Upcoming Retreats

See the Upcoming Meditation Retreats page for current information.

Conferences Organized

• Title: The First Western Conference on Jhana Practice in Theravada Buddhism
  Description: Gathering Fruit and Planting Seeds by Lloyd Burton
  Dates: 18 - 21 June '01   Photo
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)
  
  
• Title: The Second Western Conference on Jhana Practice in Theravada Buddhism
  Dates: 23 - 26 June '03
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)
  

Residential Retreats Taught

• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Dependent Origination
  Dates: 10 - 19 Oct '08
  Place: Gaia House West Ogwell, Devon, England
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 19 - 28 Sept '08
  Sponsor: Vipassanagruppen Sweden
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 15 - 28 Aug '08
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Dependent Origination and Jhanas
  Dates: 18 - 27 July '08
  Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington, plus Mindful Movement with Linda Davis
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 26 June - 6 July '08
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington and Lloyd Burton
  Topic: Vipassana, Jhanas, Metta
  Dates: 23 May - 1 June '08
  Place: Holy Cross Abbey, Canon City, Colorado (about 30 minutes' drive south-west of Colorado Springs)
  Sponsor: Insight Meditation Community of Colorado
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 14 - 23 Sept '07
  Sponsor: Ottawa Buddhist Society
  Place: Ottawa, Canada
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 17 - 30 Aug '07
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 27 July - 5 August '07
  Place: Oakwood Farm, Selma, Indiana
  Sponsor: Tri-State Dharma
  
  
• Teachers: Santikaro & Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Anapanasati, Jhanas and Dependent Origination
  Dates: 28 June - 8 July '07
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
  Dates: 6 - 15 Apr '07
  Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 9 - 18 Oct '06
  Place: Gaia House West Ogwell, Devon, England
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 22 Sept - 1 Oct '06
  Sponsor: Vipassanagruppen Sweden
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 18 - 31 Aug '06
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teachers: Leigh Brasington and Lucinda Green
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 20 - 30 July '06
  Place: Rocky Mountain Insight, Colorado Springs, CO
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 29 June - 9 July '06
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
  Dates: 21 - 30 Apr '06
  Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 19 Aug - 1 Sept '05
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 29 July - 7 August '05
  Place: Oakwood Farm, Selma, Indiana
  Sponsor: Tri-State Dharma
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington and Lloyd Burton
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 23 June - 3 July '05
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 22 May - 3 June '05
  Place: Camp Samish, on Samish Island, about 20 miles south of Bellingham, WA
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
  Dates: 1 - 10 Apr '05
  Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 8 - 17 Oct '04
  Place: Ottawa, Canada
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 20 - 29 Sept '04
  Place: Gaia House West Ogwell, Devon, England
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 9 - 12 Sept '04
  Place: Idöborg - in the archipelago off Stockholm, Sweden   Photos
  Sponsor: Vipassanagruppen Sweden
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 20 Aug - 2 Sept '04
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 24 June - 4 July '04
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  Cost: Dana
  
  
• Teachers: Leigh Brasington & Lloyd Burton   Photo
  Topic: Metta, Jhanas & Vipassana (PDF Newsletter with article about the retreat)
  Dates: 11 - 20 June '04
  Place: near Denver, Colorado
  Sponsors: Rocky Mountain Insight
            and Insight Meditation Community of Colorado
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 6 - 16 May '04
  Place: Sierra Friends Center near Nevada City, CA
  Sponsor: Sierra Friends Center
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
  Dates: 9 - 18 Apr '04
  Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 12 - 25 Mar '04
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 3 - 12 October '03
  Place: Oakwood Farm, Selma, Indiana
  Sponsor: Tri-State Dharma
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 26 June - 6 July '03
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  Cost: Dana
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
  Dates: 11 April - 20 April '03
  Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 14 - 27 Mar '03
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 20 - 29 Sept '02
  Place: Gaia House West Ogwell, Devon, England
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 16 Aug - 29 Aug '02
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teachers: Leigh Brasington and Lucinda Green
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 13 - 21 July '02
  Place: Rocky Mountain Insight, Colorado Springs, CO
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 21 June - 30 June '02
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 29 April - 7 May '02
  Place: Spirit House, Woodacre, CA (near San Francisco)
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
  Dates: 12 April - 21 April '02
  Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 11 Sept - 20 Sept 2001
  Place: St. Augustines Retreat Center, Bay St. Louis, MS
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 17 Aug - 30 Aug '01
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 21 June - 1 July '01
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
  Dates: 6 April - 15 April '01
  Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 18 Aug - 31 Aug '00
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 28 July - 6 Aug '00
  Place: Rocky Mountain Insight, Colorado Springs, CO
  
  
• Teachers: Leigh Brasington and Michael Freeman
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 22 June - 2 July '00
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 15 May - 25 May '00
  Place: Spirit House, Woodacre, CA (near San Francisco)
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 29 Mar - 4 Apr '00
  Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 6 Jan - 16 Jan '00
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 24 June - 4 July '99
  Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 17 May - 27 May '99
  Place: Spirit House, Woodacre, CA
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 19 Feb - 4 Mar '99
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 20 - 30 November '98
  Place: Fayetteville, Ark
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 30 Mar - 4 Apr '98
  Place: Jerusalem, Israel
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 6 Feb - 15 Feb '98
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema [Ayya Khema was ill and unable to teach this retreat]
  Substitute Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 18 Oct - 25 Oct '97
  Place: Gaia House, West Ogwell, Devon, England
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Dates: 7 Feb - 13 Feb '97
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  

• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 20 Feb - 19 Mar '09
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 22 Feb - 20 Mar '08
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 23 Feb - 22 Mar '07 (4 weeks)   or   23 Feb - Mar 8 '07 (2 weeks)
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 24 Feb - 23 Mar '06
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 25 Feb - 24 Mar '05
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 30 July - 26 Aug '04
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 1 Aug - 28 Aug '03
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 22 Feb - 21 Mar '02
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 23 Feb - 22 Mar '01
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 18 Feb - 16 Mar '00
  Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center (1 hour North of Portland, OR)   Photos
  
  
• Teacher: Self-Retreat, with video taped dhamma talks by Ven. Ayya Khema
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 1 - 31 October '98
  Place: Metta Forest Monastery, near Kempten, Germany
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
  Dates: 29 Jun - 6 Jul '96
  Place: Green Gulch Zen Center, Marin County, CA
  
  
• Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema
  Assistant: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
  Dates: 14 May - 9 Jun '94
  Place: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Santa Cruz, CA
  
  

Non Residential Retreats Taught

• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Dependent Origination
  Dates: 14 Sept '08
  Place: The Bodhi Garden, Brighton, England
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Introduction to the Jhanas
  Dates: 2 & 3 Aug '08
  Place: New York, NY
  Sponsor: New York Insight
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 14 - 15 June '08
  Place: Moro Bay, CA
  Sponsor: White Heron Sangha
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Dependent Origination and Jhanas
  Date: 6 & 7 Oct '07   9:00 - 5:00
  Place: Reno/Carson City, NV
  Sponsor: Dharma Zephyr Sangha
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Impermanence
  Date: 15 June '07 - 7:15-9:00
  Topic: Deepening Concentration
  Dates: 16 & 17 June '07 - 9:00-5:00
  Place: UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
  Sponsor: Westcoast Dharma Society
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Satipatthana Practices
  Date: 3 Feb '07   9am - 4:30pm
  Place: Insight Meditation Center, 1205 Hopkins Avenue, Redwood City, CA
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Introduction to the Jhanas
  Dates: 9 & 10 Dec '06   9am - 5pm
  Sponsor: Insight Yoga
  Place: 95 North Marengo Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 17 Sept '06
  Place: The Bodhi Garden, Brighton, England
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Introduction to the Jhanas
  Dates: 29 & 30 Jan '05   9am - 5pm
  Sponsor: Insight Yoga, 95 North Marengo Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Right View/Wrong View
  Dates: 13 Nov '04   9am - 5pm
  Place: Redwood City, California
  Sponsored by: Sati Center
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 3 Oct '04
  Place: The Bodhi Garden, Brighton, England
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 3 & 4 Apr '04
  Place: Washington D.C.
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 20 - 22 Feb '04
  Sponsor: Westcoast Dharma Society, 2224 Larch Street, Vancouver, BC V6K 3P7
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 27 & 28 Sept '03
  Place: Toronto, Canada
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 26 April '03
  Place: Reno/Carson City, Nevada
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 5 & 6 Apr '03
  Place: New York Insight
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 18 & 19 Jan '03
  Place: Open Door Sangha, Santa Barbara, CA
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: The Jhanas: An In-depth Look at the Meditative Absorptions
  Dates: 26 Oct '02, 9am - 4:45pm
  Place: Sati Center, Insight Meditation Center, Redwood City, CA
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 1 December '01
  Place: Modesto, CA
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas
  Dates: 10 & 11 November 2001
  Place: Arcadia Zendo, Arcadia, CA - near Los Angeles
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Date: 19 Nov '00, 9:30 - 5:00
  Place: Nevada City, CA
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Date: 10 June '00, 9:30 - 5:00
  Place: Nevada City, CA
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Date: 10 April '99, 9:00 - 5:00
  Place: Reno/Carson City, NV
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Date: 27 June '98, 9:30 - 5:00
  Place: Nevada City, CA
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Date: 3 May '98, 9:30 - 5:00
  Place: Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Marin County, CA
  
  
• Teacher: Leigh Brasington
  Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
  Date: Summer '97 and Fall '97, 9:30 - 5:00
  Place: Berkeley, CA
  
  

Kalyana Mitta Group Facilitator

• Topic: Students of Ven. Ayya Khema
  Dates: Jun '94 - Present
  Nbr of Students: 5
  
  
• Co-Facilitators: Emily Tibbot and Barbara Roberts
  Topic: Ongoing Meditation Support Group
  Dates: Sep '94 - Feb '98
  Nbr of Students: 8
  
  
• Co-Facilitator: Barbara Roberts
  Topic: New Meditation Students' Support Group
  Dates: Feb '96 - May '96
  Nbr of Students: 5
  
  
• Co-Facilitator: Emily Tibbot
  Topic: New Meditation Students' Support Group
  Dates: Jul '94 - Jun '94
  Nbr of Students: 8
  
  
• Co-Facilitator: Emily Tibbot
  Topic: New Meditation Students' Support Group
  Dates: Feb '94 - May '94
  Nbr of Students: 9
  
  
• Co-Facilitator: Scooby Beer
  Topic: New Meditation Students' Support Group
  Dates: Feb '94 - May '94
  Nbr of Students: 10
  
  
• Co-Facilitator: Nancy Van House
  Topic: Students from James Baraz's Meditation Class
  Dates: Sep '92 - Jul '94
  Nbr of Students: 10
  

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