One-day meditation retreats last from the morning to the late afternoon.

Residential retreats are multiple-day meditation retreats held at the Metta Meditation Center in Janesville, Minnesota. During these retreats, our teachers will provide mindfulness teachings as well as guide participants through sitting and walking meditation, among other activities. For more information, please see the upcoming retreats below.

Curious About Retreats?

Check out these recordings made at the Loving Kindness Retreat in August 2019 at the Metta Meditation Center.

Retreats in 2026

Liberation - Vipassana 7 days
Buddhist Meditation Retreat for Grief and Healing

July 11-18, 2026 | Metta Meditation Center, Janesville MN

Join us for a 7-day residential Vipassana retreat at Metta Meditation Center, offered in July This retreat provides an opportunity to cultivate mindfulness and insight through silent sitting and walking meditation, guided instruction, and Dharma talks grounded in the early Buddhist teachings.

Open to both new and experienced meditators, the retreat offers a supportive environment to deepen practice, develop clarity and equanimity, and step away from daily distractions in the stillness of summer. Participants are asked to observe the Five Precepts and commit fully to the retreat schedule.

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From Surviving to Thriving

Buddhist Meditation Retreat for Personal Transformation

August 20-23, 2026 | Metta Meditation Center, Janesville MN

Break free from survival mode and step into a life of authentic flourishing through Buddhist wisdom and transformational practices. This empowering retreat teaches you to shift from reactive living to conscious creating, from scarcity to abundance, and from fear-based existence to one rooted in confidence and inner strength. Click here for more details

The Wisdom of Letting Go

Buddhist Meditation Retreat on Non-Attachment and Freedom

September 24-27, 2026 | Metta Meditation Center, Janesville MN

Discover the profound freedom that comes from releasing attachment and embracing the Buddhist art of letting go. This transformative retreat reveals how our tendency to grasp and cling creates unnecessary suffering, while learning to hold life lightly opens the door to genuine peace and authentic love without conditions. Click here for details

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Classical Buddhist Meditation Retreat

October 15-18, 2026 | Metta Meditation Center, Janesville MN

Master the Buddha's most essential teaching on mindfulness through this comprehensive exploration of the Satipatthana Sutta. Learn the systematic practice of mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and mental objects—the four foundations that form the cornerstone of Buddhist meditation and the direct path to liberation. Click here for info

Liberating the Mind: Insight and Freedom

November 19-22, 2026 | Metta Meditation Center, Janesville MN

Discover the Buddha's complete roadmap to awakening through the Seven Factors of Enlightenment (Saptabojjangha). This transformative four-day retreat with Bhante Sathi offers deep teachings and practices on mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity—the seven essential qualities that lead to genuine spiritual liberation.

Through guided meditations, dharma talks, and contemplative practices, you'll learn to systematically cultivate these awakening factors, transforming reactive patterns into awakened awareness. Experience the profound peace that comes from a mind liberated from suffering and discover your innate capacity for wisdom and compassion. Click here for more details.

Vipassana Retreat: A Journey Within

Time: December 13-20, 2026 (Sunday 3:00 PM to Sunday 3:00 PM)

*** Most meditators attending this retreat will also be joining the next one during the holidays. You are warmly welcome to use the days in between for your own practice.

Join our End-of-Year Vipassana Retreat from December 14th to 21st, 2024. Experience profound self-discovery and inner peace through immersive Vipassana meditation as the year comes to a close.

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Vipassana Retreat over the Christmas Holidays

December 22-27, 2026

*** Most meditators attending this retreat will be staying on after the previous retreat. You are warmly welcome to use the in-between days for your own practice.**

Vipassana Retreat over Holidays, Experience profound self-discovery and inner peace through immersive Vipassana meditation as the year comes to a close.