Talks, Classes, and Retreats 2025/early 2026
Rebecca teaches regularly at the Insight Meditation Society, Forest Refuge, Insight Meditation Community of Western Massachusetts, and other Dharma Centers.
Events are scheduled both in person and online. All times listed are Eastern.
Deep Attention: Nourishing and Balancing Our Ways of Knowing. Loving Kindness and Insight Retreat
In this retreat we will widen the ways that we know, leading to deeper and fuller attention to our vibrant human life. Connecting to our experience through the doorways of the mind, heart, and abdomen allows us to develop the Buddha’s freedom through being grounded here on earth as a caring and conscious being. Our exploration will unfold in the silence of retreat as we sit, walk, meet in small groups, practice qigong, and allow the beauty of the springtime landscape to support us in our journey to full embodiment.
In Milford Ohio, assisted by Candace Cassin and Robert Pryor.
Come for the weekend, seven days, or nine days.
More information at Vipassana Retreat | Yellow Springs Dharma Center
Centro de Meditacion Insight Event
Una iniciativa para acercar la práctica de la meditación Insight, centrada en la tradición del Buddhismo Theravada al mundo hispanohablante, a sus comunidades y culturas diversas, y fomentar una vida más armónica, pacífica, compasiva y sabia.
A través de la meditación, el diálogo y las voces de sus fundadores e invitados, exploraremos sus raíces, su linaje y su relevancia en la actualidad.
Un encuentro para compartir y celebrar en comunidad.Una iniciative para acercar la practica de la Meditacion Insight, inspirada en la tradiciom del Buddhismo Theravada, al mundo hispanohablante, a sus communidades.
Para mas informacion: www.centrodemeditacioninsight.org
Nurturing Deep Belonging with Ourselves and the Earth: Eco-Dharma Retreat at the Rocky Mountain Eco-Dharma Retreat Center
At the strikingly beautiful Rocky Mountain Eco-Dharma Retreat Center in Ware, Colorado with Ramona Ortiz and Jean Leonard.
With support and inspiration from the beauty and majesty of the Rocky Mountains, we will explore the Buddha Dharma from the paradigm of receptivity, allowing ourselves to be touched by life and recognizing our deep belonging. By practicing dropping out of our usual mind-oriented relationship with the world and dropping into the body, we will establish a relationship of heartfelt intimacy and respect both with our own experience and the natural world around us. Through community and connection with nature, we will remember that we are already home on our beloved planet Earth. This retreat will include sitting and walking meditation, outdoor practice, qi gong, chanting, talks, and inquiry sessions. Both new and seasoned practitioners are warmly welcomed to this retreat.
More info and registration at Nurturing Deep Belonging with Ourselves and the Earth - Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
Nurturing Deep Belonging with Ourselves and the Earth: Eco-Dharma Retreat at Wonderwell Retreat Center
With support and inspiration from the beauty and majesty of the Rocky Mountains, we will explore the Buddha Dharma from the paradigm of receptivity, allowing ourselves to be touched by life and recognizing our deep belonging. By practicing dropping out of our usual mind-oriented relationship with the world and dropping into the body, we will establish a relationship of heartfelt intimacy and respect both with our own experience and the natural world around us. Through community and connection with nature, we will remember that we are already home on our beloved planet Earth. This retreat will include sitting and walking meditation, outdoor practice, qi gong, chanting, talks, and inquiry sessions. Both new and seasoned practitioners are warmly welcomed to this retreat.
This three-day weekend retreat, sponsored by the Insight Meditation Community of Western Massachusetts, will be held at the beautiful Wonderwell Retreat Center in the mountains of Springfield, New Hampshire. Registration details Nurturing Deep Belonging: Three-Day Residential Retreat - Insight Meditation Western MA
Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds at the Insight Meditation Society
We welcome you to this retreat taught by Rebecca, Matthew Hepburn, Shelly Graf and Chas DiCapua, assistant Margrit Polleta-Pittman and mindful movement instructor Lissa Edmond. During this vibrant retreat dedicated to supporting the health and well-being of young adults in these difficult times, we will co-create a refuge from all forms of oppression, a nourishing refuge of rest and rejuvenation. With the Buddhist teachings of wisdom and compassion as our guide, we will cultivate a wholehearted attention to the present moment, waking up from worldly delusion and developing embodied ease, clarity, and kindness.
