The in-person retreats provided below have been carefully selected to meet the prerequisite criteria, ensuring a minimum of a 4-night silent meditation experience within the Insight or Vipassana tradition. Each retreat is guided by highly skilled and approved teachers who specialize in facilitating transformative silent residential retreats.
Please note: this list is not exhaustive, and we encourage you to explore local in-person retreats that may also meet the qualifications.
► Following your in-person retreat completion, please email us at mmtcp@soundstrue.com.
Name of Retreat: Coming Home to Refuge, Reverence and Wise Response Retreat
Date of Retreat: July 7-12, 2025
Website of Retreat: https://rmerc.org/events/coming-home-to-refuge-reverence-and-wise-response-a-womens-retreat/?occurrence=2025-07-07
Teachers: Jean Leonard and Sarah Heffron
Location: Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center - Ward, CO
Name of Three Retreats: Moonlit night – and my soul spread its wings wide
Date of Three Retreats:
July 20 - 26, 2025, Part 1
July 26 – August 1, 2025, Part 2
July 20 – August 1, 2025 (solid 12 days)
https://www.arbor-seminare.de/12-taeggiges-schweige-retreat-mit-christiane-wolf-2025
Teachers: Christiane Wolf
Location: Germany
Name of Retreat: Finding Home in Sangha: A Retreat for Asian Heritage Community
Date of Retreat: September 15-19, 2025
Website of Retreat: https://links.gullusingh.com/pia
Teachers: Gullu Singh, Louije Kim, Dawn Mauricio and Jonathan Relucio
Questions: registration@spiritrock.org
Location: Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California
Name of Retreat: Vipassana Retreat
Date of Retreat: September 20-27, 2025
Website of Retreat: https://atmajyoti.se/vipassana-retreat-portugal
Teachers: Christiane Wolf
Location: Portugal
Name of Retreat: Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love
Date of Retreat: November 22-30, 2025
Website of Retreat: https://links.gullusingh.com/623766
Teachers: Gullu Singh, Yong Oh, Dawn Mauricio, Eugene Cash and Djuna Devereaux
Questions: registration@spiritrock.org
Location: Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California
Name of Retreat: Equanimity: Finding Balance in Uncertain Times
Date of Retreat: December 12-17, 2025
Website of Retreat: https://links.gullusingh.com/15c896
Teachers: James Baraz, MA, Gullu Singh, JD, Mei Elliott and Teresa Todoroff
Questions: registration@spiritrock.org
Location: Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California