Past Retreats

Enter a spacious healing retreat where nature, silence, and sacred sleep awaken a joyful, lucid connection with your dreams. In the Rocky Mountains, supported by an intimate community, explore Eastern and Western lucid dreaming practices to spark creativity, intuition, and deep self-knowing. All levels welcome...

Practicing mindfulness in the quiet of retreat, supported by a like-minded sangha, steadies and calms the mind. Grounded in this shared presence, natural joy begins to shine through the heart, touching our families, colleagues, and communities, and nourishing the change we feel called to serve...

A gathering to support a deep, soul-centered, nature-rooted journey in community, exploring the integration of masculine and feminine energies, fierce tenderness, power and compassion, inner elder and youth, wisdom and innocence, and the creative expression essential to wholeness and human connection...

This nature meditation retreat supports healing ancestral, collective, and personal trauma through mindfulness, somatic practices, and story. Participants reconnect with their true nature through silent and community practices—meditation, journaling, and hikes—fostering resilience, embodiment, and Earth connection...

This nature-based retreat blends Tribal Nations’ wisdom with Buddhist meditation to deepen connection with self, others, and the natural world. In the serene Ecodharma Center mountains, practices include silence, sitting and walking meditation, outdoor nature work, and teachings integrating animism and insight meditation...

This retreat is an invitation to join a group of experienced meditators who want to deeply explore the nature of the awakened heart and mind as described in Dogen's Zenji's classic statement, "Enlightenment is Intimacy with all things."

This no-to-low-cost immersive retreat supports community resilience, spiritual grounding, and emotional preparation for climate and polycrisis-related challenges, offering practices and connection to help participants strengthen inner resources, navigate uncertainty, and respond with care and presence...

This retreat supports those wishing to deepen insight meditation in nature under the guidance of caring teachers. Daily practice includes instruction, guided meditation, sitting and walking periods, and discussions, with outdoor practice when possible. Suitable for beginners and experienced students...

"In interdependent intimacy with the land, and with the elements as our queer teachers, elders, and kin, we will reconnect to knowing our own inherent nature as already free, and our queerness itself as an awakening."

This relaxed meditation retreat offers a gentle immersion into effortless awareness, supported by the high-summer mountains and simple practices that reveal ease, wonder, and connection. Ideal for those drawn to mindfulness, Buddhism, or NonDual truth, it invites deep rest and open, spacious presence.

his retreat offers a deep, unhurried immersion in nature, with extended solo time at your campsite balanced by guidance from teachers and community. Designed for seasoned retreatants, it invites silence, self-discovery, and the profound recognition that you are not in nature, you are nature...

This retreat offers a deep, unhurried immersion in nature, combining extended solo time at your campsite with daily guidance from teachers and community. Designed for seasoned retreatants, it invites silence, self-discovery, and the profound recognition that you are nature itself...

Set in the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Center, this POC retreat empowers organizers, healers, educators, and activists to address the polycrisis and deepen belonging. Through meditation, yoga, dialogue, a grief and rage ceremony, and solo time in nature, participants cultivate love, kinship, and resilience.

This retreat invites reconnection with nature and self through sensory outdoor meditation and embodiment practices that foster wholeness and kinship with all life. In silence and presence, participants slow down, open the heart, and explore everyday wonders through sitting, walking, and mindful hiking...

Inspired by the Rocky Mountains, this retreat explores Buddha Dharma through receptivity, embodiment, and belonging, cultivating intimacy with self, community, and nature. Through meditation, outdoor practice, qi gong, chanting, talks, and inquiry, all levels reconnect with the teachings and feel at home on Earth.

Metta-Vipassana blends insight meditation with the Four Foundations of Mindfulness and Metta practices, cultivating awareness, kindness, joy, and equanimity. This silent retreat offers guided meditation, Dharma teachings, and small group discussions, welcoming all levels to deepen their path toward liberation.

We invite all past and current members to join us for a member open house at the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center on Sunday May 31, 2026, from 10 am to 3 pm. Celebrate our wonderful community and the land that nourishes us. Whether you're an active member or haven't been around lately, we'd love to see you! Bring your family, kids, and invite a friend or two to enjoy a day of connection.

This nature meditation retreat supports wholeness through land-based mindfulness and trauma-informed practices. By reconnecting with nature and exploring inner shadows, patterns, and energies, participants transform trauma, balance body, mind, and spirit, and deepen connection with self, community, and Earth...

If you’re stressed, burnt out, or carrying climate anxiety, this retreat offers a diverse, intergenerational community united by care for a better world. Over six days of semi-silent mindfulness, participants connect with nature, share, heal, and cultivate calm, compassionate, and committed eco-action...

