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Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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Introductory residential retreat teaching essential sitting and walking meditation — posture, breath, and mindful awareness of thoughts and emotions. Foundational Buddhist teachings presented accessibly for newcomers or those restarting practice.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Tara Mandala — Pagosa Springs, CO
$425–595 · + dana · sliding scale
Onsite tuition $425 (community-supported)–$595 (standard); room & board $75–$350 additional (sliding scale); optional special instructions $50–$108 sliding scale.
for experienced practitioners / has prereqs
Annual residential gathering on Tröma Nagmo's practices: Heart Essence of Luminosity, Tröma's practice of Severance, empowerment, Chöd teachings, and overnight solo practice on sacred land. Special instructions restricted to eligible students.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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Intensive dark-retreat practice combining dream yoga and sensory deprivation as death-preparation training, alternating full darkness with 'gray retreat' light exposure; includes instruction on managing anxiety in darkness. Eye mask mandatory.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Tara Mandala — Pagosa Springs, CO
$495–695 · + dana · sliding scale
Tuition $495 (community-supported)–$695 (standard); room & board $75–$350 additional; suggested teacher dana $100–$300 (not included).
Immersive residential retreat on Machig Labdrön's wisdom, marking the launch of the teachers' book Skymind. Combines daily meditation, open-awareness practice, contemplation, and optional overnight Chöd practice.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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Weekend Mahamudra retreat in the Karma Kagyu lineage for new and experienced meditators alike, offering shamatha instruction and guidance to look directly into experience and discover clarity, compassion, and innate wisdom.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Karmê Chöling — Barnet, VT
$1,100 · + dana · scholarships
Tuition only ($1,100); housing and meals are billed separately during registration. Full-time student discounts and scholarships available.
Formal Shamatha-Vipashyana (calm-abiding and insight) meditation training in a residential, tradition-based setting emphasizing sustained silence and structured daily practice. Open to all levels; no prior meditation experience required, just readiness for ten days of silence and structure.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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Silent weekend intensive alternating 30-minute sitting and 10-minute walking meditation to cultivate shamatha (calm-abiding) and 'natural basic goodness.' Minimal instruction; full practice days Saturday–Sunday, arrival Friday.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Wonderwell Mountain Refuge — Springfield, NH
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Lightly structured weekend at Wonderwell with optional morning and evening meditation; most of the time is self-directed practice, contemplation, and rest held within a shared container of Noble Silence.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Land of Medicine Buddha — Soquel, CA
$785–2,200 · + dana · scholarships
Commuter to single-room lodging tiers; reduced monastic rate as low as $21. Scholarships and service-study options available.
In-person residential teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path (renunciation, bodhicitta, wisdom), plus a White Tara Long Life Empowerment blessing.
verified Jul 20, 2026
Wonderwell Mountain Refuge — Springfield, NH
free / by donation · via Dharma Gates
Dana-based (pay-what-you-can); $50 refundable registration deposit
for young adults (35 or under)
Explores the divine feminine as a universal energetic principle through Tibetan Vajrayana meditation, visualization, and mantra chanting, with some outdoor practice. Open to newer and experienced meditators comfortable with quiet self-reflection.
verified Jul 20, 2026
Clear Sky Retreat Center — near Cranbrook, BC
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for experienced practitioners / has prereqs
17-day advanced tantric meditation retreat training through all four classes of Tantra, emphasizing creation and completion stage practices, impermanence, karma, bodhicitta, and teacher-lineage devotion.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies — Barre, MA
$695–1,495 · + dana · scholarships · sliding scale
Tiered residential: Tier 3 $695 – Benefactor $1,495; Commuter $425. Scholarship on request.
Explores spiritual abolitionism through the Heart Sutra, examining how practitioners embody contradictions in service of collective liberation. Includes silent and guided meditation, dharma talks, and group discussions. Suitable for beginning and experienced practitioners.
verified Jun 29, 2026
Garrison Institute — Garrison, NY
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Residential retreat drawing on 11th-century Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön's teachings, emphasizing open-awareness meditation and community practice to meet fear and uncertainty with a vast mind and fierce heart.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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Silent weekend intensive alternating 30-minute sitting and 10-minute walking meditation to cultivate shamatha (calm-abiding) and 'natural basic goodness.' Minimal instruction; full practice days Saturday–Sunday, arrival Friday.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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Seven-day silent meditation intensive combining shamatha, metta, and vipashyana practice, 4–6 hours daily with optional individual sessions. Emphasizes immersion in silence to rejuvenate the mind and reclaim a natural state.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Wonderwell Mountain Refuge — Springfield, NH
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Introductory residential meditation retreat at Wonderwell for beginners, led by NDF teachers rooted in Tibetan Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions. Detail page is still marked 'save the date' with program specifics pending.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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Silent weekend intensive alternating 30-minute sitting and 10-minute walking meditation to cultivate shamatha (calm-abiding) and 'natural basic goodness.' Minimal instruction; full practice days Saturday–Sunday, arrival Friday.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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for experienced practitioners / has prereqs
Intermediate residential retreat deepening Buddhist teachings on suffering, impermanence, emptiness, and compassion through extended silent practice and dharma talks; silence plays a stronger role than in the introductory-level program.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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Four-day retreat held entirely in silence except brief Q&A periods, featuring sitting and walking meditation, chants, and daily teachings on applying Buddhist practice to everyday life.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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Silent weekend intensive alternating 30-minute sitting and 10-minute walking meditation to cultivate shamatha (calm-abiding) and 'natural basic goodness.' Minimal instruction; full practice days Saturday–Sunday, arrival Friday.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Drala Mountain Center — Red Feather Lakes, CO
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Silent weekend intensive alternating 30-minute sitting and 10-minute walking meditation to cultivate shamatha (calm-abiding) and 'natural basic goodness.' Minimal instruction; full practice days Saturday–Sunday, arrival Friday.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Karmê Chöling — Barnet, VT
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for experienced practitioners / has prereqs
Self-directed meditation retreats of any length, from a weekend to 3 months, living in community at Karmê Chöling. Includes individual retreats, self-guided group retreats, and trial residency stays for those considering longer-term residence.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Karmê Chöling — Barnet, VT
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for experienced practitioners / has prereqs
Self-directed silent retreats in one of six solitary cabins set in forest and meadow, from 5 nights up to 108+ nights, year-round. For deepening shamatha/vipashyana practice in solitude.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Tara Mandala — Pagosa Springs, CO
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for experienced practitioners / has prereqs
Solo retreat cabins for 3 nights up to 6-12 months on Tara Mandala's 700-acre land. Requires established contemplative practice; rustic conditions (outhouse, wood heat, no running water); guidance from a teacher suggested/required for stays over a week.
verified Jul 27, 2026
Yeshe Khorlo USA — Personal Retreats — Crestone, CO
$325–750 · + dana
Rates vary by cabin and stay length: 1 week $325-$375, 2 weeks $450-$500, 3 weeks $550-$625, 1 month $650-$750. Cabin 2 (solar electricity, $350-$700) currently listed as unavailable. Cabin 1 has basic electricity/refrigerator; Cabin 3 has no electricity; Cabin 4 has solar electricity/refrigerator and is most remote.
for experienced practitioners / has prereqs
Solitary personal retreat cabins on Yeshe Khorlo's Crestone, CO land for practitioners of every level to pursue solitude, contemplation, and personal practice. Apply by email describing teacher, experience, planned schedule, and dates; a Zoom call precedes approval.
verified Jul 27, 2026
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