Victoria Cary
Victoria Cary has been practicing Insight Meditation and studying the Dharma since 2006. In 2017 she completed Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader program and went on to become a fully empowered Dharma Teacher. In 2016 she co-founded the San Francisco People of Color Insight Sangha and continues as one of the core teachers. She is a San Francisco Bay Area Native. She left her workplace of 20 years in 2017 to deepen into the Dharma. Since then she has spent time in and out of intensive silent meditation practice, including a 3-month retreat at IMS, 6-week amd 3-month retreats at Panditarama Monastery (in Lumbini, Nepal, birthplace of the Buddha) and a month long retreat at Spirit Rock. Victoria is particularly interested in the integration of the Mindfulness in everyday life. Victoria is (among other things) a bi-racial (black identified), queer, cis-gender woman, nature lover, and vegetarian.
Upcoming Programs by Victoria Cary
Maranasati: Contemplating Death / Awakening to Life
Also With Eugene Cash
Buddha described Maransati – Mindfulness of Death – as an essential component of the instructions of Satipatthana (mindfulness). He encouraged Maranasati practice to cultivate the qualities needed to live an awakened life: Appreciating the preciousness of human birth/life, Insight into impermanence and change, Freedom from rigidity and clinging, Equanimity with […]
Coming Home To Love: A BIPOC Insight Retreat in Nature
Also With Yong Oh
When we get still and make space to connect with ourselves, we can remember what supports our well being. Held by the land at Vallecitos, nature and by the Dhamma, we will listen deeply to our own internal knowing and wisdom. On this seven-night silent Insight Meditation BIPOC retreat, our sacred time be will be spent sitting and walking and being on the land […]
25th Anniversary Benefit Retreat: Touching the Earth
Also With Erin Treat and Brian Lesage
We’re offering a unique practice opportunity to directly support one of our most essential initiatives- tending to and protecting the treasured ecosystem of Vallecitos. The retreat will blend silence, community and celebration with additional special features, offering participants the opportunity to deepen their practice, build community and steward care for this rare wetlands habitat that doubles as an off-grid retreat center. […]
Heart Connection: A LGBTQIA+ Community Metta Retreat in Nature
Also With René Rivera
Join us for a seven-night silent retreat in LGBTQIA+ community on the beautiful land of Vallecitos. This year we will immerse ourselves in the heart practice of lovingkindness, or Metta, supported by the natural world, the Dhamma, and queer community. We will build a continuity of practice together cultivating this friendliness towards ourselves, others, and […]
Deep Dive Dharma: Essential Teachings on The Sure Heart's Release
Also With Erin Treat and Pamela Weiss
Vallecitos is pleased to announce a special eight-month online program for experienced practitioners during the off-season with Erin Treat, Pamela Weiss, and Victoria Cary. This deep dive into essential Buddhist teachings on liberation explores: The Three Characteristics, Emptiness and Suchness, Dependent Origination, The Two Truths, The Nature of Mind, Awareness and Awakening. Through meditation and interactive inquiry […]