Templates

Coming Home to Our Senses [On Land]

With Trudy Goodman, Gullu Singh and Gabrielle Hammond (Qi Gong)

May 15 - 20, 2025

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 […]

Living Recovery in Unsettling Times

With Vimalasara Mason-John and Kevin Griffin

May 22 - 25, 2025

This in-person retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. All recovery paths are welcome, whether Twelve Step, Recovery Dharma, Eight Step Recovery, substance, process, or relationship-oriented. Join us for this unique meditation retreat combining traditional Buddhist practices with recovery and healing.  Primarily conducted in silence, the retreat focuses on insight/mindfulness meditation, with additional […]

Shelter from the Storm: Cultivating a Steady Heart

With Beth Sternlieb and Gullu Singh

July 10 - 13, 2025
Book early and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Apr 30, 2025.

Open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. Registration for this retreat closes on June 26, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org The storms affect us deeply on multiple levels of our being. In this meditation retreat we’ll practice with an attitude, approach and meditative techniques […]

Love and Rest

With Beth Sternlieb and Matthew Brensilver

September 16 - 21, 2025
Book early and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Apr 30, 2025.

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 […]