Four-week retreat – Forest Refuge, Barre, Massachusetts
April 1-30, 2026
IMS’s Forest Refuge program supports experienced meditators in sustained, longer-term retreat practice. A personal retreat, under the guidance of the following teachers, helps strengthen practice, faith, confidence and self-reliance.
Teachers: Caroline Jones and Jill Shepherd
Location: Forest Refuge, Barre, Massachusetts
Registration: here
Four-week retreat – IMS, Barre Massachusetts
October 27 – November 24, 2026
This two-month course, including its cour-week partials, is a special time for practice. Because of its extended length and ongoing guidance, it is an opportunity for students to deepen the powers of concentration, wisdom and compassion. Based on the meditation instructions of Mahāsi Sayadaw and supplemented by a range of skillful means, this silent retreat will encourage a balanced attitude of relaxation and alertness, and the continuity of practice based on the Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
Teachers:
Bhante Buddharakkhita, Devon Hase, Jill Shepherd, nakawe cuebas, Tuere Sala
assisted by Brett Bethke
Location: Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Massachusetts
Registration now open here
Jill Shepherd: insight meditation 