The Unshakeable Center:
A Daylong Retreat with Joseph Goldstein & nico 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 & nico will explore upekkha parami through guided practice—the profound peace that remains steady regardless of conditions.
The day will begin with Joseph joining us for an opening hour of conversation and teaching on upekkha. Nico will then guide the remainder of the day through four hours of lightly guided sitting and walking practice, before reconvening for a closing talk and dialogue.
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.
🪴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
"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 nico 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.
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.
