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…
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…





















