Slack Links – Find the link to join the Zoom retreat sessions or join Slack to participate in conversations between days.
- Questions – Form for questions. Feel free to submit any questions during or after each session to address later in the retreat.
- Recordings – All retreat recordings will be uploaded here within 48 hours after the retreat.
- Materials – All retreat materials will be uploaded here within 48 hours after the retreat.
Retreat Prep Booklet
This booklet provides practical guidelines and recommendations to help participants prepare for and fully engage in the Wisdom Retreat. It includes:
- Preparation Checklist – A list of essential preparations such as being ready 10 minutes before the start, planning meals around the schedule, ensuring devices are charged, and setting up a suitable practice space.
- Joining the Virtual Retreat – Information on accessing the retreat via a single Zoom link and instructions for logging into the resource page to review study materials and recorded videos.
- Meditation Area & Environment – Guidelines for creating an optimal setting, including finding a quiet space, ensuring a stable internet connection, using a computer over a phone, and minimizing digital distractions.
- Items Needed – A list of necessary and optional materials, such as seating cushions, a yoga mat, a device for accessing the retreat, a charger, note-taking supplies, water, headphones, and small snacks.
- Clothing Recommendations – Advice on wearing comfortable, breathable clothing like yoga pants or sweatpants, dressing in layers, and avoiding tight clothing that might impact circulation.
Preparation
We’ve selected a set of resources—some short readings, along with audio and video clips—that are easy to digest. Each helps expand awareness of the symptoms, causes, and conditions of the FLOOD, offering a foundation to prepare for our time together.
The items below labeled “Audio Blog” are AI-generated dialogues of each of the five-part blog series. These short audio files will support the essence of each session.
Finally, the material below is organized as prep based on the most relevant sessions on each day. Feel free to review these before the retreat.
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DAY 1
Introduction Session
- Submit Survey: Due by Sep 5
- AUDIO BLOG: Part 1 of Cultivating Wisdom Blog (14 min)
- AUDIO: Tired? Distracted? Burned-Out? Listen to This — Ezra Klein with Gloria Mark in Attention/Attentional Capacity (56 min)
- READ: Are you as self-aware as you think? (8 min)
- PDF of the Four Domains (TBD)
These ARTICLES all support different facets of this inquiry:
- How growing up without social media made you see the world differently
- Brain rot and the crisis of deep thought in the age of social mediaThis very short article underlines a point we mostly miss: When brains rot, truth fades.
- Social media is making many people more depressed – Buddhist philosophy may offer an explanation.This article emphasizes how Buddhism and Eastern philosophy can offer some wisdom.
- Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good
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DAY 2
Module 1 – Waking Up
- AUDIO BLOG: Part 2 of Cultivating Wisdom Blog (17 min)
- VIDEO: The Deep Meaning Of Yin & Yang (11 min)
- VIDEO: Why Young People Love Old Things (9 min)
- AUDIO: Your Mind Is Being Fracked — Ezra Klein with Graham Burnett discussing Fracking our Mind. (1 hr. 12 min)
Module 2 – Growing Up
- AUDIO BLOG: Part 3 of Cultivating Wisdom Blog (15 min)
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DAY 3
Module 3 – Waking Up
- AUDIO BLOG: Part 4 of Cultivating Wisdom Blog
- READ: Becoming “Enough” to Create Satisfaction
Module 4 – Showing Up
- AUDIO BLOG: Part 5 of Cultivating Wisdom Blog
- READ: Integrating Principles and Practices to Anchor Values
- READ: Generosity—The Mind of Letting Go
Zoom Link & Info
- Use the following Zoom link to join all retreat sessions: bhavanalearning.com/retreat
- Meeting ID: 835 4210 5469
- For the best experience, ensure you’re using the latest version of Zoom. Update Zoom Here
Slack
Click here to join slack and participate in the conversation between days.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions during the retreat, please submit them here. We’ll work to address your questions specifically or combine similar questions to address them during the designated periods in our schedule.
Recordings
All retreat recordings will be uploaded and linked here within 48 hours after the retreat.
Each recording includes: Video file, Audio file, and Chat transcript.
Day 1
Day 2
- Module 1 - Waking Up
- Module 2 - Growing Up
Day 3
- Module 3 - Cleaning Up
- Module 4 - Showing Up
Materials
All retreat materials will be uploaded and linked here within 48 hours after the retreat.
Day 1
- Introduction
- In-Retreat Practice and Teaching Framework
- Slide Deck
- VIDEO: Analysis of The Legend of Bagger Vance (10-min)
- In-Retreat Practice and Teaching Framework
Day 2
- Module 1 – Waking Up
- Teaching
- Slide Deck
- VIDEO: Bagger Vance – Authentic Swing (7-min)
- Discussion/Practice
- Teaching
- Module 2 – Growing Up
- Teaching
- Slide Deck
- VIDEO: Columbo Video (16-min)
- Discussion/Practice
- Teaching
Day 3
- Module 3 – Cleaning Up
- Teaching
- Slide Deck
- VIDEO: Bagger Vance – The Woods (6-min)
- Discussion/Practice
- READ: Working with Difficulties by Tara Brach (8-min)
- VIDEO: Guided Meditation – RAIN (12-min)
- Teaching
- Module 4 – Showing Up
- Teaching
- Discussion
- Practice Items
- READ: Walking Meditation (6-min)
- VIDEO: How to do Walking Meditation (10-min)
- VIDEO: How to do Walking Meditation (3-min)
- Completion Session Items