Programs
Short Retreat
Saturdays March 21, April 25, May 23,
June 20 2026
Days of Mindfulness with Karen Lawrie
In-person at Mountain Rain Zen Community, 2016 Wall St, Vancouver, BC
Email Karen Lawrie at karenlawrie77@gmail.com for registration details.
Join Karen Lawrie for a day of mindfulness. This offering runs once a month on Saturdays. Registration is $20.00 plus teacher dana. Please email Karen at karenlawrie77@gmail.com for more information and to register.
Long Retreat
Fri Jun 26 - Thu Jul 2, 2026
Residential Retreat
Rivendell Retreat Centre, Bowen Island, BC
Registration opens: Mar 26, 2026
Financial assistance deadline: Mar 12, 2026
Trusting the Experience of This Moment. This retreat explores continuous presence and the capacity to trust our ability to remain here with what is actually happening. The busyness of daily life often pulls us out of direct experience and into ideas, stories, and preoccupation. By skillfully relating to our habitual mental activity, we open to the reality of this moment as it is. From this opening, a deeper confidence grows — a steady trust in meeting each moment of life directly.
Rachel Lewis
Vance Pryor
Long Retreat
Sat Aug 15 - Sun Aug 22, 2026
Residential Retreat
Bethlehem Retreat Centre, Nanaimo BC
Registration opens: Apr 15, 2026
Financial assistance deadline: Apr 1, 2026
Save the date! Detailed retreat information is coming.
Tempel Smith
Jeanne Corrigal
Short Retreat
Fri Sep 25 - Sun Sep 27, 2026
Anushka Fernandopulle Non-Residential Retreat
UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver BC
Registration opens: Jun 25, 2026
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Anushka Fernandopulle
Long Retreat
Fri Oct 16 - Mon Oct 19, 2026
Residential Retreat
Sea to Sky Retreat Centre, Whistler, BC
Registration opens: Jun 16, 2026
Financial assistance deadline: Jun 2, 2026
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James Lowe
Short Retreat
Fri Nov 6 - Sun Nov 8, 2026
Nikki Mirghafori Non-Residential Retreat
UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver BC
Registration opens: Aug 6, 2026
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Nikki Mirghafori
Long Retreat
Mon Dec 28, 2026 - Sat Jan 2, 2027
New Years Residential Retreat
Bethlehem Retreat Centre, Nanaimo BC
Registration opens: Aug 28, 2026
Financial assistance deadline: Aug 14, 2026
Save the date! Detailed retreat information is coming.
Rachel Lewis
Adrianne Ross
Online Sitting Group
North Shore - Mondays
Online, 7:30-9:00pm
Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Mondays
Email Patti Wall at pattiwall50@gmail.com for details.
In-Person Sitting Group
Duncan - Tuesdays and Wednesdays
In-person (Duncan)
Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
We sit Tuesday from 6:30 - 8 p.m. and Wednesday from noon - 2 p.m.
Our group also also does periodic residential retreats.
Email Judith Green at duncansangha@shaw.ca for details.
In-Person Sitting Group
Evening Sit with Karen Lawrie - Tuesdays
In-Person, 7:30-9:00pm
Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Tuesdays
Email Karen Lawrie at karenlawrie77@gmail.com for details.
Karen Lawrie
In-Person Sitting Group
2SQTBIPOC Practice Group - Third Tuesday of the Month
In-person at Mountain Rain Zen Community, 2016 Wall Street Vancouver, BC
Meeting Frequency: Third Tuesday of the Month
A group for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour who are also 2SLGBTQIA+
Email Arti Mehta at arti.a.mehta@gmail.com for details.
Online Sitting Group
Evening Sit with Sānta Aloi - Wednesdays
Online, 6:45-8:15pm
Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Wednesdays
Email Sānta Aloi at santa.aloi@gmail.com for details.
Sānta Aloi
Hybrid Sitting Group
Salt Spring Insight Meditation Community - Wednesdays
Online and In-person (Salt Spring Island)
Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Wednesdays
We presently meet every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. both in person and on Zoom. The group is lead by Christine Mauro and David Rumsey. For further information, email: saltspringimc@gmail.com
Hybrid Sitting Group
Sweet Refuge IBPOC Sangha - Every Second Wednesday
Online and In-person (Victoria)
Meeting Frequency: Generally, 2 times a month; schedules are confirmed at the beginning of each season. Please sign up for email updates by contacting sweetrefugesangha@gmail.com.
As a peer-lead IBPOC sangha (by and for Indigenous, Black and People of Colour) committed to the path of dharma, we gather to build community in the spirit of collective liberation. With humility and gratitude we sit on the unceded traditional homelands of the Lkwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
Hybrid Sitting Group
Evening sit with Mia Tremblay - Wednesdays
Online and In-person (Nanaimo)
Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Wednesdays.
Email Mia Tremblay at mia@telus.net for details.
In-Person Sitting Group
Morning Sit with Karen Lawrie - Thursdays
In-person (Vancouver)
Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Thursdays
Email Karen Lawrie at karenlawrie77@gmail.com for details.
Karen Lawrie
Online Sitting Group
Judy Witheford's Sitting Group - Thursdays
Online, 7:00-9:00pm
Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Thursdays
Email Judy Witheford at bohachewski@yahoo.ca for details.
Judy Witheford
In-Person Sitting Group
Victoria Insight Meditation Society - Sundays
In-person at Helga Beer Yoga Studio 202-1600 Bay Street, Victoria, BC
Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Sundays
VIMS Sunday night sits are an opportunity to practice meditation and listen to dharma talks with our community sangha. The sits are led by dharma teachers and dedicated peer leaders. Everyone is welcome.
In-Person Sitting Group
Quadra Island - Sundays
In-person at the Children's Centre, West Road, Quadra Island, BC
Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Sundays
Email Don McEachern at donm10@telus.net for details.
