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

Jhanas, Metta, and Emptiness

December 3 - 13, 2026

This ten-day retreat will focus on the development of the Jhanas (deep concentration states) in a regular sitting practice for the purpose of enhancing insight practice as taught by Leigh Brasington and his teacher, the Venerable Ayya Khema. Insight topics will include the Four Noble Truths, impermanence, dependent origination, and emptiness. Metta practice will be […]