TCVC welcomes back Rebecca Bradshaw (health permitting) and Chas DiCapua for our Febrary 14 – 21, 2027 retreat. 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
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 practice opportunities every week. Check their website for half-day and daylong retreats.
Common Ground also offers multi-day residential retreats and practice periods at the Prairie Farm Retreat Center in Wisconsin.
Located in Madison, WI, Madison Insight offers weekly meditation and residential retreats.
May 15-22, 2026 AJAHN JAYANTO at St. Anthony’s Spirituality Center
July 6-9, 2026 NOLIWE ALEXANDER at Holy Wisdom Monastery
October 8-11, 2026 CHAS DiCAPUA 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.
Weekly meditation sessions in person and via Zoom. Retreats are also offered periodically.
Located in Brookfield, WI (near Milwaukee), Rooted in Mindfulness offers weekly meditation groups, classes and residential retreats.
Getting to the Retreat
While most of the people that attend TCVC retreats are locals, we welcome people from anywhere and everywhere. While there’s no guarantee, past attendees have been generous in giving people rides to and from the retreat.
Koronis Ministries is about a 2-hour drive from the MSP airports. Please book your flight so that you Arrive no later than 1PM on the opening day of the retreat and
Depart no earlier than 3PM on closing day.
When you register, be sure to select the “I need a ride” box on the registration form.
When your flight is booked, email the registrar with the incoming and outgoing flight details. MSP has two terminals. The larger airlines (Delta, United, American) fly into Terminal 1. Smaller airlines (Sun Country, Allegiant) fly into Terminal 2. In your correspondence with volunteers, be clear on which airline/terminal.
TCVC volunteers will do their best to arrange for your ride from and to the airport (or train or bus station). It’s best that both ends of the arrangements be made ahead of time so that you connect with your returning ride before the retreat begins.
Ultimately, it’s your responsibility to get yourself to and from the retreat. If your flight is late, Uber or Lyft may be a possibility. Groome Transportation could be another option; you could to call to see if they would swing by Paynseville. If you decide to rent a car, Koronis has a free EV Charging station.
Safe travels! We look forward to seeing you at the retreat!
Indra’s Net
I express deep gratitude for many TCVC retreats that I have attended over the past 15 years. These paintings, entitled “Indra’s Net”, are my exploration of the web of interconnection. –Beth Racette
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.
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.