Cutting Through:
A Daylong Retreat with Celeste Young & nico hase
Saturday, April 11th
10 am to 4 pm pacific time
In the Midst of Confusion, What Allows You to See Clearly?
Pañña parami—wisdom—isn't about having all the right answers or being the smartest person in the room. It's about cultivating the kind of seeing that cuts through delusion to what's actually happening, right here, right now.
This wisdom isn't separate from compassion. In fact, true wisdom infuses true compassion with the capacity to meet reality with an open heart and a clear mind, and to respond from that place of clarity and love.
What We’ll Explore Together
In this one-day online retreat, Celeste & nico will explore pañña parami through guided investigation—cultivating the seeing that cuts through confusion.
The day will begin with an hour of conversation and an opening talk around the theme. We'll then sit and walk for four hours in lightly guided practice, before reconvening for a closing talk and further dialogue.
A Full Path of Practice—Rooted in Community
🪴Monthly Daylongs – This is the fourth in an annual series of ten online daylongs offered by Refuge of Belonging, a dharma community rooted in presence and open to all.
🪴The Paramis – The ten paramis are heart qualities that range from kindness and equanimity to resolve and letting go. They offer a time-tested path for cultivating what truly benefits both ourselves and others.
🪴Community – Refuge of Belonging is an online community offering a WhatsApp group, weekly dharma talks, monthly daylongs, quarterly classes, and an annual residential retreat—all designed to nourish and sustain your practice.
What People are Saying
Authentic, wise, and deeply dedicated to and knowledgeable of the dharma, Celeste is a healing presence.
— A grateful student
With his PhD in counseling psychology and his decades-long commitment to meditation and dharma practice, nico brings a unique depth and perspective to his mentoring and teaching. Working with him can help you make real changes, right now, in the midst of your busy life.
— Judson Brewer Author of Unwinding Anxiety and director of Brown University Mindfulness Center
Registration & Payment
Date: April 11th
Time: 10am to 4pm pacific time
Format: Online via Zoom
We offer these daylong retreats on a dana model. The suggested donation is $50 to $150 per session. We gratefully accept contributions of greater or lesser amounts, based on your resources.
Celeste Young is a Theravada Buddhist mindfulness and Dharma teacher who has been practicing meditation and sitting retreats since 2002. She was one of the first teachers empowered at InsightLA in Los Angeles.
Since 2011, Celeste has taught thousands of students through classes, Insight meditation retreats, and one-on-one mentoring. She has brought mindfulness to organizations including Netflix and USC. For the past 16 years, her practice has centered around yearly silent retreats lasting one to three months.
nico hase phd is a Buddhist teacher, psychologist, and author who focuses on bringing depth practice to daily life. He began Insight Meditation training in 1994, lived much of the first decade of the 21st century in a Zen monastery, and completed a Tibetan three-year retreat during the covid years. He serves as guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging, where he teaches online and in-person in Joseph Goldstein's One Dharma lineage, and speaks with students in mentoring sessions. Look for his newest book, This Messy Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership, co-authored with his partner devon, in April 2026.
