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Retreats in Nature, Gathered in Community.
Big Bear Retreat Center is a restorative space for healing and creativity. We humbly offer a supportive environment to gather in community for movement, stillness and practice, trusting in the power of embodied mindfulness and authentic connection.

Just 2.5 hours from Los Angeles, a thousand acres of protected land as your home.
Big Bear Retreat Center offers nourishment, rest and spacious land to hold you. Our buildings are carefully tended, calm and comfortable. Rooms are simple, single or shared. We cook with foods that nourish. Our tranquil land, originally tended by the Yuhaviatam (“People of the Pines”), is nestled in 1,400 acres of ancient Juniper woodland to help you recollect and realign with what matters most.

We are committed to accessibility, omitting none.
Big Bear Retreat Center has faith in the power of belonging and generosity. We bring careful attention to our fees, and we’ll do everything we can to get you here. We honor and respect where you are in your life journey.

 

The campus is spread out with hiking trails that connect into the national forest.  It is about a mile from the town and Big Bear Lake. 

For more information visit bigbearretreatcenter.org/

 

1000 Sugarpine Road, Big Bear, CA


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Programs and Classes

Teachers

Length

Experience Levels

Big Bear Retreat Center (Hybrid: In-person) Simplicity and Stillness: Cultivating The 5 Spiritual Strengths

Thursday
April 24, 2025

7 days 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Residential Retreats (Multi Day Retreat)

Advanced Beginner/Intermediate, Experienced, Introductory

Big Bear Retreat Center (Hybrid: Online) Simplicity and Stillness: Cultivating The 5 Spiritual Strengths

Thursday
April 24, 2025

7 days 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Residential Retreats (Multi Day Retreat)

Advanced Beginner/Intermediate, Experienced, Introductory

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Big Bear Retreat Center (Hybrid: In-person) Coming Home to Our Senses

Thursday
May 15, 2025

6 days 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Residential Retreats (Multi Day Retreat)

Advanced Beginner/Intermediate, Experienced, Introductory

Big Bear Retreat Center (In-person) Shelter from the Storm: Cultivating a Steady Heart

Thursday
July 10, 2025

4 days 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Residential Retreats (Multi Day Retreat)

Big Bear Retreat Center (In-person) When Awareness Becomes Natural: a Sayadaw U Tejaniya Practice Style Retreat

Saturday
August 9, 2025

9 days 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Residential Retreats (Multi Day Retreat)

Big Bear Retreat Center (In-person) Love and Rest

Tuesday
September 16, 2025

6 days 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Residential Retreats (Multi Day Retreat)
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Big Bear Retreat Center (In-person) Resting in Metta: Cultivating an Awakened Heart

Tuesday
November 11, 2025

8 days 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Residential Retreats (Multi Day Retreat)

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