Retreat Calendar | Southern Dharma Retreat Center

Note: On opening dates, registration will open at 2:00 PM ET. On opening day, it will say "closed" below until 2:00 PM ET.

Dates	Title	Experience Level / Format	Teacher	Details	Register
June 15 - 18, 2023	A Path of Love: The Six Paramitas	All levels / In Person	Leslie Rawls	View Details	Register
June 20 - 26, 2023	Cultivating Wise Speech	All levels / In Person	Donald Rothberg	View Details	Register
June 29 - July 2, 2023	Return to Source: An Eco-Dharma Retreat	All levels / In Person	Deborah Eden Tull	View Details	Register
July 9, 2023	Awakening with the Land: A Day of Contemplative Practice in the Mountains	All Levels / Outdoor	Rupert Marques	View Details	Join waiting list
July 11 - 16, 2023	Earth in Mind: Dharma, Deep Ecology and Land	All levels / In Person	Rupert Marques	View Details	Register
July 18 - 23, 2023	Returning to Flow: An Insight Dialogue Retreat	Experience required, see description / In person	Phyllis Hicks and Anna-Brown Griswold	View Details	Register
July 26 - 30, 2023	Making Peace with Your Ego: Finding Freedom Through Letting Go	All levels / In Person	Lisa Ernst	View Details	Join waiting list
August 10 - 13, 2023	InterBeing: Buddhist Insight and Contemporary Jewish Mysticism	All levels / In Person	Rabbi Jeff Roth	View Details	Join waiting list
August 15 - 20, 2023	August Volunteer Week	All Levels / In Person		View Details	Register
August 29 - September 4, 2023	Buddhism and Recovery	All levels / In Person	Kevin Griffin	View Details	Register
September 10 - 17, 2023	Settling, Seeing, and Spacious Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students	Experience required, see description / In person	Donald Rothberg	View Details	Join waiting list
September 21 - 24, 2023	Self-Guided Retreat	Experience Required, see description / In Person	Donald Rothberg	View Details	Register
October 6 - 8, 2023	The Path of Service: An At Home Insight Meditation Retreat	All Levels / At-home (online)	David Chernikoff	View Details	Registration opens: Jul 1, 2023
October 13 - 20, 2023	Taking Refuge: A Vipassana and Brahma Vihara Retreat	All levels / In person	DaeJa Napier	View Details	Registration opens: Jul 1, 2023
October 25 - 28, 2023	[COMMUTER/ASHEVILLE] Redefining Hope in a Darkening World: A Meditation & Yoga Retreat	All Levels / In Person (Commuter)	Jeff Collins and Gisela Konrad	View Details	Registration opens: Jul 1, 2023
November 2 - 5, 2023	Belonging and Thriving: Being Your Own Good Friend	LGBTQIA+ / All levels / In Person	Fresh "Lev" White and Eve Decker	View Details	Registration opens: Jul 1, 2023
November 9 - 12, 2023	A Medicine Buddha Retreat	All levels / In Person	Dr. Hun Lye	View Details	Registration opens: Jul 1, 2023
November 30 - December 3, 2023	Entering the Heart of the Mother: Retreating into the Mandala of Vajravarahi	All levels / In Person	Lama Justin von Bujdoss	View Details	Registration opens: Jul 1, 2023
December 6 - 10, 2023	The Winter Heart of the New Saint	Experience required, see description / In Person	Lama Rod Owens	View Details	Registration opens: Sep 1, 2023
December 28, 2023 - January 3, 2024	New Year’s Retreat: Non-Duality of Sacred Darkness and Sacred Light	Experience Required, see description / In Person	John Orr and Ronya Banks	View Details	Registration opens: Jul 1, 2023

Until further notice, registration for our residential programs is restricted to individuals who have or will receive their second, third, or subsequent Covid-19 vaccination at least two weeks before their arrival on site. We also require all registered participants to present negative results from a Covid test performed in the 3 days prior to the start of your retreat AND that you consent to being tested upon your arrival at Southern Dharma. Any rapid antigen test is acceptable for testing, including over-the-counter at-home tests.