Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
Apr 30 – May 03
Love & Spaciousness: A Loving Kindness Weekend Retreat
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
Weekend Meditation Retreats
Weekend retreats offer an accessible way to deepen your practice without a long time commitment. Typically running Friday evening through Sunday, these retreats provide enough time to settle into silence and return to daily life refreshed.
April
2026 01 retreatMay
2026 05 retreatsFriday – Sunday
01–03
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
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
07–10
Ango Intensive – Turning Words and the Wellspring of Great Peace
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
Saturday – Monday
09–11
Norman Fischer Retreat
with Norman Fischer
Mountain Rain Zen Community / Vancouver, BC, Canada
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
14–17
Chado: The Zen Art of Tea
with Pei-Tsen Tao, Naomi, Andrew Hobai Pekarik, David Kozen Williams
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
14–17
True Heart Women's Retreat 2026
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community / Eitzen, MN, USA
June
2026 05 retreatsThursday – Sunday · 4 days
04–07
Swords into Blossoms: The Alchemy of Stopping and Seeing
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
Friday – Sunday
05–07
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
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
11–14
Private Zen Retreat
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community / Eitzen, MN, USA
Friday – Sunday
12–14
Weekend Sesshin
with Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, 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 Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
July
2026 04 retreatsFriday – Sunday
03–05
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
10–12
Exploring Wisdom and Compassion: Further Steps Along the Path of Zen
with Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
Thursday – Saturday
16–18
City Refuge Retreat
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
16–19
Embodied Awakening of Silent Illumination
with Guo Gu
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
August
2026 02 retreatsThursday – 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
Friday – Sunday
28–30
Weekend Sesshin - Fall Ango Opening
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
September
2026 03 retreatsFriday – Sunday
04–06
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
11–13
Precepts II – Entering the Way of Compassion: The Practices of a Bodhisattva
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple / Brooklyn, NY, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
17–20
Oceans of Compassion: A Retreat In Service To The Earth
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA