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Ethics and Love in Interpersonal Life [On Land]
With Matthew Brensilver
A dharma program with Matthew Brensilver, open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. *5-day Retreat (in-person & online) + 6 week course* We live in a web of mutuality; the interpersonal realm is where the rubber meets the road in our spiritual practice. Our relationships – personal and professional – act like a magnet, pulling […]
Ethics and Love in Interpersonal Life [Online]
With Matthew Brensilver
A dharma program with Matthew Brensilver, open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. *5-day Retreat (in-person & online) + 6 week course* We live in a web of mutuality; the interpersonal realm is where the rubber meets the road in our spiritual practice. Our relationships – personal and professional – act like a magnet, pulling […]
Simplicity and Stillness: Cultivating the 5 Spiritual Strengths [On Land]
With Celeste Young and Devon Hase
This in-person retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. During this weeklong spring insight meditation retreat, we will learn to slow down and attune to the fresh simplicity of our present moment experience, rest in stillness, and connect with the heart's inner capacity for healing and freedom. We will be exploring the cultivation […]
Simplicity and Stillness: Cultivating the 5 Spiritual Strengths [Online]
With Celeste Young and Devon Hase
This online retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. During this weeklong spring insight meditation retreat, we will learn to slow down and attune to the fresh simplicity of our present moment experience, rest in stillness, and connect with the heart's inner capacity for healing and freedom. We will be exploring the cultivation […]
Six Week Program: Ethics and Love in Interpersonal Life [Online]
With Matthew Brensilver
A Six Week Integration dharma program with Matthew Brensilver *available for all those that attend the in person and online April retreat* Please ensure you are registered for the April 16-20, 2025 retreat first, this program is only available for those attending the retreat. In-person and Online options available. Dates for the program are as […]
Coming Home to Our Senses [On Land]
With Trudy Goodman, Gullu Singh and Gabrielle Hammond (Qi Gong)
This in-person retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. Along the path of dharma practice we make it a habit to connect to the truth of each moment as experienced in the body and through all the senses. By doing so, we can effectively reduce anxiety and confusion, making room for peace and […]
Coming Home to Our Senses [Online]
With Trudy Goodman, Gullu Singh and Gabrielle Hammond (Qi Gong)
This online retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. Along the path of dharma practice we make it a habit to connect to the truth of each moment as experienced in the body and through all the senses. By doing so, we can effectively reduce anxiety and confusion, making room for peace and […]
Deep Belonging: Connecting with ourselves, each other, and the natural world 2025 [On Land]
With Christiane Wolf, Greg Serpa and Jennifer Cho
This retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. Registration for this program closes on May 19, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org. On this silent retreat, led in the Vipassana (or Insight) meditation tradition, we will explore how being still and opening our […]
Opening the Heart, Deepening Wisdom
With Kim Allen and Diana Clark
This retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. Registration for this program closes on June 7, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org Dharma practice can unfold as a journey of both opening the heart and deepening wisdom – these two movements are intertwined, […]
Love and Rest
With Beth Sternlieb and Matthew Brensilver
Open to both beginning and experienced practitioners. Registration for this retreat closes on September 2nd, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org We often long for love, both giving and receiving, but the busyness of life and the agitation of our minds do not create the […]