Other Insight Meditation Retreats in North America
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The following retreats are listed for your information. Inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement by nor affiliation with Mid America Dharma. The following list of retreats are ones that we're aware of. If you know of a retreat that is not listed and would like it to be, please let us know.

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Retreats are listed by state.

Arizona    California    Colorado    Washington, D.C.    Florida    Hawaii    Illinois     Indiana     Iowa     Maryland    Massachusetts    Michigan    Minnesota    Missouri    Nevada    New Mexico    New Hampshire    New York    North Carolina    North Dakota    Ohio    Oklahoma    Oregon    Pennsylvania    Texas    Utah    Vermont    Virginia    Washington    West Virginia    Wisconsin    Wyoming   

International retreats are listed by country.

Canada 


Arizona

     Tucson

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Nov. 4-6 Relationship to Time Brian Lesage TCMC
Phone: (520) 514-2299
WWW: http://www.tucsonmeditation.org
Dec. 2-4 Socially Engaged Buddhism Donald Rothberg

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California

    Bay Area

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Spring, Summer, Fall TBA Mindful Awareness for Young Adults Tempel Smith,
Spring Walsham
Jason Murphy,
JoAnna Harper,
and
others
MAYA Retreats
Phone: (415) 254-8692
WWW: http://www.mayaretreats.org

     Ben Lomond

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Sept. 13-23, 2012 Concentration, Jhana & Insight Shaila Catherine IMSB
Phone: (408) 761-9659
E-Mail: retreats at imsb.org
WWW: http://www.imsb.org/programs/retreatsWithShaila.php

     Boulder Creek

     See retreat offerings of Insight Meditation South Bay
     at http://www.imsb.org.

 

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Apr. 5-8, 2012 Awakening with Insight Shaila Catherine IMSB
Phone: (408) 761-9659
E-Mail: retreats at imsb.org
WWW: http://www.imsb.org/programs/retreatsWithShaila.php

    Joshua Tree

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Dec. 16-Jan 3 Vipassana & Qigong Ruth Denison & Ven. Madika Bhikkhuni Dhamma Dena
Phone: (760) 362-4815
WWW: http://www.dhammadena.com

 

    Los Altos/Los Altos Hills

     See retreat offerings of Insight Meditation Center at      http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org.

 

     Los Angeles

     Retreat offerings and other activities of Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation
     Society
may be found at http://www.againstthestream.org.

     Retreat offerings and other activities of Insight LA may be found at
     http://insightla.org.

     Retreat offerings of LA Dharma may be found at http://www.ladharma.org or
     by Phone: (310) 226-6113.

     Information about retreat offerings of Wat Thai of Los Angeles is
     available by contacting Nuchanach Sirin, by Phone: (661) 251-4358 or
     E-mail: nuchs at sirinsoft.com.

    Los Gatos

     See retreat offerings of Insight Meditation Center at      http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org.

 

    Lost Coast

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
June 24-30 Silent Retreat in Nature Susie Harrington & Tory Capron Quilley
Phone: (707) 776-0972
WWW: http://www.desertdharma.org

 

    Menlo Park

     See retreat offerings of Insight Meditation South Bay
     at http://www.imsb.org.

 

     Mountain View

     Insight Meditation South Bay offers monthly one day retreats with Shaila Catherine.
     For more information see http://www.imsb.org.

    Nevada City

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Jan. 6-13, 2012 Residential John Travis Jenna
Phone: (530) 756-4494
E-Mail: jenna at mtstream.org

     Redwood City

     Retreat offerings of the Insight Meditation Center may be found at
     http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org or Phone: (650) 599-3456 or
     E-Mail: info at insightmeditationcenter.org.

     Redwood Valley

     Retreat offerings at Abhayagiri Monastery may be found
     at http://www.abhayagiri.org.

