The Unshakeable Center:
A Daylong Retreat with Joseph Goldstein & devon hase
Saturday, October 10th
10 am to 4 pm pacific time
How do you find your center when the whole world seems to be spinning out of control?
Upekkha parami—equanimity—is the culmination of all the other paramis. It's not indifference or emotional flatness, but the profound peace that comes from accepting what is while still working skillfully for what could be.
This is wisdom and compassion perfectly balanced: the ability to care deeply without being devastated by outcomes, to act from love without attachment to results. It's the peace that passes understanding because it doesn't depend on circumstances.
What We’ll Explore Together
In this one-day online retreat, Joseph & devon will explore upekkha parami through guided practice—the profound peace that remains steady regardless of conditions.
The day will be guided by devon through sitting and walking practice, with reflections and teaching on upekkha. Joseph will join us for the final hour, offering a short talk followed by plenty of time for questions and answers.
A Full Path of Practice—Rooted in Community
🪴Monthly Daylongs – This is the tenth 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.
🪴Respected Teachers – Refuge of Belonging’s annual daylong series includes teachings from respected voices in contemporary dharma, including Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Rhonda Magee, Jud Brewer, Devin Berry, and other guest teachers who bring depth, rigor, and lived wisdom to the path.
What People Are Saying
"Joseph is the man. His book, 'Mindfulness' is comprehensive... his podcast is surprisingly playful... he provides such useful advice. I find that he is very reassuring and easeful. It can be lonely and difficult practicing on one's own… his guidance makes practice feel much simpler."
— Reddit user reflecting on Goldstein's teachings
"Practicing meditation with devon has enhanced my ability to function as a radiologist because I have a greater awareness of where my attention is directed and a greater capability of directing it."
—Steve Edson, MD, Radiologist, Ashland, OR
Registration & Payment
Date: October 10th
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.
Joseph Goldstein has been leading insight and lovingkindness meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, where he is on the guiding teachers’ Founders Council. In 1989, together with several other teachers and students of insight meditation, he helped establish the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
Joseph first became interested in Buddhism as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand in 1965. Since 1967 he has studied and practiced different forms of Buddhist meditation under eminent teachers from India, Burma, and Tibet. He is the author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism, Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom, The Experience of Insight, and co-author of Seeking the Heart of Wisdom and Insight Meditation: A Correspondence Course.
devon hase has practiced intensively in the insight and vajrayana traditions since discovering meditation in 2000. After a decade of bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms, she entered several years of silent, solitary retreat in the mountains of Oregon. She now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Forest Refuge, and serves as co-guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. Devon supports practitioners in both long and short retreats, as well as through personal mentoring, with an emphasis on relational practice and connection to the natural world.
Along with her life partner, nico, she co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the forthcoming This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026).
