Other Insight Meditation Retreats in North America
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The following retreats are listed for your information. Inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement by nor affiliation with Mid America Dharma. The following list of retreats are ones that we're aware of. If you know of a retreat that is not listed and would like it to be, please let us know.

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International retreats are listed by country.

Canada 


Montana

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
May 23 - 26 Ginny Morgan Camp Child Vicki Kober
Phone: (406) 728-6377
E-Mail: vicki at sunmountain.com
WWW: http://www.vipassanamontana.com/
Sept. 12-14 Matthew Flickstein Bozeman Jenny Jaubenreiser
Phone: (406) 599-0766
E-Mail: hoss at montana.edu
WWW: http://www.vipassanamontana.com/

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Nevada

     Carson City/ Reno

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
June 28-29 Shamatha Marv Treiger Christy Tews
Phone: (775) 882-1662
E-Mail: strawgold at att.net
July 26-27 Days of Mindfulness John Travis
Aug. 22 - 24 Freedom and Four of Mindfulness Amita
Sept. 6 Day of Mindfulness John Travis
Oct. 25 Diversity Larry Yang Frank Ozaki
Phone: (775) 813-7155
E-Mail: oneriversangha at gmail.com

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New Hampshire

     Lebanon and Hanover

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Valley Insight
Phone: (603) 448-1706
E-Mail: doreen.schweizer at valley.net
WWW: http://www.valleyinsight.org

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     Albuquerque

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
May 18 Wisdom with Breathing Ralph Steele People of Color and Allies Sangha
John Trotter
Phone: (505) 281-1334
Oct. 4 - 8 Eric Kolvig
and
Lila Kate Wheeler
Jerilyn Bowen
Phone: (505) 255-1436
E-Mail: jbowen1 at unm.edu
WWW: http://www.abqsangha.org
Dec. 7 Compassion with Breathing Ralph Steele People of Color and Allies Sangha
John Trotter
Phone: (505) 281-1334

     Santa Fe

Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
June 6-15 Residential Wes Nisker
and
Trudy Goodman
Santa Fe Vipassana
Phone: 505-989-7610
WWW: http://www.santafevipassana.org
Jan. 9 - 18 Eric Kolvig & Lila Kate Wheeler

Life Transition Institute
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Ralph Steele
and
Others
Life Transition Institute
Phone: (505) 982-4183
WWW: http://www.lifetransition.com

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
June 26 - July 6 Jhanas and Satipathana Leigh Brasington
and
Lucinda Green
http://www.leighb.com/how2reg.htm

     Taos

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
  Marcia Rose Mountain Hermitage
Phone: (505) 758-0633
WWW: http://www.mountainhermitage.org
June 11 - 20 Insight & Compassion Eric Kolvig & Brian Lesage Vallecitos Mountain Refuge
Phone: (575) 751-9613
WWW: http://www.vallecitos.org
July 26 - Aug 1 People of Color Mushim Ikeda-Nash
Aug. 8 - 17 Metta & Vipassana Steven Smith &Michelle McDonald
Sept. 24 - 28 Mindfulness &Wilderness Grove Burnett Santa Fe Vipassana
Phone: 505-989-7610
WWW: http://www.santafevipassana.org

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New York

     Highland Mills

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Aug. 15 - 24 Buddhist - Christian Retreat Mary Jo Meadow, Kevin Culligan & Hal Richardson RES
E-Mail: rescum at msn.com

     New York City

     New York Insight Meditation Center offers a variety of classes, daylongs, non-residential activities and
     residential retreats throughout the year. Please see their web site for these listings: http://www.nyimc.org.

     Ossining

     See the New York Insight web site for listings.

     Saugerties

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Nov. 21 - 23 Jose Reissig Jose Reissig
Phone:(845) 876-7963
E-Mail: reissig at frontiernet.net

     West Park

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
July 11 13 Jose Reissig Jose Reissig
Phone:(845) 876-7963
E-Mail: reissig at frontiernet.net

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North Carolina

     Southern Dharma Retreat Center's retreat offerings may be found at http://www.southerndharma.org.

