Natural Intelligence
Natural Intelligence Daylong
Hosted by Insight Meditation Center
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Teacher Kim Allen
Insight Meditation Teacher
Kim Allen teaches at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, bringing a background in natural intelligence and contemplative inquiry.
Saturday, August 29, 2026
9:30 AM PT • 6 hours
Redwood City, CA
24 spots available
Practice details
- Host
- Insight Meditation Center
- Format
- 6 hours
Reserve your place
- August 29, 2026
- 9:30 AM PT
- Insight Meditation Center
You'll be redirected to Insight Meditation Center to complete your booking.
About this retreat
An invitation to come home to yourself.
A daylong retreat with Kim Allen exploring how mindfulness practice connects us with our innate natural intelligence — the wisdom that arises when we settle deeply into awareness and let go of habitual reactivity.
Why this retreat
The highest level of care, presence and craft.
Vetted Sanctuary
Held in a carefully chosen space designed to support nervous-system rest.
Expert Facilitation
Guided by a teacher with years of dedicated practice and training.
Intimate Group
Small cohort so every voice and body is held and seen.
Whole-Day Reset
A complete arc — arrive scattered, leave reoriented to what matters.
What you'll experience
A day shaped with intention.
Chapter 01
Dana-based pricing
A grounded session of dana-based pricing woven into the wider arc of the day.
Chapter 02
Guided and unguided practice
A grounded session of guided and unguided practice woven into the wider arc of the day.
Chapter 03
Walking meditation
A grounded session of walking meditation woven into the wider arc of the day.
Where you'll be
Redwood City, CA
A welcoming meditation center in the heart of Silicon Valley offering daily sittings and daylong retreats in the Theravada tradition
Insight Meditation Center
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