As we enter a new year, the world calls us not toward reinvention, but toward remembrance. This online meditation retreat is an invitation to set aside ideas of self-improvement and rather turn toward the Four Noble Truths as sacred commitments—living recognitions of suffering and its causes, and of the radical possibilities for freedom. Through meditation, reflection, chanting and a grief ritual, we will honour the First and Second Truths, recognizing how acknowledging loss, sorrow, and structural harm can crack open the heart and awaken us. From there, we will cultivate wisdom and compassion–the Third and Fourth Truths–as real forms of power that root us in presence and move us toward liberation, not just for ourselves, but for our communities and the earth.
This retreat is a call back to what we already know in our bones: that Buddha Nature is not a distant ideal we strive for, but a here-and-now remembering. Together, we will reimagine the turn of the year—not as a moment to fix ourselves, but to recommit to the path of truth, interconnection, and care. This is not a retreat to escape the world, but to return to it with greater courage and tenderness.
We begin with a daylong retreat on Sunday to immerse into a day of contemplative practice, followed by morning and evening sessions Monday-Friday that will help to carry the themes into daily life. Morning sessions will include a brief reflection, meditation and chanting while the evening sessions will also include small group sharing, wisdom harvests and more practice.
All* sessions will be recorded and available in your dashboard for one year.
* unless there is a tech issue outside of our control. We try our best! Thank you for your understanding.
Schedule
Sunday, January 4 - Friday, January 9
Sunday, January 4
10am - 4pm ET
Monday to Thursday
Morning Session: 7:30 - 8:30 am ET
Evening Session: 7 - 8:30 pm ET
Friday - Closing session
7:30 - 8:30 am ET