Featured Retreats:

ON-LAND Pure Lands, Hidden Lands, Sacred Lands: Spiritual Pilgrimage for Dark Times
Buddhist Path, Front Page Featured Programs, Hybrid Program, On Land RetreatsThe Open Heart Path: A Deep Meditation Retreat with Susan Piver
Buddhist Path, Front Page Featured Programs, On Land RetreatsUpcoming Retreats:
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Retreat & Renewal
On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessFoundations of Meditation
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsBack to the Cushion | 2026
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsSilent Meditation Intensive: Cradle of Loving Kindness
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsFoundations of Meditation
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsA Family Nature Retreat: Carrying The Light
Creative Expression, On Land Retreats, The Natural World, Yoga & Wellness
ON-LAND Pure Lands, Hidden Lands, Sacred Lands: Spiritual Pilgrimage for Dark Times
Buddhist Path, Front Page Featured Programs, Hybrid Program, On Land RetreatsONLINE Pure Lands, Hidden Lands, Sacred Lands: Spiritual Pilgrimage for Dark Times
Hybrid Program, Online ProgramsDeep Self Love: A Weekend for Being & Healing through Unconditional Presence, Self-Love, Qi Gong & Meditation
On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessThe Open Heart Path: A Deep Meditation Retreat with Susan Piver
Buddhist Path, Front Page Featured Programs, On Land RetreatsFoundations of Meditation
On Land RetreatsPractice Weekend at The Great Stupa
Buddhist Path, Front Page Featured Programs, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land Retreats(Sold Out) Finding Freedom in Groundlessness: Embracing Uncertainty with Buddhist Wisdom
Buddhist Path, On Land RetreatsHeart of the Brush
Creative Expression, On Land RetreatsDeepening Kinship & Sharing Wild Wisdom: A Weekend of Ecospiritual Nature Connection
On Land Retreats, The Natural WorldONLINE: Sensing Earth Energies: Introduction and Somatic Practice
Online Programs, The Natural WorldONLINE: Strengthening the Heart of Happiness
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, Online Programs, Online RetreatsProfound Treasury Retreat
Buddhist Path, On Land Retreats, RentalsFor more than 50 years, extraordinary people have gathered at Drala Mountain Center to partake in year-round offerings featuring Dharma teachings and retreats, indigenous wisdom traditions, body awareness practices, contemplative arts, mindful living, Shambhala teachings, and other paths of personal transformation.
Taught by a remarkable array of accomplished practitioners and teachers, our programs offer something for everyone from the beginner to advanced student. We invite you to browse our many offerings and hope to see you on the land soon!
The Buddhist Path
The Buddhist Path describes all of our journeys from discovering the Dharma to learning meditation practice, deepening our understanding of the Dharma through meditation, retreat, teachings, taking Refuge and Boddhisatva vows, and more.
Whether you find yourself drawn to the Dharma in response to today’s fast-paced, high-stress, and highly contentious world, or out of a deeper desire for wisdom, understanding, and loving kindness, these retreats are for you.
There is something for everyone, whether you’re just learning about Buddhism for the first time or have decades of Buddhist practice under your belt.
Welcome to the Buddhist Path!
Foundations of Meditation
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land Retreats
ON-LAND Pure Lands, Hidden Lands, Sacred Lands: Spiritual Pilgrimage for Dark Times
Buddhist Path, Front Page Featured Programs, Hybrid Program, On Land RetreatsThe Open Heart Path: A Deep Meditation Retreat with Susan Piver
Buddhist Path, Front Page Featured Programs, On Land RetreatsPractice Weekend at The Great Stupa
Buddhist Path, Front Page Featured Programs, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land Retreats(Sold Out) Finding Freedom in Groundlessness: Embracing Uncertainty with Buddhist Wisdom
Buddhist Path, On Land RetreatsONLINE: Strengthening the Heart of Happiness
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, Online Programs, Online RetreatsProfound Treasury Retreat
Buddhist Path, On Land Retreats, RentalsEmpowering Womxn to Teach Meditation: An Updated Toolkit
Buddhist Path, On Land RetreatsONLINE: Being Resourced For These Times
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsONLINE: How to Thrive in Hard Times
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsRefuge in Stillness: Silence, Rest & Awakening into the New Year
Buddhist Path, On Land RetreatsONLINE: Transforming the Judgmental Mind
Buddhist Path, Online ProgramsHealing the Heart: A Silent Yoga and Zen Retreat
Buddhist Path, On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessWhat is Awakening? 4 Practices Rooted in Tradition and Confirmed by Neuroscience, 5-day silent meditation retreat
Buddhist Path, On Land RetreatsA Transformational Approach to Healing
Buddhist Path, On Land RetreatsThe Buddha, the Brain, and Bach: Exploring Practice in Mind, Music, and Life
Buddhist Path, Creative Expression, On Land RetreatsWild Rest: An Embodied Devotional Retreat in Nature
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land Retreats, The Natural WorldMeditation & Mindfulness
Meditation and Mindfulness retreats focus on the contemplative arts and range from retreats designed for beginners just starting their meditation journey to experienced meditators and mindfulness practitioners with decades of practice.
