Southern Dharma Retreat Center

Hot Springs, NC, USA

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Upcoming Retreats

Vibrant Sky – The Practice & Vision of Open

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Apr 2, 2026 – Apr 5, 2026 4 days Residential Insight

Explore the practice of open awareness in this retreat.

with Jogen Salzberg

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We Are One, We Are Whole

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 17, 2026 8 days Residential Zen

Connect with the Dharma during this spring retreat.

with Rev. WonGong So

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The Intuitive Heart: A Meditation Retreat for Experienced Meditators

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Apr 29, 2026 – May 3, 2026 5 days Residential Insight

Spiritual training teaches us a radical new way of knowing.

with David Chernikoff

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Gathering the Gaze of Awareness: A Meditation, Yoga and Sensory Awareness Retreat

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

May 12, 2026 – May 17, 2026 6 days Residential Mixed

A meditation, yoga and sensory awareness retreat combining Buddha's way with Yoga's way.

with Jeff Collins , Gisela Konrad

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Cultivating Steadiness and Ease: A Mindfulness Retreat for Beginners

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

May 21, 2026 – May 24, 2026 4 days Residential Insight

A world that rarely pauses, this retreat offers an opportunity to find stillness and ease.

with Sharon Shelton

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Foundations of Awakening: Cultivating the Five Spiritual Strengths

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

May 28, 2026 – May 31, 2026 4 days Residential Insight

Explore the five spiritual strengths, also known as the five priceless jewels.

with Lisa Ernst

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Metta-Vipassana: Integrating Mindfulness and Metta practices.

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

May 28, 2026 – May 31, 2026 4 days Residential Vipassana

An integrated practice uniting the Four Foundations of mindfulness with loving-kindness practices.

with Dave Smith

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Thai Forest Lineage Retreat

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Jun 10, 2026 – Jun 14, 2026 5 days Residential Theravada

Explore the Thai Forest Lineage tradition with experienced teachers.

with John Orr , Venerable Somasihi Bhikkhuni

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Inner Peace in a Chaotic World

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 21, 2026 5 days Residential Insight

Everybody wants a happy life dependent on inner peace.

with Ronya Banks

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Awareness, Wisdom, and the Heart's Sure Release

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Jun 24, 2026 – Jun 28, 2026 5 days Residential Insight

Buddhist awareness practices develop the heart's natural capacity to be free.

with Mark Nunberg

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Coming Close to Life: Resting the Heart in Natural Awareness

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Jul 13, 2026 – Jul 18, 2026 6 days Residential Insight

Rest the heart in natural awareness and come close to life.

with Rupert Marques , Kerstin Deibert

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[At Home] Jhanas, Satipatthana and Dependent Origination: An Online Retreat for Experienced Students

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Online

Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 26, 2026 11 days Online Theravada

Combines the two main elements of the Buddha's path.

with Leigh Brasington

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Returning to Love: An Insight Dialogue Retreat

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Jul 31, 2026 – Aug 5, 2026 6 days Residential Insight

Insight Dialogue brings the Dhamma to life relationally in the body and heart.

with Phyllis Hicks , Joyce Curnan

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Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapanasati) Retreat

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026 11 days Residential Theravada

Develop sensitivities to the felt sense of breathing.

with Rachael O'Brien

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Hearts Rooted In Sangha: A BIPOC Loving-kindness Retreat

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Aug 27, 2026 – Aug 30, 2026 4 days Residential Insight

A BIPOC loving-kindness retreat fostering connection and healing.

with Lev Michael Moses , Dr. Hy V. Huynh

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The Path of Recovery: Healing the Wounds of Addiction

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 7, 2026 6 days Residential Insight

A unique meditation retreat combining traditional Buddhist teachings with recovery practices.

with Kevin Griffin , Greg Pergament

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Rooted in the Turning World (LGBTQIA+)

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026 4 days Residential Mixed

An LGBTQIA+ meditation retreat blending Zen and Vipassana practice.

with Em Morrison , Prince M. Levy-Benítez

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The Heart of Our Practice: From Ordinary Mind to Awakening

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Sep 25, 2026 – Oct 8, 2026 14 days Residential Insight

A two-week retreat working with four core teachings.

with Donald Rothberg

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Awakening the Feminine Buddha: From Tārā and Kwan Yin to Our Own Embodied Wisdom

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 6 days Residential Tibetan

Explore feminine divine wisdom through meditation and contemplation.

with Lisa Ernst

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Zen and the Undoing of Doing—a Body/Mind Retreat

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Nov 3, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026 6 days Residential Zen

In our busy lives, even in meditation, we are often focused on doing.

with Rev. Teijo Munnich , Meredith McIntosh

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A Life that Works

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Nov 11, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026 5 days Residential Insight

Dedicated Dharma practice gradually produces greater and deeper peace.

with David McKay

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Jhanas, Metta, and Emptiness

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Dec 3, 2026 – Dec 13, 2026 11 days Residential Theravada

A ten-day retreat focusing on the development of jhanas and metta.

with Mary Aubry

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Grounding in Presence, Compassion, and Wise Intention

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Dec 27, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 6 days Residential Insight

Deepen in presence and compassion, guided by wise intention.

with Eve Decker , Fresh "Lev" White , Lev Michael Moses

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2027 Month-long Retreat at Southern Dharma

Southern Dharma Retreat Center · Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Asheville, USA

Mar 1, 2027 – Mar 31, 2027 31 days Residential Insight Fully Booked

A full month of intensive meditation practice.

with Rupert Marques , Kerstin Deibert

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