Daily Retreat Schedule

First Day

  • Dinner 5 p
  • Orientation, opening talk, & sitting 7:30-9:30
  • Tea, crackers, & fruit in kitchen 9:30

Other Days

  • Timed Sitting 6-7:30 a

    All rounds of timed sitting last 25 minutes, with 7 minutes for walking in between.

  • Breakfast, work period, and break 7:30-10
  • Timed sitting and talk 10-12 p
  • Lunch and break 12-2
  • Group inquiry followed by exercise period, untimed sitting 2-5
  • Dinner and break 5-7
  • Timed sitting and private meetings 7-9:30
  • Tea, crackers, and fruit in kitchen 9:30

Last Day

  • Same schedule as above 6a-2p
  • Group inquiry and end of retreat 2-3:15

    (refreshments served post retreat)

  • Post retreat dinner 5

    (at the end of 4, 5, and 7-day retreats)

Retreat participants are welcome to stay overnight at no charge at the end of 4, 5, and 7-day retreats. For these retreats, the post-retreat dinner and breakfast the next morning are included in the retreat fee.

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