We will gather together at the Insight Meditation Society in the beautiful woods and hills of Barre, Massachusetts.The retreat format includes daily meditation instruction, group and individual meetings with teachers, mindful movement, and opportunities for questions and discussion.
The course will end with a day of optional activities centered on building relationships, supporting community, and integrating the practice into our everyday lives.
All are welcome to attend - this silent retreat is open to both beginning and experienced meditators.
More info at Sign up for Retreats
Nurturing Deep Belonging with Ourselves and the Earth: An Eco-Dharma Retreat
With support and inspiration from the beauty of the woods and streams and all the beings that reside therein, we will explore the Buddha Dharma from the paradigm of receptivity, allowing ourselves to be touched by life and recognizing our deep belonging. By practicing dropping out of our usual mind-oriented relationship with the world and dropping into the body, we will establish a relationship of heartfelt intimacy and respect both with our own experience and the natural world around us. Through community and connection with nature, we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings and remember that we are already home on our beloved planet Earth. This retreat will include sitting and walking meditation, outdoor practice, qi gong, chanting, talks, and inquiry sessions. Both new and seasoned practitioners are warmly welcomed.
This retreat will take place at Insight Meditation Society in the rolling hills of Barrre, MA. For more information and to register, contact Insight Meditation Society – Tranquility. Wisdom. Compassion.
Dharma Talk – How to Belong to the Earth: A Teaching on Not-Self at Insight Meditation Community of Western Massachusetts
Join us in-person or online to explore the Buddha’s teachings on anatta (not-self) through a nature -based perspective. More information at Homepage - Insight Meditation Western MA
Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat at the Insight Meditation Society
Exploring deeply the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness infused with lovingkindness, this silent meditation retreat, open to all, will cultivate our connection to ourselves and to life itself through body-centered awareness. Developing intimacy with our physical, energetic, and emotional bodies, we will touch essential truths about life and gain the stability of heart that helps us move through this world with greater wisdom and compassion.
The course will be supported by daily insight and lovingkindness meditation instructions, talks about the teachings, and meetings with the teachers. Optional mindful movement based on qigong will be offered by teacher Greg Scharf. There will also be the opportunity to practice walking meditation outside on IMS's beautiful grounds.
At the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. With Greg Scharf and Roxanne Dault. More info at Sign up for Retreats
Grounding the Heart in Kindness-Infused Awareness: Insight and Lovingkindness Weekend Retreat: At Insight Meditation Society
Exploring the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness infused with lovingkindness, this weekend silent meditation retreat, open to all, will cultivate our connection to ourselves and to life itself through body-centered awareness. Developing down-to-earth intimacy with our life as it unfolds, we will increase our ability to open our hearts to this vibrant wild world we live in.
A great retreat for beginners, for experienced students who want to refresh their practice, or in combination with the seven day retreat that follows.
The course will be supported by insight and lovingkindness meditation instructions, talks about the teachings and Q & A sessions with the teachers. There will also be the opportunity to practice walking meditation outdoors on IMS's beautiful grounds.
At Insight Meditation Society, assisted by Gina La Roche.
More info at Sign up for Retreats
Monthlong Practice Opportunity at the Forest Refuge
Join Rebecca and Devon Hase in the quiet of late winter and early spring for a week or the full month at the beautiful Forest Refuge, part of the Insight Meditation Society. Practice what your heart wishes to explore, insight meditation or metta meditation. More info at www.dharma.org.
Deep Attention: Nourishing and Balancing Our Ways of Knowing: Loving Kindness and Insight Retreat
In this retreat we will widen the ways that we know, leading to deeper and fuller attention to our vibrant human life. Connecting to our experience through the doorways of the mind, the heart, and the abdomen allows us to develop freedom through being grounded here on earth as a caring and conscious being. Our exploration will unfold in the silence of retreat as we sit, walk, practice qi gong, meet in small groups, and allow the stillness of the winter landscape to support us in our journey to full embodiment.
Sponsored by Twin Cities Vipassana Collective (www.tcvc.info) and taught with Chas Dicapua at the beautiful Koronis Retreat Center in Minnesota.
Más allá de ti: Intimidad con todas las cosas. Actividad online gratuita.
