(Hybrid: In-person) In Wisdom We Walk, In Liberation We Rise: A Women’s Retreat - InsightLA Meditation

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MBSR, MSC, & MBHC, Mindfulness for Beginners & Special Events

7 days – 95% Refund
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>7 days – 95% Refund
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Residential Retreats

> 8 weeks – amount paid less $100
4-8 weeks – amount paid less $175
2-4 weeks – amount paid less $300
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4-8 weeks – amount paid less $100
2-4 weeks – amount paid less $200
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Spring Washam Visiting Teacher

Location Big Bear Retreat Center
Experience Levels All
Date Starts Sunday, October 5, 2025
Ends Sunday, October 12, 2025

7 nights

Refund and Event Policies

This retreat is hosted by Big Bear Retreat Center, not InsightLA.

For any questions or support for registering or preparing for this retreat, contact guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org.
For more details and to register for this retreat, visit the Big Bear Retreat Center’s website: In Wisdom We Walk, In Liberation We Rise: A Women’s Retreat

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This retreat welcomes all who identify as women, gender expansive, and nonbinary who are nourished in women centered spaces. Open to both beginners and experienced practitioners.

A Sanctuary for Women’s Wisdom, Intuition, and Collective Liberation. Join us for a transformative journey at the praxis of wisdom and liberation. We intend to offer practices to tap into the energy of the sacred mother, the deep intuitive knowing, the awakening heart, and both personal and collective liberation.

Through Insight Meditation, embodied movement, and earth-based practices, we will explore what it means to walk in wisdom, allowing our intuition to guide us and our inner strength to rise. Together, we create a sanctuary—a sacred, nourishing space where we can break free from limitations, reclaim our inherent power, and rise into the fullness of who we are meant to be, both individually and as a community.

This retreat offers a sanctuary for the soul, a place where you can rest, restore, and reconnect with the deepest parts of yourself. Held in the safety of this sacred container, we will walk together in wisdom and rise together in liberation, supporting one another as we reclaim our next embodiment of dignity, power and truth.

Registration for this retreat closes on September 21, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org.

Online attendance is also available for this retreat. More information coming soon.

Spring Washam Visiting Teacher

Spring Washam is a well-known meditation teacher, author and visionary leader based in California and Peru. She is the author of A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom in Any Moment. Spring is considered a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based healing practices to diverse communities. She is one of the founders of the East Bay Meditation Center, located in... Read more

Erin Selover is a Dharma teacher with over 20 years of Buddhist training and serves as a residential retreat teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She currently works as a Spiritual Strategist with individuals and is a Somatic-Based Marriage and Family Therapist. Since 2018, her passion has been distributive governance and needs-based gift economics. She... Read more

Monica Magtoto is an artist, yoga instructor, energy worker, curanderismo practitioner, and tarot reader based in San Francisco, Ca. Monica weaves modalities from her lifelong studies of energy and movement with Curanderismo, spirituality, and her artwork. Her mission is to empower folks in walking through all of life’s portals. Magtoto is a Yoga Alliance 500... Read more

Pricing Options
Private room with private bath	$1800
Private room with shared bath	$1320
Double room with shared bath	$900
Triple room with shared bath	$450

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