Meditation & Mindfulness
Meditation and mindfulness skills can be powerful ways to transform your life and viewpoint. These retreats offer opportunities to learn to meditate, expand your mindfulness skillset, or engage in deeper practices with both skills. Some retreats will focus more on either Meditation or Mindfulness, while others incorporate both.
Retreats in this category are drawn from many wisdom traditions and are not necessarily Buddhist in nature.
Foundations of Meditation
Whether you’re brand new to meditation or looking to return to the basics, Foundations of Meditation offers a supportive and accessible entry point into contemplative practice. In the serene natural setting of Drala Mountain Center’s 600-acres of forest land, participants will be guided through the essential principles of mindfulness and awareness meditation, learning simple techniques for calming the […]
Back to the Cushion | 2026
Whether you’ve stepped away from your meditation practice or simply feel like it’s grown a little stale, this retreat offers a gentle and supportive space to begin again. Back to the Cushion is a meditation reboot for anyone who’s looking to reconnect with the heart of their practice. Over the course of this retreat, we’ll revisit foundational techniques, […]
ONLINE: Mindful Self-Compassion 8-Week Program
Megan Prager
Program Start Date: August 6th Sessions Will Be Once a Week, Every Wednesday 5-8 pm MT ONLINE + a 3-hour online retreat on Saturday Sept 13th from 10-1 pm MT Program End Date & Time: September 24th | 8 pm Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) Program is a highly experiential, internationally recognized, eight-session training developed by Dr. […]
Mindful Living: Teachings and Practices from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Janet Solyntjes
Inspired by the human yearning to wake up to our lives, and based on the principles and practices of the evidence-based program Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), this retreat offers an in-depth look at mindfulness tools for engaging the demands of our lives and for deepening our inquiry into fundamental health and wholeness. Through sitting, walking, […]
Silent Meditation Intensive: Cradle of Loving Kindness
Loden Nyima
In today’s speedy world, we are all in need of kindness to ourselves. This two-day practice intensive is designed for meditators looking to take a deep dive into their practice. This weekend is spent in silence to offer ourselves space to settle, on the sacred land of Drala Mountain Center and with an experienced instructor. […]
Foundations of Meditation
Valerie Lorig
Program Start Date & Time: August 15th | 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: August 17th | 12:30 pm Are you curious about Buddhism and how its teachings can bring more peace and clarity to your life? This three-day retreat offers a welcoming introduction to the foundational principles of Buddhism, providing insight into its […]
Celebrating Blessings: Awareness, Lineage and Devotion
Judith Simmer-Brown and Gaylon Ferguson
Program Start Date & Time: September 11th | Orientation at 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: September 14th | 1:30 pm Whatever your connection is to the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya and Drala Mountain Center, we invite you to come together to practice and deepen connection to the community. The land is full of […]
Tent Takedown- Help Drala Mountain Center Prepare for the Winter Season
Welcome! Tent Takedown is one of the most vital volunteer opportunities at Drala Mountain Center. We’re calling on those who feel drawn to nature and feel inspired to support the operations that make this place thrive. This week is all about closing our summer campgrounds. Your main tasks will include taking down tents and carefully […]
ONLINE: Strengthening the Heart of Happiness
Heidi Bourne
What does happiness mean to you? How do you experience contentment? What makes a meaningful life? How do you support your well-being? The Buddha gave us many teachings to help guide and support us in our everyday lives that remain just as vital now as 2,600 years ago. In these times of change and uncertainty, spiritual practice is […]
Do Nothing: Learning to Live Your Life with Genuine Care
Janet Solyntjes and Rob Dube
Co-sponsored with the Do Nothing Retreat The Do Nothing Retreat will be the most rewarding challenge you may ever take—an opportunity to slow down, unplug, and look within. You’ll begin to understand and embody why presence and awareness are the greatest gifts we can offer ourselves and others. You will discover or enhance meditation and […]
ONLINE: Being Resourced For These Times
Caverly Morgan
