Love and Insight: Finding Peace Right Where We Are
A Seven-Night Meditation Retreat with Susie Harrington, Assisted by Kate Siber
This residential retreat will be held from Thursday, May 14 through Thursday, May 21, 2026.
To take the time and space to seclude oneself and go deeply inward is both an ancient human rite and radical medicine for our time of busyness and burnout. The practices of intentionally stepping away from our routines, deeply settling our minds and connecting with our hearts allow us to emerge into our lives with the renewed clarity and care that our world so desperately needs.
During this seven-night retreat, we will enter into noble silence, embrace simplicity, and observe a daily rhythm of sitting and walking meditation and gentle moment-by-moment mindfulness practice in all that we do. Through the practice of insight (vipassana) meditation, we can connect with the loving awareness that is already here and from which wisdom and compassion naturally arise.
Like the Buddha and so many spiritual aspirants before us, we will also draw upon the inspiration and support of the natural world—the breezes, the sounds of the birds and the shifting light of the sun—as we dwell for a week in the quiet forests of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
This retreat will be hosted by the Crestone Mountain Zen Center and will include guided meditations, silent sitting and walking meditation periods and Dharma talks. Other than small group and individual check-ins with the teachers as well as teacher-led q+a’s, this retreat will be held in noble silence. This retreat is suitable for people who are new to silent retreat practice as well as those who have been participating in retreats for many years.
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