Sunday International Sangha Online Offering
Immersion in Life & Death
with Presence & Wisdom
with Marcia Rose
Sundays April 19 & 26, 2026 9:30 am – 11:30 am (MT)
Saturday & Sunday May 2 – 3, 2026 9:30 am – 4:30 pm (MT)
Application Required
Please join us ONLINE as our 85 year old healthy and vital Mountain Hermitage founding and guiding teacher Marcia Rose offers teachings and practices along with time for questions and discussion rooted in the observation, acknowledgment, and acceptance of Anicca/change/impermanence.
We will explore the unpredictable and uncertain nature of the timing along with the challenging and beautiful ways that Anicca relentlessly shows up. This exploration will render each of us a deeper and fuller capacity for presence rooted in wisdom as we traverse life and eventually death.
This series of two Sunday morning classes and a weekend at-home retreat stem from Marcia’s life and extended hospital stay and near-death, hospice experience three years ago.
We will begin promptly at the scheduled times. All times are Mountain Time, so please find the corresponding time where you are currently living. Please join us ON TIME for these offerings. The ‘virtual door’ will be closed very soon after we begin.
Please fill out the application form (see below) and send it to us, along with your fee, before March 19, 2026. Space is limited so early application is encouraged.
This offering is open to all experience levels.
Sliding scale fees
low ($65) actual ($75) benefactor ($100)
No fees for monastics. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Applications
Application & payment are necessary in order to receive the zoom link and related materials. Forms and fees are requested by March 19, 2026.
Course fees do not include Dana offerings to the teacher. Marcia relies on Dana for her livelihood, so please consider offering Dana to her.
Application Form PDF – please print and fill this out, then mail it, along with your payment, to : The Mountain Hermitage, PO Box 807, Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557
Or you can click on this Application Form WORD DOC and fill it out on your computer, then email it to hermitage@mountainhermitage.org.
We accept checks or money orders (US funds please) made out to The Mountain Hermitage. If you would like to pay by credit card, please contact Kathy at hermitage@mountainhermitage.org.
Within 2 weeks of receipt of your application form and payment, you will be notified of your acceptance into the course. The zoom link and more information about the retreat will be emailed to you closer to the start of the course.
Thank you for your interest in participating in the Sunday International Sangha offerings from Marcia! We look forward to seeing you in April 2026.
Marcia Rose is the founding and guiding teacher of The Mountain Hermitage and founding teacher of Taos Mountain Sangha. She has been studying and practicing Buddhist teachings and meditation with Asian and Western teachers since 1970, primarily in the Theravada-Vipassana (Path of the Elders) tradition. Her own teaching reflects a clear influence from the Burmese Mahasi Vipassana and Pa-Auk Forest Monastery lineages with authorization from Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw to teach Samatha, Jhana and Brahma Vihara practices. She has also studied and practiced in the Dzogchen Tibetan Buddhist tradition with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Marcia was resident teacher for staff at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, MA from 1991-1995. She also was one of the teachers for the annual three-month retreat at IMS for some years, as well as an occasional visiting teacher for shorter retreats at IMS and a regular visiting teacher at The Forest Refuge in Barre, MA. Marcia has taught Vipassana, Concentration, Brahma Vihara, and Creative Process retreats in various U.S. and international venues for over 35 years and is dedicated to offering these ancient and timeless teachings in ways that make them accessible, authentic and relevant for contemporary culture.