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Events for the 2026 calendar year are currently being finalized with minor delays due to our current staffing shortage. Please check this page for updates as we work to get this information to you as soon as possible.

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  • Open Meditative Dialogue w/Guest Speaker (online)

    Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group, where we share what we already know. The spirit of Meditative Inquiry infuses talks and […]

  • Center Closed (Staff Break)

    The Center will close during this period so that staff can take a break after a busy year. We’ll be open again Friday, December 26th and will welcome guests and […]

  • 4-Day New Years Retreat w/Wayne Coger

    Wayne Coger has led retreats since 2001. He worked with Toni Packer for more than 30 years, and has been a staff member of the Center since 1983, currently serving […]

  • Open Meditative Dialogue with Guest Speaker (online)

    Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group, where we share what we already know. The spirit of Meditative Inquiry infuses talks and […]

  • 4-Day Retreat with Liz Heron

    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 […]

  • Saturday Retreat

    Saturday Retreats (formerly All Day Sittings) are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence, […]

  • 7-Day Collaborative Retreat (online)

    This retreat is designed to create possibilities for members and friends of the Springwater Center community to explore, look and listen–alone and together. There will be opportunities for talks, dialogues […]

  • Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker (online)

    Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group, where we share what we already know. The spirit of Meditative Inquiry infuses talks and […]

  • Saturday Retreat

    Saturday Retreats (formerly All Day Sittings) are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence, […]

  • Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker (online)

    Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group, where we share what we already know. The spirit of Meditative Inquiry infuses talks and […]

  • 4-Day Retreat w/ Bob Dattola (in-person)

    Bob Dattola will give talks and be available for private meetings and the daily afternoon group dialogue in this March retreat. Bob has been taking part in the Center’s work […]

  • Saturday Retreat with Weekend Option

    Saturday Retreats (formerly All Day Sittings) are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence, […]

  • 4-Day Retreat w/Stew Glick (in-person)

    Stew Glick began working with Roshi Phillip Kapleau at the Rochester Zen Center around 1971. He later began working closely with Toni Packer and came on the Zen Center staff […]

  • Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker (online)

    Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group, where we share what we already know. The spirit of Meditative Inquiry infuses talks and […]

  • Saturday Retreat

    Saturday Retreats (formerly All Day Sittings) are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence, […]

  • Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker (online)

    Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group, where we share what we already know. The spirit of Meditative Inquiry infuses talks and […]

  • 7-Day Retreat w/Stephan Bielfeldt

    In this retreat Stephan Bielfedt will give talks, be available for private meetings , take part in group dialogue. Stephan started working with Toni Packer in 1983, regularly taking part in […]

  • Quiet Weeks

    Quiet Weeks offer an opportunity to create a personalized retreat while the Center enters into a modification of its day-to-day working life. There are many possibilities to connect with Springwater […]

  • Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker (online)

    Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group, where we share what we already know. The spirit of Meditative Inquiry infuses talks and […]

  • 7-Day Retreat w/ Richard Witteman

    In the silence of retreat, there is space to pause, to slow down. Space to see and feel and listen, to question and wonder…to be intimately here, in the heart […]

  • Saturday Retreat with Weekend Option

    Saturday Retreats (formerly All Day Sittings) are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence, […]

  • Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker (online)

    Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group, where we share what we already know. The spirit of Meditative Inquiry infuses talks and […]

  • 4-Day Retreat w/ Bob Dattola (in-person)

    Bob Dattola will give talks and be available for private meetings and the daily afternoon group dialogue in this March retreat. Bob has been taking part in the Center’s work […]

  • Quiet Weeks

    The August Quiet Weeks offer an opportunity to create a personalized retreat while the Center enters into a modification of its day-to-day working life. There are many possibilities to connect […]

  • 7-Day Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez and Liz Heron

    Sandra Gonzalez began working with Toni Packer in 1988. Previously, she studied at other meditation centers. in 2003 Toni asked her to be one of the people to help carry […]

  • Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker (online)

    Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group, where we share what we already know. The spirit of Meditative Inquiry infuses talks and […]

  • 7-Day Retreat w/Richard Witteman

    In the silence of retreat, there is space to pause, to slow down. Space to see and feel and listen, to question and wonder…to be intimately here, in the heart […]

  • Center Closed for Staff Break

    The Center will close during this period so that staff can take a break after a busy summer. We’ll be open again Tuesday, October 6th and welcoming guests and visitors.