Residential Retreats

sub-category of All ID Offerings

Weekend de Dialogue Conscient

With Adriana Orellana de Rickebusch

February 27 - March 1, 2026
Saanen, Switzerland

“Peu importe le niveau de déséquilibre ou de maladie, la solution ou la cure est toujours dans la présence. ” Dalaï Lama Cette retraite propose le cadre pour cultiver la présence à travers la pratique de Dialogue Conscient. Elle sera entièrement en silence, à part les moments de dialogue conscient à deux. L’interpersonnelle – moi […]

Waking Up Together

With Rosalie Dores and Ayya Anopama

April 17 - 21, 2026
Co. Carlow, Ireland

How we can be present with ourselves, while in relationship with others. We will explore this through silent meditation and the relational meditation practice of Insight Dialogue. We will cultivate, and strengthen, the meditative qualities of mindfulness, investigation, concentration, and tranquility experienced in personal practice, and access them in the midst of relating with another. […]

Exploration des Cinq Facultés Spirituelles

With Patricia Genoud-Feldman and Sandrine Rauter

April 27 - May 3, 2026
Vieu d'Izenave, France
Guidé·es par les cinq facultés spirituelles - la confiance, l’énergie, la présence, la stabilité mentale et la sagesse - nous apprendrons à cultiver à la fois dans le noble silence et dans la relation ces qualités essentielles sur le chemin de la liberté.[…]

Mettānattā : mettā as a practice of self effacement and insight

With Gregory Kramer and Irene Bumbacher

April 30 - May 9, 2026
Beatenberg, Suisse

A powerful teaching is hidden in plain sight: metta is a practice of anatta, of not-self. This can be expressed by a compound Pali word, mettānattā. When we cultivate true friendliness, we move our focus of attention from ourselves to others. This diminishes the trance of self-identity. This is one way that Insight Dialogue functions […]

Sources of Joy and Sources of Sorrow

With Gregory Kramer, Nolitha Tsengiwe, Riët Aarsse and Asaf Federman

May 13 - 19, 2026
Loenen, Netherlands

In times of global turmoil, how do we cultivate joy, wisdom, and inner balance? How do we meet the sorrows of the world without being overwhelmed? This six-day retreat invites us to explore how joy and sorrow arise in the body-heart-mind—both in silence and in relational contact with others. Drawing on the Buddha's teachings, we […]

Retraite de Dialogue Conscient

With Anne Michel

May 13 - 17, 2026
Saanen, Switzerland
En entrant en amitié avec la totalité du « qui suis-je », le mien et celui de l’autre, nos peurs diminuent et nous permettons à la confiance, au respect et à la compassion, qui sont le cœur de l’Être, de se dévoiler ici et maintenant.
Peaceful group meditation during the Cascadia Insight Dialogue Retreat focused on mindfulness and relational meditation.

14th Annual Cascadia Insight Dialogue Retreat

With Gregory Kramer, Mary Burns and Jessica Mui

June 1 - 7, 2026
Samish Island, WA (located between Seattle, WA, USA and Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Early Registration: USD $720 by April 1
Regular Cost: USD $790 after April 1

Growing Resilience and Relational Capacity Through careful and skillful practice, with the support of the Insight Dialogue guidelines, we will expand our relational capacities as awareness meets awareness. This is an empowering response to the alienation, cruelty, and disempowerment saturating our societies. In our fractured world, greater relational capacity offers us greater resilience and balance. […]

Returning to Love: An Insight Dialogue Retreat

With Phyllis K. Hicks and Joyce Curnan

July 31 - August 5, 2026
near Asheville, North Carolina

Running throughout the Buddha’s teachings are the profound benefits of awareness, release, and spiritual friendship—each supporting the clear seeing of what we may not be able to perceive on our own. The three bases of Insight Dialogue practice—meditation, wisdom, and relationship—form both a foundation and a path of unbinding. When mindfulness permeates our ways of relating, we begin to realize the transformative power of solitude and friendship in our lives..[…]

Die Gemeinsam Erwachen: Vipassana-Einsichtsdialog Retreat

With Bhikkhu Sukhacitto and Ayya Anopama

August 14 - 19, 2026

In diesem Retreat werden wir erforschen, wie wir durch die Meditationspraxis des Einsichtsdialogs in uns selbst und miteinander präsent sein können. Durch das Sprechen aus der Stille und das tiefe Zuhören wird die Achtsamkeit und Geistesruhe der stillen Vipassana-Meditationsübung in die Interaktion mit anderen eingebracht. Das ermöglicht uns Dinge, die wir normalerweise in der Geschäftigkeit […]

Awakening Amidst the World’s Turbulence: An Insight Dialogue Retreat

With Phyllis K. Hicks and Bart van Melik

September 11 - 17, 2026
Cragsmoor, New York, USA

In times of rapid change, ecological fragility, and social unrest, our habitual patterns—of perception, thought, speech, and reaction shape our inner experience and view of the world. This retreat invites us to the immediacy of each moment and the quiet joy of simply being here, now. Together, we will explore the transformative potential of relating […]

From Concept to Experience: Apprehending Dhamma Through Insight Dialogue

With Gregory Kramer

November 6 - 15, 2026
Barre, MA

After some time with the teachings, practitioners can recognize when the Dharma is alive and when it is dry.  There are attitudes and practices that support us in transforming what might be a conceptual understanding of the Dharma to a vibrant, intuitive, embodied experience.  This retreat is about feeling the Dhamma as alive here and […]