Deepen your meditation practice in a supportive community rooted in the Rinzai Zen Buddhist lineage. This retreat integrates a trauma-informed approach with teachings inspired by Kingian and Gandhian Nonviolence, fostering healing, insight, and mindful engagement with self and others...

Drawing on the Buddha’s teachings, this retreat explores the Bodhisattva path, dedicating oneself to the well-being of all beings. Cultivating love, courage, and wisdom, participants learn to meet suffering with a steady, responsive mind and a compassionate, courageous, and receptive heart in daily life...

This long weekend is ideal for first-time retreatants or those seeking to unplug, enjoy Noble Silence, and deepen meditation. Led by Upali, the retreat blends silent practice, nature immersion, and teacher guidance to support a deeper connection to yourself and your meditation practice...

As winter thaws and the high peaks awaken, this spring retreat invites exploration of mindfulness in the Rocky Mountains. Guided by teachers trained with Sayadaw U Tejaniya, practice emphasizes relaxed, natural awareness, cultivating openness, curiosity, and ease to meet each moment as it is...

“Join us for a silent meditation retreat in the Rocky Mountains, where the beauty of autumn and nature offer a […]

Carried through generations, the ancient fire now calls us to awaken our deepest truth, love for the world, and courageous […]

Come and immerse yourself in this spacious silent retreat dedicated to nourishing your buddhanature, the goodness that lives inside of […]

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS RETREAT The Ecodharma Retreat for Ecological Resilience and Disaster Planners is a no-to-low-cost immersive […]

In these challenging times, cultivating goodwill through Metta, or Loving-Kindness Meditation, helps us embody positivity and create meaningful change without […]

Come join us on the autumnal equinox for a nourishing day of contemplative practice in extended silence among the deeply […]

Join us to explore the five Buddha families through the elemental wisdom of earth, water, fire, wind, and space. This […]

The path of meditation is rooted in cultivating love and wisdom, which together allow us to embrace our experiences without […]

This retreat is for those who want to deepen their practice and to listen to what the Thai meditation master […]

Set in the pristine Rocky Mountain Ecodharma center, this POC offering empowers individuals from diverse backgrounds—organizers, healers, educators, and activists—to […]

Do you long to embody the ease, freedom, and aliveness that is your true home? To do so, the Buddha […]

Explore a nature-based meditation retreat designed to help you experience how mindfulness and somatic healing practices in nature can transform […]

Escape the busyness of life with a peaceful long weekend retreat in the mountains, offering nature-based meditation and restorative silence. Enjoy daily meditation sessions, both group and individual, with an emphasis on relaxing into open awareness and connecting deeply with nature. Open to all experience levels, this retreat will l...

We offer you a chance to experience quiet solitude in nature while being supported by teachers and the group. Participants will spend most of the time in a solo spot, immersing in the beauty and peace of nature, with daily group meetings for meditation and support. Ideal for those with retreat experience and a self-sustaining practic...

Experience a relaxed meditation practice centered on resting in awareness, free from effort or striving, allowing participants to simply be […]

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Open to both beginners and experienced meditators, ths offering focus" on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, emphasizing the practice methods taught by Sayadaw U Tejaniya, with guidance on maintaining relaxed and alert awareness in daily activities. The schedule will be flexible, featuring formal practice sessions,...

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In times of rapid change and suffering, we are called to rest, replenish and reconnect with wisdom and compassion through practices that restore balance and resilience. This retreat offers silent meditation, nature-based practices, and ritual to cultivate deep connection and clarity, welcoming all women and all level...

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Separated from nature, we often feel a deep longing that is soothed through immersive outdoor meditation and silence. This retreat offers a transformative experience with sitting, moving meditations, dharma talks, and mindful hiking, guiding participants toward greater self-awareness, compassion, and a deeper connect...

In this silent, fully outdoor nature retreat, participants will engage in meditation and sensory awareness practices amidst mountains and meadows, […]

You’re invited! Join us for a joyful Member Open House at the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center on Saturday, June […]

Southern Trails are Open to Members, June 9-15!  (Northern Trails are open throughout the season!) RMERC offers members-only hiking on […]

Explore a nature-based meditation retreat designed to help you experience how mindfulness and somatic healing practices in nature can transform […]

Join Zen teachers Kritee and Eden in the Rocky Mountains for a silent retreat focused on returning to source through […]

Take advantage of this opportunity to deepen your meditation practice in a community rooted in the Rinzai Zen Buddhist lineage, […]

The Apocaloptimistic Dharma retreat is for practitioners ready to embody dharma in a time of crisis & transformation. Through silent, […]

This long weekend is perfect for first-time retreatgoers and those seeking time to unplug, enjoy Noble Silence, and deepen their […]

During this silent retreat in a peaceful alpine setting, we will explore the nature of the human mind and heart […]