Upcoming Retreats 2027
January 15 - 19, 2027
Howard Cohn, Devin Berry, Tara Mulay,
Genevieve Tregor & Dawn Mauricio
with Tina Clay Yoga
& Special Guest Teacher Jack Kornfield
Jan 27 - 31, 2027
Howard Cohn, Dawn Mauricio, Roxanne Dault,
Nadine Levy & Genevieve Tregor
with Tina Clay Yoga
& Special Guest Teacher Tara Brach
US- Pacific Time (PST) - Primary Schedule*
*works for many time-zones across the world - please check which countries this retreat works best for
January 15 - 19, 2027
Freeing the Heart, Awakening Insight
When our situation and experience feels threatening or chaotic , the heart naturally contracts. During times we feel safe the heart opens. However, when we rely on external circumstances to dictate whether our heart is open or closed, we do not experience true freedom. With the cultivation of mindfulness and lovingkindness practices we can develop a truly free heart. Mindfulness practice allows us to recognize, tend and find refuge in our ever-present direct experience of body and mind, regardless of circumstances. The cultivation of loving kindness supports our capacity for an open and balanced heart, regardless of circumstances. Both practices function as protection and resource, together they support our freedom.
It is not necessary to be perfect to be free; it is only necessary to embrace our own humanity with compassion and wisdom.
It is said that cultivating Mindful Awareness is simple but not easy, and developing a capacity for loving awareness often brings up self-judgment and pain as part of a necessary purification process. In the protected environment of retreat these budding skills and capacities can be nurtured and strengthened: learning the forms of practice and how to work with them in relation to all the dimensions of body and mind; how to work wisely and effectively with challenges when they inevitably arise; to build confidence in our capacity to stay present with the full range of human experience; and deepening the habit of practice to integrate into our natural way of being.
Special Guest Teacher!
Jack Kornfield, PhD, trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. He is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology and is a prolific author of books on the path of Insight Meditation.
Jack Kornfield PhD
Howard Cohn, MA, is one of the founding teachers of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and has led the Mission Dharma sitting group in San Francisco for over 40 years. He has practiced meditation since 1972, and has led Vipassana retreats since 1985. He is known by his students for his kindheartedness and warm sense of humor. Howard has a MA in Counseling Psychology and has a private counseling/mentoring practice. He is the author of, Invitation to Meditation: How to Find Peace Wherever You Are.
Howard Cohn, MA
Devin Berry is a Core Guiding Teacher at the Insight Meditation Society. he additionally teaches retreats and programs at the Forest Refuge and Spirit Rock as well as with other Dharma communities, as well as with Sounds True. His teachings are grounded in metta and Vipassana of the Insight tradition, and he is known for his grounded, relatable teaching style, shaped by a deep love of the Dharma and a gift for storytelling.
Devin Berry
Genevieve Tregor, MS, is the founding teacher of One World Mindfulness, Solution Mindfulness , and Insight Meditation Scottsdale, in Scottsdale, Arizona. She served on the faculty of Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach's Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program for six years, and is additionally trained in Peter Levine's three year Somatic Experiencing method of healing trauma. Her style of teaching is considered accessible and relatable, drawing from life experience, often incorporating humor.
Genevieve Tregor, MS
Tara Mulay, JD has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2003. She was initially drawn to the Dharma by the Buddha's teachings rejecting caste as a measurement of worth and capacity for awakening. Tara had a 20 year career as a criminal defense attorney before becoming a full-time Dharma teacher. She was trained and authorized to teach by the Insight Meditation Society and serves on the Board of Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Her teachings are rooted in the Mahasi Sayadaw lineage.
Tara Mulay
Dawn Mauricio, SEP is a Filipina-Canadian mindfulness and Insight Meditation teacher who has been practicing since 2005. A graduate of Spirit Rock’s 4-year Retreat Teacher Training and other advanced programs, she has co-led multi-year Dharma trainings and is now the coordinating teacher for the annual 8-month Living the Dharma program. Dawn teaches across Canada and the U.S., offering a playful, dynamic, and heartfelt approach grounded in relational and embodied practice. She is a co-founder of the True North Insight BIPOC practice group, a core teacher with Sacred Mountain Sangha, the author of Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners, and a Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner.
Dawn Mauricio, SEP
Yoga with Tina Clay
Tina Clay, MA, LMHC is an experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT 500), international yoga retreat leader, and marriage and family therapist. She served as a mentor in the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program led by Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, and Sounds True. Her teaching style blends yogic principles with Buddha-Dharma. Her natural empathy and training as a therapist further support her wish that all beings find embodied healing and peace through the practices of yoga and meditation.
Tina Clay, MA LMHC
Sydney Australia (AEDT) - Primary Schedule*
*works for many time-zones across the world - please check which countries this retreat works best for
January 27 - 31, 2027
Freeing the Heart, Awakening Insight
When our situation and experience feels threatening or chaotic , the heart naturally contracts. During times we feel safe the heart opens. However, when we rely on external circumstances to dictate whether our heart is open or closed, we do not experience true freedom. With the cultivation of mindfulness and lovingkindness practices we can develop a truly free heart. Mindfulness practice allows us to recognize, tend and find refuge in our ever-present direct experience of body and mind, regardless of circumstances. The cultivation of loving kindness supports our capacity for an open and balanced heart, regardless of circumstances. Both practices function as protection and resource, together they support our freedom.
It is not necessary to be perfect to be free; it is only necessary to embrace our own humanity with compassion and wisdom.
It is said that cultivating Mindful Awareness is simple but not easy, and developing a capacity for loving awareness often brings up self-judgment and pain as part of a necessary purification process. In the protected environment of retreat these budding skills and capacities can be nurtured and strengthened: learning the forms of practice and how to work with them in relation to all the dimensions of body and mind; how to work wisely and effectively with challenges when they inevitably arise; to build confidence in our capacity to stay present with the full range of human experience; and deepening the habit of practice to integrate into our natural way of being.
Special Guest Teacher!
Tara Brach, PhD, has as practiced and taught meditation since 1973, focusing on compassionate engagement in the world. She is the founding teacher of Insight Community of Washington DC (IMCW) and the co-founding teacher of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP), training participants from 74 countries around the world. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology and is a prolific author of books on the intersection of spirituality and psychology.
Tara Brach, PhD
Howard Cohn, MA, is one of the founding teachers of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and has led the Mission Dharma sitting group in San Francisco for over 40 years. He has practiced meditation since 1972, and has led Vipassana retreats since 1985. He is known by his students for his kindheartedness and warm sense of humor. Howard has a MA in Counseling Psychology and has a private counseling/mentoring practice. He is the author of, Invitation to Meditation: How to Find Peace Wherever You Are.
Howard Cohn, MA
Dr Nadine Levy (PhD, LLB (Hons), BA (Hons)) is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department in Buddhist Health and Applied Mindfulness at Nan Tien Institute, a Higher Education Institution in Australia. She teaches and researches in mindfulness, compassion, and social emotions, with a focus on the therapeutic role of spiritual community and the intersection of Buddhist practice and psychotherapy. Nadine is an Insight Meditation teacher trained by James Baraz and the Insight Meditation Institute in Sydney. She leads retreats and workshops internationally and is a regular columnist for The Guardian on the topic of contemporary Buddhism and spirituality.
Nadine Levy, PhD
Dawn Mauricio, SEP is a Filipina-Canadian mindfulness and Insight Meditation teacher who has been practicing since 2005. A graduate of Spirit Rock’s 4-year Retreat Teacher Training and other advanced programs, she has co-led multi-year Dharma trainings and is now the coordinating teacher for the annual 8-month Living the Dharma program. Dawn teaches across Canada and the U.S., offering a playful, dynamic, and heartfelt approach grounded in relational and embodied practice. She is a co-founder of the True North Insight BIPOC practice group, a core teacher with Sacred Mountain Sangha, the author of Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners, and a Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner.
Dawn Mauricio, SEP
Roxanne Dault teaches meditation across Canada, United States, and France,
and has followed this path for over two decades. An associate Guiding Teacher
at Insight Meditation Society and Guiding Teacher at True North Insight, she
teaches in diverse settings in Montréal (Tiohti:áke). She is trained in Somatic
Experiencing and lectures in a mindfulness graduate program at Université du
Québec à Montréal (UQAM). She speaks French, English and is learning her
ancestors’ language, Anishinaabemowin.
Roxanne Dault
Genevieve Tregor, MS, is the founding teacher of One World Mindfulness, Solution Mindfulness , and Insight Meditation Scottsdale, in Scottsdale, Arizona. She served on the faculty of Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach's Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program for six years, and is additionally trained in Peter Levine's three year Somatic Experiencing method of healing trauma. Her style of teaching is considered accessible and relatable, drawing from life experience, often incorporating humor.
Genevieve Tregor, MS
Yoga with Tina Clay
Tina Clay is an experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT 500), international yoga retreat leader, and marriage and family therapist. She served as a mentor in the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program led by Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, and Sounds True. Her teaching style blends yogic principles with Buddha-Dharma. Her natural empathy and training as a therapist further support her wish that all beings find embodied healing and peace through the practices of yoga and meditation.