Mindfulness and Recovery Weekend Retreat

April 2–5, 2026

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Program Start Date & Time: April 2nd, 5:30 pm

Program End Date & Time: April 5th, 12:00 pm

This weekend program offers a fresh approach to understanding and overcoming addiction. Together, we’ll create a framework for how addiction and recovery can be defined using insights from psychology, spirituality, and science. We’ll draw from a range of perspectives, including cognitive science, emotional intelligence, Buddhist psychology and philosophy, and the 12 Steps. Mindfulness has become a transformative tool in addiction recovery. It provides a methodology to build self-awareness and emotional regulation. You’ll learn practices that give you tools for everyday life, helping you manage triggers and cravings, stay calm when things get tough, and prevent relapse. This approach provides a strong foundation for long-term recovery. This weekend program is specifically crafted to provide a simple and comprehensive framework for understanding how mindfulness can be used to overcome addiction, embrace recovery, and create a meaningful life. The program will include guided mindfulness practices, group dialogue, teaching sessions, Q&A, and more.

Who is this retreat for? Folks who consider themselves in “recovery,” and anyone interested in this topic.

What will participants get out of this retreat?

The program will provide tools for self awareness and emotional regulation, relapse prevention, managing triggers and cravings, and providing people with a foundation for long term recovery, purpose and meaning. The program will offer a wide range of contemplative tools and resources.

Testimonials

“I have attended several retreats with Dave as the guiding teacher. I find Dave’s teaching style to be highly accessible. He is clear and direct, and he makes it easy to see how the Buddha’s teachings are relevant to our modern lives. He is also approachable as a teacher and makes himself available to students in a way I find unique among the dharma teachers I have worked with. As a student, I have always felt seen and held by Dave’s presence in the room.“

        – Jameson B., Albuquerque, NM

“I’ve attended retreat with Dave multiple times and can’t recommend the experience enough. Dave has a down to earth, approachable, and authentic practice that supports an atmosphere of depth and ease throughout the multiple days of practice. His grounded and pragmatic teaching style is infused with humor which has been helpful to me in staying engaged and really understanding the dharma perspectives that amplify and support the practice of meditation. My experiences on retreat with Dave have been lasting and important moments in my life that leave me feeling a sense of belonging and connectedness that I get to carry with me beyond the cushion.”

        – Julio I., Montclair, NJ

Retreat Faculty

Dave Smith

For nearly 30 years, Dave Smith has held a practice rooted in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) tradition. He was empowered to teach through the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, is a certified teacher for Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) which combines contemporary emotion based scientific research with contemplative practices and psychology drawn from Buddhism. Dave […]

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