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North Dakota

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
Nov. 7 - 9 Susan Stone Grand Forks Lotus Meditation Center
Lora Sloan Anderson
Phone: (218) 779-3513
E-mail: lorasloan at gra.midco.net

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Ohio

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
  Daylongs Various Teachers Cincinnati / Delhi Tri-State Dharma
Joan Staubach
Phone: (513) 793-0652
WWW: http://www.tristatedharma.org

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Oregon

     Portand Insight Meditation Center's retreat offerings may be found at http://www.portlandinsight.org.

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Pennsylvania

     Bethlehem

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Aug. 7 - 10 Erasing the Boundaries to Freedom Matthew Flickstein New York Insight
Phone: (212) 213-4802
WWW: http://www.nyimc.org

     Haverford

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Aug. 22 - 24 Mindfulness with Yoga Matthew Daniell Philadephia Med. Ctr
Phone: (610) 853-8200
E-Mail: phlmedctr at aol.com
WWW: http://www.philadelphiameditation.org
Nov. 21 - 23 Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
Jan. 23 - 25 Mindfulness with Yoga Matthew Daniell

     Wernersville

       See the listing for The Insight Meditation Community of Washington.

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Tennessee

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
Nov. 9 Dancing with Life Phillip Moffitt Knoxville Ann Pendley
E-Mail: zpendley at bellsouth.net

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Texas

     Chappell Hill

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Aug. 29-31 Daeja Napier Gail Rice
Phone: (512) 389-1445
E-Mail: ravenmaven05 at yahoo.com
Oct. 23-26 Rodney Smith E-Mail: kristin.neff at mail.utexas.edu

     Houston

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Aug. 22 - 23 Mary Rees WWW: http://www.meditationhouston.org
Dec. 31 - Jan. 1
Jan. 23 -24

     Round Top

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Oct. 17 - 19 Mary Rees Elisa Henderson
Ph: (713) 956-9999
E-Mail: elisa at roundtopbnb.com

     Sugarland

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
June 6 - 7 Mary Rees WWW: http://www.meditationhouston.org

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Utah

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
Oct. 15 - 19 Wilderness Retreat Susie Harrington
&
Carla Brennan
Moab Janis
Phone: (435) 259-9404
WWW: http://www.desertdharma.org

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Vermont

     Brattleboro

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
May 24 Non-Residential Winnie Nazarko Vermont Insight Meditation Center
Phone: (802) 254-7077
WWW: http://www.vermontinsight.org
June 22 James Baraz
Aug. 9 Amita Schmidt
Sept. 28 Mu Soeng
Oct. 26 Sandra Weinberg
Nov. 23 Kate Wylie

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Virginia

     Charlottesville

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
May 6 Dancing with Life Phillip Moffitt E-Mail: info at imeditation.org
WWW: http://www.imeditation.org

     Madison

       See the listing for The Insight Meditation Community of Washington.

 

     Richmond/ Montpelier

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
July 11-20 Intensive Self-Retreat Matthew Flickstein Carol
Phone: (434) 990-9300
E-Mail: carofway at embarqmail.com
Oct. 19-24
Nov. 7-16 Advanced Teacher Training
Dec. 5-14 Intensive Self-Retreat

     Ruckersville

     The Forest Way's many retreat offerings may be found at http://www.forestway.org/retreats.htm.

     Stuart

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
July 6 - 12 Teen Retreat Tempel Smith,
Amanda Bilecki
&
Marvin Belzer
Joe Klein
Phone: (540) 745-2254
E-Mail: jklein at nrvcs.org
WWW: http://www.bpf.org/teen.html

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Washington

     Castle Rock

     Cloud Mountain Retreat Center's retreat offerings may be found at http://www.cloudmountain.org/.

