Weekend Retreats
These retreats begin at 7:00 on Friday evening with an orientation and meditation ending at 9 p.m. All participants must attend the orientation.
Saturday 5:45 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sunday 5:45 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Offered online and in person
These two-day retreat are contemporary in style, while maintaining a deep immersion in meditation and silence. Practices may include: loving kindness meditation, body scan, eating meditation, nature walks, gratitude meditation, mantra meditation, breath watching, and bare awareness. Three meals will be served on Saturday, and two meals on Sunday, for in-person participants.
January Weekend Retreat: Practicing Focused/Calming and Bare-Awareness Meditation
January 31 - February 2
with Tim Burkett
Join us as we do these complementary practices that originated more than 2000 years ago. We will do focused-calming (samatha) both mornings including: body scan, loving kindness, breath-watching, and gratitude. We will do bare awareness (vipassana), also known as shikan taza, in the afternoon. There will be time for one-to-ones with the teacher. Participants are ask to attend all of the activities.
May Weekend Retreat
Topic TBA
May 16 - 18
with Ted O'Toole
Offered Online and In Person
Suggested Donation:
$75 for Saturday 5:45 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
$55 for Sunday 5:45 a.m. - 4 p.m.
$130 for full retreat
A Note About Donation-only Programming
Following the Buddhist tradition of dana, or giving, MZMC offers all of our programs on a donation basis. We offer a suggested donation amount to help people understand the average amount we hope to receive to continue to make these offerings. We encourage those with more capacity for giving to make a donation above the suggested amount to support those who need to give a smaller amount.
