On-Site Retreats
With Awareness Comes Choice
David McKay
We suffer from that which we cannot see. We each have been trained to accept automated processes of thought within our minds, and the self-defeating 'reality' which these thought patterns create. The result is that we suffer in separation from our authentic nature. Someone who is 'unconscious', who identifies with these thought patterns and cannot […]
Fall Work Weekend with SDRC Staff
Help the Southern Dharma staff care for our beautiful property while immersing yourself in nature-based meditation practices. This program is structured as a partially silent retreat with daily scheduled work periods, group meditation sessions, opportunities to share practice notes with other participants, and some optional dharma study around nature and wilderness themes. Participants will be […]
New Year's Retreat: Non-Duality of Sacred Darkness and Sacred Light
John Orr and Eve Decker
Note: This year's retreat will be your last chance to welcome in the new year at Southern Dharma led by John Orr as your teacher. We thank him for his many, many years of service in this role. Meanwhile, we are delighted to be welcoming Eve Decker as John's co-teacher. Eve also co-leads our LGBTQIA+ […]
Winter Monthlong Retreat
Rupert Marques and Kerstin Deibert
The birds have vanished into the sky. And now the last cloud drains away. We sit together the mountain and I, Until only the mountain remains.- Li Po A monthlong period of practice is a unique opportunity to settle back into a continuity of awareness and to see what is revealed through such a sustained […]
Winter Monthlong Retreat: Registration
Rupert Marques and Kerstin Deibert
The birds have vanished into the sky. And now the last cloud drains away. We sit together the mountain and I, Until only the mountain remains. - Li Po A monthlong period of practice is a unique opportunity to settle back into a continuity of awareness and to see what is revealed through such a […]