 

     Samish Island
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
May 17 - 24 Heather Martin
&
Mark Coleman
Eileen Andersen
Phone: (360) 766-8202
E-Mail: eileen.andersen at gmail.com
May 25 - 29 Experienced Students Heather Martin

     Seattle

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
July 23 Dancing with Life Phillip Moffitt Sheila Hoffman
Phone: (206) 726-0598
E-Mail: sheila at hoffmangraphics.com
Nov. 14 - 16 Barbara Brodsky Doron
Phone: (206) 779-9808
E-Mail: doron at weisbarth.com

     

     Seattle Insight Meditation Society's current events may be found at http://www.seattleinsight.org/index.html.

     Whidbey Island

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
June 6 - 10 Robert Beatty Phone: (503) 771-4123
WWW: http://www.portlandinsight.org

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West Virginia

     Bhavana Society

     Bhavana Society's many retreat offerings may be found at http://www.bhavanasociety.org/.

     Shepherdstown

     See the listing for The Insight Meditation Community of Washington.

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Wisconsin

     Madison

Madison Insight Meditation Group
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
July 11-13 Annie Nugent Julie Meyer
Phone: (608) 231-1558
E-Mail: juliehome at tds.net

     Westfield

Madison Insight Meditation Group
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Contact Person
Oct. 9 - 12 Ginny Morgan Julie Meyer
Phone: (608) 231-1558
E-Mail: juliehome at tds.net

     Willard

Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
June 13-15
or
June 13-22
Residential Steve Armstrong
and
Kamala Masters
Villa Maria, Frontenac, WI Jean Fagerstrom
Phone: (612) 722-4967
E-mail: iamjeanf at comcast.net
WWW: http://www.tcvc.info/retreats.htm
Oct. 10-12
or
Oct. 10-14
Santikaro Christine Center, Willard, WI Gail Iverson
Phone: (612) 721-8626
E-mail: giverson at ziegenbein.com
WWW: http://www.tcvc.info/retreats.htm

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Canada

Alberta
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
Sept. 26 - Oct. 5 Jayanta (Shirley Johannesen) Caroline Stretch Awareness
Phone:(250) 767-6784
WWW: http://www.stretchawareness.co

British Columbia
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
June 15 Non-Residential Practice Support Afternoon Joseph Goldstein Vancouver Westcoast Dharma Society
Phone:(604) 731-5469
WWW: http://www.westcoastdharma.org
June 20 - 22 Metta Heather Martin Saltspring Island Jennifer Lloyd
Phone: (250) 653-0011
WWW: http://www.ssivipassana.org
June 30 - July 5 Women's Retreat Adrianne Ross
and
Arinna Weissman
Nanaimo Arleen
Phone: (250) 598-5598
E-Mail: apare at telus.net
WWW: http://www.vipassanabc.ca
July 11-13 Non-Residential Engaged Spiritual Life Donald Rothberg Vancouver Westcoast Dharma Society
Phone:(604) 731-5469
WWW: http://www.westcoastdharma.org
July 11 - 23 Robert Beatty Kaslo Johnson's Landing
Phone: (250) 366-4402
WWW: http://www.johnsonslandingretreat.bc.ca
Aug. 1 - 8 Heather Martin
&
Mark Coleman
Saltspring Island Jennifer Lloyd
Phone: (250) 653-0011
WWW: http://www.ssivipassana.org
Aug. 15 - 17 Non-Residential Vipassana Howard Cohn Vancouver Westcoast Dharma Society
Phone:(604) 731-5469
WWW: http://www.westcoastdharma.org
Oct. 3 - 5 Non-Residential Nibbana: Study Retreat Christina Feldman Vancouver Westcoast Dharma Society
Phone:(604) 731-5469
WWW: http://www.westcoastdharma.org
Oct. 17 - 22 Robert Beatty Cortez Island Hollyhock
Phone: (800) 933-6339
WWW: http://www.hollyhock.bc.ca
Nov. 14-16 Non-Residential, Vipassana Michele McDonald Vancouver Westcoast Dharma Society
Phone:(604) 731-5469
WWW: http://www.westcoastdharma.org
Dec. 5-7 Non-Residential, Vipassana Rodney Smith Vancouver Westcoast Dharma Society
Phone:(604) 731-5469
E-Mail: wdharma at interchange.ubc.ca
WWW: http://www.westcoastdharma.org
Dec. 9 - 14 Adrianne Ross
and
Sharda Rogell
Nanaimo Dianne
Phone: (604) 980-4403
WWW: http://www.vipassanabc.ca
Dec. 27 - Jan. 1 Heather Martin Saltspring Island Jennifer Lloyd
Phone: (250) 653-0011
WWW: http://www.ssivipassana.org

