Upcoming 2025 Retreats and Study Programs

Private rooms with a private bath are available for 7-Day Retreat and Meditative Inquiry.  A central kitchen is available for cooking your own meals. This is a vegetarian facility. 

The Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada is a beautiful ocean front property located in Victoria, BC.  Victoria is reachable via its International airport, by driving a car or by ferry, depending on where you are traveling from. 

 The focus of this meditative inquiry is on connecting with inner peace, resilience and heart wisdom in our rapidly changing world, and understanding the conditioned factors that cause psychological and emotional suffering. 

We live at an unprecedented time in human history with the rapid decline of a stable climate. We have before us the possibility of Entropy and Collapse or Transformation and Renewal. 

Our individual and collective awareness of both of these possibilities, along with our inner and outer response to this simultaneous breakdown and emergence matters greatly to the whole.  In this sense, we are all responsible within the quietude of our own inner transformation.

In the midst of this global upheaval is a collective sense that fundamental change is necessary and imminent. Climate change is forcing us to look at how our species is affecting the well-being of our planet, and thus life as we know it.

Can we make a difference? Can we facilitate our own transformation and deepen our awareness of our interdependence with nature and with each other?  The  gentle power of your still presence does make a difference. Your inner quietude matters, not only to you, but to your family, friends and to everyone you encounter. 

This Online Program concluded on Feb 2, 2025. 

Hosted by In the Now Media Foundation.

A key source for this program are insights of J. Krishnamurti.

 Join me for a 7-Day Retreat and Study Program in May or in October. Choose your own dates for any week between May 2 to June 3, 2024, or from  October 9 to October 17, 2024   Your stay include one-to-one meetings and a weekly group meeting focused on meditative self-inquiry,  

Each room has a private bath. 

This program is hosted by the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada, a non-profit organization. 

 Located on 32 acres of ocean front property, this beautiful, setting supports your journey into a quiet mind and the light of self-understanding.  There are several  forest hiking trails, lush gardens and a private beach to soothe mind and heart. You choose the dates of your retreat anytime between 

May 2 - June 3 or between October 9 to October 17, 2024 

This retreat is full.

In a mutually supportive atmosphere of kindness and friendship, this workshop is an inquiry into the possibility of being a light to oneself.  Our emphasis is on the importance of looking inward to find out what it means to be “a light to oneself.” Central to this looking inward is the observation of the activities of the self without judging ourselves or others. 

 This online meditative workshop is open to anyone interested in discovering inner quietude.  All are welcome, whether or not you are familiar with Krishnamurti. Hosted by the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada.

Silent or choiceless awareness is essential for a happy and fulfilling life. This monthly series is based on Krishnamurti’s insights into what he called “choiceless awareness."  

 Each monthly 90 minute gathering is a meditative exploration of the awareness that is not bound by time  ―  the awareness that frees us from the mind-made self. Interludes of quietude are included, as well as time for questions and discussion.  All are welcome. Hosted by the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada.

 This program will explore the existential question: Who Am I?  It is the most fundamental of all questions  and central to understanding our purpose in life. Our exploration will include the views of Ramana Maharshi,  J. Krishnamurti 

and GI Gurdjieff. 

Hosted by the Four Winds Gallery, Santa Barbara 

Seating is limited.  

 Spring is a time of renewal. Flowers bloom with vibrant color, birdsong fills the air, and all of nature is alive with new energy and beauty. But does this renewal happen within us? Are we renewing our energy, vitality, and creativity?   Join us in a supportive and quiet atmosphere where inner tranquility is lovingly welcomed like an old friend.    

Temecula Valley and Ojai

Seeing with the inner perception that transcends the ordinary mind is not common for most of us, but neither is it the exclusive domain of the few.  The quality of our attention determines the quality of our seeing. 

In order to “see” with a direct perception, we need to get out of our own way. At the same time, when the mind is completely silent, no-one is there, just the seeing. 

Hosted by the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada.

A quiet mind is a gift to yourself and to the world.  

When there is equilibrium in body, mind and heart, there is a sense of calm and unity. Life can be an adventure, always new and creative, despite the inevitable challenges we face.  Conflict and sorrow don't have to rule our existence. 

This weekend retreat is all about relaxation, quietude and a deep dive into your own inner being.

Hosted by In the Now Media Foundation (online)

 Rābiʼa of Basra, Mary Magdalene and Yeshé Tsogyal. 

A 3-session workshop and one-day retreat over 4 days centered on three incredible women whose spiritual influence echoes through the time. Their voices are more important than ever. The workshop is followed by a One Day Retreat. 

Hosted by the Krotona Institute, Ojai, CA

 “Every living being comes from the Mother of us all.”  Lao Tzu  

 In art, music, poetry and spiritual literature, the Sacred Feminine is a transforming power that unites the mind with the compassion of the heart.  This goes beyond gender identity and beyond duality. Our retreat explores the integration of what we call "feminine and masculine energies" and how balancing them can create a more harmonious world. When one energy dominates the other, 

there is separation, conflict and suffering.

A 3-Day Retreat/Workshop in Ojai, CA

Time and the Timeless

As we know all too well, our lives are governed by time. We waste time, save time, lose time, resist time, and try to overcome time. What is your relationship with time?  

Is inner transformation limited by time?

At the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada,

Victoria, BC

The Art of of Deep Listening

Private Weekend Retreat - Temecula, CA

This retreat is an exploration into the art of deep listening and the understanding it brings to us about ourselves and our relationships. To truly listen, without the filter of thought, is an act of love.  When we listen with an open heart, conflict recedes and then something new can arise.

The only revolution is the inner revolution that fundamentally changes a human being, and thus, the world. It is a radical transformation that frees us from the divisions that cause violence and damage the natural world.

Hosted by the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada.

 This retreat is designed to help us recover and embrace our deep connection with the natural world. Our aim is to relax, de-stress and be in union with nature and with each other. Our day together includes walking mediation, meditative inquiry,  and body/mind relaxation.  

Hosted by the Krotona Institute, Ojai, CA

 A more harmonious and compassionate world is something we all long for, but what is required of us?  We know the answer intellectually — we need a radical inner transformation. But the intellect is not going to transform us. This monthly series explores the interior change that

 J. Krishnamurti called the "only revolution."  

"There is a silence which predates time. It was there before we were born and will be there when we die. The Buddha called it “empty space, the home of the awakened mind.” 

This series is based on the book 

Silent Awareness: The Revelation That Changes Everything

Hosted by the Krotona Institute, Ojai, CA

When Krishnamurti spoke of beauty, he linked it to a heightened level of sensitivity, and to a quality of seeing that transcends the conditioned mind.  In our highly polarized world, can we have an authentic relationship with beauty? 

Hosted by the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada

A series of 4 monthly sessions exploring the inner freedom that arises when thought ends. Can the mind be quiet without effort? Is there freedom in not knowing?

Hosted by the Krishnamurti Educational Centre of Canada