These retreats may feature a blend of wisdom traditions and practices from across the world, Buddhist meditation retreats, and secular meditation and mindfulness practices, including mindfulness based stress relief.
If you are looking for an opportunity to deepen your mindfulness or meditation practices, learn new techniques, or build community with other people interested in meditation and mindfulness, you’re in the right place!
ONLINE: How to Thrive in Hard Times
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsWild Rest: An Embodied Devotional Retreat in Nature
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land Retreats, The Natural WorldMindfulness for Educators
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsCultivating Peace, Love, and Passion In Your Intimate Relationship: Couples’ Retreat
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessHealing with Nature
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land Retreats, The Natural WorldFREE ONLINE EVENT: Settling, Seeing and Spacious Awareness
Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsUnplug & Reconnect: A Mindfulness Retreat for Teens and Their Caregivers
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsWisdom of the Body: A Meditation & Yoga Retreat
Meditation & Mindfulness, Yoga & WellnessOpening to Inspiration: Meditation & Writing for Aliveness & Connection
Creative Expression, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsONLINE: Strengthening the Heart of Happiness
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, Online Programs, Online RetreatsBringing Ancestral Awareness to Our Spiritual Journey | 2026
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsLiving as an Impeccable Warrior
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsONLINE Nature as Guru
Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsONLINE Decision Making Meditation
Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsWriting from Presence
Creative Expression, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsONLINE: Being Resourced For These Times
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsPractice Weekend at The Great Stupa
Buddhist Path, Front Page Featured Programs, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsONLINE: Samatha Meditation to Develop Concentration and Serenity for a Chaotic World
Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsCreative Expression
Whether Creative Expression is a passionate art project, a means of meditating, or a spark of joy in your daily life, these Creative Expression retreats are meant to offer profound creative experiences or opportunities to learn a new creative practice. Giving yourself the time and space to dive deeper into your creative skills through immersive retreats can be an amazing way to ignite your passions and take your creativity to the next level.
Whether you’re joining us for an enriching musical experience, learning calligraphy, or exploring arts and film, we’re excited to have you at Drala Mountain Center!
A Family Nature Retreat: Carrying The Light
Creative Expression, On Land Retreats, The Natural World, Yoga & WellnessHeart of the Brush
Creative Expression, On Land RetreatsLiving Memoir: A Contemplative Writing Retreat
Creative Expression, On Land RetreatsMastering Light: A Photographic Journey
Creative Expression, On Land Retreats, The Natural WorldONLINE: The Wild Why Workshop
Creative Expression, Online ProgramsOpening to Inspiration: Meditation & Writing for Aliveness & Connection
Creative Expression, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsONLINE Writing Through the Changes
Creative Expression, Online Programs, The Natural WorldWriting from Presence
Creative Expression, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land RetreatsThe Buddha, the Brain, and Bach: Exploring Practice in Mind, Music, and Life
Buddhist Path, Creative Expression, On Land RetreatsYoga & Wellness
Our Yoga and Wellness retreats offer a range of wellness practices designed for all seekers. Many of these retreats also have a meditation component, but they will typically have a greater focus on Yoga, Qi Gong, and/or physical and mental wellness. Every retreat is a little different, but if you’re looking to developer a stronger relationship to your own wellbeing, build or strengthen a yoga practice, or explore new wellness modalities, these are the retreats for you.
