Monthly Archives: August 2016

continued from American Pilgrimage #32 I hadn’t slept that first night at Deer Park Monastery and was awake at 4.30, though meditation only began at 6. I didn’t care. I needed to meditate. It was a problem I’d had last time: amidst all … Continue reading →

The final retreat I attended before leaving the US was the People of Color Retreat at Deer Park Monastery outside San Diego. When I first began my pilgrimage in 2014 this was my first port of call, and so it felt … Continue reading →