“Despertar es conectar íntimamente con todas las cosas”.- Dogen
Actividad abierta y gratuita organizada por Conciencia Natura de Barcelona
Actividad Online Gratuita - Domingo 8 de febrero de 18 a 20h - Consciencia Natura
(12:00-2:00 PM Hora del este de los Estados Unidos)
Reflexiones de Rebecca Bradshaw seguido de un taller con Eli Dalmau y Carola García.
Cultivar una actitud receptiva es despertar a la vida en su totalidad y reconocer nuestra profunda pertenencia a este mundo. Al explorar más allá de nuestros hábitos mentales, nutrimos un despertar que viene del corazón, un despertar que intima con todas las cosas.
One Earth Sangha EcoSattva Training
This eight-session EcoSattva Training, created by One Earth Sangha and facilitated by Rebecca Bradshaw, will take place in-person/hybrid at Insight Western Massachusetts. It will be a journey of brave and tender engagement with our social and ecological reality. As we’re guided inward by radical Dharma wisdom and justice-informed analysis of our polycrisis, in concert with our community of mindfulness practitioners, we can discover insights that open up emergent ways of being and clarify our calling. From this aligned place, dormant energy and exciting possibilities are freed to be unlocked. We can find the resilience, courage, and conviction to our chosen path of becoming a caring and engaged planetary citizen. More information about the program can be found at (include link at one earth)
Participants will engage with videos and guided meditations during the week and come to class prepared to discuss reflection questions related to the material.
To foster local community, four sessions will take place in-person/hybrid, and four sessions online. Local participants are encouraged to register and attend in person. A limited number of online slots will be made available.
In-person/hybrid: January 5, January 19, February 2, March 2
Everyone online: January 12, January 26, February 9, February 23
No group on February 16.
To register, contact Homepage - Insight Meditation Western MA
Embodied Equanimity: Half Day Retreat with New York Insight
Equanimity is often described as mental balance and even-mindedness in the face of the ups and downs of life. It is our true hope for peace in this world of wild change. But how is genuine equanimity possible given the enormous amount of suffering we experience both individually and collectively? How do we navigate toward an equanimous heart-mind as wide and spacious as the entire world?
Join Rebecca Bradshaw for a half-day retreat exploring how mental suffering can shift to an expansive and compassionate presencing. By building the capacity to hold our own pain, we begin to be able to hold the world’s pain and unruliness as well. We will practice with embodied equanimity, knowing this quality of freedom not only through our mind, but also through our heart and abdomen, all the way down to our contact with the steady Earth.
Join us in person or online to explore the journey towards equanimity in our own practice, learning what equanimity feels like in the whole body—in mind, heart, and abdomen—thereby grounding it in reality.
More info at New York Insight Meditation Center | Where Hearts & Minds Awaken
Spiritual Strengths: Wednesday Evening Dharma Talk at Insight Western Mass
Join us in person or online for meditation and dharma discussion about the sources of our strength for engaging in practice. More info at Homepage - Insight Meditation Western MA
Heartfelt Equanimity: One Day Retreat on the Cape
Equanimity is often described as mental balance and even-mindedness in the face of the ups and downs of life. Yet we may be challenged by this idea given the enormous amount of suffering that we are experiencing individually and/or collectively at this time. What does equanimity feel like on the ground? How does the heart experience equanimity? Together we will navigate toward an equanimous heart-mind that can hold the joys and sorrows of this world with kindness, care, and spaciousness. Join us in person in Orleans, MA for a one day retreat. More info at https://imcofcapecod.org/
Down to Earth Dharma Five Day Retreat: Healing Our Relationship With Ourselves and the Earth
With support and inspiration from the beauty of nature surrounding us at the Seven Oaks Retreat Center in Madison, Virginia, we will explore the Buddha Dharma from the paradigm of receptivity, allowing ourselves to be touched by life and recognizing our deep belonging in this world. By practicing dropping out of our usual mind-oriented relationship with the world and down into the body, we will establish a relationship of heartfelt intimacy and respect both with our own experience and in connection with the natural world around us. This retreat will include sitting meditation, qi gong and walking meditation practice, guided and solitary outdoor practice, chanting, talks explaining the teachings, and question and response inquiry sessions. More info to come in late April at Welcome to the Insight Meditation Community of Washington
Nine-day Loving Kindness and Nine-day Vipassana Retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Join Rebecca and other East and West Coast teachers for a nine day loving kindness retreat or a nine day vipassana retreat, or, for a more in-depth retreat, why not do both? In the beautiful hills of Spirit Rock, we will deepen concentration through the beautiful quality of metta and explore depths of understanding life and our own hearts through vipassana. More info and registration at Homepage | Spirit Rock.
