4-day Insight and Metta Meditation Retreat
2024-08-26 - 2024-09-01 | Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre, 720 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2G 7B7, Canada
Dharma Retreats: Meeting This Moment Fully

An Insight and Metta Meditation retreat held at Mount Carmel in Niagara Falls, Canada. Sponsored by Dharma Retreats and co taught with Roxanne Dault, a Guiding Teacher at True North. All levels are welcome. the retreat will be held in Noble Silence.
For more information and to register, please follow the link.

6-Week Retreat at IMS
2024-09-10 - 2024-10-24 | Insight Meditation Society, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
This is part 1 of IMS’s annual long retreat. Dawn Scott and I are co-coordinators of a great teaching team. There are retreat experience requirements that must be met for acceptance. One can take just this 6 week unit, or add another 6 weeks and make it a 3 month retreat.
Apply at dharma.org when applications open.

One Month at Forest Refuge
2025-01-01 - 2025-01-31 | Forest Refuge, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
Shelly Graf and I will be offering teachings and practice support for people doing vipassana and Brahma Vihara meditation. This will be at the Forest Refuge in Barre, MA. There are meditation experience and stay length minimums for acceptance.
Apply at dharma.org when applications open.

10-Day Retreat at Spirit Rock (tentative)
2025-04-21 - 2025-04-30 | Spirit Rock, PO Box 169, Woodacre, CA, 94973, United States
I will join Joseph Goldstein, Kamala and others in offering a vipassana and metta residential retreat at Spirit Rock in Woodacre CA. There will also be an option to take this retreat online.
Apply at spiritrock.org when applications open.

10-Day Concentration Retreat at IMS
2025-07-05 - 2025-07-14 | Insight Meditation Society, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
An all- levels concentration retreat at IMS in Barre, MA. My co-teacher is Tara Mulay.
Apply at dharma.org when applications open.

Weekend Retreat Opening to Life With Balance for Philadelphia Meditation Center
2025-08-15 - 2025-08-17 | Saint Raphaela Center, 616 Coopertown Road, Haverford, PA, United States
A weekend retreat for Philadelphia Meditation Center, held outside the city at Saint Raphaela Retreat Center.
Apply at Philadelphia Meditation Center https://www.philadelphiameditation.org/

One Day Training for Teacher Training Program of Insight Meditation Society & Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2025-09-05 | Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, 149 Lockwood Road, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
I am offering a on-site training for the cohort enrolled in the joint IMS/SR teacher training.
This is held at The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, BCBS.

Evening Meditation, Talk, and Q&R at Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
2025-10-08 18:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, 331 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
Evening Meditation, Talk, and Q&R at Cambridge Insight Meditation Center.
Event starts at 6:30pm

January 2026 Teaching at the Forest Refuge
2026-01-01 - 2026-01-31 | Forest Refuge, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
I will be teaching all month at the Forest Refuge in Barre, MA with Shaila Catherine, a well – trained and regarded teacher of concentration practices. Some experience requirements, apply for acceptance.
Apply at Insight Meditation Society when applications open.

Weekend Vipassana & Metta Retreat, Philadelphia Meditation Center, August 2026
2026-06-14 - 2026-06-16 | Philadelphia Meditation Center, 8 East Eagle Road, Havertown, PA, 19083, United States
This retreat is held just outside the city.

10-day Residential Retreat, Concentration, at Insight Meditation Society, July 2026
2026-07-01 - 2026-07-10 | Insight Meditation Society, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
I will be teaching concentration with Tara Mullay at IMS in Barre, MA using breath awareness and metta to gather the mind. We emphasize relaxation and happiness, and the pleasure of letting go of complexity.
Apply at Insight Meditation Society when reservations open. https://www.dharma.org/

Vipassana & Metta Retreat Winston-Salem North Carolina, October 2026
2026-10-09 - 2026-10-14
details forthcoming

Teaching at The Forest Refuge, January 2027
2027-01-01 - 2027-01-31 | Forest Refuge, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
I will be teaching at the Forest Refuge in Barre, MA all month. Shelly Graff from Common Ground in Minneapolis will be co-teacher. Qualified applicants can register for the whole month, or for a shorter stay. There are minimum experience requirements for acceptance.
Apply at insight Meditation Society when registrations open.https://www.dharma.org/

10-day Vipassana & Metta Hybrid Retreat at Spirit Rock, April 2027
2027-04-23 - 2027-05-02 | Spirit Rock, PO Box 169, Woodacre, CA, 94973, United States
A Mahasi focused vipassana retreat with Kamala Masters and others.
Apply at Spirit Rock when applications open.https://www.spiritrock.org/

10-day Residential Retreat , Unification of Mind, at Insight Meditation Society, July 2027
2027-07-03 - 2027-07-12 | Insight Meditation Society, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
The theme is Unification of Mind, and is about cultivating Wise Concentration. Kristina Bar’e co-teaching. This retreat is at the IMS Retreat Center in Barre, MA and is open to all levels.
Register at Insight Meditation Society when applications open. https://www.dharma.org/

Extended weekend retreat at Insight Meditation Society (tentative) October 2027
2027-10-15 - 2027-10-18 | Insight Meditation Society, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
An extended weekend retreat at IMS in Barre, MA.
Register at Insight Meditation Society, https://www.dharma.org/, when applications open.

Teaching at The Forest Refuge, November 2027
2027-11-01 - 2027-11-30 | Forest Refuge, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
I will be at the Forest Refuge in Barre, MA with Kristina Bare. Some experience minimums required for acceptance.
Apply at IMS when applications open https://www.dharma.org/

Teaching at The Forest Refuge in Barre,MA January 2028
2028-01-01 - 2028-01-31 | Insight Meditation Society, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States

Residential Retreat, Concentration, Crane Meadow at IMS, May 2028
2028-05-10 - 2028-05-19 | Crane Meadow, 1230 Pleasant Street, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
Crane Meadow is the new “Third Center” of Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA.
This is a concentration retreat. It is a stand-alone retreat, but it precedes a subsequent “Nature Of Awareness” retreat offered by Guy and Sally Armstrong. The two can be taken together if qualifications are met.

10-day Residential Retreat, Concentration, Insight Meditation Society, July 2028
2028-07-06 - 2028-07-15 | Insight Meditation Society, 1230 Pleasant St, Barre, MA, 01005, United States
This is a 10-day concentration retreat. I am co teaching with Kristin Bar’e. This will be held at IMS Retreat Center in Barre, MA.

Residential Retreat, Brahama Vihara, Crane Meadow at IMS, December 2028
2028-12-07 - 2028-12-14
This is being taught at the new IMS facility, Crane Meadow.
It is a Brahma Vihara retreat, cultivating goodwill, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity using traditional methods. It isco taught with Kristina Bar’e.
