Insight Retreat Center offers residential silent meditation retreats, multi-day online retreats and daylong online retreats in Santa Cruz, California.
Spiritual retreats
Insight Retreat Center
A donation-based silent meditation center near Santa Cruz offering residential and online Vipassana retreats with named teachers.
About Insight Retreat Center
Services & offerings
residential silent meditation retreats
multi-day online retreats
daylong online retreats
Details
In person in Santa Cruz, California
Book on insightretreatcenter.org
Pros & cons
Pros
- Retreats are donation-based with no set price, only a refundable reservation deposit
- Named guiding teachers, including Gil Fronsdal, teaching insight meditation since 1990
- Cancellation deadline published: three weeks before the retreat start date
Cons
- Residential retreat spots are assigned by lottery, so a place isn't guaranteed
- In-person visits require prior arrangement, no drop-in access to the center
