Programs

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  • June 26, 2026
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  • June 28, 2026
  • Judson Brewer, Robin Boudette

Cultivating Curiosity for Habit Change: Mindful Inquiry Training for Transformation

  • Join Drs. Jud Brewer and Robin Boudette for a weekend-long program that trains facilitators in the 3 Gears Method of behavior change to help individuals transform unhealthy habits like stress eating, smoking, or worrying.
  • Residential
  • July 3, 2026
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  • July 8, 2026
  • Rupert Marques, Dawn Scott

Embodying Ecodharma: Kinship Amidst the Great Unravelling

  • Gather in community to meet the heartbreak and hope of our times. This retreat weaves Dharma, Earth-care, and deep listening to help us root in love, resilience, and a story of mutual flourishing.
  • Residential
  • July 10, 2026
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  • July 19, 2026
  • Yahel Avigur

True Joy: A Samadhi and Jhana Retreat

  • Discover the joy at the heart of samadhi. Rooted in Rob Burbea’s teachings, this retreat invites deep meditative sensitivity, refined perception, and a natural unfolding toward jhana and awakening.
  • Residential
  • July 21, 2026
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  • July 26, 2026
  • Yahel Avigur

Seeing That Frees: Exploring the Path of Emptiness

  • Explore the liberating insight of emptiness through practices from Seeing That Frees. This retreat invites subtle, joyful perception that softens suffering and reveals the freedom at the heart of all experience.
  • Residential
  • August 4, 2026
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  • August 9, 2026
  • Bill Morgan, Susan Morgan

Finding Balance in Chaos: A Mindfulness Retreat for Coming Back to Ourselves

  • In turbulent times, return to what steadies you. This retreat offers mindfulness practices to calm the nervous system, release built-up stress, and restore balance—held in silence and spiritual friendship.
  • 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

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
  • December 8, 2026
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  • December 13, 2026
  • GuoGu

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

Deepening Practice,
Building Community.

Deepening Practice,
Building Community.

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