Programs

Open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on September 20, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. In a culture of pressure and hurry, stillness is radical. On this four-night silent Insight and Lovingkindness retreat, we step out of habit and into presence—learning to stabilize attention and soften the heart. Through mindfulness […]

A retreat for women-identified people. Open to beginning and experienced practitioners. Registration closes on September 24, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. Cultivating Kindness invites women-identified individuals to slow down, soften, and reconnect with the quiet wisdom of their own hearts. We invite participants to discover new ways to experience greater ease, […]

A 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, we […]

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, […]

Renew to Recommit Voluntary contribution-based pricing; however, a suggested donation of $300 or more is requested. Registration is restricted to one person per organization. We ask that everyone attend the entire retreat. Please register by October 8, 2026.   This is a retreat for nonprofit and philanthropic leaders to step away from the constant demands […]

Solo Silent Retreat: open to experienced practitioners Registration closes on October 15, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. There is a particular kind of learning that only happens alone. The kind of aloneness where the noise of obligation quiets, where we stop performing our lives for others, and where we finally have the […]

Open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on October 26, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. How do we cultivate resilience and connect with inner and outer refuge, especially in times of personal and global challenges? In this silent retreat, we’ll offer Buddhist Dharma and Yoga teachings and practices for settling […]

Open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on November 5, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. A Retreat for those who have lived life on a different road. This gathering is held by and welcomes adults who've experienced life as an adoptee, were fostered, and/or grew up in a group home. […]

Open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on November 10, 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 […]

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 […]

Please plan to attend the entire time. Join us for an invite-only gathering of the Saturday Sangha (and friends) meditation group. A chance to gather in community in the beautiful SoCal mountains of Big Bear. We'll come together for a light retreat schedule, with moments of silence throughout the day (typically mornings), and a chance […]

Open to experienced and new practitioners. Registration closes on December 20th, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. For many of us, the new year arrives carrying a familiar pressure: set goals, make changes, become better somehow. But what if the most meaningful way to begin a new year isn't by striving toward […]

Meditation and Mystery is open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on February 10th. If joining after this date, please contact us. Most people who meditate can describe how — sit, breathe, repeat. Fewer can say why, or how the practice follows them out the door and into the rest of the day. That gap […]

This in-person retreat is open to experienced practitioners by application only. This page is for all those accepted into the program to register and submit a deposit.  Being Dharma, the monthlong residential retreat, is presented by Sacred Mountain Sangha and Big Bear Retreat Center. If you have any questions regarding the application process, please email […]

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<subhead>A guided silent retreat among the pines for minds that never stop.</subhead> <benefit>Leave with a calmer nervous system, a sharper sense of what matters, and simple practices you can keep using long after you're back at your desk.</benefit> The Still Point is a five-day guided silent retreat for people whose days are made of notifications, […]