Residential Retreats in 2008

Visiting and local Dharma teachers offer Metta and Vipassana residential retreats in the Vancouver area and in the Pacific Northwest.

Retreats led by Visiting WDS Teachers and Local Teachers

• May 17 - 24: Vipassana retreat at Samish Island
  Seven days of Vipassana practice with Heather Martin and Mark Coleman at Samish Island, Washington. 
  To register, contact Jean laValley at jeanlavalley@comcast.net .

• May 24 - 30: Continuing Vipassana retreat for Experienced Practitioners at Samish Island
  Six days of Vipassana practice for those who have sat at
  least 5 week-long residential Vipassana retreats with Heather Martin and Mark Coleman at Samish Island, Washington. 
  To register, contact Jean laValley at jeanlavalley@comcast.net .

• June 6 - 13: Vipassana retreat at Hollyhock
  Seven days of Vipassana practice with Joseph Goldstein, Rodney Smith, Linda McDonald, and Heather Martin at Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC.
  For information and registration, visit www.hollyhock.ca or phone 1-800-933-6339.

• June 20 - 22: Metta residential retreat at Saltspring
  Three days of Metta practice with Heather Martin at The Gatehouse, Salt Spring Island, BC
  To register, visit www.ssivipassana.org.

• July 10 - 18: Vipassana and Somatic Movement retreat at Cloud Mountain
  Eight days of Vipassana practice with Phillip Moffitt and Adrianne Ross at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, WA. 
  To register, visit www.cloudmountain.org .

• July 30 - July 5: Women's Retreat at Bethlehem Retreat Centre in Nanaimo
  Five days with Adrianne Ross and Arinna Weisman.
  Contact Arleen at apare@telus.net

• August 1 - 8: Vipassana retreat at Saltspring Seven days of Vipassana with Heather Martin and Mark Coleman at The Gatehouse, Salt Spring Island, BC. 

To register, visit www.ssivipassana.org.

• September 12 - 17: Vipassana retreat at Cloud Mountain
  Seven days of Vipassana with Heather Martin at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, WA. 

To register, visit www.cloudmountain.org .

• October 21 - 26: Vipassana retreat at Samish Island
  Five days of Vipassana practice with Heather Martin at Samish Island, Washington. 
  To register, contact Jean laValley at jeanlavalley@comcast.net.

• October 31- November 7: Vipasssana retreat at Cloud Mountain
  Seven days of Vipassana practice with Michele McDonald and Linda McDonald, at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center in southern Washington.
  For information, www.cloudmountain.org .

• November 18 - 23: Vipasssana retreat at Sea to Sky
  Five days of Vipassana practice with Michele McDonald and Linda McDonald, at Sea to Sky Retreat Centre, Whistler, BC.
  For information and registration, visit the Sea to Sky Retreat web page at the Vipassana Metta Vancouver web site.

• November 21 - 26: Metta retreat for Women at Cloud Mountain
  Five days of Metta practice with Adrianne Ross at Cloud Mountain Retreat Centre in southern Washington. 
  To register, visit www.cloudmountain.org .

• December 9 - 14 : Vipassana retreat at Bethlehem Retreat Centre in Nanaimo
  Five days of Vipassana practice with Adrianne Ross and Sharda Rogell.  Contact Dianne at 604-980-4403

Additional Residential Retreats in 2008

Additional retreats led by Steve Armstrong, Kamala Masters, and Rodney Smith are listed at www.cloudmountain.org .