Wednesday – Sunday · 5 days
17–21
Bringing Life to Life: A Retreat of Presence and Renewal
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
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The Retreats Desk · June 16
What attention becomes
Jane Hirshfield returns to the monastery where silence first shaped her writing, and a six-day sesshin straddles the solstice with a $10 online track for those sitting at home.
The solstice arrives Saturday — June 21, the year's longest light, after which everything begins its slow return toward dark. In the Zen calendar, this is deep sesshin season. The light holds long enough to sit early and late, the gap between waking and the first bell narrowing to almost nothing.
June
2026 16 retreatsWednesday – Sunday · 5 days
17–21
Practicing the Way Retreat
with Rev. Onryu Kennedy
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community / Eitzen, MN, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
18–21
Holding Up the Blossom: A Summer Solstice Zazen Arts Immersion of Miraculous Expression
with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Katie Yosha Scott-Childress
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Saturday
20
Saturday One-Day Sitting
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Saturday
20
Solstice Zazenkai: A One Day Meditation Retreat
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
Sunday
21
Living Into the Appropriate Response: Transforming Fear and Anger
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Sunday
21
Zazenkai w/ Guy Riina - Day Sit
with Guy Riina
Monterey Bay Zen Center / 4th Ave, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA, USA
Monday – Sunday · 7 days
22–28
One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—June
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Danica Shoan Ankele
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Monday – Sunday · 7 days
22–28
Summer Solstice Sesshin
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Danica Shoan Ankele
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
23–28
Cultivating a Mind of Radical Trust - Sangha Week
with Tenzen David Zimmerman
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Tuesday – Saturday · 5 days
23–27
Five-Day Silent Chan Retreat Led by Guo Gu
with Guo Gu
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
23–28
Opening the Heart of Poetry: Writing as a Practice of Transformation & Discovery
with Jane Hirshfield
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Tuesday – Wednesday
23–24
Words Under the Words
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Saturday
27
Half-day Sit
with MRO Staff
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Saturday
27
Half-day Sit (online)
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Saturday
27
One Day Sit: Dhamma of Love and Justice, Practicing with B.R. Ambedkar as Engaged Buddhists Today
with Maitriveer Nagarjuna
Brooklyn Zen Center / Brooklyn, NY, USA
July
2026 14 retreatsTuesday – Sunday · 41 days
Jul 07 – Aug 16
Summer Residency Program 2026
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
Friday – Sunday
10–12
Beginner's Mind Weekend Meditation Retreat
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
Friday – Sunday
10–12
Exploring Wisdom and Compassion: Further Steps Along the Path of Zen
with Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Saturday
11
Boundless Field Zazenkai
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA