Serving All Beings Through Joy and Wise Effort

New Year’s Retreat

December 31, 2025 – January 1, 2026

Venue: Online (Zoom)
Teacher: Susie Harringtonl and Denise Ackert

Suggested Donation: $60 - $200. All are welcome, no donation required. $20 from each donation covers administrative costs of the retreat. The remainder provides support to allow Susie and Denise to continue offering these teachings (dana). Please give as feels appropriate and generous for you. Please delight in your generosity and know that the dharma continues to be offered to you and others through our collective acts of sharing.
Information about Retreat Dana

Schedule
December 31st, 2025, 9 AM through January 1st, 2026 at 3PM (Mountain Standard Time)

There will be the opportunity to do an intensive retreat or to customize the retreat for your personal situation and availability.




As we enter the New Year, what gifts of participation and healing can we offer this world? In recognizing the challenges that we face both individually and collectively, we will explore the Buddhist response of wholehearted participation and cultivation through wise effort.

The Buddha said to “Care for ourselves, care for the other, and care for the whole world.” The foundational Buddhist precept of non-harming takes on increasingly potent meaning as we navigate the challenges of aggression and delusion internally and externally. The cultivation through wise effort of wholesome states of mind leading to wholesome thoughts, speech, and action can be our generous offering to all. Recognizing our interconnectedness, and offering our joy, love and compassion for the world, we practice together to cultivate recognition of our essential beauty and harmony.

During this silent retreat, there will be sitting and walking meditation, meditation instructions and dharma talks. This retreat is open to all – those with experience and those new to practice.

Zoom Link and additional information will be sent 5 days before the retreat.