Ontario
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
May 16 - 19 or 16 - 23 Norman Feldman
and
Molly Swan
Orangeville Ellie Stewart
Phone: (705) 743-1267
E-Mail: insightretreats at yahoo.com
May 23-28 Erasing the Boundaries to Freedom Matthew Flickstein Arnprior True North IMC
Phone:(450) 458-5321
E-Mail: janet_maxwell at hotmail.com
WWW: http://truenorthinsight.com
June 6 - 13 Norman Feldman
and
Molly Swan
London Kate Partridge
Phone: (519) 438-8591
WWW: http://www.dharmaretreats.ca
June 20 - 21 Right Effort Joseph Goldstein Ottawa True North IMC
Phone:(450) 458-5321
E-Mail: janet_maxwell at hotmail.com
WWW: http://truenorthinsight.com
July 12 - 17 Norman Feldman Dorset Michael Turner
Phone: (705) 384-1727
E-Mail: michael at mdturner.ca
Aug. 15 - 18 or 15 - 22 Insight Meditation for 18 - 32 year olds Daryl Lynn Ross
and
Pascal Auclair
Arnprior True North IMC
Phone:(450) 458-5321
E-Mail: janet_maxwell at hotmail.com
WWW: http://truenorthinsight.com
Sept. 7 - 13 Non-Residential
Mindfulness in Daily Life
Norman Feldman Ottawa Melodie Benger
Phone: (613) 852-2828
E-Mail: melodiebenger at rogers.com
Oct. 10 - 13 / 10 - 17 Norman Feldman
and
Molly Swan
Arnprior True North IMC
Phone:(450) 458-5321
E-Mail: janet_maxwell at hotmail.com
WWW: http://truenorthinsight.com
Dec. 5 - 12 Vipassana et Metta (in French) Charles Genoud
&
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Arnprior True North IMC
Phone:(450) 458-5321
E-Mail: janet_maxwell at hotmail.com
WWW: http://truenorthinsight.com
Dec. 30- Jan. 2 New Year's Norman Feldman
and
Molly Swan
Arnprior True North IMC
Phone:(450) 458-5321
E-Mail: janet_maxwell at hotmail.com
WWW: http://truenorthinsight.com

Quebec
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
Sept. 7 - 13 Study Course Ayya Medhanandi Montreal True North IMC
Phone:(450) 458-5321
E-Mail: janet_maxwell at hotmail.com
WWW: http://truenorthinsight.com

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Saskatchewan
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
June 6 - 8 Non-Residential Joanne Broatch Regina Dana Anjali
Phone:(306) 352-5691
E-Mail:danaji at sasktel.net
Sept. 20 - 21 Non-Residential Sharda Rogell
Oct. 3 - 10 Sharda Rogell Moose Jaw

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Yukon
Date Type of Retreat Teachers Location Contact Person
Sept. 19 - 25 Robert Beatty Whitehorse Jill Pangman
Phone:(867) 668-5032
E-Mail: jpangman at yukon.net

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  Revised: May 12, 2008

 
 
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