We hope you can join us for our late summer 7 Day Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez and Liz Heron from August 29 through September 5. Several spaces are still available for this retreat, including single rooms and part-time attendance is an option.

Sandra and Liz will give talks and be available for private meetings and the daily afternoon group dialogue in this retreat. 

Sandra Gonzalez began working with Toni Packer in 1988. In 2003 Toni asked her to be one of the people to help carry on the meditative work of the Center. Sandra spends part of the year in Springwater. 

Liz Heron came to Springwater in the mid-1990s and was deeply touched by the teaching of Toni Packer. A trustee of the Center, she lives in the woods of New Hampshire in a shared home with other people who sit at Springwater.

Visit Sandra’s teacher page for articles and recorded talks.

Visit Liz’s teacher page for a recorded talk.

Quiet Weeks at Springwater Center offer a meditative atmosphere within the ordinary rhythms of daily life at the Center. During these weeks, areas of the house are kept in silence while participants may move between silence and conversation as they wish – joining timed and open sittings, group dialogue, one-to-one meetings, walks on the many trails through woods and meadows, and simply being with what is arising moment to moment, with interest and curiosity. Participants are welcome as guests or as part- or full-time volunteers. Optional Quiet Weeks schedule

Participants are welcome to attend for as many days as desired, and can combine two retreats with the in-between Quiet Weeks to create a month-long retreat. All participants are guaranteed a private room during Quiet Weeks. 

We continue to offer an innovative format for Quiet Weeks with experienced coordinators and facilitators in residence. For August 2026, we welcome back our dear friend Susan Esons as Quiet Weeks Facilitator. In Susan’s words:

My interest is in getting to the bottom, moment to moment, of what hinders and what allows for Open Honest Living. In other words Connection, Contact. Quiet Weeks holds the space for such discovery, alone and with others. Sharing what is HERE for each of us and finding out how similar we really are.

Read an interview with Sandra Gonzalez about why she started Quiet Weeks.

Please join us in honoring the memory and legacy of Toni Packer. This annual online offering is also available in-person for those visiting during Quiet Weeks. Toni was instrumental in founding the organization that became Springwater Center, and was the Center’s resident teacher from 1982 until her death in 2013.

Please consult our Calendar for information about more upcoming events, including the Open Meditative Dialogue w/Guest Speaker (online) on Saturday September 12th. Space still available for the 7-Day retreat with Richard Witteman September 19th – 26th.

Springwater Center also provides the opportunity to join timed and open sittings online.  Please consult our calendar of online offerings for more information.

The Center will be closed for Staff Break September 27th – October 5th.

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