Building Resilience in Challenging Times

This retreat is a hybrid, to join in-person at Big Bear Retreat Center in Southern California click here.  Please note this retreat meets the requirements for participants in Jack Kornfield + Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification pr... Read more

Building Resilience in Challenging Times

This retreat is nearing full. We have select rooms available. If interested, please email andreas@bigbearretreatcenter.org with your room request/preference (ie female double room) Join us in the serene San Bernardino Mountains amongst the pine trees! ... Read more

InTune: A Neurodiverse Affinity Group

Learn to use the lessons of dharma and mindfulness to help ease the friction from living in a neurotypical world. This twice-monthly practice group focuses on a particular topic each time we meet. Topics include autism and other neurodiverse issues suc... Read more

Sowing Seeds of Compassion

Let’s come together and practice compassion, during these challenging times.  In this 2-week drop-in series, we’ll plant seeds of loving kindness and compassion, for ourselves and for the world.  Throughout the series, we’ll discover:  the relationsh... Read more

Introduction to Mindfulness: A 5-Week Series

This online class is an introduction to creating and incorporating an effective and ongoing mindfulness practice in all aspects of your life. This 5-week (1 hour each week) class is appropriate for beginners as well as anyone who wants to refresh the fu... Read more

Love and Rest

Registration Deadline: Sept 8th We often long for love, both giving and receiving, but the busyness of life and the agitation of our minds do not create the conditions for love to arise. In dharma practice, we find love naturally arises when we rest de... Read more

A Youngish Adult (20s and 30s) 1-Day or 2-Day Retreat

Join us for a Youngish Adults (YA) retreat exploring practices of stationary meditation, walking meditation, and noble silence.  Practice connecting to what’s arising within as a means for cultivating strength, resilience, and self-compassion in daily ... Read more