    Sacramento

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Monthly Daylongs Various Sacramento Insight Meditation
Phone: (916) 471-6499
E-Mail: info at sactoinsight.org
WWW: http://www.sactoinsight.org
Apr. 21-22 Intro to Meditation Tina Rasmussen & Stephen Snyder E-Mail: info at jhanasadvice.com
WWW: http://www.jhanasadvice.com

     San Francisco

     Retreat offerings of the Insight Meditation Center of San Francisco may be found
     at http://www.sfinsight.org or by Phone: (415) 994-5951.

     Santa Cruz

     Retreat offerings of Vipassana Santa Cruz may be found at
     http://www.vipassana-santacruz.org or by Phone: (831) 425-3431.

     Also see retreats listed by Insight Meditation South Bay and Spirit Rock.

     Santa Monica

     See retreat offerings of Insight LA at http://insightla.org.

    Santa Rosa

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Dec. 26 - Jan. 1 or Jan. 8 New Year's Retreat Ajahns Anandabodhi & Santacitta Wren Withers
Phone: (415) 497-5818
WWW: http://www.saranaloka.org

    Saratoga

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Dec. 27- Jan. 1 Teen Retreat (ages 15-19) Heather Sundberg
and
Spring Walsham
Spirit Rock
Phone: (415) 488-0164
WWW: Spirit Rock Meditation Center

    Warner Springs

    Manzanita Village's retreat offerings may be found at     http://www.manzanitavillage.org.

 

     Woodacre

     Spirit Rock Meditation Center's many retreat offerings may be found at      http://www.spiritrock.org/.

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Colorado

    Cortez

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Dec. 28-Jan 1   Eric Kolvig & Brian Lesage Tom Klema
Phone: (970) 946-0787
WWW: http://www.durangodharmacenter.org

    Estes Park

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Feb. 1-5   Terry Ray Cindy
E-Mail: cfisk3 at msn.com

    Glenwood Hot Springs

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Mar. 28 - Apr. 1   Terry Ray Cindy
E-Mail: cfisk at msn.com

    Salida

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
May 16-20   Eric Kolvig & Brian Lesage Denise Ackert
Phone: (719) 539-2906
E-Mail: deniseackert at yahoo.com

 

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District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)

The Insight Meditation Community of Washington offers a variety of daylongs, non-residential activities and residential retreats throughout the year. Please see their web site for these listings: http://www.imcw.org/

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Florida

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
Fourth Saturdays Daylong Largo Bodhi Tree
Phone: (727) 392-7698
WWW: http://www.bodhitreefla.org

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Hawaii

     Honolulu

     Vipassana Hawai'i's retreat offerings may be found at      http://www.vipassanahawaii.org.

     Maui

     Vipassana Metta Foundation's retreat offerings may be found at      http://www.vipassanametta.org.

     Hawaii

     Vipassana Hawai'i's retreat offerings may be found at      http://www.vipassanahawaii.org.

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
Dec. 4-11 John Travis & Heather Sundberg Kailua Kona Catrinka
Phone: (808) 885-3855
E-Mail: catrinka at mtstream.org

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Illinois

     Chicago

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Dec. 29 - Jan. 1   Andrew Getz Joe Gaziano
Phone: (708) 488-9484
E-Mail: gazianoj at comcast.net
WWW: http://www.insightchicago.org

     Carbondale

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
May 19-24, 2012
May 19-20
Residential Annie Nugent Ferdinand, IN Awakening Heart Dharma Group of CUF &/or
Mindful Heart Buddhist Sangha
WWW: http://www.mhbsangha.com
 

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Indiana

     Evansville

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
May 19-24, 2012
May 19-20
Residential Annie Nugent Ferdinand, IN Awakening Heart Dharma Group of CUF &/or
Mindful Heart Buddhist Sangha
WWW: http://www.mhbsangha.com

     Selma

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
June 1-14 Jhana Retreat Leigh Brasington Tri-State Dharma
Phone: (513) 731-3530
WWW: http://www.tristatedharma.org

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Iowa

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
  Daylongs Charles Day Des Moines Des Moines Meditation & Mindfulness Group
Phone: (515) 255-8398
E-Mail: charlesday1 at mchsi.com

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Maryland

     Bethesda, Reisterstown and Rockville

       See the listings for The Insight Meditation Community of Washington.

