Dharma Communities ::

Durango Dharma Center: Dharma Council Teacher
See website for our regular Monday Night Schedule
as well as other Sangha related offerings.

Sacred Mountain Sangha: Core Teacher

Sky Mind Retreats: Nature Dharma Teacher

Chattanooga Insight Meditation Community: Visiting Teacher

Online Sanghas ::

IMS Nature Sangha: Monthly gathering open to anyone inspired by and drawn to practicing in and with the natural world.
My 2026 dates: 1/6, 4/7, 12/1

IMS Bipoc Sangha: A bi-weekly gathering open to all self-identified BIPOC folks.
My 2026 dates: 8/10, 11/16

IMS Metta Sangha: A bi-weekly gathering where teachers will offer a reflection, Metta meditation, and space for questions and responses.
My 2026 dates: 2/10, 4/28, 8/25, 11/24

2026 COURSES + CLASSES + TRAININGS ::

30-day class
Experience of Insight: 30 Day Practice : IMS Online December 30, 2025 – 7pm – 8:30pm ET
January 2 – 31, 2026 – 12pm – 12:30pm ET

5-month intensive
Holding Ground: Inner Resilience for Environmental Changemakers : Spirit Rock Online
with Mark Coleman, Kirsten Rudestam, Yong Oh
Begins February 13, 2026

As part of the continuing — Spirit Rock: EcoDharma & Cultural Transformation Programs 2025-2027

18-month program Application Closed
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies:
Exploring the Heart of Freedom : 2026-2027

8-month program Registration Closed
Spirit Rock: Living Dharma Program : Exploring & Integrating the Eightfold Path in Daily Life
With Dawn Mauricio September 2025- April 2026

8-month training Application Closed
Earth Awareness Teacher Training:
In Partnership with the BESS Family Foundation
October 2025- May 2026

2026 RETREAT + EVENT sCHEDULE ::

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December 18-23, 2025 : Spirit Rock Center
Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
Dawn Scott, devon hase, Yong Oh

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January 5-9, 2026 : Durango Dharma Center
Our Whole Life as Practice: A New Year’s Householder Retreat

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January 18-22, 2026 : Spirit Rock Center
Returning Home: Finding Refuge in the Heart
Devin Berry, Yong Oh

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Jan 30 – Feb 6, 2026 : Insight Meditation Society
Exploring the Heart of Freedom Program Retreat

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Feb 23 – March 2, 2026 : Insight Meditation Society
Reclaiming Wholeness: Liberation thru Wisdom & Love
DaRa Williams, Shelly Graf, Devin Berry, Yong Oh

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Mar 11-16, 2026 : TBA
Earth Awareness Teacher Training

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April 24, 2026 : New York Insight Meditation Center
Via Zoom at 6:30-8:30 pm ET

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May 5-10, 2026 : Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
Exploring the Heart of Freedom Program Retreat

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June 1-7, 2026 : Drala Mountain Center
Wild Rest: An Embodied Devotional Retreat in Nature
Devon Hase, Djuna Devereaux, Yong Oh

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June 17-23, 2026 : Insight Meditation Society
Steady Refuge: Annual BIPOC Retreat
Devin Berry, Cara Lai, Yong Oh

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June 24, 2026 : Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
In-Person/Hybrid at 6:30-8:45 pm ET

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August 3-10, 2026 : Vallecitos Retreat Center
BIPOC Retreat
Devin Berry, Yong Oh

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September 8-14, 2026 : Spirit Rock Center
Steadying the Heart: Refuge thru – 4 Sublime States
Oren Sofer, Cara Lai, Jessica Morey, Yong Oh

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September 15-20, 2026 : Big Springs Retreat Center
Kirsten Rudestam, Yong Oh

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Sept 25-30, 2026 : Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
Exploring the Heart of Freedom Program Retreat

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September 27- October 2, 2026 : Spirit Rock Center
Natu re of Dharma: Nature as Refuge, Teacher, Beloved
Mark Coleman, Kirsten Rudestam, Yong Oh

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October 11-17, 2026 : Big Bear Retreat Center
Liberation Spirituality: A Dharma Gathering for Our Times : Thanissara, Andrés Gonzales, Djuna Devereaux, Kareem Ghandour & emiko yoshikami, Yong Oh

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December 18-23, 2026 : Spirit Rock Center
Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
Oren Sofer, Devon Hase, Yong Oh

“I came to realize that mind is no other than mountains and rivers and the great wide earth, the sun and the moon and the stars.”
Dogen Zenji

PAST offerings ::

2025 ::

~~January 2025~~ : Experience of Insight: 30 Day Practice : IMS Online

~~January 6-11, 2025~~ : Durango Dharma Center
Ordinary Wonder: Practice as Life, Life as Practice -A New Year’s Householder Retreat

~~January 23, 2025~~ :Prairie Sangha Dhamma Lineage Stories : Thanissara, Kittisaro, Yong Oh

~~February 14-19, 2025~~ : Insight Meditation Society Living Dharma: Essential Teachings for Our Times: Jeanne Corrigal, Matthew Hepburn, Tara Mulay, Yong Oh

~~February 21-28, 2025~~ : Insight Meditation Society Metta/Lovingkindness Retreat : Oren Sofer, Jessica Morey, Yong Oh

