Retreats

Natural Compassion: Opening the Heart Through Practice (Hybrid)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker and Lama Gursam

July 13 - 20, 2026

Registration is open.
This is the annual Margha Summer Retreat.

Natural Compassion: Opening the Heart Through Practice (Online)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker and Lama Gursam

July 13 - 20, 2026

Early registration opens on April 22 at 7:00 pm ET.

Natural Compassion: Opening the Heart Through Practice (Residential)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker and Lama Gursam

July 13 - 20, 2026

Early registration opens on April 22 at 7:00 pm ET.

Loving Awareness in the Living World (Hybrid)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker, Lama Liz Monson and Sarah Buie

July 24 - August 3, 2026

Registration is open.

Loving Awareness in the Living World (Online)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker, Lama Liz Monson and Sarah Buie

July 24 - August 3, 2026

Registration is open.

Loving Awareness in the Living World (Residential)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker, Lama Liz Monson and Sarah Buie

July 24 - August 3, 2026

Registration will open at 7:00 pm ET on April 27.

ATI Summer Retreat

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker and Lama Liz Monson

August 6 - 9, 2026

The Advanced Teacher Initiative Summer Retreat is a special opportunity for our apprentices and lamas to gather in person for several days of practice, learning, reflection, and connection. Held at our beloved Wonderwell Mountain Refuge and supported by the sacred atmosphere of our retreat center and the surrounding land, this intimate retreat offers space to […]

The Abolitionist’s Dream: A Journey through Love, Healing, and Liberation (Hybrid)

With Lama Rod Owens and Síofra Sadada (Sister Sadada)

August 13 - 20, 2026

Registration is open.

The Abolitionist’s Dream: A Journey through Love, Healing, and Liberation (Online)

With Lama Rod Owens and Síofra Sadada (Sister Sadada)

August 13 - 20, 2026

This is the ONLINE component of the retreat. To register for in person (residential) attendance, please click here. This retreat is supported by Zac Ispa-Landa. We are living through an apocalypse, struggling to learn lessons through a pervasive pandemic, economic instability, political unrest, climate change, and various forms of systematic violence. However, this moment is […]

RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION: The Abolitionist’s Dream: A Journey through Love, Healing, and Liberation

With Lama Rod Owens and Síofra Sadada (Sister Sadada)

August 13 - 20, 2026

To support an inclusive and representative retreat container, residential registration will begin with an application period from May 10 - 31. Please review the full application instructions and details below before applying. Registration for the ONLINE component of the retreat is now open. Please click here to register. We are living through an apocalypse, struggling […]

The Abolitionist’s Dream: A Journey through Love, Healing, and Liberation (Residential)

With Lama Rod Owens and Síofra Sadada (Sister Sadada)

August 13 - 20, 2026

Application-based private registration is open.

Devotion on the Dzogchen Path (Online)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker

August 28 - September 4, 2026

This is the ONLINE component of the retreat. If you’d like to register for the RESIDENTIAL component, please click here. Please note that this retreat is only open to students in the Natural Freedom Dzogchen Program. Join the Natural Freedom Sangha for our annual hybrid retreat, Devotion on the Dzogchen Path, a time of deep […]

Devotion on the Dzogchen Path (Residential)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker

August 28 - September 4, 2026

Residential registration opens soon.

September Open Practice Weekend (Residential Only)

September 11 - 13, 2026

Registration is open.

Wild Awakening: Embodying the Wisdom of the Elements (Residential Only)

With Lama Liz Monson and Shemaleiah Geremia-Smylie

September 29 - October 5, 2026

Registration is open.

Boundaries Alongside Boundlessness (Hybrid)

With Deborah Eden Tull

October 9 - 12, 2026

Registration is open.

Boundaries Alongside Boundlessness (Online)

With Deborah Eden Tull

October 9 - 12, 2026

This is the ONLINE component of the retreat. If you’d like to register for the RESIDENTIAL component, please click here. To truly embody our yes to life, we must equally honor our no. Liberating our hearts and minds and taking responsibility for our contribution to consciousness requires both fierce and gentle compassion. In this embodied […]

Boundaries Alongside Boundlessness (Residential)

With Deborah Eden Tull

October 9 - 12, 2026

Registration is open

The Mycelial Path: Rediscovering the Living Field of Awareness (Hybrid)

With Lama Liz Monson

October 29 - November 1, 2026

Registration is open.

The Mycelial Path: Rediscovering the Living Field of Awareness (Online)

With Lama Liz Monson

October 29 - November 1, 2026

This is the ONLINE component of the retreat. If you’d like to register for the RESIDENTIAL component, please click here. Beneath the forest floor, an ancient conversation is taking place. Delicate threads of mycelium weave through the earth, carrying nourishment, exchanging information, and quietly sustaining the life of the forest. Though largely unseen, this living […]

The Mycelial Path: Rediscovering the Living Field of Awareness (Residential)

With Lama Liz Monson

October 29 - November 1, 2026

Registration is open.

Beginner's Retreat (Residential Only)

With Kathe McKenna and Tracie Palmer

November 6 - 8, 2026
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Sounds of Silence: The Power of Mindful Music & Chanting with Satigata (Residential)

With Chris Berlin and Darren Becker

November 13 - 15, 2026

Registration is open.

Finding the Refuge Within: A Silent Meditation Retreat in Hawai'i

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker

February 26 - March 4, 2027
Hawai'i Island Retreat on the Big Island of Hawai'i (Nearest airport: Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport [KOA])

Join Lama Willa in-person in Hawai'i.

Finding the Refuge Within: A Silent Meditation Retreat (Online)

With Lama Willa Blythe Baker

February 26 - March 4, 2027
Hosted by Lama Willa from the residential retreat in Hawaii. Registration is open.