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Programs

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  • August 13, 2026
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  • August 22, 2026
  • Tuere Sala

Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness (Hybrid)

  • Experience a new style of Insight Meditation that employs the “Nine Bodies of Consciousness” map.
  • Hybrid
  • August 24, 2026
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  • August 28, 2026
  • Cara Lai, Zac Ispa-Landa

Waking Up in a Living World

  • For ages 18–35. Explore awakening, interdependence, and belonging through meditation, nature practice, and grief work. Practice in and as the living world, deepening connection to earth, body, and your life.
  • Residential
  • October 16, 2026
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  • October 21, 2026
  • Lama Rod Owens

Practicing Spiritual Abolition through the Heart Sutra

  • Explore the liberating power of contradiction through the Heart Sutra and spiritual abolitionism. Guided by Lama Rod, this retreat invites deep practice for personal and collective freedom—across time and being.
  • Residential
  • October 30, 2026
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  • November 4, 2026
  • Ayya Santussika

The Liberating Power of Mindfulness: Finding Freedom from Entanglements

  • Step into five days of monastic-style retreat and explore the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. With kindness and clarity, untangle habitual patterns and rediscover spaciousness, simplicity, and inner freedom.
  • Residential
  • November 6, 2026
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  • November 15, 2026
  • Gregory Kramer, Ayya Anopama, Viveka Bhikkhu

From Concept to Experience: Apprehending Dhamma Through Insight Dialogue

  • Bring the Dhamma to life through embodied practice and relational inquiry. This retreat invites you to explore Insight Dialogue as a way to feel, reflect on, and share the living energy of the teachings—here and now.
  • Residential
  • November 17, 2026
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  • November 21, 2026
  • Ruth Ozeki

To Study the Self: Zen and the Art of Creative Writing

  • Explore writing as contemplative practice. Using Dogen’s Zen wisdom, we’ll study and forget the self, play with genre, and let the world speak through us—one word, one breath at a time.
  • Residential
  • December 8, 2026
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  • December 13, 2026
  • Guo Gu

Gateway to Chan Hybrid Retreat

  • This Chan program will deepen your practice through 30-minute sitting meditation periods punctuated by mindful yoga and walking meditation.
  • Hybrid
  • December 15, 2026
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  • December 20, 2026
  • Kittisaro, Thanissara

Meet the Kuan Yin Dharmas: Bringing the Mahayana and Theravada into Harmony

  • Explore the healing power of Kuan Yin’s wisdom and compassion in this integrative retreat. Drawing from Theravāda and Mahāyāna teachings, we turn toward personal freedom and collective healing in a world in need.
  • Residential