Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
Jul 28 – Aug 02
Family Sangha Retreat at Tassajara
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center / Green Dragon Temple / Muir Beach, CA, USA
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The Retreats Desk · July 2
A day, a week, six weeks
Norman Fischer sits a single day at Green Gulch, Tassajara bends yoga into zazen, and Great Vow opens six weeks of monastic summer — three answers to the same question about time.
This is the loud weekend. The Fourth lands on Saturday, the federal holiday tucks in on Friday, and in a year when the country marks its 250th the fireworks seem to have started early and to have no intention of stopping. Meanwhile the wellness pages have quietly agreed that silence is the new luxury — retreats "gaining momentum," quiet reframed as the one thing a busy life can least afford. There's something worth noticing in that timing. David Whyte, in "A Seeming Stillness," writes that "we love the movement in a seeming stillness" — which is closer to the truth of a sit than any brochure about switching off.
July
2026 06 retreatsTuesday – Sunday · 6 days
Jul 28 – Aug 02
SFZC Family Sangha Retreat at Tassajara
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Wednesday – Friday
29–31
City Center Summer Resident's Retreat
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
Jul 30 – Aug 02
Joyful Ease, Your Own True Body
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Friday – Sunday
Jul 31 – Aug 02
Introduction to Zen Training Weekend
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
Friday – Sunday
Jul 31 – Aug 02
Seeing Through Obstacles – Inner Critic Weekend Retreat
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
August
2026 24 retreatsSaturday
01
Introductory Half-Day Sitting
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Sunday – Sunday · 8 days
02–09
Heart of the Mountain Sesshin: A Backpacking Sesshin at the Bells Mountain
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
Sunday
02
Tea & Mindfulness
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
04–09
Intermediate Kyudo: Zen Archery Intensive
with Don Symanski
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
04–09
The Path to Wholeness, ZMC 8/4–8/9
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Wednesday – Sunday · 5 days
05–09
Beginners Kyudo: Zen Archery Intensive
with Don Symanski
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
Wednesday – Sunday · 5 days
05–09
Courageous Heart, Calm Mind: Living Intentionally Through Zen & Yoga
with Tenzen David Zimmerman
San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco, CA, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
06–09
The Color of the Mountain: Dyeing as Sacred Craft
with Danica Shoan Ankele, Robyn Ikyo Love
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
Saturday
08
Full-Day Sit (hybrid)
Appamada / Austin, TX, USA
Saturday – Saturday · 8 days
08–15
Jewel Mirror Sesshin
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community / Eitzen, MN, USA
Monday – Sunday · 7 days
10–16
At Home in Rock and Water: A Wilderness & Meditation Retreat
with Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
Monday – Sunday · 7 days
10–16
Grasses, Trees, and the Great Earth Sesshin
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
Wednesday – Sunday · 5 days
12–16
Mountain Bowl, Mountain Fire—A Clay Retreat
with Jody Hojin Kimmel
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
Saturday
15
Summer Zazenkai: A One Day Meditation Retreat
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA