Meditation & Mindfulness
Immerse your body, breath, and spirit in this half-day home retreat to cultivate wellness, peace, and self-care. Join Cole Schlam and Heather Lindemann for a four-hour online journey to embody the heart of maitri (loving-kindness) through more →
This online workshop will support you in bringing a mindful presence to your personal life and professional work in schools. Rona will introduce a variety of mindfulness/attention practices that will help relieve your stress and provide more →
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. Yoga and meditation provide an ideal practice combo to bring us back to more →
Designing a life of beauty and meaning– one in which you can fully express your deepest truth– is the grandest creative project you’ll ever take on. And it’s worth it! One of the top five regrets more →
This experiential online workshop will offer techniques for dealing with “the full catastrophe” in our lives and for cultivating our deepest potential for the ease of well-being. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a well-recognized approach that more →
This program has been cancelled. Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal programs offer contemplative approaches for working with the fullness of daily modern life, bringing insight and inspiration to more →
3-Day Retreat & Renewal
June 11–14, 2020
Note: The Mahayana Track for this program is moving online, and will be held June 12 - 26. More information coming soon. The single focus of the Buddha’s teachings was showing humanity the path to ending more →
Summer Seminar: Weeks I & II
Acharya Susan Chapman, Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, Acharya Holly Gayley, Acharya Daniel Hessey and Gelong Loden Nyima
June 12–27, 2020
Note: The Mahayana Track for this program is moving online, and will be held June 12 - 26. More information coming soon. The single focus of the Buddha’s teachings was showing humanity the path to ending more →
Summer Seminar I: Discovering the Path of Liberation, and II: Living Wisdom and Compassion
Acharya Susan Chapman, Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, Acharya Holly Gayley, Acharya Daniel Hessey and Gelong Loden Nyima
June 12–July 10, 2020
Join Andrew Holecek for this weekend-long, online home retreat. The wisdom traditions of Buddhism and Shaiva Tantra have remarkably powerful tools to help us deal with groundless situations. Augmented with contributions from psychology and the mind more →
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. When we release belief in the ego, we release our suffering as well—an more →
This program has been cancelled. Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal programs offer contemplative approaches for working with the fullness of daily modern life, bringing insight and inspiration to more →
Retreat & Renewal
June 12–14, 2020
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. Sadhana Intensive in the Great Stupa Join us as we immerse ourselves in more →
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. Are you feeling out of tune? Looking for balance? Do you long to more →
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. One million years of healthy human life are lost every year due to more →
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. Through the practice of meditation, we glimpse unconditional goodness as the ground of more →
Note: This retreat has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The same retreat will be offered later later this year August 21st-23rd and December 4th-6th. The presenter is also working on an online option. Check more →
Beyond Suffering: Unconditional Self Love, Mindfulness Meditation & Qi Gong Retreat
Blake D. Bauer
June 19–21, 2020
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. A passing rainstorm doesn’t have to ruin a hike if we remember to more →
All of us have an innate capacity to experience well being, strength, and confidence, even in the face of stress, pain, or illness. In order to enhance that capacity, we introduce the power of mindfulness: the more →
All of us have an innate capacity to experience well being, strength, and confidence, even in the face of stress, pain, or illness. In order to enhance that capacity, we introduce the power of mindfulness: the more →
ONLINE • Mindfulness Meditation Retreat: 5-Day or Weekend Intensive
Janet Solyntjes and Jim Colosi
June 26–July 1, 2020
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. Join us for a weekend in the foundational practices of Joanna Macy’s root more →
Resilience, Justice, and Joy in the Midst of Heartbreak: Introducing Joanna Macy’s teachings of the Work That Reconnects
Sherry Ellms and Jade Begay
June 26–28, 2020
