Residential & Zoom Retreats
Retreats in the U.S.
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October 26-Nov 2, 2025
7-day Gates of Liberation Retreat with Delson Armstrong at St. Francis Retreat Center, San Juan Bautista, CA, -
Nov 7-9, 2025
3-day Weekend Zoom Retreat with Austin Sarner, Live Online -
Dec 12-14, 2025
3-day Weekend Zoom Retreat with Austin Sarner, Live Online -
Nov 7-16, 2025
Zoom Loving-kindness Metta through the 8 Jhānas with Delson Armstrong -
Dec 16 2025–Jan 4, 2026
Zoom Loving-kindness Metta through the 8 Jhānas with Delson Armstrong -
Jan 2–10, 2026
Zoom intensive 9-day retreats with online interviews with David Johnson -
Feb 2–14, 2026
Zoom intensive 9-day retreats with online interviews with David Johnson -
Feb 13-22, 2026
Zoom Loving-kindness Metta through the 8 Jhānas with Delson Armstrong -
Mar 2–14, 2026
Zoom intensive 9-day retreats with online interviews with David Johnson -
Mar 13-22, 2026
Zoom Loving-kindness Metta through the 8 Jhānas with Delson Armstrong -
April 3-12, 2026
10-day residential retreat with Cassandra Gearhart, Ph.D. and Adam Eurich at St. Francis Retreat Center, San Juan Bautista, CA -
Apr 10-19, 2026
Zoom Loving-kindness Metta through the 8 Jhānas with Delson Armstrong
Retreats Outside the U.S.
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Oct 17–26, 225, Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation UK,
10-day residential retreat, private coaching with Venerable Bhikkhuni Obhasa in Forest of Dean, UK, -
Nov 22–Dec 6. 2025, Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation UK,
14-day residential retreat, private coaching with Venerable Bhikkhuni Obhasa in Forest of Dean, UK, -
Dhamma Sukha Indonesia
Ongoing classes, frequent Zoom, and In-person retreats with Brenda Ie-Mcrae and others in Jakarta and Bali. -
Dhamma Sukha India
Frequent 10-day residential and Zoom retreats in Pune and Goa with Venerable Bhante Dhammagavesi, Mrs Manjula Bhosale, others, hosted by Samatha Vipassana Trust -
Dhamma Sukha Argentina
Zoom and In-person retreats and sitting groups with Federico Gurisatti, Spanish and English, Sangha de Luna, Buenos Aires, Argentina
This technique is unique in that it combines #Vipassana (contraction/concentration) with #DoNothing Meditation (letting go) and Metta (Loving Kindness) to strike the perfect balance between effort and effortless, intention and surrendering.
Retreat Basics
TWIM retreats are structured courses for learning and development guided by trained and dedicated Instructors. Participants at all levels of meditative experience receive instruction and support to optimize learning and progress smoothly in the stages of awakening.
One-on-one daily insturtor interviews provide every participants with personalized and detailed coaching. Foundations for retreats include:
- Maintain an ethical code of conduct (sīla). It is a necessary foundation for steady mind and calm body.
- Learn and practice the”the four right efforts” as taught by the Buddha by using the Six Rs methodology—a cornerstone of early Buddhist practices.
- Develop sublime benevolence with loving-kindness (metta) compassion, altruistic joy, and equanimity (Brahmaviharas).
- Experience the stages of meditation (jhāna) leading to tranquility (samatha), natural stillness (samādhi) and insight (vipassanā). . . leading to awakening (nirvāṇa) (Pali: nibbāna).
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