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Retreat Calendar

Please note: On registration opening days retreats will open for registration on this page at 2:00pm ET. The register column will say "closed" below until 2pm ET, at which point you will find a link to the registration form. When a program fills there will be a link to the waiting list. 

Dates Title Experience Level / Format Teacher Details Register
May 29 - June 1, 2025 Another Meditation, Yoga, and Sensory Awareness Retreat: A Long Weekend of Gathering the Gaze of Awareness All levels / In person Jeff Collins and Gisela Konrad View Details Join waiting list
June 3 - 8, 2025 Gathering the Gaze of Awareness: A Meditation, Yoga and Sensory Awareness Retreat All levels / In person Jeff Collins and Gisela Konrad View Details Join waiting list
June 25 - 29, 2025 Compassionate Vipassana All levels / In person Ronya Banks View Details Join waiting list
July 1 - 6, 2025 Courageous Heart: Meeting the Spirit of Our Times with Steadiness and Love All levels / In person Rupert Marques and Dawn Scott View Details Register
July 9 - 13, 2025 Finding Peace where You Are: The Art of Unburdening the Heart All levels / In person Lisa Ernst View Details Register
July 15 - 20, 2025 Opening the heart, freeing the mind: An Insight Dialogue Retreat All levels / In person Phyllis Hicks and Joyce Curnan View Details Register
August 1 - 6, 2025 [AT HOME] Dependent Origination and Emptiness: An Online Retreat for Experienced Students – Applications Open Experience Required / At Home (Online) Leigh Brasington and Heather Sundberg View Details
By Application
August 4 - 10, 2025 Volunteer Week 2025 All levels / In person View Details Register
August 20 - 24, 2025 Exploring the Self Through Jewish and Buddhist Contemplative Practice All levels / In person Rabbi Jeff Roth and Rabbi Joanna Katz View Details Register
August 27 - September 1, 2025 The Path of Recovery: Healing the Wounds of Addiction 30 Days Clean and Sober / All levels / In person Kevin Griffin and Greg Pergament View Details Register
September 11 - 14, 2025 An Introduction to Mahāmudrā All levels / In person Dr. Hun Lye View Details Register
September 16 - 21, 2025 The Dharma of Harriet Tubman: Liberation as a Path to Awakening (BIPOC Retreat) BIPOC / All levels / In person Spring Washam View Details Register
September 24 - October 1, 2025 The Heart of Practice: Awakening and the End of Dukkha (or Reactivity) Experience Required / In person Donald Rothberg View Details Register
October 22 - 26, 2025 Kwan Yin and Embodying Deep Wisdom and Compassion: A Retreat for Women Women / All levels / In person Lisa Ernst View Details Register
October 29 - November 2, 2025 Sashay Away From The Fray: Finding True Refuge Amongst the Defiantly Fabulous (LGBTQIA+ Retreat) LGBTQIA+ / All levels / In person La Sarmiento and Em Morrison View Details Register
November 5 - 9, 2025 Thai Forest Lineage Retreat All levels / In person John Orr and Venerable Somasihi Bhikkhuni View Details Register
November 13 - 16, 2025 Get Your Mind Right: A Young People’s Retreat on the Four Great Efforts Ages 35 and Under / In person Mikey Livid and Rachael Tanner-Smith View Details Register
November 21 - 23, 2025 Fall Work Weekend with SDRC Staff All levels / In person View Details Register
December 10 - 14, 2025 Be Who You Are, Live From the Heart All levels / In person David McKay View Details Register

 

 

 


Integrated Dharma

David McKay

Open Dates
Asheville Friends Meeting House
A thirty-minute meditation period followed by an hour-long discussion guided…

Another Meditation, Yoga, and Sensory Awareness Retreat: A Long Weekend of Gathering the Gaze of Awareness

Jeff Collins and Gisela Konrad

May 29 - June 1, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
“What is Buddha’s Way?” “Great intimacy.” “What is Yoga’s Way?”…

Gathering the Gaze of Awareness: A Meditation, Yoga and Sensory Awareness Retreat

Jeff Collins and Gisela Konrad

June 3 - 8, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
What is Buddha’s Way? Great intimacy. What is Yoga’s Way?…

Compassionate Vipassana

Ronya Banks

June 25 - 29, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
The more your inner and outer worlds provide you with…

Courageous Heart: Meeting the Spirit of Our Times with Steadiness and Love

Rupert Marques and Dawn Scott

July 1 - 6, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
The vulnerability of living invites us to respond to the…

Finding Peace where You Are: The Art of Unburdening the Heart

Lisa Ernst

July 9 - 13, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
The Buddha’s path to liberation is designed to help us…

Opening the heart, freeing the mind: An Insight Dialogue Retreat

Phyllis Hicks and Joyce Curnan

July 15 - 20, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
“Come and see for yourself.”  The Buddha Join us for this…

[AT HOME] Dependent Origination and Emptiness: An Online Retreat for Experienced Students – Applications Open

Leigh Brasington and Heather Sundberg

August 1 - 6, 2025
At Home
In this retreat, Leigh will teach theory and guided practice on…

Volunteer Week 2025

August 4 - 10, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Volunteer weeks at Southern Dharma offer an opportunity to deepen…

Exploring the Self Through Jewish and Buddhist Contemplative Practice

Rabbi Jeff Roth and Rabbi Joanna Katz

August 20 - 24, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
The Nature of the Self is naturally a prime phenomenon…

The Path of Recovery: Healing the Wounds of Addiction

Kevin Griffin and Greg Pergament

August 27 - September 1, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Join us for a unique meditation retreat combining traditional Buddhist…

An Introduction to Mahāmudrā

Dr. Hun Lye

September 11 - 14, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Mahamudra is considered the penultimate practice in Tibetan Buddhism and…

The Dharma of Harriet Tubman: Liberation as a Path to Awakening (BIPOC Retreat)

Spring Washam

September 16 - 21, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
In a world that feels increasingly heavy with fear, division,…

The Heart of Practice: Awakening and the End of Dukkha (or Reactivity)

Donald Rothberg

September 24 - October 1, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
The Buddha famously said, “I teach dukkha [reactivity or a…

Kwan Yin and Embodying Deep Wisdom and Compassion: A Retreat for Women

Lisa Ernst

October 22 - 26, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
During these increasingly uncertain and challenging times, it is vital…

Sashay Away From The Fray: Finding True Refuge Amongst the Defiantly Fabulous (LGBTQIA+ Retreat)

La Sarmiento and Em Morrison

October 29 - November 2, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
In a time when hostility towards so many of our…

Thai Forest Lineage Retreat

John Orr and Venerable Somasihi Bhikkhuni

November 5 - 9, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
There have been many Eastern teachers responsible for helping to…

Get Your Mind Right: A Young People’s Retreat on the Four Great Efforts

Mikey Livid and Rachael Tanner-Smith

November 13 - 16, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
“All that we are is the result of what we…

Fall Work Weekend with SDRC Staff

November 21 - 23, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Help the Southern Dharma staff care for our beautiful property…

Be Who You Are, Live From the Heart

David McKay

December 10 - 14, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
It is sometimes said that the most essential question in…

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