Program Start/End Date & Times: November 1st | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm MT Being Resourced for These Times A Workshop with Caverly Online via Zoom “In the darkest times, one light can make a magnificent difference. When we come together in beloved community—rooted in truth, remembering our essence—we create a collective light far brighter […]
ONLINE Nature as Guru
Mary Paffard
Program Dates & Times: November 7th | 5:30 – 7:30 pm November 8th | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm / 2:00 – 4:00 pm November 9th | 8:00 – 10:30 am This weekend will invite you to dissolve the separations that many of us feel between ourselves, our lives and the natural regenerative worlds we […]
ONLINE: Samatha Meditation to Develop Concentration and Serenity for a Chaotic World
Tina Rasmussen
Program Start/End Date & Time: November 15, 2025 | 10:00 am – 3:00 pm MT In Samatha / Focused Attention Meditation, we are cultivating both concentration and serenity. We do this by returning awareness to one object of meditation to the exclusion of everything else, unifying the mind stream and counteracting the neurologically overstimulating world […]
Learn to Meditate: An Introduction and Retreat for Everyone
Loden Nyima and [LTM1125] Learn to Meditate: An Introduction and Retreat for Everyone
Why Learn to Meditate? Meditation is a simple, natural, healthy activity that absolutely anyone can do. You do not need to be interested in a religious path in order to learn and benefit from meditation. Meditation has survived for thousands of years because it works. Your own peace of mind is your birthright, and everyone has […]
The Heart of Mindfulness: A Silent Meditation Retreat
Janet Solyntjes and Gaylon Ferguson
Program Start Date & Time: December 5th | 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: December 12th | 1:30 pm The Heart of Mindfulness Retreat is a 7-day silent meditation retreat emphasizing mindfulness’s deep understanding and practice in its most universal expression while respecting and acknowledging its contemplative and spiritual roots. The retreat is open […]
Peace and Freedom: A Weeklong Meditation Retreat
Loden Nyima
Program Start Date & Time: December 7th | 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: December 14th | 12:30 pm Peace and freedom are our birthright, innate to the nature of our minds. Yet they’ve often been overrun by stress, speed, emotional injuries, and the habitual patterns of turmoil that become the state of our […]
Silent Meditation Intensive: The Cradle of Loving-Kindness
Loden Nyima
Program Start Date & Time: January 2nd | 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: January 4th | 6:00 pm (optional for 8:15 pm) In today’s speedy world, we are all in need of kindness to ourselves. This two-day practice intensive is designed for meditators looking to take a deep dive into their practice. This […]
Bringing Ancestral Awareness to Our Spiritual Journey | 2026
Ellen Korman Mains
Program Start Date & Time: January 22nd, 2026 | 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: January 25th, 2026 | 12:30 pm As we travel along the spiritual path, we realize the importance of including all of ourselves on the journey of becoming more sane, compassionate and awake. When our ancestral or cultural inheritance is cut off […]
ONLINE Decision Making Meditation
Toby Sola
Program Start/End Date & Time: February 12th, 2026 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm MT A common critique of meditation is that it’s a waste of time: If you’re stressed out, you should do something to improve your situation, rather than just sit quietly and gaze at your navel. In this workshop, we’ll debunk this […]
Writing from Presence
Caverly Morgan
Program Start Date & Time: February 27th, 2026 | 7:00 pm Program End Date & Time: March 1st, 2026 | 12:30 pm Winter, with its serene stillness and enveloping darkness, invites us into a deep space of introspection and creativity. Join us for a weekend retreat where meditation meets the practice of writing, guided by […]
Back to the Cushion
Program Start Date & Time: June 26th | 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: June 28th | 12:30 pm Whether you’ve stepped away from your meditation practice or simply feel like it’s grown a little stale, this retreat offers a gentle and supportive space to begin again. Back to the Cushion is a meditation reboot for anyone […]
Living as an Impeccable Warrior
Arno Ilgner
Program Start Date & Time: August 21st, 2026 | 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: August 23rd, 2026 | 12:30 pm Warriors in battle move toward the enemy. They fight against the enemy in the external territory of the battlefield. They’re engaged in a competitive battle so they can win. They must be impeccably […]