Dharma and Recovery Intensive Retreat

Join us for a unique meditation retreat combining traditional Buddhist practices with recovery and Twelve Step work. Primarily conducted in silence, the retreat focuses on mindfulness meditation and heart practices, with additional interactive exercises, lectures, and meetings exploring ways that Buddhism, recovery, and the Steps can complement each other. The emphasis will be on bringing mindfulness to all our activities, whether in formal meditation, movement, speaking, listening, or eating. Daily Qigong practice offered by Greg Pergament will bring added healing and energy to the retreat.

To register contact: InsightMeditationRetreat@gmail.com

Participants will practice Noble Silence outside of the interactive exercises and 12-Step-style meetings. All recovery paths are welcome, whether Twelve Step, Refuge Recovery, substance, process, or relationship-oriented. The intensive nature of the retreat allows for profound personal openings, insight, and transformation. The support of the community carries us through the sometimes challenging, sometimes inspiring elements of this deep inner work. You must be at least 30 days clean and sober in order to attend the retreat.

A minimum of 90 days clean and sober is required for attendance.

See a printable flyer here.

Kevin Griffin is a Buddhist teacher and author best known for 2004 book One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps. He is one of the founders of the Buddhist Recovery Network and teaches widely on meditation and healing. He has been a Buddhist practitioner for forty years and a teacher for over two decades. His latest book is Sought Through Meditation: Exploring Step Eleven Through the Lens of Dharma..

Greg Pergament is the author of Chi Kung and Recovery. Greg has been in recovery for over three decades and has studied and taught Qigong and Tai Chi Chuan for many years. He has an extensive background in Buddhist Vipassana meditation, is a firetender for Lakota Inipi ceremonies, and has helped facilitate many Vision Quests.

Ann B. Peruzzi is a longtime Buddhist practitioner and a founding member of the Buddhist Recovery Network. As a clinical psychologist specializing in addiction, she has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and is a graduate of Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program. She currently facilitates a Buddhism and recovery group at Insight Santa Cruz.

Single rooms: $990 Double: $775 Dorm: $550

These prices reflect costs for housing, food, and expenses. Some scholarship assistance may be available.

Teachers and retreat manager may be offered donations (dana) at the end of the retreat. They receive no other financial compensation.                                                For registration and information contact:

insightmeditationretreat@gmail.com