Victoria Cary has been practicing Insight Meditation and studying the Dharma since 2006. In 2017 she completed Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader program and went on to become a fully empowered Dharma Teacher. In 2016 she co-founded the San Francisco People of Color Insight Sangha and continues as one of the core teachers. She is a San Francisco Bay Area Native. She left her workplace of 20 years in 2017 to deepen into the Dharma. Since then she has spent time in and out of intensive silent meditation practice, including a 3-month retreat at IMS, 6-week amd 3-month retreats at Panditarama Monastery (in Lumbini, Nepal, birthplace of the Buddha) and a month long retreat at Spirit Rock. Victoria is particularly interested in the integration of the Mindfulness in everyday life. Victoria is (among other things) a bi-racial (black identified), queer, cis-gender woman, nature lover, and vegetarian.
Events with Victoria Cary
July 19 - 25, 2026
Join us for a six-night silent retreat in beloved community on the beautiful land of Vallecitos. For this 5th annual LGBTQIA+ Community retreat you are invited into deep refuge in relationship to the land, dhamma, community, and our capacity to awaken together. Guided by the wisdom of the land, we will cultivate our capacity to meet the conditions of this life by exploring some of the essential truths of existence the Buddha illuminated: the underlying unsatisfactoriness of life, things being in constant flux, and the illusion of a permanent fixed self. We will explore these characteristics of our experience through…
July 26 - August 2, 2026
In the midst of life’s constant demands, it’s easy to lose touch with what truly supports us and what frees our heart from being caught in suffering. This week-long Insight retreat is an invitation to gently turn inward, guided by kind awareness and curiosity. Together, we’ll explore the Buddha’s teachings that reconnect us with our innate resilience, strength, clarity, and peace. Rather than turning away from our experience, we’ll practice meeting it fully, uncovering the simple truth of living in harmony with the way things are. Held in the nurturing land of Vallecitos, this silent retreat offers us a space…