All of us have an innate capacity to experience well being, strength, and confidence, even in the face of stress, pain, or illness. In order to enhance that capacity, we introduce the power of mindfulness: the more →
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal more →
3-Day Retreat & Renewal
July 2–5, 2020
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal more →
Retreat & Renewal
July 3–5, 2020
This program has been cancelled and moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. See details and sign up for the June 6 online version here. More details about SMC's response to the pandemic are available here. more →
Living the Full Catastrophe: A Day of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) • Denver
Janet Solyntjes
July 11, 2020
This program has been canceled and is being rescheduled for 2021. In today's speedy world, we are all in need of kindness to ourselves. This two-day practice intensive is designed for meditators looking to take a more →
Note: This program is being rescheduled for 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. In this retreat participants will learn 4 meditation practices rooted in tradition and more →
Understanding Awakening: 4 Practices Rooted in Tradition and Confirmed by Neuroscience
Tina Rasmussen
July 24–29, 2020
In these uncertain times, many of us are experiencing challenges that range from not knowing and disappointment, to loss, grief, and pain. Resources we may have once relied on may no longer be as readily available, more →
Note: This program has been cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see updates about SMC's response to the pandemic here. “Enlightenment is intimacy with all things,” said Dōgen Zenji, a respected teacher in more →
Like all other branches of science, the science of mind must be primarily based on the rigorous observation of natural phenomena. Much as astronomers rely on the telescope, so do contemplatives rely on the power of more →
The Science of Mind: A Practical Inquiry Into the Nature of Mind Through Traditional Buddhist Meditation
B. Alan Wallace
August 2–9, 2020
Our bodies hold emotions, images, patterns, and stories. When we inhabit our bodies through mindfulness practices, we come to know ourselves as complete and wakeful beings. During this rejuvenating program, we will play with the four more →
This program has been cancelled for these dates. Click here to view the same program offered in July. In today's speedy world, we are all in need of kindness to ourselves. This two-day practice intensive is more →
This weekend invites you to open into the Prajñāpāramitā (perfection of wisdom) teachings that draw from a collection of Mahayana Buddhist texts pointing to non-conceptual ways of actualizing the nature of reality, as well as the more →
The Great Mother of Non-Duality: Perfecting Transcendent Wisdom
Dr. Amelia Hall and Nashalla Nyinda
August 7–9, 2020
Change catches us by surprise at times. Sometimes it may feel like our life adventure has unexpectedly brought us to the banks of a swollen river and we’re not sure how to proceed – do we more →
Deepen your connection to your practice and open your heart. Intensive practice provides a profoundly fresh view of our life—so precious in this increasingly hectic world. Designed for both newcomers and experienced students, this week-long retreat more →
Natural Wakefulness: A Summer Half-Dathün, a 2 Week Meditation Retreat
Acharya Gaylon Ferguson
August 9–23, 2020
Deepen your connection to your practice and open your heart. Intensive practice provides a profoundly fresh view of our life—so precious in this increasingly hectic world. Designed for both newcomers and experienced students, this week-long retreat more →
Natural Wakefulness: A Summer Weekthün, a Week-Long Meditation Retreat (Week 1)
Acharya Gaylon Ferguson
August 9–16, 2020
The silence and majesty of the Colorado Rockies provides the ideal backdrop for exploring the Buddhist approach to the end of life. This seven-day program is the second in a series of three retreats designed to more →
Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal programs offer contemplative approaches for working with the fullness of daily modern life, bringing insight and inspiration to career, family, health, relationships, and more →
Retreat & Renewal
August 14–16, 2020
It’s time to create the conditions that reimagine a path of healing, reconnect with authentic community, and manifest true justice. Radical dharma (“complete truth”) is a way to enter the critical conversation about how the more →
Radical Dharma Conversation
Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens and Dr. Jasmine Syedullah
August 15–19, 2020
Radical Dharma Conversation It’s time to create the conditions that reimagine a path of healing, reconnect with authentic community, and manifest true justice. Radical dharma (“complete truth”) is a way to enter the critical conversation about more →
