7-Day Meditation Retreat
Winter 2025
Deepen Your Mindfulness/Awareness Meditation
A meditation retreat can be a turning-point for a practitioner. It is a profound and transformative experience of self-discovery.
During this program, the practice of mindfulness goes beyond sitting on a meditation cushion. Every aspect of daily life becomes part of the mindful discipline of rediscovering now and opening your heart and mind.
Making Friends with Yourself
At Karme Choling, we emphasize the importance of cultivating self-compassion and profound acceptance. Participants often find themselves experiencing a newfound sense of spaciousness and self-love, as echoed by one of our past attendees:
Early on, within the first few days of Karmê Chöling’s Winter Dathün, I recognized I had never given myself this much space ... I remember taking a walk during the first week and thinking this was the greatest gift I’ve ever given to myself. Within that same recognition I realized I don’t think I’ve ever been that kind or loving to myself before. I asked myself if I even knew what it means to love myself...
Karmê Chöling Staff
Read Making Friends With Myself at the Winter Dathün
Mindfulness & Contemplative Practices
During this Retreat
- Sitting Meditation: We will work with basic sitting meditation or shamatha practice. Shamatha ("peaceful abiding") allows us to experience the present moment with a light and intimate touch.
- Walking Meditation: Mindful walking practices are incorporated into the daily schedule, cultivating a sense of presence while in motion.
- Individual Meditation Instruction: Each person receives guidance and support from an experienced Meditation Instructor. Your individual questions about your own practice can be answered during these meetings.
- Silence and functional speech is generally observed during certain days or parts of the day
- Contemplative meals: Generally meals are taken while maintaining silence and mindfulness.
- Talks given by Senior Teachers: The senior teachers will share their understanding and insight of the view and path of meditation.
- Study Periods and Group Discussions: Time is set aside for study and contemplation, allowing participants to explore the concepts behind mindfulness-awareness meditation. We will also engage in group discussion in order to share experience and learn from one another.
- Nature: Karmê Chöling is beautiful in the winter. Winter is an opportunity to experience and appreciate the natural world during this "quiet" season.
- Open time: Time to rest and relax, get to know each other and share in your meditation experience.
Sample Meditation Schedule
Dathüns generally follow this form. Details may change as we get closer to the date.
- 6:30am Wake up
- 7:00am Early Morning Practice
- 8:00am Breakfast
- 9:00am Mid-Morning Practice
- 12:30pm Lunch (Contemplative)
- 1:30pm Work Period
- 3:00pm Afternoon Practice
- 4:00pm Tea Break
- 4:30pm Late Afternoon Practice
- 6:30pm Dinner
- 7:30pm Evening Practice
- 9:00pm End of Day
Three Retreat Lengths Available
- 7 - Day Retreat January 3 - 10
- 2 - Week Retreat January 3 - 17
- 1 - Month Retreat January 3 - February 1
A Journey of Discovery
Join us at our Buddhist meditation retreat center in the Green Mountains of Vermont. During this serene and beautiful time of the year our community of meditators will encourage and support you in your journey of profound personal growth.
Getting Here
Visit our Directions and Transportation page to see different options for traveling to Karmê Chöling including pick-up service from Hanover, Lebanon, White River Junction and Burlington to our front door.
Pricing
Karmê Chöling values its commitment to making programs affordable and available to all who wish to study with us. To support this commitment we provide two program price options.
Generosity Price: $955.00
You're able to help us with this commitment by choosing the "Generosity Price". The money above the basic tuition cost goes into a scholarship fund for those who might not be able to attend a program otherwise.
Tuition: $795.00
This is the price of the program, it does not include housing options or material fees.
Please Note:
Price does not include accommodations, which will be added during the registration process.
Policies
Payment Policies:
Please read the payment policy before proceeding with registration.
Financial Aid:
Karmê Chöling offers full-time student discounts, scholarships and other financial aid.
Program Credit:
If using existing program credit to pay for a program, you must pre-register for this program at least two weeks prior to the program start date by calling the front desk (802-633-2384 x3000). Program credit may not be used to pay for housing or practice materials and may not be used on or after arrival day.
Instructors
Roger Guest is a seasoned meditator in the Vajrayana Buddhist and Shambhala lineages. He is a former Executive Director of Karmê Chöling and has been teaching meditation since 1976. He is the author of The Tender Heart of Sadness, a book of reflections on the Spiritual Warriorship tradition of Shambhala. Currently he works in a plant-medicine-based clinic treating addictions, mood disorders, and psycho-spiritual crises in Tepoztlan, Mexico.
Janet Romaine is a Buddhist teacher and meditation instructor, who has been teaching Shambhala Training since 1980. She is a now-retired professor of business at Saint Anselm College. She lives in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Instructors:
Roger Guest
Janet Romaine
Date & Time Details:
Location:
On-Land
Program Fee:
Generosity Price - $955
Tuition - $795
Room/Meals Fee:
This will be added in during the registration process.
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Heart Gift:
Donation gift to the teacher.
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Wellness Update:
Read our Wellness Policy
Getting to Karmê Chöling:
Contact Us:
Karmê Chöling
(802) 633-2384
info@karmecholing.org
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