Every retreat is unique. We’re always scheduling new retreats, so check back regularly if you want to see the full range of wellness retreats Drala Mountain Center offers.
Retreat & Renewal
On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessA Family Nature Retreat: Carrying The Light
Creative Expression, On Land Retreats, The Natural World, Yoga & WellnessDeep Self Love: A Weekend for Being & Healing through Unconditional Presence, Self-Love, Qi Gong & Meditation
On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessRetreat & Renewal
On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessYoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season
On Land Retreats, The Natural World, Yoga & WellnessGrounding Within: A Yoga Retreat to Rest and Renew
On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessDeep Healing & Lasting Self-Love: A 5-Day Unconditional Self-Love, Qi Gong & Meditation Retreat
On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessWisdom of the Body: A Meditation & Yoga Retreat
Meditation & Mindfulness, Yoga & WellnessEmpower & Energize – A 6-Day Journey to Kundalini Awakening
On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessYoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season
On Land Retreats, The Natural World, Yoga & WellnessAwaken Abundance: Start the New Year Empowered to Live Fully
On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessHealing the Heart: A Silent Yoga and Zen Retreat
Buddhist Path, On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessCultivating Peace, Love, and Passion In Your Intimate Relationship: Couples’ Retreat
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land Retreats, Yoga & WellnessNew Template Test Program
On Land Retreats, Test Programs, Yoga & WellnessThe Natural World
If you’re looking for opportunities to spend more time in nature, learn more about the natural world, or learn how you can be a better steward of our natural environment you’re in the right place.
These retreats are focused on some element of natural experience, whether that means spending a day forest bathing near the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, or learning more about natural food systems, how to preserve ecosystems, or even watching local wildlife do their thing.
Each retreat takes place at Drala Mountain Center, nestled in a stunning Rocky Mountain Valley at approximately 8.000 feet. Our land is home to many diverse native species of flora and fauna, hiking trails, a geodesic greenhouse, and more.
Join us in appreciating and taking care of this incredible sacred land!
A Family Nature Retreat: Carrying The Light
Creative Expression, On Land Retreats, The Natural World, Yoga & WellnessDeepening Kinship & Sharing Wild Wisdom: A Weekend of Ecospiritual Nature Connection
On Land Retreats, The Natural WorldONLINE: Sensing Earth Energies: Introduction and Somatic Practice
Online Programs, The Natural WorldMastering Light: A Photographic Journey
Creative Expression, On Land Retreats, The Natural WorldYoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season
On Land Retreats, The Natural World, Yoga & WellnessSensing Earth Energies – A Somatic and Contemplative Doorway into Communing with the Earth
On Land Retreats, The Natural WorldONLINE Writing Through the Changes
Creative Expression, Online Programs, The Natural WorldYoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season
On Land Retreats, The Natural World, Yoga & WellnessHealing with Nature
Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land Retreats, The Natural WorldWild Rest: An Embodied Devotional Retreat in Nature
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, On Land Retreats, The Natural WorldOnline Retreats
ONLINE Pure Lands, Hidden Lands, Sacred Lands: Spiritual Pilgrimage for Dark Times
Hybrid Program, Online ProgramsONLINE: Sensing Earth Energies: Introduction and Somatic Practice
Online Programs, The Natural WorldONLINE: Strengthening the Heart of Happiness
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, Online Programs, Online RetreatsONLINE: The Wild Why Workshop
Creative Expression, Online ProgramsONLINE: Being Resourced For These Times
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsONLINE Nature as Guru
Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsONLINE: Samatha Meditation to Develop Concentration and Serenity for a Chaotic World
Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsONLINE: Grief and Gratitude
Online ProgramsONLINE Writing Through the Changes
Creative Expression, Online Programs, The Natural WorldONLINE: How to Thrive in Hard Times
Buddhist Path, Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsONLINE: Transforming the Judgmental Mind
Buddhist Path, Online ProgramsONLINE Decision Making Meditation
Meditation & Mindfulness, Online ProgramsPlan Your Event
Drala Mountain Center is available to groups for exclusive and non-exclusive use. Located just two hours from Denver, it is the perfect venue for your next group retreat, special gathering, educational program or workshop. We offer unique meeting facilities, in a range of sizes and architectural styles, which can be used singly or jointly. All meeting facilities can be configured to suit your group’s needs and activities.