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Retreats

Africa

South Africa

Dharmagiri– Umvuleni Mountain | KwaZulu Natal

Americas

Canada

British Columbia

Salt Springs Insight | Salt Springs Island

Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery | Knutsford

British Columbia Insight Meditation Society | Vancouver

Victoria Insight Meditation Society  | Victoria

Manitoba

Two Rivers Insight Meditation Community | Winnipeg

Alberta

Alberta Insight Meditation Centre

Ontario

Arrow River Forest Hermitage | Ontario

True North Insight | Ottawa

Sati Saraniya Sangha | Perth

Saskatchewan

Regina Insight Meditation Community | Regina

United States

Alabama

Meditation Center of Alabama | Mobile

Arizona

Prescott Insight Meditation | Prescott

California 

Awake in the Wild
Insight L.A.Los Angeles

Sky Mind Retreats/Desert Dharma | Modesto

Insight Meditation South Bay | Mountain View

Mountain Stream Meditation Center | Nevada City

Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery | Placerville

Insight San Diego | San Diego

San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

Saddhamma Foundation | Santa Barbara

Bloom of the Present | Santa Cruz

Insight Retreat Center | Santa Cruz

Insight Santa Cruz

Metta Forest Monastery | Valley Center

Insight Meditation Ventura

Spirit Rock Meditation Center | Woodacre

Colorado 

Awake in the Wild

Desert Dharma

Impermanent Sangha | Boulder

Insight Colorado | Boulder

Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
Rocky Mountain Insight | Colorado Springs

Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center | Durango

District of Columbia 

Insight Meditation Community | Cabin John

Insight Meditation Community of Washington D.C.

Florida

Gainesville Vipassana Society

Orlando Insight Meditation Group

Florida Community of Mindfulness | Tampa

Georgia

Roswell Insight Meditation

Hawaii

Vipassana Hawaii | Kapa’au

Illinois

Insight Chicago

Kentucky

Louisville Vipassana Community

Massachusetts

Insight Meditation Society/The Forest Refuge | Barre

Boston Meditation Center

Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

Insight Meditation Center Newburyport

Michigan

Insight Meditation Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor

 

Minnesota

Common Ground Meditation Center | Minneapolis

Twin Cities Meditation Collective | Minneapolis

Missouri

Mid-America Dharma | Kansas City

Mississippi

Flowering Lotus Meditation | Magnolia

Montana

Bozeman Insight Community

North Carolina

Asheville Insight Meditation

Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center | Hendersonville

Southern Dharma Retreat Center | Hot Springs

Nebraska

Mindfulness Outreach Initiative | Omaha

New Mexico

Albuquerque Insight Meditation

Awake in the Wild

Mountain Hermitage | Taos

Nevada

Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community | Carson City

New York

New York Insight Meditation Center | NYC

Spring Water Retreat Center in the Finger Lakes

North Carolina

Southern Dharma Retreat Center | Hot Springs

Ohio

Tri-State Dharma | Cincinnati

Insight Meditation Cleveland

Yellow Springs Dharma

Oregon

Eugene Insight Mindfulness Retreats

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Meditation Center
 

Tennessee

One Dharma Meditation | Nashville

Texas

Mariposa Sangha | Austin

Insight Houston

Utah

Skymind Retreats

Vermont
Vermont Insight Meditation Center | Brattleboro

Valley Insight Meditation Society | Hanover

Practical Presence Meditation Center | NE Kingdom

Virginia

Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville

Insight Meditation Community of Richmond

Mindful Shenandoah Valley | Winchester

Washington

Bellingham Insight

Cloud Mountain Retreat Center | Castle Rock

Wisconsin

Madison Insight Meditation Group

West Virginia

Bhavana Society | High View

Asia

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Insight Meditation Society

India

Meditation In India | Bodh Gaya

Awakening Truth | Coimbatore

Myanmar

Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre | Yangon

Mahasi Meditation Center | Yangon

Panditarama Shwe Taung Gon Meditation Center

Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Forest Meditation Center

Wisdom of Mindfulness | ​Yangon

Sri Lanka

Nilambe Buddhist Meditation Center

Thailand

Suan Mokkh | Surat Thani

Wat Pah Nanachat International Forest Monastery

Forest Sangha | Wat Nong Pah Pong

Europe

 

Austria

Dhamma Center-Nyanaponika | Vienna

Czech Republic

Karuna Sevena

Finland

Nirodha | Helsinki

France

Moulin de Chaves | Cubjac

Ireland

Insight Meditation Dublin

Italy

Pian dei Ciliegi | Ponte dell'Olio

Netherlands

Stichting Inzichts Meditatie | Amsterdam

Slovakia

Javorie Meditation Center | Horny Tisovnik

Vipassana.sk 

Sweden

Sangha Vipassana Gruppen | Stockholm

Switzerland

Meditationszentrum Beatenberg | Beatenberg

Vimalakirti Buddhist Meditation Center | Geneva

United Kingdom

Freely Given Retreats | Devon

Gaia House Buddhist Meditation Retreat Center | Devon

Hungry Ghost Retreats | Devon

Sharpham Trust Retreat Centre | Devon

Aruna Ratanagiri Harnham Buddhist Monastery

Amaravati Retreat Centre | Hertfordshire

Sheffield Insight Meditation

Satipanya | Shrewsbury

Middle East

Israel

Sangha Seva

Tovana | Tel Aviv

Oceania

Australia

Bodhi Tree Monastery | Tullera, NSW

Australian Insight Meditation Network

Bodhisaddha Forest Monastery | Wilton, NSW

Buddhist Society Of Western Australia

New Zealand

Vimutti Buddhist Monastery | Bombay

Original Nature Retreat Centre | Wellington

Auckland Insight Meditation

Te Moata Retreat Centre | Whenuakite

This comprehensive list of retreat centers in the Insight tradition may be missing some groups. To suggest an addition, please email us. 

Note: The Buddhist Insight Network does not approve or accredit retreat centers. These listings are provided solely for information purposes. (Read more)

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