UPCOMING RETREATS
UPCOMING RETREATS
Get Your Mind Right: A Young People’s Retreat on the Four Great Efforts
with Mikey Livid and Rachael Tanner-Smith
November 13 - 16, 2025
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Hot Springs, NC
This retreat, open to young adults 35 and under, we’ll explore what the Buddha truly meant by Right Effort, focusing on the Four Great Efforts as tools to support our hearts and minds.
The retreat will take place in noble silence, offering an environment conducive to deep practice. Daily activities will include meditation instructions, Dharma talks, mindful movement, silent sitting and walking meditation, and group interviews to support your practice.
Radical Kindness: Awakening the Heart of Freedom
with Mikey Livid and Dave Smith
December 28, 2025- Friday, January 2, 2026
WJ Kelley Retreat Center
510 N 2nd St, Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
In a world that promotes fear, division, and disconnection, kindness is a radical act and a trainable skill. As the year turns, we'll gather to remember the revolutionary power of mettā—the boundless, fearless love that can meet suffering without turning away or becoming overwhelmed.
Metta meditation practice calls forth the beautiful spiritual emotions within our heart: kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity. Mindfulness of these qualities strengthens and brings them into fruition. This process guides our thoughts, attitudes and behaviors into the direction of awakening to our full potential.
This retreat calls us into realness, refuge, and responsibility. With honest and authentic teachings, embodied practice, and deep presence, we’ll uncover the simple and profound potential of our human capacity to be free.
All are welcome to attend regardless of prior meditation experience.
WINTER RETREAT
with Mikey Livid and Andrew Chapman
St. Mary’s Sewanee
770 St. Mary's Lane Sewanee, TN 37375
Residential Retreat • January 28 - February 1, 2026
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Teaching topic and schedule coming soon.