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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
April 2 - 5, 2026 Vibrant Sky – The Practice & Vision of Open All levels / In person Jogen Salzberg View Details Register
April 10 - 17, 2026 We Are One, We Are Whole Some Experience Required / In person Rev. WonGong So View Details Register
April 29 - May 3, 2026 The Intuitive Heart: A Meditation Retreat for Experienced Meditators Experience Required / In person David Chernikoff View Details Register
May 12 - 17, 2026 Gathering the Gaze of Awareness: A Meditation, Yoga and Sensory Awareness Retreat All levels / In person Jeff Collins and Gisela Konrad View Details Register
May 21 - 24, 2026 Cultivating Steadiness and Ease: A Mindfulness Retreat for Beginners All levels / In person Sharon Shelton View Details Register
June 10 - 14, 2026 Thai Forest Lineage Retreat All levels / In person John Orr and Venerable Somasihi Bhikkhuni View Details Register
June 17 - 21, 2026 Inner Peace in a Chaotic World All levels / In person Ronya Banks View Details Register
June 24 - 28, 2026 Awareness, Wisdom, and the Heart’s Sure Release All levels / In person Mark Nunberg View Details Register
July 13 - 18, 2026 Coming Close to Life: Resting the Heart in Natural Awareness All levels / In person Rupert Marques and Kerstin Deibert View Details Register
July 16 - 26, 2026 [At Home] Jhanas, Satipatthana and Dependent Origination: An Online Retreat for Experienced Students Experienced Practitioners / Online At Home Leigh Brasington View Details Register
July 31 - August 5, 2026 Returning to Love: An Insight Dialogue Retreat All levels / In person Phyllis Hicks and Joyce Curnan View Details Register
August 13 - 23, 2026 Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapanasati) Retreat All levels / In person Rachael O’Brien View Details Register
August 27 - 30, 2026 Hearts Rooted In Sangha: A BIPOC Loving-kindness Retreat All levels / In person Lev Michael Moses and Dr. Hy V. Huynh View Details Register
September 2 - 7, 2026 The Path of Recovery: Healing the Wounds of Addiction 30 days clean and sober / All meditation levels / In person Kevin Griffin and Greg Pergament View Details Register
September 17 - 20, 2026 Rooted in the Turning World (LGBTQIA+) LGBTQIA+ / All levels / In person Em Morrison and Prince M. Levy-Benítez View Details Register
September 25 - October 8, 2026 The Heart of Our Practice: From Ordinary Mind to Awakening Experience Required / In person Donald Rothberg View Details Register
October 13 - 18, 2026 Awakening the Feminine Buddha: From Tārā and Kwan Yin to Our Own Embodied Wisdom Women / All levels / In person Lisa Ernst View Details Register
November 3 - 8, 2026 Zen and the Undoing of Doing—a Body/Mind Retreat All levels / In person Rev. Teijo Munnich and Meredith McIntosh View Details Register
December 3 - 13, 2026 Jhanas, Metta, and Emptiness Experience Required / In person Mary Aubry View Details Register
December 27, 2026 - January 1, 2027 Grounding in Presence, Compassion, and Wise Intention Some Experience Required / In person Eve Decker and Lev Michael Moses View Details Register
March 1 - 31, 2027 2027 Month-long Retreat at Southern Dharma Experience Requited / In Person Rupert Marques and Kerstin Deibert View Details Join waiting list

 

 

 


Integrated Dharma

David McKay

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

Vibrant Sky – The Practice & Vision of Open

Jogen Salzberg

April 2 - 5, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
In this retreat, we will explore the practice of open…

We Are One, We Are Whole

Rev. WonGong So

April 10 - 17, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
During this spring retreat, we will connect with the Dharma…

The Intuitive Heart: A Meditation Retreat for Experienced Meditators

David Chernikoff

April 29 - May 3, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Spiritual training teaches us a radical new way of knowing…
Jeff & Gisela

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

Jeff Collins and Gisela Konrad

May 12 - 17, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
“What is Buddha’s Way?” “Great intimacy.” “What is Yoga’s Way?”…

Cultivating Steadiness and Ease: A Mindfulness Retreat for Beginners

Sharon Shelton

May 21 - 24, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
In a world that rarely pauses, this retreat offers an…

Thai Forest Lineage Retreat

John Orr and Venerable Somasihi Bhikkhuni

June 10 - 14, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
There have been many Eastern teachers responsible for helping to…

Inner Peace in a Chaotic World

Ronya Banks

June 17 - 21, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
“Everybody wants a happy life. This goal is entirely dependent…

Awareness, Wisdom, and the Heart’s Sure Release

Mark Nunberg

June 24 - 28, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Buddhist awareness practices develop the heart’s natural capacity to be…

Coming Close to Life: Resting the Heart in Natural Awareness

Rupert Marques and Kerstin Deibert

July 13 - 18, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Grant me the ability to be alone; May it be…

[At Home] Jhanas, Satipatthana and Dependent Origination: An Online Retreat for Experienced Students

Leigh Brasington

July 16 - 26, 2026
At Home - Zoom Retreat
This retreat combines the two main elements of the Buddha’s…

Returning to Love: An Insight Dialogue Retreat

Phyllis Hicks and Joyce Curnan

July 31 - August 5, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Insight Dialogue brings the Dhamma to life relationally—in the body…

Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapanasati) Retreat

Rachael O’Brien

August 13 - 23, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Retreatants will develop their sensitivities to the felt sense of…

Hearts Rooted In Sangha: A BIPOC Loving-kindness Retreat

Lev Michael Moses and Dr. Hy V. Huynh

August 27 - 30, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Please join Lev Michael Moses and Dr. Hy V. Huynh…

The Path of Recovery: Healing the Wounds of Addiction

Kevin Griffin and Greg Pergament

September 2 - 7, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Join us for a unique meditation retreat combining traditional Buddhist…

Rooted in the Turning World (LGBTQIA+)

Em Morrison and Prince M. Levy-Benítez

September 17 - 20, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
This LGBTQIA+ meditation retreat will blend Zen and Vipassana practice…

The Heart of Our Practice: From Ordinary Mind to Awakening

Donald Rothberg

September 25 - October 8, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
In this two-week retreat, we will work with four core…

Awakening the Feminine Buddha: From Tārā and Kwan Yin to Our Own Embodied Wisdom

Lisa Ernst

October 13 - 18, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
In a time when the world feels increasingly fractured and…

Zen and the Undoing of Doing—a Body/Mind Retreat

Rev. Teijo Munnich and Meredith McIntosh

November 3 - 8, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
In our busy lives, even in meditation, we are often…

A Life that Works

David McKay

November 11 - 15, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Dedicated Dharma practice gradually produces greater and deeper peace and…

Jhanas, Metta, and Emptiness

Mary Aubry

December 3 - 13, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
This ten-day retreat will focus on the development of the…

Grounding in Presence, Compassion, and Wise Intention

Eve Decker and Lev Michael Moses

December 27, 2026 - January 1, 2027
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Deepening in presence and compassion, and guided by wise intention,…

2027 Month-long Retreat at Southern Dharma

Rupert Marques and Kerstin Deibert

March 1 - 31, 2027
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Happiness cannot be found through great effort and willpower But…

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