Register Soon for TCVC Summer 2025 Retreat

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Join us for this special opportunity to develop your meditation practice.  A full week retreat allows for deep reflection and insight that can be difficult in the rush of our everyday lives.  We are excited to bring Annie Nugent and Deborah Helzer to the Upper Midwest as our summer retreat leaders, assisted by Wynn Fricke. 

The retreat will be held from June 8 – 15 at Koronis Ministries near Paynesville, Minnesota.  For more information or to register, please see the online registration form or the latest newsletter.

All rooms are single occupancy. Rooms with a private bath are $880; rooms with a shared bath are $570. Scholarships are available for up to $400, making the retreat as affordable as $170.

TCVC is committed to supporting everyone in developing and deepening their meditation practice. In that spirit, ten places in this retreat have been reserved for members of the Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) community. If you would like one of the reserved places, you can check the BIPOC box on the online registration form. If you’re mailing in the paper form, please indicate somewhere on the form that you’re requesting a BIPOC place. 

If you have any questions or concerns about attending the retreat, please contact Todd Stitt, the registrar, via text or call at 651-500-1469 or email at retreats@tcvc.info

TCVC Annual Meeting and Potluck on May 3

We will gather at Jean Fagerstrom’s gazebo for our annual meeting on May 3.  Join us for an update on the Twin Cities Vipassana Collective and its activities, and to meet other members of this sangha.  Drop by to say hello!  Bring a small snack to share if you like.  All are welcome!

Saturday, May 3, 2025
Social hour:  10am – 11am
Annual Meeting:  11am – 12pm

3157 32nd Avenue South (enter from 32nd Street, backyard)
Minneapolis, MN 55406
612-423-2926
 

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TCVC Board

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

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

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

July 6-9, 2026 NOLIWE ALEXANDER at Holy Wisdom Monastery

Ocotber 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.

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.

Newsletter Winter 2024

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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