Musical Dharma Talks and Retreats

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Bliss Hippy offers:

* Dharma Concerts, an evening of  song, celebration and meditation. These powerful gatherings offer a joyful path to centering in turbulent times, with messages that empower personal transformation and encourage the unlimited possibilities of an expansive heart.

* Musical Dharma talks and full day retreats (lead by Maureen Hall and supported by Bliss Hippy music). These focus on mindfulness, from a Buddhist perspective and songs are integrated throughout the talks as a way of emphasizing the principles being presented. Maureen’s Dharma talks focus on the Four Bramaviharas, Mindfulness and Non-Dualism.


Maureen has been a Buddhist meditation practitioner and teacher since 2002. Her training includes: 

  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in Mind-Body Medicine Certification with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli from the Continuing Education Department at Omega Institute. (Here is more info on MBSR at Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.)
  • Completion of the two-year Community Dharma Leader (CDL) program from Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Dharma Institute in Woodacre California
  • Graduate of the Dharmacharya Program taught by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa, co-abots at Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center in Hendersonville, NC.

Her teaching experience includes:

  • Teaching MBSR at Missouri University of Science and Technology as part of  The University of Missouri System's Healthy for Life program.
  • Taught MBSR for the Center for Integrative Medicine in Springfield, MO in 2006 and 2008.
  • She is currently teaching students individually, and leading a weekly Sangha at Inspiration Center, in Rolla, MO.
  • Serving as a “Dharma Troubadour”, providing musical support for meditation retreats lead by the Venerable Pannavati.
  • She traveled to India with Venerable Pannavati on three of her Bearing Witness Retreats to provide musical, physical, and spiritual support for the Venerable Pannavati's mission to help India's “Untouchables”

Richard has practiced mindfullness meditation for over two decades, and is also certified through the Omega MBSR program. He often joins with Maureen to provide music that punctuates the Dharmic principles throughout the talks and retreats.

More details on Maureen's Dharma story and Bliss Hippy's Musical Dharma.