Other practice opportunities in the Upper Midwest

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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

October 13-19, 2024 AYYĀS at St. Anthony Spirituality Center

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

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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

Listening to life: meditation from the receptive heart

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This will be the theme for the TCVC retreat February 18–25 with Chas DiCapua and Rebecca Bradshaw

In meditation we receive our embodied experience, letting it teach us the way life is and how to hold the vast range of joy and sorrow that comes with being human. This retreat will focus on listening to our life moment by moment, letting go of demands of how it should be and resting fully in how it is. This receptive meditation takes us deeper into the truth of things, helping our heart orient towards wisdom and compassion. Our daily schedule will include guided insight and loving kindness meditation instructions, talks on the teachings, and meeting time with teachers. Optional qi gong will also be offered.

The retreat will be held at Koronis Retreat Center in central Minnesota, near Paynesville.

Participants will check in from 3–6 PM on Sunday, February 18 and reconnect with friends during an evening meal at 6 PM. The retreat begins at 7:30 PM.

The retreat will end the following Sunday, February 25 following a 10:30 AM brunch.

To support the integrity of the retreat, participants will be expected to commit to the entire retreat.

You can register online or by fill out the registration form within our newsletter.

We hope you’ll join us for this precious time, guided by wise and skillful teachers, in a beautiful and supportive setting.