{"id":16291,"date":"2026-09-05T13:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=16291"},"modified":"2026-09-05T13:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:29:58","slug":"beginning-anew-mindfulness-retreat-2","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/events\/beginning-anew-mindfulness-retreat-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginning Anew Mindfulness Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What If You Could Begin the New Year Differently This Time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not with resolutions. Not with pressure. But with stillness, clarity, and the quiet sense of beginning again from the inside out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This January, Buddhist Faith Fellowship invites you to pause, let go of what you are carrying, and step into 2027 with renewed presence and an open heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A New Year Morning of Stillness, Clarity &amp; Renewal <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \ud83d\udccb<strong>Sunday, January 10, 2027<\/strong> \ud83d\udd57 <strong>Arrive: 8:30 \u2013 8:50 AM | Retreat: 9:00 \u2013 11:30 AM<\/strong> \ud83d\udccd <strong>Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, 343 Washington Terrace, Middletown, CT<\/strong> \ud83d\udcb5 <strong>$58<\/strong> \u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Open enrollment closes January 9, 2027 at 6:00 PM \u2014 Space is strictly limited<\/strong> \ud83d\udccb <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of BFF&#8217;s most beloved offerings since 2004 \u2014 a gentle 2.5-hour morning of sitting and walking meditation, the Six Points of Posture, and noble silence, held in the serene beauty of our Sh\u00f4y\u00f4an Teien Zen Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No religious background needed. Open to everyone. <em>No walk-ins.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Full details &amp; registration:<\/strong> \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/beginning-anew-mindfulness-retreat-2\/\">https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/beginning-anew-mindfulness-retreat-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What If You Could Begin the New Year Differently This Time? Not with resolutions. Not with pressure. But with stillness, clarity, and the quiet sense of beginning again from the inside out. This January, Buddhist Faith Fellowship invites you to pause, let go of what you are carrying, and step into 2027 with renewed presence&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":747,"featured_media":16275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[235],"class_list":["post-16291","ctc_event","type-ctc_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_event_category-events","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/16291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/747"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/16291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16292,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/16291\/revisions\/16292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=16291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}