Radical Dharma Conversation & Camp Combined Registration
Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens and Dr. Jasmine Syedullah
August 15–22, 2020
Deepen your connection to your practice and open your heart. Intensive practice provides a profoundly fresh view of our life—so precious in this increasingly hectic world. Designed for both newcomers and experienced students, this week-long retreat more →
Natural Wakefulness: A Summer Weekthün, a Week-Long Meditation Retreat (Week 2)
Acharya Gaylon Ferguson
August 16–23, 2020
Going beyond race training 101, Radical Dharma Camp is an immersive experience designed to gather and connect peoples already committed to implementing racial justice and anti-oppression interventions in their circles of community, identity, faith and more →
Radical Dharma Camp: Bringing the Truth Home
Rev. angel Kyodo williams and Dr. Jasmine Syedullah
August 19–22, 2020
Join international bestselling author Blake D. Bauer to discover why suffering, anxiety, depression, addiction, and illness are logical cries from your body, soul, and subconscious mind asking you to finally value, accept, forgive, honor, and be more →
Beyond Suffering: Unconditional Self Love, Mindfulness Meditation & Qi Gong Retreat
Blake D. Bauer
August 21–23, 2020
All of us have an innate capacity to experience well-being, resilience, and unconditional kindness. In order to enhance this capacity, we will directly explore the power of mind and heart in a silent and supportive atmosphere. more →
This weekend workshop will introduce you to the theory and practice of trauma-sensitive mindfulness. Through lecture, case study, and experiential practice, you will leave the workshop prepared to recognize symptoms of traumatic stress while offering mindfulness more →
Becoming Trauma-Sensitive: Making Mindfulness and Meditation Safe for Trauma Survivors
David Treleaven
September 4–6, 2020
Distance running or walking is often the exercise of choice for reducing stress, bringing us greater perspective, and connecting us directly to the wisdom of the body.The practices of meditation and yoga offer similar benefits, helping more →
Running with the Mind of Meditation and Yoga
Marty Kibiloski, Michael Sandrock, Nathan Railla and Lara Johnson
September 4–7, 2020
Come home to yourself. Say YES to a spacious retreat designed to nurture your body, heart, and mind. Connect with your heartfelt knowing through embodied practices inspired by sacred wisdom traditions. Our practice will be centered more →
Quiet Mind, Open Heart: The Four Immeasurables
Kelly Lindsey, Brooke Binstock and Marissa Knox
September 8–13, 2020
Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal programs offer contemplative approaches for working with the fullness of daily modern life, bringing insight and inspiration to career, family, health, relationships, and more →
3-Day Retreat & Renewal
September 10–13, 2020
Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal programs offer contemplative approaches for working with the fullness of daily modern life, bringing insight and inspiration to career, family, health, relationships, and more →
Retreat & Renewal
September 11–13, 2020
"Albert Flynn DeSilver is a gem, a joy to work with, and puts together amazing workshops." — Cheryl Strayed, International Bestselling author of WILD "This week has been transformational—kind, sweet, and truly satisfying." — B. T. more →
Join renowned meditation master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche for this special meditation retreat designed to take us through a progression of the true human experience of happiness and a sense of well-being to the total transformation of more →
From Mindfulness to Pristine Mind: Journeying Into Your Natural State of Mind through Meditation
Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche
September 18–20, 2020
Discover the life-changing practice of cultivating gratitude. Scientific research is proving that a daily gratitude practice can benefit our health, relationships, work, and sleep. A consistent gratitude practice releases stress and boosts our immune system, while more →
This experiential workshop will offer user-friendly techniques for dealing with stress and for cultivating our deepest potential for living a full and satisfying life. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a well-recognized approach which has been shown more →
Living the Full Catastrophe: A Day of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) • Denver
Janet Solyntjes
September 26, 2020
Note: Dates have been changed from May 8th-10th to October 2nd-4th. Discover the remarkable world of nocturnal meditation, where a wealth of wisdom awaits you every night. Lucid dreaming and dream yoga have boundless potential for more →
