An important prerequisite for attending the MBSR 6-Day Teacher Training Intensive is to participate in a teacher-led silent meditation retreat of at least five nights with formal mindfulness meditation practices. Indeed we expect our trainees to attend annual silent meditation retreats of 5, 7, or 10 days throughout their training as an MBSR teacher.
5-night predominantly silent meditation retreat, which is teacher-led, and primarily involves a variety of formal mindfulness practice (sitting, walking, yoga, etc). Retreats that are predominantly yoga-based or involve a great deal of other activity aside from formal mindfulness practice are not acceptable.
To assist you in finding retreat centers to satisfy this requirement, we have complied a list of meditation centers. This is not a comprehensive list nor an endorsement of these centers.
- Atlanta Mindfulness Institute, Atlanta, GA
- Big Bear Retreat Center, Big Bear, CA
- British Columbia Insight Meditation Society, British Columbia, Canada
- Gaia House, Devon, UK
- Gainesville Retreat Center, Gainesville, FL
- Great Vow Zen Monastery, Clatskanie, OR
- Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA
- Insight LA, Los Angeles and Southern California
- Insight Meditation Center, Redwood City, CA
- Insight Meditation Community, Washington, DC
- Insight Meditation Community of New Haven, New Haven, CT
- Madison Insight Meditation group, Madison, WI
- Mid-America Dharma, Kansas City, MO
- Mindfulness Northwest, Bellingham, WA
- New York Insight Meditation Center, New York, NY
- Seattle Insight meditation Society, Seattle, WA
- Sky Meadow Retreat Center, Greensboro Bend, VT
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA
- True North insight, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Vipassana Meditation Center (S.N. Goenka), USA & Internationally
- Vipassana Metta on Maui, Maui
Zen Centers in North America
- Crestone Mountain Zen Center, Crestone, CO
- Minnesota Zen Center, Minneapolis, MN
- New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, New York, NY
- Rochester Zen Center, Rochester, NY
- San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA
- Zen Life and Meditation Center, Chicago, IL
Tibetan Centers
- There are Shambhala retreat centers around the world.
- Karmê Chöling Retreat Center, Barnet, VT
- Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, Woodstock, NY
- Menla Mountain Retreat Center, Phoenicia, NY
- Vajrapani Institute, Boulder Creek, CA
Other Centers
- Copper Beech Institute, Hartford, CT
- Mindful Way, Joshua Tree, CA
- Mindfulness and More, Philadelphia, PA
- Mindfulness Northwest, Bellingham, WA
- Springwater Center, Springwater, NY
- The Soul of Yoga, Encinitas/Oceanside, CA
- University of Wisconsin Health, Madison, WI
