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
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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
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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.
