Zenwest also provides courses on meditation and Buddhist practice, residential personalized retreats in a hermitage in Sooke, and additional training opportunities for members including 1-90 day residential retreats.Ħ.
Practice opportunities that are free (or by donation) to anyone who wants to attend include weekly Tuesday night Zen open house at the University of Victoria, weekly audio podcast, videos, and an online orientation to Zen practice. Victoria Zen Centre, Sooke, BC – Offers meditation and Zen training. Bodhichitta Buddhist Centre, Victoria, BC – Offers weekend or longer Buddhist meditation retreats in Victoria, BC and Metchosin BCĥ. Vipassana Meditation Centre of BC – Offers 10 day meditation retreats in Merritt, BCĤ. (Participants can attend for one day only upon request.)ģ. If you make a request to be on their newsletter mailing list, they will send you regular notices about upcoming retreats. Victoria Insight Meditation Society, Victoria, BC – Offers regular 2 Day non-residential meditation retreats in Victoria, which are led by various visiting Buddhist teachers from different parts of North America.
They also offer longer Tibetan Buddhist retreats at practice centres throughout North America.Ģ. Victoria Shambhala Meditation Centre, Victoria, BC – Offers weekly Saturday morning sitting and walking meditation sessions free (or by donation) to anyone who wants to attend. Check the following organizations and web sites to find which retreat might suit your needs.ġ.
Retreats usually offer talks by teachers, break times, and meal and work periods, along with sitting and walking meditation. Retreats listed here are from a half day, to one or two days and up to 10 days or more. This can have the effect of deepening your practice.
A retreat can offer the valuable experience of doing sitting and walking meditation for longer periods of time, in silence, and with others.