Gatherings
Retreats, satsangs, and gatherings with non-dual teachers around the world in 2026. Time spent in the presence of those who have recognized their true nature can be profoundly clarifying.
with Rupert Spira
A week-long retreat themed around Awḥad al-Dīn Balyānī and the “oneness of being,” combining Rupert Spira’s guided meditations and dialogues with a Sufi-inflected lens on self-knowledge and unity. Designed for practitioners who enjoy sustained inquiry and a deep retreat cadence.
with Dawn Scott, Jessica Morey, Oren Jay Sofer, Yong Oh
A silent, intensive lovingkindness retreat offered as a hybrid experience. Metta practice trains the heart toward unconditional goodwill, which often dissolves the hard edges of a separate self-story.
with Wayne Liquorman
A week-long retreat with Wayne Liquorman in Lanzarote, offering a longer-form container for Advaita inquiry and integration. Retreat format typically supports deeper continuity than weekend talks, balancing formal sessions with spaciousness for reflection.
with Anushka Fernandopulle, Ethan Nichtern, Khanyisa Wise, Pascal Auclair
A multi-day Insight Meditation retreat focused on mindfulness, concentration, and liberating insight. Expect noble silence, guided practice, and talks that point toward seeing experience as it is, before the mind draws its boundaries.
with Gangaji
A four-day retreat emphasizing silence as the primary support for recognition and integration. Intended for practitioners who benefit from fewer words and more direct immersion, with facilitation by Gangaji and the retreat team.
with Jim Newman
A four-night nondual meeting with Jim Newman, oriented around direct pointing and uncompromising conversation about what is and is not “happening.” The schedule includes arrival on May 21 and closing after lunch on May 25, with on-site lodging and meals as part of registration.
with Plum Village monastics
A four-week immersion in Plum Village practice: mindful living, seated meditation, walking meditation, and communal routines. Long retreats like this can rewire the default sense of separation by letting awareness soak into ordinary life until it becomes the baseline.
with Plum Village monastics
A teen retreat designed for youth in ethnic minority communities, offering mindfulness practices, connection, and belonging in a supportive container. The Plum Village approach highlights interbeing: the lived sense that self and world arise together rather than as separate islands.
with Rupert Spira
A seven-day retreat at The Vedanta in Lincolnshire, UK, with a rhythm of guided meditations and daily dialogue. The venue’s contemplative atmosphere supports extended periods of self-abidance and community, with practical guidelines aligned with the venue’s vegetarian, alcohol-free setting.
with Plum Village monastics
A retreat space centered on BIPOC practitioners, combining meditation, community, and healing-oriented practice in the Plum Village lineage. The Plum Village approach highlights interbeing: the lived sense that self and world arise together rather than as separate islands.
with Plum Village monastics
A Wake Up retreat for young adults emphasizing mindful living, sangha connection, and engaged practice in daily life. The Plum Village approach highlights interbeing: the lived sense that self and world arise together rather than as separate islands.
with Plum Village monastics
An English-language Wake Up retreat held in Spain, connecting young adults with Plum Village style practice and community. The Plum Village approach highlights interbeing: the lived sense that self and world arise together rather than as separate islands.
with Plum Village monastics
A family-focused retreat with kid-friendly practices, mindful games, and adult teachings that bring awareness into relationship and home life. The Plum Village approach highlights interbeing: the lived sense that self and world arise together rather than as separate islands.
with Jaymin Patel, Kathleen Grace, Lama Rod Owens, Leslie Booker
A retreat devoted to metta, the cultivation of goodwill as a stable, embodied practice. Lovingkindness can soften the reflex to contract into a separate self, making unity feel less like an idea and more like lived experience.
with Plum Village monastics
A flagship summer retreat at Plum Village with a full schedule of mindfulness practice in community. The tone is approachable, with an emphasis on bringing presence into meals, walking, listening, and relationship, where non-duality becomes practical.
with Plum Village monastics
A Plum Village tradition retreat conducted in Spanish, blending meditation, mindful walking, and Dharma talks in a community atmosphere. The Plum Village approach highlights interbeing: the lived sense that self and world arise together rather than as separate islands.
with Anna Douglas, Kittisaro, Thanissara
A mid-summer residential vipassana retreat with silence, steady practice periods, and teacher support. The focus is on direct observation of mind and body, where the sense of 'me in here' versus 'world out there' can begin to loosen.
with Plum Village monastics
A retreat oriented around nourishing seeds of compassion and understanding through mindfulness practice and sangha support. The Plum Village approach highlights interbeing: the lived sense that self and world arise together rather than as separate islands.
with Plum Village monastics
A second family retreat session, offering accessible mindfulness practices for parents and children in a joyful, structured setting. The Plum Village approach highlights interbeing: the lived sense that self and world arise together rather than as separate islands.
with Plum Village monastics
A Wake Up retreat in the Plum Village tradition oriented toward young adults, mixing meditation, mindful movement, and deep listening in community. It’s a modern doorway into classic Buddhist insights, including interbeing and the end of inner division.
with Plum Village monastics
A long, residential retreat with sustained practice in the Plum Village tradition, supporting deeper stabilization of mindfulness and insight. The Plum Village approach highlights interbeing: the lived sense that self and world arise together rather than as separate islands.
with Upaya Zen Center Faculty
A retreat at the intersection of contemplative practice and cognitive science, honoring Francisco Varela’s legacy. Expect meditation, dialogue, and inquiry into mind and experience, where non-dual themes often show up in scientific clothes.
with Rupert Spira
A late-summer seven-day retreat at Mandali Retreat Center, offering a sustained retreat container for meditation and inquiry with Rupert Spira. Often positioned as part of a two-week sequence at Mandali for those wanting a deeper seasonal immersion.
with Chris Senko Perez, Sensei Jose Shinzan Palma, Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley, Sensei Sokaku Kathie Fischer
A structured online Zen practice period with guidance, talks, and community rhythm. Practice periods are designed to make the path ordinary: the kitchen, the calendar, and the breath as the same field.
with Gangaji
A second four-day silent retreat of 2026 with Gangaji, offering a later-in-the-year opportunity for deep quiet and sustained practice. The retreat format centers on silence, allowing subtle insight to settle without constant conceptual processing.
with Upaya Zen Center Teachers
An in-person sesshin nested inside Upaya’s Fall Practice Period. It’s an immersion in formal Zen training: long sits, silence, and the kind of simplicity that turns non-duality from concept into felt reality.
with Plum Village monastics
A late-year family retreat session focused on mindful living, connection, and strengthening family practice routines. The Plum Village approach highlights interbeing: the lived sense that self and world arise together rather than as separate islands.
with Rupert Spira
A late-autumn week-long retreat at The Vedanta, structured around guided meditation and dialogue to support stabilization of nondual understanding. Intended as an immersive close-of-year retreat for practitioners who want uninterrupted time for inquiry and integration.
If you know of a non-duality retreat, satsang, or gathering happening in 2026, let us know.
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