Friday – Sunday
10–12
Beginner's Mind Weekend Meditation 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.
July
2026 06 retreatsFriday – Sunday
10–12
Exploring Wisdom and Compassion: Further Steps Along the Path of Zen
with Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, 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 Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Friday – Sunday
Jul 31 – Aug 02
Introduction to Zen Training Weekend
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Friday – Sunday
Jul 31 – Aug 02
Seeing Through Obstacles – Inner Critic Weekend Retreat
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, 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 Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Friday – Sunday
28–30
Weekend Sesshin - Fall Ango Opening
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
September
2026 03 retreatsFriday – Sunday
04–06
Introduction to Zen Training Weekend
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, 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 Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, 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
October
2026 02 retreatsThursday – Sunday · 4 days
01–04
Zen & the Arts Retreat: Ikebana
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community / Eitzen, MN, USA
Friday – Sunday
Oct 30 – Nov 01
Introduction to Zen Training Weekend
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
November
2026 03 retreatsThursday – Sunday · 4 days
05–08
Ango Intensive – Fall
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Thursday – Saturday
05–07
City Refuge Retreat
Great Vow Zen Monastery / Clatskanie, OR, USA
Thursday – Sunday · 4 days
12–15
Practicing the Ways Retreat
Hokyoji Zen Practice Community / Eitzen, MN, USA
December
2026 02 retreatsFriday – Sunday
04–06
Introduction to Zen Training Weekend
with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Danica Shoan Ankele, Gokan Bonebakker
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
Friday – Sunday
11–13
Buddha's Enlightenment Vigil
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
January
2027 01 retreatFriday – Sunday
08–10
Introduction to Zen Training Weekend
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA
February
2027 01 retreatFriday – Sunday
26–28
Weekend Sesshin - Spring Ango Opening
Zen Mountain Monastery / Mt Tremper, NY, USA