Retreats

Discover a Deeper Way of Living Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center offers a retreat for almost everyone. Our schedule carries a...
  • Casita Supporting Rate – $925.00
  • Casita Actual Rate – $725.00
  • Casita Base Rate – $650.00
  • Yurt Supporting Rate – $925.00
  • Yurt Actual Rate – $725.00
  • Yurt Base Rate – $650.00
  • Tent Cabin Supporting Rate – $700.00
  • Tent Cabin Actual Rate – $600.00
  • Tent Cabin Base Rate – $525.00

Date & Time Details: Check-in is from 3:00-5:00 on the first day of the retreat. The retreat will close mid-morning on the last day of the retreat. (Learn more)

PRICE: We offer a sliding scale structure. Prices for this retreat range from $475-$725 (not including dana). (Learn more)

DANA: This is a dana based retreat. (Learn more)

SHUTTLE SERVICE: Shuttle Service is available for this retreat. (Learn more)

NOBLE SILENCE: This retreat will be held in noble silence. (Learn more)

SCHOLARSHIP / FELLOWSHIP AVAILABILITY: Scholarships are available on a limited basis for Hemera, POC, and Needs Based.

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At Home in Our Lives: A Meditation Retreat for People Who Identify as Men

With Brian Lesage, Vinny Ferraro and Yong Oh

September 1 - 6, 2020

It has never been clearer. Now is the time to find a different way of relating to being men in the world.

Join us for this precious opportunity to wake up in a way that is transformative for ourselves, our communities and our world. It is indeed rare to be in a small group of men dedicated to exploring our cultural inheritance.  What can we let go of? What will we pass on? Can we remember our birthright of living with an undefended heart?

The retreat will consist of silent sitting and walking practice until early afternoon, followed by meditative small group inquiry, group discussion and dharma talks exploring the theme of this retreat.

Requirement: Listen to Scene on Radio Series entitled –MEN

Teachers

Brian Lesage
Brian has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1988 and has taught since 2000. He has studied in the Zen, Theravada, and Tibetan schools and was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996.  His training in Vipassana Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S.  He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses nationwide.  Brian also has a private practice in Somatic Experiencing, which is a naturalistic approach to healing trauma.
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Yong Oh
Yong Oh serves as a teacher on the Dharma Council for the Durango Dharma Center and has sat on the board of directors since 2019. Yong began meditating through the Soto Zen tradition and eventually transitioned to study, practice, and teach in the Insight tradition. He is a visiting teacher for the Chattanooga Insight Meditation group, and teaches retreats at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center. Yong is a graduate of Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s two-year Community Dharma Leaders program and the Sacred Mountain Sangha two-year Dharmapala training, taught by his primary teachers…
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