Mary Aubry
Mary Aubry (she/her) leads meditation retreats on insight, the jhanas, emptiness, and the brahmaviharas. In addition, she has taught programs that support mindfully meeting aging, illness, and dying, as well as training meditation companions for the aging, ill, and
dying and those who love and care for them. Mary also offers meditative support to parents of deceased children, having lost her son to cancer in 2015. Additionally, Mary is one of the facilitating teachers for Bhikkhu Analayo’s online Satipatthana and Anapanasati courses offered by the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Prior to becoming a full-time meditation teacher, Mary worked as a lawyer at the U.S. Justice Department for 24 years.
Upcoming Programs by Mary Aubry
Welcoming and Working with the Hindrances
During this six-day retreat for beginners and experienced meditators alike, Mary will offer guidance on meditatively working with the five hindrances of sensual desire, aversion (including anger, disappointment, sadness, etc.), sloth-and-torpor, restlessness and worry, and doubt. Instead of habitually seeking short-lived relief from the hindrances in ways that don’t serve us, Mary will invite participants […]