RETREATS

Featured Retreats:

Opening to Inspiration: Meditation & Writing for Aliveness & Connection

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Brooke McNamara, MFAJuly 18–20, 2025

Mindful Living: Teachings and Practices from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

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Janet SolyntjesAugust 7–10, 2025

ON-LAND Pure Lands, Hidden Lands, Sacred Lands: Spiritual Pilgrimage for Dark Times

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Andrew HolecekAugust 18–24, 2025

Upcoming Retreats:

All RetreatsBuddhist PathMeditation & MindfulnessCreative ExpressionYoga & Wellnessthe Natural WorldOnline & Hybrid
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All Retreats

Retreat & Renewal

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Foundations of Meditation

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Back to the Cushion | 2026

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Opening to Inspiration: Meditation & Writing for Aliveness & Connection

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Brooke McNamara, MFAJuly 18–20, 2025

Family Camp: Compassion in Family Life

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Kelly Lindsey, Rachel Steele, Tessa Ladendorf, Judith Simmer-Brown and Richard BrownJuly 27–August 3, 2025

ONLINE – Awakening in a World in Need: A Retreat for Connecting Inner and Outer Transformation

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Donald Rothberg, Ph.D.August 3, 2025

Coming to Your Senses in Nature!

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Kim (“Kimla”) DesrosiersAugust 7–10, 2025

Mindful Living: Teachings and Practices from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

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Janet SolyntjesAugust 7–10, 2025

Foundations of Meditation

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Valerie LorigAugust 15–17, 2025

Mindful Birding

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Dr. Barb PattersonAugust 16, 2025

Wild Tending: Nature and Forest Therapy

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Laurie Fonken, Ph.D.August 16, 2025

ON-LAND Pure Lands, Hidden Lands, Sacred Lands: Spiritual Pilgrimage for Dark Times

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Andrew HolecekAugust 18–24, 2025

Deep Self Love: A Weekend for Being & Healing through Unconditional Presence, Self-Love, Qi Gong & Meditation

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Blake D. BauerAugust 22–24, 2025

For 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!

Family Camp: Compassion in Family Life

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Kelly Lindsey, Rachel Steele, Tessa Ladendorf, Judith Simmer-Brown and Richard BrownJuly 27–August 3, 2025

ONLINE – Awakening in a World in Need: A Retreat for Connecting Inner and Outer Transformation

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Donald Rothberg, Ph.D.August 3, 2025

Foundations of Meditation

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Valerie LorigAugust 15–17, 2025

ON-LAND Pure Lands, Hidden Lands, Sacred Lands: Spiritual Pilgrimage for Dark Times

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Andrew HolecekAugust 18–24, 2025
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The Open Heart Path: A Deep Meditation Retreat with Susan Piver

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Susan Piver, Maho Kawachi, Michele SapanaroAugust 25–September 1, 2025

Empowering Womxn to Teach Meditation: An Updated Toolkit

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Holly Gayley, Carla Burns, Adrienne ChangOctober 10–15, 2025

Refuge in Stillness: Silence, Rest & Awakening into the New Year

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Heidi Bourne, Heather Lear | MA.December 30, 2025–January 4, 2026

ONLINE: Transforming the Judgmental Mind

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Donald Rothberg, Ph.D.January 25, 2026

Healing the Heart: A Silent Yoga and Zen Retreat

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Kali BasmanFebruary 6–8, 2026

What is Awakening? 4 Practices Rooted in Tradition and Confirmed by Neuroscience, 5-day silent meditation retreat

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Tina RasmussenApril 9–13, 2026

The Buddha, the Brain, and Bach: Exploring Practice in Mind, Music, and Life

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Barbara Bogatin, Clifford Saron, Nikki MirghaforiMay 22–26, 2026

Meditation & 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!

Living as an Impeccable Warrior

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Arno IlgnerAugust 21–23, 2026

ONLINE Nature as Guru

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Mary PaffardNovember 7–9, 2025

ONLINE Decision Making Meditation

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Toby SolaFebruary 12, 2026

Writing from Presence

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Caverly MorganFebruary 27–March 1, 2026

Tent Takedown- Help Drala Mountain Center Prepare for the Winter Season

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September 21–28, 2025

ONLINE: Samatha Meditation to Develop Concentration and Serenity for a Chaotic World

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Tina RasmussenNovember 15, 2025

Back to the Cushion | 2026

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Back to the Cushion

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June 26–28, 2026

Mindful Living: Teachings and Practices from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

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Janet SolyntjesAugust 7–10, 2025

Foundations of Meditation

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Multiple Dates

Foundations of Meditation

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Valerie LorigAugust 15–17, 2025

The Heart of Mindfulness: A Silent Meditation Retreat

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Janet Solyntjes, Gaylon FergusonDecember 5–12, 2025

Creative 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!

