Retreats

Discover a Deeper Way of Living Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center offers a retreat for almost everyone. Our schedule carries a...
  • Casita (Highest Rate) – $1,365.00
  • Casita (Middle Rate) – $1,155.00
  • Casita (Lowest Rate) – $980.00
  • Yurt (Highest Rate) – $1,365.00
  • Yurt (Middle Rate) – $1,155.00
  • Yurt (Lowest Rate) – $980.00
  • Tent Cabin (Highest Rate) – $1,085.00
  • Tent Cabin (Middle Rate) – $910.00
  • Tent Cabin (Lowest Rate) – $735.00
  • Hermitage (Highest Rate) – $2,625.00
  • Hermitage (Middle Rate) – $2,275.00
  • Hermitage (Lowest Rate) – $1,925.00
  • Tent Camping – $630.00

Date & Time Details: Check-in is from 3:00-5:00 on the first day of the retreat. The retreat will close mid-morning on the last day of the retreat. (Learn more)

PRICE: We offer a sliding scale structure. Prices for this retreat range from $630-$2,625 (Tent camping $630, Tent Cabins $735/$910/$1085, Casita or Yurt $980/$1155/$1365, and Hermitage $1925/$2275/$2625). These prices do not include teacher dana and add-on items. (Learn more)

DANA: This is a dana-based retreat. (Learn more)

SHUTTLE SERVICE: Shuttle Service is available for this retreat. (Learn more)

NOBLE SILENCE: This retreat will be held in noble silence. (Learn more)

SCHOLARSHIP: Scholarships are available on a limited basis. (Learn more)

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The Quiet Earth: A Silent Meditation Retreat

With Pascal Auclair and Yong Oh

September 19 - 26, 2025

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Join us for a transformative week of communally shared silence, immersed in the serenity of Vallecitos’ natural beauty. Together, we’ll explore the depths of the Dharma and our human experience, cultivating intimacy with the inner and outer landscapes.

Through gentle guidance, you will discover the intersection of nature’s wisdom and your own; awakening to joy, compassion, and understanding.

Everyone who is interested in participating, whatever their background, beliefs, skin color, gender expression, age or level of knowledge of meditation or Buddhist teachings, is welcome to this quiet gathering, this intensive meditation retreat in the outdoors where instructions and teachings will be given daily.

Please register only if you can attend the entire retreat, from start to finish.

 

 

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

Pascal Auclair
Pascal Auclair has been immersed in Buddhist practice and study since 1997, sitting retreats in Asia and America with revered monastics and lay teachers. He has been mentored by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, where he teaches retreats. Pascal teaches in North America and in Europe. He is a co-founder of True North Insight in Canada and he also teaches at the university in Montreal. His depth of insight, classical training, and creative expression all combine in a wise and compassionate presence. In addition, his…
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Yong Oh
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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