Retreats & Events
Opening Day
With Lama Residents & Guest Facilitators
Sunday, May 26
By Donation
Join us for a day of food, community, and shared spiritual practice. Whether you’re a seasoned Lama Bean or if you’ve never been to Lama before, this is a great way to connect with the land and community.
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Teen Mindfulness
With Brock Anderson, Willow Brook, John Combs, Kirry Nelson, Kima Nelson, & Julie Tato
June 20-23
$400 (Scholarships Available)
Join our dedicated teachers in the breathtaking mountains at Lama Foundation for three days of mindfulness cultivation and practice. This is our fifth annual retreat for youth, focused on developing basic meditation techniques.
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Annual Gathering
With Members of the Immediate & Extended Lama Community
August 1-4
By Donation
Lama Beans, gather for an extended weekend of group practice and celebration. During this time our official Lama bodies will present on what they’ve been up to this year, with time for discussion and conversation.
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Centering Prayer: Forming Future Keepers of the Tradition
With Contemplative Outreach of Colorado
June 2-9
$800 (Scholarships Available)
This retreat is intended for young professions (50 and under).
Join Contemplative Outreach of Colorado (COC) at the Lama Foundation in northern New Mexico for an in-depth explanation of the practice of Centering Prayer, key teachings of Thomas Keating’s spiritual journey series and three hours of meditation per day.
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Sufi Sesshin
With Pir Shabda Kahn, Murshida Darvesha MacDonald, Sheikh Gayan Long, & Sheikh Arjun Jorge Calero
June 26-30
$475
Join us for five days of Silent Meditation alternating with Zikr and Dances of Universal Peace, integrating active practice with meditation, a deep and joyful experience.
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Ecstatic Grief: A Community Grief Ritual Retreat
With Mikyö Marie Black-Wangmo & Sirena Andrea
August 29 – September 1
$525-750 Sliding Scale
Come to the grief altar with us and join us as we recover our inherent resiliency, capacity for joy, and ecstasy of being alive!
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Online Events
Want to experience Lama but can’t make it to the mountain? Join us for one of our regular online offerings:
Shabbat
Every Friday at 6:30 pm Mountain time
Join the Lama community as we reflect on the last week, connect in shared practice and light the candles of the sabbath.
Lama Tea
First Thursday of each month, 2-3:15 pm Mountain time
We welcome you to our cozy community of Japanese tea ceremony practitioners and lovers.
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Healing with Nature
With Rochelle Calvert
June 13-16
$405
This nature-centered mindfulness meditation retreat provides an opportunity to heal, re-connect and re-emerge into a greater sense of wholeness.
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How to Make Life Our Retreat: Tools to Practice & Grow Spiritually in Daily Life
With Bhante Rahula & Dharma Gates Staff
July 14-21
Free to Participants, Donations Gratefully Accepted
Join us for a seven-day silent meditation retreat for youth under 35. This retreat is offered by donation through Dharma Gates and instruction will be offered in both English and Spanish.
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Mountain Song: Prayers to Meet the Moment
With Shireen Amini, Te Martin, Yeshe Salz & Guest Song Leaders TBA
August 22-25
$225-400 (Sliding Scale)
Join us for an all-genders song gathering where we will be sharing songs that weave together the threads of activism and spirituality, resistance and renewal. We’ll experience the potent medicine of joining our voices together to help us meet the personal and collective challenges of the moment.
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Closing Day
With Lama Residents & Guest Facilitators
Sunday, September 15
By Donation
Join us for a day of food, community, and shared spiritual practice. Whether you’re a seasoned Lama Bean or if you’ve never been to Lama before, this is a great way to connect with the land and community.
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