Opening to Inspiration: Meditation & Writing for Aliveness & Connection

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Brooke McNamara, MFAJuly 18–20, 2025

Family Camp: Compassion in Family Life

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Kelly Lindsey, Rachel Steele, Tessa Ladendorf, Judith Simmer-Brown and Richard BrownJuly 27–August 3, 2025

Heart of the Brush

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Kazuaki TanahashiSeptember 13–16, 2025

Living Memoir: A Contemplative Writing Retreat

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Victress HitchcockSeptember 26–28, 2025

ONLINE: The Wild Why Workshop

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Laura MunsonOctober 12, 2025

Writing from Presence

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Caverly MorganFebruary 27–March 1, 2026

The Buddha, the Brain, and Bach: Exploring Practice in Mind, Music, and Life

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Barbara Bogatin, Clifford Saron, Nikki MirghaforiMay 22–26, 2026

Yoga & 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

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Multiple Dates

Family Camp: Compassion in Family Life

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Kelly Lindsey, Rachel Steele, Tessa Ladendorf, Judith Simmer-Brown and Richard BrownJuly 27–August 3, 2025

Coming to Your Senses in Nature!

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Kim (“Kimla”) DesrosiersAugust 7–10, 2025

Deep Self Love: A Weekend for Being & Healing through Unconditional Presence, Self-Love, Qi Gong & Meditation

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Blake D. BauerAugust 22–24, 2025

Retreat & Renewal

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Annabelle Yoo, Nashala NyindaOctober 3–5, 2025

Yoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season 

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Melissa LagoOctober 10–12, 2025

Grounding Within: A Yoga Retreat to Rest and Renew

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Heather Lindemann, Cole SchlamOctober 10–12, 2025

Deep Healing & Lasting Self-Love: A 5-Day Unconditional Self-Love, Qi Gong & Meditation Retreat

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Blake D. BauerOctober 12–17, 2025

Empower & Energize – A 6-Day Journey to Kundalini Awakening

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Alan Alcid (aka Dasa Das)November 29–December 4, 2025

Yoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season 

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Melissa LagoJanuary 9–11, 2026

Awaken Abundance: Start the New Year Empowered to Live Fully

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Sasha WoodardJanuary 30–February 1, 2026

Healing the Heart: A Silent Yoga and Zen Retreat

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Kali BasmanFebruary 6–8, 2026

New Template Test Program

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Alan Alcid (aka Dasa Das)May 1–5, 2027

The 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!

Family Camp: Compassion in Family Life

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Kelly Lindsey, Rachel Steele, Tessa Ladendorf, Judith Simmer-Brown and Richard BrownJuly 27–August 3, 2025

Coming to Your Senses in Nature!

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Kim (“Kimla”) DesrosiersAugust 7–10, 2025

Mindful Birding

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Dr. Barb PattersonAugust 16, 2025

Wild Tending: Nature and Forest Therapy

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Laurie Fonken, Ph.D.August 16, 2025

Deepening Kinship & Sharing Wild Wisdom: A Weekend of Ecospiritual Nature Connection

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Shea Armstrong, M.A, Tina Fields, Ph.DSeptember 18–21, 2025

Yoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season 

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Melissa LagoOctober 10–12, 2025

Sensing Earth Energies – A Somatic and Contemplative Doorway into Communing with the Earth

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Anne Z. Parker PhDNovember 21–23, 2025

Yoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season 

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Melissa LagoJanuary 9–11, 2026

Online Retreats

ONLINE – Awakening in a World in Need: A Retreat for Connecting Inner and Outer Transformation

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Donald Rothberg, Ph.D.August 3, 2025

ONLINE: The Wild Why Workshop

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Laura MunsonOctober 12, 2025

ONLINE Nature as Guru

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Mary PaffardNovember 7–9, 2025

ONLINE: Samatha Meditation to Develop Concentration and Serenity for a Chaotic World

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Tina RasmussenNovember 15, 2025

ONLINE: Transforming the Judgmental Mind

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Donald Rothberg, Ph.D.January 25, 2026

ONLINE Decision Making Meditation

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Toby SolaFebruary 12, 2026

Plan 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.

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