What time do the retreats start and end?
Generally, the registration for retreats is between 3 and 5:30 pm on the first day of the retreat, and the retreats end before noon on the last day. However, some retreats are different. Specific times will be listed in your confirmation letter and on the website. What is a typical retreat day like? The teachers determine the schedules for each retreat, but in general, they are as follows: The day usually starts around 5.30 or 6 am with a morning meditation and/or movement before breakfast. After breakfast and throughout the rest of the day, there will be alternating periods of sitting and walking meditations, possibly interspersed with some guided movement. Instructions will be given for sitting, walking and eating meditations. Meals are eaten in meditative silence, and every retreatant participates in work meditation sometime during the day, either in the kitchen or with housekeeping. There will be a dharma talk in the evening. There are also individual and/or group interviews with t
