Sliding Scale
Creating Refuge in Community
With JD Doyle and Lev Michael Moses
A Retreat for Trans, Gender Nonconforming, Genderqueer, Non-binary and All Gender Expansive Communities Registration closes on July 29, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. This 4-night retreat will be a space grounded in self-care and compassion, and held in community, to support our healing and resilience at this time in this world. […]
BIPOC Community Retreat
With Devin Berry, Alli Simon and Hakim Tafari
A silent meditation retreat for people who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a Person-of-Color. Both beginning and experienced practitioners are welcome. Registration closes on August 26, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. Coming together as a BIPOC community, we create a space of ease and support to meditate and cultivate inner […]
Reconectando con La Paz Interior
With Tere Abdala and Rosamaría Segura
Registration closes on September 2, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. Apto para principiantes y todos los niveles Te invitamos a un retiro de cuatro días dedicado a cultivar la atención plena, la serenidad interior y el descanso profundo en un hermoso entorno natural. Rodeado de montañas, bosques de pinos y senderos […]
The Refuge of the Heart [ONLINE]
With Matthew Brensilver and Beth Sternlieb
Open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on September 14, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. The Buddha counsels: “Hatred does not cease by hatred but by non-hatred. This law is eternal.” The alternatives to love – namely, hate or apathy – are not viable for ourselves, for our communities or […]
Rooted Not Planted: A Queer Retreat [ONLINE]
With Leslie Booker, Ian Challis and Calvin Burnap (Assistant)
An online silent meditation retreat for people who identify as queer. Open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on September 28, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. For nine years, queer practitioners have gathered in the California desert in October for silent meditation, community, and refuge. In this, our 10th year, […]
The Seven Factors of Awakening [ONLINE]
With Lisa Ernst and Trudy Goodman
Open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on November 16, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. In Buddhist practice we often investigate the nature of suffering and how to diminish it. Yet the Buddha also emphasized developing the wholesome, life-affirming qualities that bring ease, joy, and clarity to the heart and […]