Virtual Daylong Gathering in Presence

Opening to what is

with Darananda

Sunday, April 12th, 2026 
10 AM - 4 PM EST
with periods of sitting, dialogue, exploration, and reflection
Midday meal break and short breaks offered throughout the day

Join us in this collective gathering where we will sink into deep rest and restoration while opening to the lively intelligence of direct experience. Remembering how to simply be in a world of doing, efforting, and managing.

We sit together in shared presence – stable, embodied, whole – and allow experience to unfold naturally and organically.

This day is a form of live inquiry grounded in immediate experience. There will be periods of silence, minimal pointing-out instructions, and dialogue that work together: the silence allows experience to surface; the dialogue allows seeing to become precise.

At times we will speak from what is directly noticed or encountered. Darananda may respond to what arises – responding to perception as it unfolds and helping to clarify what is already present.

- No practices or techniques will be taught
- There is nothing to achieve or "do right"
- We trust the unfolding itself to show us the way

This is a space for clear seeing and clear feeling, meeting reality as it is, together. Stillness, spaciousness, and aliveness weave together, each revealing the other, each an inseparable dimension of pure being directly known by simply resting into embodied experience.

What this space is
A gentle, guided settling into non-doing, non-efforting
Simple pointers for relaxing into direct experience
Space for the body and breath to reorganize and for sensation to arise and resolve
Reflection and guidance on working with experience and perception
A space to be with others in a gentle, non-performative way

What it is not
Therapy or energy work, though you may experience healing benefits
A meditation technique or mental strategy
A place to “get somewhere” 

This time together is more about being in an environment than learning a technique. We let the body and attention settle through simple contact rather than effort. We learn how to be with life as it already is, with a little more support than we usually have on our own.

Details

Sunday, April 12th, 2026

10AM - 4PM EST with breaks

Video gathering by logging into your dara.energy account.

Sliding scale: $50 - $350

Offer what you can anywhere along the scale for this daylong retreat.

No one turned away due to lack of funds. contact Dara at [email protected] to make other arrangements or to pay with Venmo or PayPal.