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Retreats

Restore and invigorate your mind and body through deep engagement with the practice of your choice. We invite you to join our renowned teachers to explore the variety of ways that Zen Buddhism and other spiritual traditions can inform and enrich your life. In retreat you are free to meet your true self and bring it forward through practices you may already enjoy, and some that may be entirely new to you.

Whether you attend a yoga, cooking, or artistic retreat, when combined with the awareness cultivated through Zen meditation, your experience of one tradition is enriched by the other. Retreats usually begin in the late afternoon on the first day, and end before noon on the last day. Although there will be scheduled time for practice in the tradition you have chosen, all retreats include plenty of free time to engage in meditation, enjoy the baths, hike, or simply rest and savor a cup of tea.

Select a theme to find out more about the retreats we offer at Tassajara.

Body and Mind: Yoga, Qi, Healing, Awareness

Engaging Earth: Wilderness, Gardening, Culinary Arts

Spiritual Practice: Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Interfaith

Mindful Living: Work, Relationships, Visioning

Creative Expression: Visual Arts, Writing, Improvisation

Retreats usually begin with meditation instruction at 4:00 pm on the first day and end before noon on the last day.

Please note that the retreat fee does not include accommodations.


May 2013
05/26 - 05/30 Tassajara Words Under the Words
05/26 - 05/30 Tassajara Genzo-e Study Week: Birth and Death, Samsara and Nirvana
05/30 - 06/03 Tassajara Satori and Salutations: Opening to the Heart of Zen and Yoga

June 2013
06/07 - 06/10 Tassajara Zen in the Kitchen
06/07 - 06/10 Tassajara Breath of Fire, Breath of Peace: Returning through Zen and Yoga
06/10 - 06/13 Tassajara Enter the Dharma Gate of Repose and Bliss: A Zen Meditation and Triputi Yoga Therapeutics Retreat
06/10 - 06/13 Tassajara Zen Master Dogen's Teachings as Gifts to Those in Recovery
06/13 - 06/17 Tassajara Readiness of Mind: Lifestream of Yoga Nourishment Weekend
06/13 - 06/17 Tassajara Without Hindrance There is No Fear: Living Without Walls
06/17 - 06/21 Tassajara Awake and at Ease with All Things: A Yoga and Zen Retreat
06/21 - 06/23 Tassajara Dragon Greens: A Cooking and Gardening Summer Solstice Celebration
06/21 - 06/23 Tassajara The Vitality of the True Self: A Yoga and Zen Weekend Retreat
06/23 - 06/28 Tassajara The Vitality of the True Self: A Five-day Yoga and Zen Retreat
06/23 - 06/27 Tassajara Warm Hand to Warm Hand: Creating Connection, LGBTIQ Study Week
06/28 - 07/05 Tassajara The Spirit of Practice: Christian and Zen

July 2013
07/05 - 07/10 Tassajara The Healing Power of Stillness: Restorative Yoga and Zen
07/05 - 07/10 Tassajara Learning To Sit, Learning To Draw, Learning To See
07/10 - 07/14 Tassajara Listening to the Voice of Your Body: A Gentle Yoga and Zen Retreat
07/10 - 07/14 Tassajara The Human Journey: A Buddhist Exploration of Calling and Contribution
07/14 - 07/19 Tassajara Yoga-Zen Mind, Compassionate Heart-Mind
07/19 - 07/21 Tassajara Presenting Suzuki Roshi's Teachings
07/19 - 07/21 Tassajara Manifesting the Wisdom of the Body: A Zen Mind, Yoga Body Retreat
07/21 - 07/26 Tassajara Thriving in Uncertainty: A Workshop in the Mindfulness Practice of Sensory Awareness
07/26 - 07/29 Tassajara True Body, True Self: Radical Presence through Zen and Yoga
07/29 - 08/02 Tassajara Spontaneous Zen: A Workshop in Meditation and Autobiographical Improvisation

August 2013
08/02 - 08/04 Tassajara Balanced and Awake: Zen and Yoga to Harmonize Mind and Body
08/04 - 08/09 Tassajara Yoga-Zen Mind, Compassionate Heart-Mind
08/09 - 08/11 Tassajara Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
08/09 - 08/11 Tassajara Know Yourself, Forget Yourself: The Mindful Leader
08/11 - 08/16 Tassajara Stories from the Book of Serenity
08/16 - 08/18 Tassajara The Significance of Joy: A Zen and Yoga Retreat
08/18 - 08/22 Tassajara Continuous Practice: A Living Circle of Yoga and Zen
08/18 - 08/22 Tassajara Writing as a Path to Awakening: A Zen Mindfulness & Creativity Retreat
08/22 - 08/25 Tassajara Deep Restoration, Deep Healing: A Zen Mind, Yoga Body Retreat
08/25 - 08/30 Tassajara Brush Mind
08/30 - 09/01 Tassajara Getting to What Matters: More Love, Less Stuff

September 2013
09/01 - 09/06 Tassajara Yin Yoga, Wisdom Zen: A Joyful Harvest
09/06 - 09/09 Tassajara Flexible Mind, Flexible Heart: How to be Happy at Work
09/06 - 09/09 Tassajara The Mind and Body of Practice in Zen and Yoga