Awaken Together: Women and Nuns’ Insight Dialogue Residential Retreat
August 9 - 14, 2026
Katana, Sri Lanka
By admitting Mahapajapati (the stepmother of the Buddha) and her 500 courageous companions in the Noble Sangha, the Buddha pointed in several ways to the equal possibility for women to attain enlightenment. Numerous inspiring examples of this can be found in the early Buddhist texts. This Insight Dialogue retreat hopes…
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Awaken Together: An Insight Dialogue Residential Retreat
August 16 - 21, 2026
Katana, Sri Lanka
In this Insight Dialogue retreat we will explore this teaching of the Buddha and how it applies when we are meditating together. How does mindfulness and relationality unfold while practicing with the support of the mindfulness and presence of a spiritual friend. Much of our dukkha is relational. You are…
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The Unhindered Heart: Exploring the Liberative Power of the Brahmaviharas
August 28 - 30, 2026
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
In this retreat, we will explore what it means to recognize, awaken, and develop these four Brahmaviharas in our lives as they are actually lived. We will draw from both Buddhist suttas and contemporary poetry to support a direct and embodied experience of these transformational heart qualities.
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Speak What Matters
August 28 - 30, 2026
Berlin, Deutschland
What does it mean to speak wisely? The Buddha taught that our words bring connection or harm. Together we explore what it means to speak what matters: is it true? kind, appropriate, and timely?
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Awakening Amidst the World’s Turbulence: An Insight Dialogue Retreat
September 11 - 17, 2026
Cragsmoor, New York, USA
In times of rapid change, ecological fragility, and social unrest, our habitual patterns—of perception, thought, speech, and reaction shape our inner experience and view of the world. This retreat invites us to the immediacy of each moment and the quiet joy of simply being here, now. Together, we will explore…
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Cascadia North ✦ Insight Dialogue Retreat
September 14 - 18, 2026
Nanaimo, BC Canada
At a time of world-wide challenges and widespread suffering, let’s gather to cultivate goodness. Through our attentive weaving of meditative dialogue, silent meditation, and time in nature, we will deepen the essential qualities that support inquiry into our crazy shared human experience! The fruits of extended, dedicated silence and practice…
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“Awake Together” An Insight Dialogue Retreat
September 24 - 28, 2026
Mnichovo Hradiště (Czech Rep.)
In this retreat we will explore how we can be present with ourselves while in relationship with others through silent meditation and the relational meditation practice of Insight Dialogue. We will cultivate and strengthen the meditative qualities of mindfulness, investigation, concentration, and tranquility experienced in personal practice, and access them…
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Spiritual Friendship: The Whole of the Path
October 3 - 4, 2026
Washington, DC
Most of us quietly want a friendship that holds us with warmth and calls us toward our own liberation. This weekend explores that possibility through Insight Dialogue, drawing on the Buddha's teachings on kalyana-mitta, spiritual friendship. Together we'll practice presence, honesty, and the willingness to be genuinely known.
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Verbundenheit erleben und verkörpern – Einsichtsdialog Retreat
October 3 - 4, 2026
Berlin, Deutschland
Wir sind für Verbundenheit geboren. In einer Welt voller Ablenkungen verlieren wir leicht die tiefe Verbundenheit, nach der wir uns sehnen. Tief in uns spüren wir, dass wir so viel mehr geben und empfangen könnten. Einsichtsdialog nutzt die Kraft gegenseitiger Unterstützung und zwischenmenschlicher Resonanzfähigkeit zur Kultivierung von Achtsamkeit, Mitgefühl und…
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Cultivar la confianza: Un retiro de Diálogo Consciente
October 8 - 14, 2026
Soria, Espania
Este retiro ofrece un espacio para ralentizar el ritmo y practicar juntos la condición de ser un ser humano a través de la práctica de Diálogo Consciente. En un mundo marcado por la velocidad, la fragmentación y la separación habitual, nos volcamos hacia la presencia, las relaciones y el cuidado…
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Liberating Wisdom for These Times – Refuge, Relationship & Response
October 17, 2026
Brighton and Hove, UK
These Insight Dialogue (ID) retreat days will offer an opportunity to explore together how the Buddha's teachings on the three marks of existence; impermanence, suffering and not self can provide resource, resilience and liberation in these times.Six Insight Dialogue meditation guidelines will support us in bringing kind awareness into the…
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Despertar Juntos
October 22 - 25, 2026
Sintra, Portugal
Este retiro é um convite a parar, e a ver juntos. Na porta do aqui e agora, investigaremos as condições que dão origem ao sofrimento e os caminhos para a libertação.
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From Concept to Experience: Apprehending Dhamma Through Insight Dialogue
November 6 - 15, 2026
Barre, MA
After some time with the teachings, practitioners can recognize when the Dharma is alive and when it is dry. There are attitudes and practices that support us in transforming what might be a conceptual understanding of the Dharma to a vibrant, intuitive, embodied experience. This retreat is about feeling the…
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Relationship and Wisdom – mutual supports on the path
November 14, 2026
London, England
Wisdom can help our relationships to thrive; relationship can also be a source of wisdom. How can we access greater wisdom and nourishing relationships in a world that seems to be challenging both? During this in-person retreat day, we will explore how the Buddha's teachings can guide us in relating…
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