Retreat Opportunities
This is a partial list of retreat centers. Depending on the type of retreat you are looking for, you may be able to find retreat offerings in your own area by doing a web search such as "meditation retreats Scotland" or "meditation retreats Chicago".
Insight Meditation Society is based in Barre, Massachusetts, but there are many Insight Meditation centers elsewhere which can be found with a web search such as "Insight Meditation Maryland". Only a few of them are listed below.
Also, see Teacher-Led Silent MBSR Retreats for a current list of upcoming retreats which satisfy requirements for UMass MBSR teacher certification.
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Western U.S.
- Cascadia Mindfulness Institute (Seattle, Washington)
- Seattle Insight Meditation Society (Seattle, Washington)
- Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (Castle Rock, Washington)
- Zen Community of Oregon (Clatskanie, Oregon)
- Sravasti Abbey (Newport, Washington)
- Mainstream Mindfulness (Spokane, Washington)
- Spirit Rock (Woodacre, California)
- San Francisco Zen Center (San Francisco, California)
- Zen Center of San Diego (San Diego, California)
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Woodacre, California)
- Shambhala Mountain Center (Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
- Vipassana Meditation Centers (directory of the many centers in the U.S. and Canada)
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Eastern U.S. & Canada
- Dharma Retreats (Toronto, Ontario)
- Insight Meditation Society (Barre, Massachusetts)
- Boundless Way Zen (Worcester, Massachusetts)
- Karme Choling (Barnet, Vermont)
- Insight Meditation Community of Washington (Cabin John, Maryland)
- Southern Dharma (Hot Springs, North Carolina)
- Vipassana Meditation Centers (directory of the many centers in the U.S. and Canada)
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International
- Gaia House (Devon, England)
- Vipassana Meditation Centers(directory of the many centers world-wide)