Down to Earth Dharma: Healing Our Relationship with Ourselves and the Earth, A Three-Day Weekend Retreat
Rebecca and Zeenat Potia will lead this three-day weekend sponsored by Western Mass Insight Meditation Community. With support and inspiration from the beauty of nature surrounding us, we will explore the Buddha Dharma from the paradigm of receptivity, allowing ourselves to be touched by life and recognizing our deep belonging in this world. By practicing dropping out of our usual mind-oriented relationship with the world and down into the body, we will establish a relationship of heartfelt intimacy and respect both with our own experience and in connection with the natural world around us. This retreat will include sitting meditation, movement and walking meditation practice, guided and solitary outdoor practice, talks explaining the teachings, and question and response inquiry sessions.
This retreat will be held at the beautiful Wonderwell Mountain Refuge (WMR) in Springfield, New Hampshire.
More info at Insight Meditation Community of Western Mass - Home
Insight and Loving Kindness Weekend and Weeklong Retreat in Milford Ohio
Join Rebecca, Candace Cassin, and Robert Pryor for either a weekend, weeklong, or nine day retreat at the Jesuit Center in Milford, Ohio. The Yellow Springs Dharma Center (YSDC) is pleased to announce two residential Vipassana retreats in 2025 with Rebecca Bradshaw from the Insight Meditation Society. The retreats will be held on May 9-11 and May 11-18, 2025. Both retreats are appropriate for those new to residential retreats, as well as those who are more experienced. With support and inspiration from the beauty of nature surrounding us, we will explore meditation from a receptive orientation, allowing ourselves to be touched by life and recognizing our deep belonging in this world. By practicing dropping out of our usual mind-oriented relationship with the world and down into the body, we will establish a relationship of heartfelt intimacy and respect both with our own experience and in connection with the world around us. These retreats will include sitting and walking meditation, loving-kindness meditation, optional qi gong, talks, group and individual meetings with teachers, and question and response sessions. More info at: https://www.ysdharma.org/vipassana/vipassana-retreat-321/
Intimacy with All Things: Animism in Buddhism
Join us for a Wednesday night dharma talk in person or online with Insight Meditation Community of Western Mass. We will explore how mindfulness brings us into a more alive relationship with all beings. More info at Insight Meditation Community of Western Mass - Home
Vipassana and Loving Kindness Weeklong Retreat
Join Rebecca, Dawn Scott, and Roxanne Dault for a week-long retreat at the Insight Meditation Society. Exploring deeply the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness infused with lovingkindness, this silent meditation retreat, open to all, will cultivate our connection to ourselves and to life itself through body-centered awareness. Developing intimacy with our physical, energetic, and emotional bodies, we will touch essential truths about life and gain the stability of heart that helps us move through this world with greater wisdom and compassion.
The course will be supported by insight and lovingkindness meditation instructions, talks about the teachings and Q & A sessions with the teachers. An optional daily period of gentle mindful movement (yoga and qigong) will be offered by Lissa Edmond to support body, heart, mind awareness and care. There will also be the opportunity to practice walking meditation outdoors on IMS's beautiful grounds.
More info and registration at Retreat Center 2025 (dharma.org).
Vipassana and Loving Kindness Weekend Retreat
A weekend retreat is a perfect opportunity to initiate a meditation practice, jump-start a practice that has lost steam, or enjoy two days of settling into the simplicity of presence. Exploring the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness infused with lovingkindness, this weekend silent meditation retreat, open to all, will cultivate our connection to ourselves and to life itself through body-centered awareness. Developing down-to-earth intimacy with our life as it unfolds, we will increase our ability to open our hearts to this vibrant wild world we live in.
A great retreat for beginners, for experienced students who want to refresh their practice, or in combination with the seven day retreat that follows.
The course will be supported by insight and lovingkindness meditation instructions, talks about the teachings and Q & A sessions with the teacher. There will also be the opportunity to practice walking meditation outdoors on IMS's beautiful grounds.
