Retreats in North America Summer 2022 June ~ August

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RyeGuy
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Retreats in North America Summer 2022 June ~ August

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I'm looking to sit for my first week long retreat this summer. I'm a member of a Zen group in Japan and have been blessed with the chance for many weekend retreats despite COVID through the kindness of another religious organizations facilities. Our main Zendo though, is much too small to accommodate longer retreats with COVID.

I'd prefer Zen, but I started with the Joy of Living program from Mingur Rinpoche's Tergar site and I did some sits with the recently passed Dr. Daniel P. Brown and related teachers, though even the online retreats didn't match up with my opposite time zone in Asia. Thus, I'm open to Tibetan retreats. I'm very content with my zen practice, but I haven't had a formal introduction where I may need to align to our main teacher and need permission to receive teachings elsewhere (again, due to COVID).

I will be visiting family from roughly June 8th until early August. I'll be in the general New York State area, but I'm open to Canada as well (pending immigration policies for visitors).

I really want to sit for a long retreat with all this time off of work. Also, I'm not in heavy grief or unstable, but the extra silence for grounding will be helpful as I'll be bouncing from relative's house to relative's house, facing the loss of three close relatives who passed during the pandemic since I was able to visit my hometown three years ago.

Here's the retreats I've found so far:

Korinji Zen: Rinzai July 4, 2022~July 10, 2022 Internal Cultivation Retreat Reedsburg, WI https://www.korinji.org/events

Zen Mountain Monastery June 20 - 26, 2022 Summer Solstice Sesshin (fully booked, I'm waitlisted) Mount Tremper, NY https://zmm.org/our-programs-2/2311/sum ... e-sesshin/

Zen Mountain Monastery July 25 - 31, 2022 Interdependence Sesshin (fully booked, I'm waitlisted) Mount Tremper, NY https://zmm.org/our-programs-2/2380/int ... e-sesshin/

Dorje Denma Ling Tibetan Shambala June 28 - July 27, 2022 Shamatha-Vipashyana Dathün (0r half Dathün either June 28 - July 13, 2022 OR July 13 - 27, 2022) Nova Scotia, CA https://dorjedenmaling.org/teachers-rg/ ... -ferguson/ [I've heard that Gaylon Ferguson is a great teacher, despite the controversial events in the Shambala organization in the past)

I'm open to a Goenka retreat, but I'm pretty acclimated to the 25 minute sit and 5 min kinhin patter for zen. I can get deep when I sit, but I'm not sure if extended sitting without a break might be too hard of an adjustment (yet any week or more long retreat will be tough, I imagine).

I'd greatly appreciate information about other possibilities, as well as feedback or advice about any of the above organizations.

Thank you in advance!
RyeGuy
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Re: Retreats in North America Summer 2022 June ~ August

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I haven't found other alternatives, but the Zen Mountain Monastery does have a residency program, typically from one month to a year, but might allow a shorter stay on a case-by-case basis.

Information on their one month residential retreat is here: https://zmm.org/zmm/one-month-residenti ... at-at-zmm/

I hope sharing this information may be of potential help from others.

If anyone has experience at any of the above locations or with any particular teacher, feel free to comment here or send me a private message if you don't want to share publicly. I have no experience at any of these places, so feedback is welcome.

Thank you in advance!
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