RMERC Leader Profile

Please check back in 2026 for details

Peter Williams

Co-Leader

About Leader

Peter Williams has practiced Buddhist meditation for 33 years and has done more than 42 months of silent retreat. He has taught insight meditation since 2003, having completed the Community Dharma Leader training through Spirit Rock Meditation Center. His primary teachers have been Joseph Goldstein, Michelle McDonald and Guy Armstrong. He is one of the founders of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center in the mountains above Boulder, CO. Peter also practices as an emotional wellness consultant. In a previous career he was a wildlife biologist.

June 2026

Meditation, Embodiment and Awakening in Nature

This retreat invites participants to reconnect with nature and themselves through sensory-based, outdoor meditation and embodiment practices that foster wholeness and kinship with all life. In silence and mindful presence, participants slow down, open the heart, and discover everyday wonders, with the natural world serving as teacher in the spirit of the Buddha’s encouragement to practice outdoors. The experience is a restorative immersion held mostly outside, including sitting and walking meditation and mindful hiking, designed for those comfortable spending full days in nature.

22 – 28 Jun

All Day

6 – 7 Days

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August 2026

True Belonging: Deep Relationship with Self, Others, and Mother Earth

This nature-based retreat blends Tribal Nations’ wisdom with Buddhist meditation to foster deep connection with ourselves, others, and the natural world, offering a transformative experience of presence, simplicity, and compassion. Held in the serene mountain landscape of the Ecodharma Center, the retreat includes periods of silence, sitting and walking meditation, outdoor nature practice, and teachings led by Karen Waconda, integrating animistic practices and insight meditation to awaken consciousness and deepen belonging.

31 Aug – 06 Sep