Residential Retreats in 2010

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

Retreats led by Visiting WDS Teachers and Local Teachers

• August 21 – 28: 7-Day Vipassana Meditation Retreat on Salt Spring
  This week of intensive practice is suitable for both beginning and experienced practitioners, and will include meditation instruction, guided loving-kindness practice, Dharma talks and individual interviews. Taught by Steve Armstrong and Heather Martin. Registration opens June 26, 2010. For more information, visit the BC Insight website.

• November 4 - 10: Vipassana retreat at Sea to Sky Retreat Centre, Whistler, BC
  Six days of Vipassana practice with Michele McDonald and Linda McDonald.  For more information and to register, visit www.vipassanamettavancouver.org. 

This retreat is full; waitlist only.

• November 26 - December 1: Vipassana Retreat for Women at Bethlehem Retreat Centre in Nanaimo, BC
  Five days of vipassana/insight meditaiton practice with Adrianne Ross and Arinna Weisman. There will be periods of sitting and walking meditation and a dharma talk each day, as well as interviews and discussion opportunities with the teachers. This silent retreat is suitable for beginning and experienced students of meditation. Cost is $460. To register, contact Bridgid via email or by phone at 604.254.0891.

• December 27, 2010 – January 1, 2011: 5-Day New Year's Retreat on Salt Spring
  This period of intensive practice is suitable for both beginning and experienced practitioners, and will include meditation instruction, guided metta practice, Dharma talks and individual interviews. There will be a special program on New Year’s Eve with the option of staying up until midnight. Registration opens November 2, 2010. Taught by Heather Martin. For more information, visit the BC Insight website.