     Westminster

     International Meditation Center-USA's retreat offerings may be found at      http://www.carr.org/~imcusa/index.html.

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Massachusetts

     Barre

     Barre Center for Buddhist Studies' many offerings may be found at
     http://www.dharma.org/bcbs/index.htm.

     Insight Meditation Society's many retreat offerings may be found at
     http://www.dharma.org/ims/index.php.

     Cambridge

     Cambridge Insight Meditation Society's urban retreat offerings may be found at
     http://www.cimc.info.

     Easthampton

     Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley/Dhamma Dena Meditation Center's
     offerings may be found at http://www.insightpv.org.

     Newburyport & West Newbury

     Insight Meditation Center of Newburyport's offerings may be found at
     http://www.imcnewburyport.com.

     West Tisdale

     Monthly Mindfulness Sessions are offered by Chas Di Capua. Contact Kathy,      Phone: (508) 693-1669, E-Mail: kfitz at verizon.net .

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Michigan

     Ann Arbor, Brighton, Howell & Plymouth

     Deep Spring Center's many offerings may be found at http://www.deepspring.org.

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Minnesota

     Janesville

 

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Mul. 13-22 Christian Insight Retreat Mary Jo Meadow
and Others
RES
Phone: (651) 464-7489
E-Mail: resecum at msn.com

     Also see Twin Cities Vipassana offerings below.

     Minneapolis

Common Ground Meditation Center
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Monthly 1-4 Day Non-Residential and Residential Mark Nunberg Common Ground
Phone: (612) 722-8260
E-Mail: info at commongroundmeditation.org
WWW: http://www.commongroundmeditation.org

Twin Cities Vipassana Collective
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
Jan. 20-22, 2012 / Jan. 20-28, 2012   Rebecca Bradshaw Annandale Naomi Baer
Phone: (651) 698-1458
E-mail: retreats at tcvc.info
WWW: http://www.tcvc.info/retreats.htm
June 8-17   Steve Armstrong
and
Kamala Masters
Joanne Skarjune
Phone: (612) 724-9357
E-mail: retreats at tcvc.info
WWW: http://www.tcvc.info/retreats.htm

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Missouri

     Annapolis

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Personal Retreats Bhante Vimalaramsi
assisted by
Sister Khema
Sister Khema
Ph: (573) 546-1214
WWW: http://www.dhammasukha.org

 

     Columbia
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Monthly Daylongs Philip Jones Silent Mind-Open Heart
Ph: (573) 874-0881
WWW: http://www.silentmindopenheart.org
Jan. 15-Feb. 23 40 Days of Practice Philip Jones Winter Feast for the Soul
WWW: On-Line Insight Meditation Recordings
or
Winter Feast for the Soul
Mar. 16-18 Non-Residential Gina Sharpe Show Me Dharma
Ph: (573) 355-5303
WWW: http://www.showmedharma.org

 

     Conception
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
June 27-July 1 Residential Shinzen Young Mid America Dharma

 

     Kansas City
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Dec. 30- Jan. 1 Non-Residential Robert Brumet E-Mail: rjbrumet at kc.rr.com
Feb. 3-5 Non-Residential Robert Brumet Mid America Dharma
Mar. 8-11 Mindful Communication Non-Residential Robert Brumet with Lori Woodley Insight Meditation at Unity Village
May 3-6 Non-Residential Robert Brumet Insight Meditation at Unity Village

 

     St. Louis
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Jan. 1 Day of Renewal Elizabeth Fryer & Jon Yaffe St. Louis Insight Meditation Group
Mar. 22-25 Non-Residential Bridget Rolens & Jon Yaffe Mid America Dharma
Aug. 22-26 Residential Shaila Catherine Mid America Dharma
Oct. 5-7 Non-Residential Will Kabat-Zinn Mid America Dharma

 

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Revised: Nov. 26, 2011

 
 
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