Piero Urban

BOOKINGS OPEN 17 JANUARY AT 8:00 AM

Satipaṭṭhāna Vipassanā meditation retreat in the Mahāsi tradition

The retreat is open to all and includes alternating sessions of sitting and walking meditation, regular interviews with the teacher and evening Dhamma talks. During the retreat the Noble Silence will be respected and participants will be asked to take the five or eight precepts (for more information see the website). The retreat will be both in Italian and in English, with separate talks.

Arrival is between 2pm and 5pm on the first day, departure is after lunch on the last day.

Piero Urban graduated from the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of the University of Bologna with a thesis on “Yoga and sound: observations on states of consciousness“. He has been active as a Yoga teacher for 25 years and has been a consultant for the Municipality of Turin, in the context of social and health assistance activities for the disabled over 14 years of age. He has been practicing Vipassanā meditation since 1993 and trained under the guidance of teachers from Eastern and Western backgrounds, monks and lay people. For over 20 years Ven. Bhante Sujiva has been his reference teacher, deepening the practice with him during long intensive retreats of Vipassanā and Mettā. He is his translator in retreats and has received authorization from him to teach. He was also a teacher in ethical-professional training courses and at the F.A.R.O. Hospice of Turin.

Retreat fee: 350€