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Retreat Rentals
Host workshops & retreats in our peaceful Northeast center
Leave the logistics to our experienced crew
Connect with a mindful community
Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.
Buddha
Why Hold A Retreat
At Karmê Chöling?
You’re looking for a beautiful, serene setting for your retreat
Immerse your students in the rolling green hills, wild-flower speckled meadows, and cool woodland forests of Karme Choling in rural Vermont.
You want the logistics taken care of so you can focus on your workshop
At Karmê Chöling we provide assistance for mindfulness meditation and spiritual workshops that include dietary support, meditation support, logistics support and technical support.
Build your community of students and learners
Karmê Chöling is well known in Buddhist and spiritual communities for its in-depth programs and retreats. Showcase your material and expertise by holding your retreat at Karmê Chöling.
You want to have a positive influence on the world through your work
Immerse your students in a spiritual community of meditation and mindfulness practitioners where they can safely open themselves to a deeper experience and realization.
Hosting A Retreat Workshop
At Karmê Chöling
We are a Buddhist meditation retreat center located in Vermont. Possessing a rich history, Tibetan meditation masters and great scholars alike have taught meditation intensives at Karmê Chöling. It has truly earned its reputation as a center for deep retreats.
What To Expect?
Serenity, Technology, Community, & Support
PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT
Relax and Immerse yourself in Karmê Chöling’s beautiful and spacious natural surroundings. Our land sits on 750 acres of rolling wooded hills with the Stevens River running through it. You and your students will enjoy the serenity and quiet of rural Vermont.
Explore and Roam our wild-flower speckled meadows, hike into our forests, and take slow strolls around our organic garden.
TECHNOLOGY & LOGISTICS
WIFI and IT: Karme Choling has the technology and equipment to cover your IT and A/V needs, including Wifi, large screens, zoom capability and a zoom studio.
Meeting Spaces: Use our fully furnished meditation and conferences rooms for your meetings and mindfulness meditation sessions
Meals & Dietary Needs: You and your students will have access to three meals a day that meet a variety of dietary needs. Many ingredients come from our own organic garden. In between meals we keep the service area stocked with staples for snacking.
Accommodations: We are able to accommodate up to 15 retreatants at a time. You and your group will be able to choose from a selection of room types to meet your needs and budget.
COMMUNITY
A community of meditators: Your participants will feel welcomed, immersed in a culture of mindfulness and open-heartedness as they eat and relax in Karme Choling’s peaceful communal spaces.
Household meditation: Karmê Chöling has open household meditation practice sessions that we hold twice a day. All are welcome to join us.
MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS TEACHINGS
Meditation Instruction: Arrange for one of Karmê Chöling's qualified meditation instructors to give your group a talk on the view and understanding of Buddhist sitting meditation as well as instructions on its form and practice.
Virtual Tour
Of Karmê Chöling
Meditation Support
For Workshop Instructors
Karmê Chöling's Story
Karmê Chöling is a Northeast retreat center situated in beautiful Vermont. It is one of the oldest Buddhist meditation retreat center’s in the United States, established in 1971. At Karmê Chöling, we trace our lineage of teachers back to the Buddha. That’s more than 2500 years of tradition and knowledge.
Our 50 years of practice and study here at the center, allows all who come to Karmê Chöling to steep in a culture of mindfulness. Our retreatants learn a great deal just through observing and engaging within our community. They leave with an understanding of what mindful culture is and an idea of what forms and practices can support it in any company culture.
Cost & Fees
Build Your Own Workshop Retreat
Group Retreat Fee: $10/night per person plus accommodations
Retreat Fee includes:
- Room with shared bath
- Breakfast, Lunch, Tea, & Supper
- Utilities + wifi
Feel free to reach out to our Group Retreats Coordinator at info@karmecholing.org with any questions you have.
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Accommodations, Food & Office Space
FAQ
FAQ - Workshop Retreats
We can accommodate up to 15 people in our Workshop Retreats.
After the pandemic protocols, we are quite adept at holding:
- zoom meetings
- Hybrid online and in-person meetings
- Breakout chat groups
- Large screens for group presentation
- Microphones
- And more.
Please ask us about what you have in mind.
Karmê Chöling requires that all retreats held on the land include an element of mindfulness practice, contemplation or meditation. We are more than happy to provide sitting meditation instruction, if needed, for your retreat. Arrangements can be made to have one of our meditation instructors give a class on meditation, included in your work retreat package.
Your group is also invited to join us in our household practice sessions, held twice a day in the morning and evening.
Your retreat can be as short or as long as you need. Details will need to be worked out with Guest Services in advance. At Karme Choling we have been known to hold everything from weekend retreats to a 10 day meditation retreat to a 3 month buddhist retreat!
At Karme Choling we can accommodate almost everyone's needs. We do serve meat, but we also have vegetarian and vegan options and can accommodate gluten free or other dietary needs if you let us know in advance
Yes, absolutely you are welcomed here!
You and your participants will need to be comfortable staying with a Shambhala Buddhist community. We engage in chanting before sitting meditation sessions, which some people don’t care for and opt out of.
We recommend starting the booking process at least six weeks before your planned arrival date, although we do our best to accommodate your requests.
The size of your group and the length of your stay will also affect the amount of lead time needed.
Please read our Wellness Policy to find out how we keep our residents and program participants safe and healthy.
Reflection is the seed that grows
In the soil of peacefulness
Give your students a calm, peaceful environment where they can settle in, focus deeply on your teachings and truly absorb your lessons. Here at Karmê Chöling, our space, organic food, community, discipline and practice creates the conditions that give rise to deep understanding and insight.
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