This 5-day residential program is an intensive form of the internationally recognized, eight-session Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) training developed by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff. It is open to laypeople and professionals alike. Participants will learn to: more →
Nota: Este retiro ha sido reprogramado del 16 al 18 de octubre. Note: This retreat has been rescheduled for October 16th-18th. Aprende a meditar: Programa en español. Aprender a meditar en tu lengua materna es more →
Join international bestselling author Blake D. Bauer for five days of deep healing and self-care. Explore why suffering, disease and relationship problems are caused by years of hiding your true emotions, thinking negatively, and living in more →
Deep Healing: A 5-Day Unconditional Self-Love, Qi Gong & Meditation Retreat
Blake D. Bauer
October 17–22, 2020
Note: The dates for this program have been changed from April 23rd-26th to October 22nd-25th. Katherine will also be offering two similar programs in June and August of this year: The Art of Undoing: Yoga and more →
Note: Dates have been changed from April 2nd-5th to October 22nd-25th If we are brave often enough we will fall. Rising Strong™ is about what it takes to get back up. Based on the insightful book more →
Note: The dates for this program have been changed from April 24th-26th to October 30th-November 1st. Heart of Recovery introduces the ancient wisdom of meditation to the path of recovery from addictive behaviors in order to more →
Feeling stressed, anxious, speedy, confused, depressed? Life these days can be challenging in so many ways. Thousands of years of experience, and now science, has shown that the practice of mindfulness can help establish relaxation, stability, clarity, and more →
Note: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the dates for this retreat have been changed from May 12th-17th to November 10th-15th. Our minds and bodies are naturally awake, whole, complete, healthy, and sacred. Yet in today's speedy more →
Join international bestselling author Blake D. Bauer to discover why suffering, anxiety, depression, addiction, and illness are logical cries from your body, soul, and subconscious mind asking you to finally value, accept, forgive, honor, and be more →
Beyond Suffering: Unconditional Self Love, Mindfulness Meditation & Qi Gong Retreat
Blake D. Bauer
December 4–6, 2020
Note: This retreat has been rescheduled from May 29th-31st to December 4th-6th. Embrace a slower pace and notice how it offers a deeper connection to mind, body, and spirit. Join Cole Schlam and Heather Lindemann for a contemplative weekend yoga retreat where more →
Slowing Down: A Yoga, Self-Care, and Loving-Kindness Retreat
Heather Lindemann and Cole Schlam
December 4–6, 2020
A Couples Workshop Note: The dates for this program have been changed from April 2020 to January 2021. Every great wisdom tradition teaches the importance of love and compassion. But how do we practice this in our more →
Relationship as Spiritual Path: Getting the Love You Want, A Couples Workshop
Ben Cohen
January 15–17, 2021
Note: This retreat has been rescheduled for next year. It will be held May 28th-31th, 2021. Our bodies hold our lives. They hold wisdom and energy for living and growing. They also hold our obstacles: anxiety, more →
Take time to cultivate your capacity for attention, emotional balance and compassion in and out of the classroom. Designed to support you in bringing a mindful presence to your personal life and professional work in schools, more →
Note: This retreat has been rescheduled from June 12th-14th, 2020 to June 11th-13th, 2021. The spiritual traditions respect the body as the foundation of awareness and connection to self and other. Your body is full of more →
Note: This program has been rescheduled from 2020 to June 18 - 25, 2021. All of us have an innate capacity to experience well being, strength, and confidence, even in the face of stress, pain, or more →
Mindfulness Meditation Retreat: A 7-Day, Teacher-Led, Silent Retreat
Janet Solyntjes and Jim Colosi
June 18–25, 2021
Note: This retreat has been rescheduled from 2020 to 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An online version of the program is in the works for mid-July 2020; updates available soon. Read more about SMC's response to more →
Cancer is one of life’s greatest challenges. In this retreat, we learn how to navigate this potentially confusing, treacherous, and heartbreaking terrain. Our extraordinary team of experts will share their wisdom in integrative medicine, Tibetan more →
Courageous Women Fearless Living: A Retreat for Women Touched by Cancer
Jemi Steele, Ann Braden and Chasse Bailey-Dorton
September 7–12, 2021