Join Rebecca at the Insight Meditation Society in the lively energy of springtime. More info and registration is available at Retreat Center 2025 (dharma.org). The retreat is currently full but you can be added to the waitlist.
Down to Earth Book Reading and Discussion in Newburyport, MA
Come join us in the beautiful seaside town of Newburyport, MA, for a book reading, discussion, and signing. (Make a day of it and visit the ocean!) More information at Down to Earth Mindfulness with Rebecca Bradshaw — North Shore Insight Meditation Community.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Book Reading
Join us in person or online at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a book reading and lively interactive discussion. More information at Wednesday Evening Dharma (cambridgeinsight.org)
Practice at the Forest Refuge
Join Rebecca and Devon Hase in an atmosphere of quiet and kindness for a practice period of one week up to the whole month. Practice support will be offered for both Vipassana meditation and metta jhanas. More information at Forest Refuge Schedule 2025 – Insight Meditation Society (dharma.org)
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective Annual Winter Retreat
Join Chas and Rebecca on the shore of Lake Koronis at Koronis Ministries in Paynesville, Minnesota, for our annual vipassana and loving kindness retreat. In the stillness and silence of winter we will explore the depth and vastness of our hearts and minds, discovering for ourselves the keys to deeper peace and compassion. more information at Twin Cities Vipassana Collective | Mindful living in the greater Twin Cities area (tcvc.info)
Common Ground Meditation Center Book Reading
Join us in person or online (time is central time zone) at the Common Ground Meditation Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for meditation and a book reading and discussion from Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart. More information at Common Ground Meditation Center | Calendar & Registration
Down to Earth Dharma Online Book Group
IMS Online is hosting this Tuesday night eight session bi-weekly book group exploring the meditation techniques and themes presented in Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart. Each session we will practice together and share our experiences related to cultivating a more receptive, heartfelt, intuitive and embodied dharma. More info at Down to Earth Dharma: A Book Exploration Group
Vermont Insight Half Day Retreat and Book Reading
Join us in person or online at Vermont Insight in Brattleboro Vermont, for “receptive’ meditation, a book reading, and an interactive discussion about Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart. more information can be found at Vermont Insight Meditation Center-Brattleboro-Buddhist Retreats-Groups-Courses.
Smith College Book Talk
Join Rebecca at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts as she talks about how her need for a softer dharma prompted her to write Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart. Open to the public. More info at "Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart" (you may need to copy and paste)
Odyssey Bookshop Reading and Signing
Join us at the Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley MA for a book reading and discussion. More info at Rebecca Bradshaw in Person | The Odyssey Bookshop
Down to Earth Dharma: Online Weekend Retreat
Please join us at IMS Online for a weekend retreat exploring Rebecca’s book Down to Earth Dharma. Together we will explore the Buddha Dharma from the paradigm of receptivity, allowing ourselves to be touched by life and recognizing our deep belonging in this world. By practicing dropping out of our usual mind-oriented relationship with the world and down into the body, we will nourish awakening from the heart. We will play with protection and openness, boundaries and boundlessness, vulnerability and invulnerability.
More information at https://ims.dharma.org/courses/down-to-earth-dharma
New Year’s Day Reading and Book Signing: Down to Earth Dharma at IWM
Join us in person or online for an evening of meditation exploring Rebecca’s book, Down to Earth Dharma, to be released by Shambhala Publications on November 26, 2024. The evening will end with book signing. For more info, contact Insight Meditation Community of Western Massachusetts
New York Insight Half Day Retreat - Down to Earth Dharma
Let’s settle in together for some quiet time at New York Insight with a half day retreat exploring the practice of receptive mindfulness, allowing ourselves to be touched by life and recognizing our deep belonging in this world. By practicing dropping out of our usual mind-oriented relationship with the world and down into the body, we will nourish awakening from the heart. Rebecca will be teaching from her new book, Down to Earth Dharma, Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart, to be released by Shambhala Publications on November 26, 2024. (Available for pre-order now!) The morning will end with book signing for those who wish. Find more information at New York Insight Meditation Center | Where Hearts & Minds Awaken (nyimc.org)
IMS Book Club: Down to Earth Dharma
Come explore Rebecca’s new book, Down to Earth Dharma, Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart, with IMS’s book club. More information to come.