Retreats are especially useful in strengthening our practice capacity. They provide a structured, dedicated practice period in which we are able to set aside our usual obligations and routines and explore a greater continuity and depth of mindfulness in the company or others. These conditions are ideal for the deepening of understanding, and we can gain confidence in our capacity to sustain a home practice. Seattle Insight offers regular daylong and weekend retreats throughout the year, and our teachers lead residential retreats at various centers. Check out some of our upcoming retreats below.
Please refer to the schedule below for upcoming nonresidential and daylong retreats at Seattle Insight.
Retreats offer sustained practice that deepens our understanding of the Dharma. They usually include meditation instructions, sitting and walking meditation practice, Dharma talks, and dialogues with the teacher. Residential retreats offer a full immersion into meditation practice from early morning to evening. The length of retreats generally ranges from two days to six weeks although a retreat can last as long as three months or more.
Seattle Insight does not offer residential retreats because we do not own a retreat center. Our Guiding Teachers, Tuere Sala, Tim Geil and Keri Pederson, all teach at one or more of the retreat centers listed below.
