Other practice opportunities in the Upper Midwest

TCVC is one of many organizations sponsoring insight meditation retreats in the Upper Midwest. Here are some other practice opportunities you may be interested in.

Common Ground Meditation Center

Located in Minneapolis, MN, Common Ground Meditation Center hosts a variety of retreats. Check their website for half-day and daylong retreats.

There are usually two residential practice periods each month at the Praire Farm Retreat Center.

Madison Insight Meditation

May 5-13, 2025 AJAHN SUCITTO at St. Anthony Spirituality Center

August 1-3, 2025 DEVIN BERRY at Holy Wisdom Monastery

October 9-12, 2025 PRACTICING TOGETHER: RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY RETREAT at Pine Lake Retreat Center

Minneapolis Insight Meditation Community

Weekly meditation and discussion sessions are offered via Zoom. People of all levels of meditation experience are welcome.

Rochester Meditation Center

Weekly meditation sessions in person and via Zoom. Retreats are also offered periodically.

Koronis Ministries

Koronis Ministries is a large facility that hosts a variety of groups, both spiritual and secular. The center is located in Central Minnesota, near Paynesville, on the shores of Lake Koronis.

Koronis reminds of Koinonia Retreat Center, which closed shortly after our last retreat before the pandemic in February, 2020. Like Koinonia, Koronis is located in a quiet setting on the shores of a beautiful lake with lots of hiking trails. TCVC will have near exclusive use of the entire facility, including a new, state-of-the-art meeting space for our meditation hall. There’s plenty of space for indoor walking meditation and a dedicated room for mindful movement.

Koronis has a variety of accomodations. There are hotel-style rooms with private bathrooms along with dorm-style rooms where the bathroom and shower facilities are shared. All rooms are single-occupancy.

Koronis is located some 90 miles west of the Twin Cities, about a 2-hour drive. TCVC will do our best to connect participants with others who would like to carpool to the retreat center, including those flying in from out of state.

Koronis Ministries lakefront

Newsletter Winter 2024

TCVC is happy to announce that Chad DiCapua and Rebecca Bradshaw will be leading our 2024 winter retreat. The retreat begins on Sunday, February 18 and ends around noon on Sunday, February 25.

The retreat will be held at a new location – Koronis Ministries Retreat Center near Paynesville Minnesota.

The theme of the retreat is: Listening to life: meditation from the receptive heart.

You can read more about the retreat in the newsletter. Register online or by mailing in the registration page found in the newsletter. If you have questions, email the registrar at retreats@tcvc.info.

Winter 2024 Newsletter