Coming Home To Love: A BIPOC Insight Retreat in Nature
With Victoria Cary and Yong Oh
July 6 - 13, 2025
When we get still and make space to connect with ourselves, we can remember what supports our well being. Held by the land at Vallecitos, nature and by the Dhamma, we will listen deeply to our own internal knowing and wisdom. On this seven-night silent Insight Meditation BIPOC retreat, our sacred time be will be spent sitting and walking and being on the land; supported by Dhamma talks, practice discussions and chanting. Through deepening in our practice and understanding of the Dhamma we will remember how to rest, love ourselves and be in wise relationship with the way things are.
This retreat is appropriate for all practitioners new and experienced. This is a retreat for self-identified Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and is silent except for teacher-led question and response periods and practice meetings.
This is a retreat for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. If you do not identify as such, we are happy to help you find another Vallecitos retreat.
Cancellation Policy:
- 45 days prior to retreat: Full refund, minus a $150 nonrefundable fee
- 44-22 days prior to retreat: 50% refund
- 0-21 days prior to retreat: No refund
Teachers
Victoria Cary has been practicing Insight Meditation and studying the Dharma since 2006. In 2017 she completed Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader program and went on to become a fully empowered Dharma Teacher. In 2016 she co-founded the San Francisco People of Color Insight Sangha and continues as one of the core teachers. She is a San Francisco Bay Area Native. She left her workplace of 20 years in 2017 to deepen into the Dharma. Since then she has spent time in and out of intensive silent meditation practice, including a 3-month retreat at IMS, 6-week amd 3-month retreats at…
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Yong is a core teacher at the Durango Dharma Center and Sacred Mountain Sangha, and is also a visiting teacher for other community centers across North America. He also teaches retreats at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Big Bear Retreat Center. He is a graduate of the 4-year Insight Meditation Society Retreat Teacher Training program, Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s 2-year Community Dharma Leaders program, and the Sacred Mountain Sangha 2-year Dharmapala training, taught by his primary teachers Kittisaro and Thanissara. He is also a graduate of the 2-year Nature Dharma Teacher Training and is a member…
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