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Residential Retreats
IMC-Sponsored Residential Retreats
Though currently scheduled retreats are held in rented facilities, IMC is in the process of purchasing our own Residential Retreat Center. You can learn about the new Insight Retreat Center.
There is no cost for IMC-Sponsored Retreats. Donations are welcome.
- Hidden Villa Meditation Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella
Sunday, March 18 to Sunday, March 25, 2012
Hidden Villa , 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Flier
Information
Application
Applicants will be admitted to this retreat by lottery. All applications with deposits that have been received by January 18, 2012 will be entered into a lottery to be held on January 19. You will be notified during the following week if you have been admitted or are on the wait-list. Subsequent applications will be added to the wait-list.
Gil Fronsdal’s bio
Andrea Fella’s bio
- Hidden Villa Meditation Retreat with Andrea Fella and Anushka Fernandopulle
Sunday, April 15 to Sunday, April 22, 2012
Hidden Villa , 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Flyer
Information
Application
Applicants will be admitted to this retreat by lottery. All applications with deposits that have been received by February 15, 2012 will be entered into a lottery to be held on February 16. You will be notified during the following week if you have been admitted or are on the wait-list. Subsequent applications will be added to the wait-list.
Andrea Fella’s bio
Anushka Fernandopulle has trained in meditation in the Theravada Buddhist tradition for over 20 years in monasteries in Sri Lanka and India as well as in urban US settings. She teaches dharma groups and meditation retreats around the country. Anushka also works as a leadership/life coach, facilitator and consultant. Her work is informed by a B.A. in social anthropology/religion from Harvard University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. More about her dharma teaching can be found at www.anushkaf.org
- Memorial Day Weekend Family Retreat
Saturday, May 26 to Monday, May 28, 2012
Jikoji Zen Retreat Center, 12100 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos, CA 95030
Flier
Information
Application
Applicants will be admitted to this retreat by lottery. All applications with deposits that have been received by March 16, 2012 will be entered into a lottery to be held on March 17th. You will be notified during the following week if you have been admitted or are on the wait-list. Subsequent applications will be added to the wait-list.
Richard Shankman’s bio
Rebekkah La Dyne’s bio
Liz Powell is IMC Dharma Sprouts and Dharma Rocks family programs leader. She currently serves as an IMC board member and as director of Youth and Family programs at IMC. She has been a meditator since 2004.
- Hidden Villa Meditation Retreat with Gil Fronsdal
Sunday, September 16 to Sunday, September 30, 2012
Hidden Villa , 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Registration opens May 16, 2012 May 1, 2012.
NOTE: registration and lottery date change
Information about how to register will be posted here on that day.
Applicants will be admitted to this retreat by lottery. All applications with deposits that have been received by May 31, 2012 will be entered into a lottery to be held on June 1. You will be notified during the following week if you have been admitted or are on the wait-list. Subsequent applications will be added to the wait-list.
This retreat is open to experienced students who have successfully completed at least three 10-day (or longer) silent Vipassana retreats. Applicants who have not previously sat this retreat must be approved by Gil Fronsdal. If you are selected in the lottery but have not had prior approval for the retreat, Gil will talk to you. Please contact Laura Crabb (registrar) at lauracrabb2@gmail.com or 408/380-3002 x80 if you have questions.
Gil Fronsdal’s bio
- Hidden Villa Meditation Retreat with Gil Fronsdal
Tentative depending on progress on IRC renovation:
Sunday, October 14 to Sunday, October 21, 2012
Hidden Villa , 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Registration opens June 14, 2012.
Information about how to register will be posted here on that day.
Applicants will be admitted to this retreat by lottery. All applications with deposits that have been received by July 14, 2012 will be entered into a lottery to be held on July 15. You will be notified during the following week if you have been admitted or are on the wait-list. Subsequent applications will be added to the wait-list.
Gil Fronsdal’s bio
Other Residential Retreats with Gil Fronsdal
Other Residential Retreats with Andrea Fella
- Wise Attention and Opening the Heart
At The Mountain Hermitage: Taos, New Mexico February 10-17, 2012
With Andrea Fella and Greg Scharf
For more information: http://mountainhermitage.org/wise-attention-opening-the-heart
- Mindfulness of Mind Retreat
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada March 3 – 11, 2012
in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya.
With Andrea Fella and Heather Martin.
For further information: http://ssivipassana.org
- Vipassana Retreat
At Spirit Rock Meditation Center May 13 – 20, 2012
With Gil Fronsdal, Andrea Fella, Mary Grace Orr, John Travis
For further information see: http://www.spiritrock.org/
- Two week Mindfulness of Mind Retreat
At Jikoji Retreat Center in Los Gatos CA June 24 – July 8, 2012
With Andrea Fella
Taught in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Space is limited. Prerequisite: one week long silent Vipassana retreat.
For information contact Dan Acland at dan@danacland.com
- Wise Attention and Opening the Heart
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, Castle Rock, Washington July 20 – 27, 2012
With Andrea Fella and Greg Scharf
For further information: http://www.cloudmountain.org
- Concentration Retreat
At Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA August 13 -22,2012
With Sally Armstrong, Phillip Moffitt, Andrea Fella, and Tempel Smith
For further information see: http://www.spiritrock.org/
- Forest Refuge Month-long February 2013
At the Forest Refuge, Barre, MA February 1 -28, 2013
with Andrea Fella and Akincano Marc Weber
For further information: http://www.dharma.org/ims/fr_general_teachschedule.html
- Mindfulness of Mind – April 2013
Samish Island, Washington State April 12-21, 2013
With Andrea Fella and Heather Martin
In the sytle of Sayadaw U Tejaniya Sponsored by Bellingham Insight
For further information: http://bellinghaminsight.org
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