~~March 8, 2025~~: A Refuge In Belonging Offering
Letting Go: A Daylong Retreat with nico hase

~~March 23-28, 2025~~ : Insight Meditation Society
Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
DaRa Williams, Kaira Jewel, Shelly Graf, Yong Oh

~~March, 2025~~ : IMS Online
How to be a Bodhisattva: Caring for Others, Caring for Ourselves: A Class for Caregivers with Cara Lai

~~April, 2025~~ : Sacred Mountain Sangha Online
The Whole of the Sacred Life: Kalyāna-Mittatā + the Path: with Devon Hase

~~April 1-8, 2025~~ : Spirit Rock Center
Steadying the Heart: Refuge thru – 4 Sublime States
Oren Sofer, Cara Lai, Jessica Morey, Yong Oh

~~April 13-17, 2025~~ : Sacred Mountain Sangha Online
Sacred Ground: A Devotional Householder Retreat
Dawn Mauricio, Yong Oh

~~April 19, 2025~~ : IMS Online
Authentic Activism Daylong: with Cara Lai

~~June 12, 2025~~: New York Insight Meditation Center
Guest Teacher : Via Zoom
Resting in the Middle of the Full Catastrophe

~~June 25, 2025~~: Via Zoom
Lunchtime Mindfulness With Big Bear Retreat Center

~~July 6-13, 2025~~ : Vallecitos Retreat Center
Coming Home To Love: BIPOC Insight Retreat – Nature
Victoria Cary, Yong Oh

~~August 1-31, 2025~~ : 31 Days of Practice Online
New York Insight & Various Teachers

~~August 22-27, 2025~~ : Spirit Rock Center
Finding Refuge, Finding Home: A Retreat in Nature
Susie Harrington, Kirsten Rudestam, Yong Oh

~~September 19-26, 2025~~ : Vallecitos Retreat Center
The Quiet Earth: A Silent Meditation Retreat
Vance Pryor, Yong Oh

~~Sunday, October 5, 2025~~ : Via Zoom
Northfield Buddhist Meditation: Guest Teacher

~~October 13-18, 2025~~ : Big Bear Retreat Center
Sacred Refuge: An Embodied Devotional Retreat in Nature : Djuna Devereaux, Yong Oh

~~October 1,8,22,29, 2026~~ : Befriending Your Mind, Loving Your Heart: Beginning Meditation Practice with Kindness : Durango Dharma Center

~~Sept 18 – Nov 6, 2025~~ : Refuge and Response: Showing up for the Earth with Deep Love: with Jeanne Corrigal : IMS Online : 8-week class online

~~November 14-21, 2025~~ : Spirit Rock Center
Natural Radiance: Exploring Freedom of Awareness
Susie Harrington, Mei Elliott, Guy Armstrong, Yong Oh

~~November 22-30, 2025~~ : Spirit Rock Center
Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love : Gullu Singh, Dawn Mauricio, Djuna Devereaux, Yong Oh

2024 ::

2024: ~~Refuge: Turning to Dharma in Challenging Times~~: 4-Week In-Person Class at Durango Dharma Center

2024: ~~Authentic Activism: Honoring all the Ways We Show Up~~: 4-Week Online Class with Cara Lai at Sacred Mountain Sangha

~~January 21-25, 2024~~ : True North Insight
Urban Retreat: Online
Dawn Mauricio, Yong Oh

~~February 2-9, 2024~~ : Insight Meditation Society
Return to Wholeness, Opening to Wisdom and Love DaRa Williams, Devon Hase, Nakawe Cuerbas, Yong Oh

~~February 20-27, 2024~~ : Insight Meditation Society
Metta Lovingkindness Retreat
Oren Sofer, Dawn Scott, Jessica Morey, Yong Oh

~~March 24-28, 2024~~ : True North Insight
Urban Retreat: Online
Dawn Mauricio, Yong Oh

~~April 21-27, 2024~~ : Spirit Rock Center
Finding Refuge, Finding Home: A Retreat in Nature
Susie Harrington, Mark Coleman, Yong Oh

~~June 17-23, 2024~~ : Insight Meditation Society
BIPOC Retreat
JoAnna Hardy, Ruth King, Cara Lai, Yong Oh

~~July 26 – August 4, 2024~~ : Big Bear Retreat Center
Dharmapala 2-Yr Training Retreat
DPT Teaching Team

~~August 24-31, 2024~~ : Vallecitos Retreat Center
Listening at Ease: Discovering Refuge in Nature
Devin Berry, Yong Oh

~~November 6-12, 2024~~ : Big Bear Retreat Center
The Limitless Heart:Cultivating Mettā in Turbulent Times
Gullu Singh, Yong Oh, with Gabrielle Hammond

~~November 15-22, 2024~~ : Spirit Rock Center
Natural Radiance: Exploring the Freedom of Awareness
Mark Coleman, Devon Hase, Yong Oh

~~November 22-30, 2024~~ : Spirit Rock Center
Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love
Kittisaro, Thanissara, Gullu Singh, Dawn Mauricio, Yong Oh, with Djuna Devereaux and Adam Stonebraker

~~December 21, 2024~~: BIPOC Solstice Gathering : IMS
DaRa Williams, Devin Berry, Yong Oh