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: Sacred Refuge: An Embodied Devotional Retreat in Nature
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Open to both beginning and experienced practitioners.
Registration for this retreat closes on September 29, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org.
Devotion is the expression of our most intimate longing to awaken. Our retreat will tend to this longing through Insight Meditation, mindful movement, and devotional practice. Our days will include intentional time and practice in nature.
Devotion begins as attention and deepens through love. Devotion is expressed in the body, heart, and mind as our most intimate longing to awaken. Within the refuge of an integrated experience of Dharma, our retreat will tend to this longing through insight meditation, mindful movement, and devotional practice.
Our time together will include chanting and bowing practices drawn from the Kuan Yin Dharmas—devotional practices that invite us to listen into the compassionate heart—as well as classical Pali chants from the early Buddhist tradition. Our movement sessions will combine gentle somatic movements with accessible yoga to both unwind and embody the Dharma. Weather permitting, we intend to offer meditation and group practices outside on the land at Big Bear, receiving teachings from nature—our primary relationship and teacher.