ZenistMonday – Sunday · 7 days
Aug 31 – Sep 06
Compassionate Ocean Sesshin
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community/Eitzen, MN, USA
Extended Meditation Retreats
Extended retreats lasting a week or more allow for sustained practice that can shift something deeper than a weekend permits. These longer sits are where many practitioners report their most significant breakthroughs.
August
202601 retreatSeptember
202612 retreatsWednesday – Sunday · 5 days
02–06
Satori and Salutations: Opening to the Heart of Zen and Yoga
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center / Green Dragon Temple/Muir Beach, CA, USA
Friday – Friday · 71 days
Sep 04 – Nov 13
Fall Art Practice Series – Returning to the Elements
Zen Center of New York City/Fire Lotus Temple/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
08–13
Jizo Sesshin
Great Vow Zen Monastery/Clatskanie, OR, USA
Tuesday – Tuesday · 78 days
Sep 08 – Nov 24
The Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts: Emergent Ethics of Radical Relationality
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center / Green Dragon Temple/Muir Beach, CA, USA
Sunday – Sunday · 43 days
Sep 13 – Oct 25
B.R. Ambedkar and Navayāna Buddhism: Caste, Liberation, & Engaged Practice
with Santosh Raut
Brooklyn Zen Center/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
15–20
True Refuge Week: Self-Directed Intensive Practice for MRO Students
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
15–20
MZMC Retreat
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community/Eitzen, MN, USA
Wednesday – Sunday · 89 days
Sep 16 – Dec 13
Fall Ango: Liberating Response
Brooklyn Zen Center/Brooklyn, NY, USA
Wednesday – Sunday · 5 days
16–20
Fall Roshi Retreat at Watershed
Atlanta Soto Zen Center/Atlanta, GA, USA
Monday – Sunday · 7 days
21–27
Mountains and Rivers Sesshin
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Ron Hogen Green, Danica Shoan Ankele
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Monday – Sunday · 7 days
21–27
One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—September
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Saturday – Saturday · 8 days
Sep 26 – Oct 03
Soul of the Mountain Sesshin: A Backpacking Sesshin at Bells Mountain
Great Vow Zen Monastery/Clatskanie, OR, USA
October
202609 retreatsFriday – Wednesday · 6 days
02–07
Fall Sesshin
with Peggy Metta Sheehan
Zen Center of Denver/Denver, CO, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 76 days
Oct 06 – Dec 20
Autumn Ango – Fall Residency 2026
Great Vow Zen Monastery/Clatskanie, OR, USA
Wednesday – Sunday · 5 days
07–11
Private Zen/Mindfulness Retreat
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community/Eitzen, MN, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 11 days
08–18
October Sesshin – The Ancient Way
Great Vow Zen Monastery/Clatskanie, OR, USA
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 days
13–18
True Refuge Week: Self-Directed Intensive Practice for MRO Students
with MRO Teachers and Senior Staff
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Monday – Sunday · 7 days
19–25
Harvest Sesshin
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Jody Hojin Kimmel, Ron Hogen Green, Danica Shoan Ankele
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Monday – Sunday · 7 days
19–25
One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive
Zen Mountain Monastery/Mt Tremper, NY, USA