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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
December 13, 2025 [DAYLONG/ASHEVILLE] The Four Sweet Liberations – Practices of Disruption for the Spiritually Fabulous All Levels / In Person Lama Rod Owens View Details Register
December 27, 2025 - January 1, 2026 Buddha, Dharma and Sangha: Engaging in Refuges for These Times Experience Required / In person Fresh "Lev" White and Eve Decker View Details Register
April 2 - 5, 2026 Vibrant Sky – The Practice & Vision of Open All levels / In person Jogen Salzberg View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
April 10 - 17, 2026 We Are One, We Are Whole Some Experience Required / In person Rev. WonGong So View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
April 29 - May 3, 2026 The Intuitive Heart: A Meditation Retreat for Experienced Meditators Experience Required / In person David Chernikoff View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
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
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
May 28 - 31, 2026 Metta-Vipassana: Integrating Mindfulness and Metta practices. All levels / In person Dave Smith View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
June 10 - 14, 2026 Thai Forest Lineage Retreat All levels / In person John Orr and Venerable Somasihi Bhikkhuni View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
June 17 - 21, 2026 Inner Peace in a Chaotic World All levels / In person Ronya Banks View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
June 24 - 28, 2026 Awareness, Wisdom, and the Heart’s Sure Release All levels / In person Mark Nunberg View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
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
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
July 31 - August 5, 2026 Returning to Love: An Insight Dialogue Retreat All levels / In person Phyllis Hicks and Joyce Curnan View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
August 13 - 23, 2026 Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapanasati) Retreat All levels / In person Rachael O’Brien View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
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
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
September 17 - 20, 2026 Rooted in the Turning World (LGBTQIA+) LGBTQIA+ / All levels / In person Em Morrison and Prince M. Levy-Benítez View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
September 25 - October 8, 2026 The Heart of Our Practice: From Ordinary Mind to Awakening Experience Required / In person Donald Rothberg View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
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
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
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
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
December 3 - 13, 2026 Jhanas, Metta, and Emptiness Experience Required / In person Mary Aubry View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026
December 27, 2026 - January 1, 2027 Grounding in Presence, Compassion, and Wise Intention Some Experience Required / In person Eve Decker and Fresh "Lev" White View Details
Registration opens: Jan 1, 2026

 

 

 


Integrated Dharma

David McKay

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

[DAYLONG/ASHEVILLE] The Four Sweet Liberations – Practices of Disruption for the Spiritually Fabulous

Lama Rod Owens

December 13, 2025
Land of the Sky United Church of Christ
Traditional practice leans into striving for simplicity and letting go…

Buddha, Dharma and Sangha: Engaging in Refuges for These Times

Fresh "Lev" White and Eve Decker

December 27, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
During this New Year's Retreat we will create refuge in…

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?”…

Metta-Vipassana: Integrating Mindfulness and Metta practices.

Dave Smith

May 28 - 31, 2026
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Metta-Vipassana is an integrated practice that unites the Four Foundations…

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…

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…

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 Fresh "Lev" White

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

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