Meditation Retreats
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True North Insight is dedicated to offering affordable rates to all. Our retreat fees are on a sliding scale basis that allows participants to pay according to individual means. Thanks to our generous donors we are able to provide a sliding scale of course fees and offer financial assistance to those who need it.Fees do not include compensation for the teachings, and teachers rely on the generosity of retreatants for a sustainable income. There is an opportunity to offer dana (donations) to the teachers at the end of each retreat.
True North Insight scholarships are part of our commitment to make the Buddha's teachings accessible to all, regardless of means.
It is important to us to be a welcoming, safe and inclusive community, accepting and supportive of diversity in age, race, physical and mental abilities, as well as sexual orientation and gender identity.*
True North Insight hold five spots for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) retreatants up until one month before the retreat starts.
* Our sangha is inclusive of trans and gender diverse (e.g. gender fluid, gender queer, agender) people. We recognize that gender is not dependent on how someone looks and can be something other than male or female. One's gender is often inferred by the pronoun used as reference (he/she/they). We encourage mindfulness around pronouns.
2023 Schedule
We open registration for our in-person retreats two months before they begin.
| Dates | Description | Location | Teacher | Days | Deposit | Cost |
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March 23 - 26, 2023 Registration opens: |
Meeting Our Emotional Life with a Dharma Heart (in English) |
Guelph, ON | Jean Esther | 3 | $230 | $460/ $500/ $545 |
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April 10 - 14, 2023 Registration opens: |
Embodied and Free: establishing mindfulness and freedom through the body (in English) |
Guelph, ON | Dawn Scott | 4 | $305 | $610/ $670/ $730 |
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May 8 - 14, 2023 Registration opens: |
(in English) |
Guelph, ON | Pascal Auclair & Tara Mulay | 6 | $460 | $915/ $980/ $1050 |
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June 1 - 4, 2023 Registration opens: |
Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour Retreat (in English) |
Guelph, ON | DaRa Williams & Dawn Mauricio | 3 | $150 | You Choose*/ Scholarship**/ $460/ $500/ $545 |
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July 16 - 23, 2023 Registration opens: |
Finding our Ground in Generosity, Love and Wisdom (in English) |
Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, QC | Daryl Lynn Ross | 7 | $515 | $1030/ $1110/ $1190 |
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August 13 - 17, 2023 Registration opens: |
(in English) |
Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, QC | To be confirmed | 4 | $305 | $610/ $670/ $730 |
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October 13-20, 2023 Registration opens: |
Embodying the Dharma in Everyday Life (in English) |
Cantley, QC | Jean Esther | 7 | $515 | $1030/ $1110/ $1190 |
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November 12-16, 2023 Registration opens: |
Bringing Practice to Life: An Urban Meditation Retreat (in English) |
Online - Live on Zoom | Dawn Mauricio & Yong Oh | 4 | n/a | $75/ $100/ $150 |
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November 15-19, 2023 Registration opens: |
Abiding Mindfully in the Body: Meditation and Yoga Retreat (in English) |
Pierrefonds, QC | Daryl Lynn Ross, with David Schouela (yoga) | 4 | $305 | $610/ $670/ $730 |
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Dec 14-Dec 17, 2023 Registration opens: |
(in French) |
Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, QC | Roxanne Dault | 3 | $230 | $460/ $500/ $545 |
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Dec 29, 2023-Jan 2, 2024 Registration opens: |
(in English) |
Guelph, ON | Jill Davey | 4 | $305 | $610/ $670/ $730 |
*You Choose Rate - So that TNI can offer this form of financial assistance to as many as possible, please be as generous as you can when choosing your rate, at or above $50 per night ($150 minimum total).
** Scholarship Rate - TNI offers scholarships of up to a 50% reduction of the low rate on our sliding scale to those who request it. For this retreat, the low rate is $425. You can ask up for a scholarship of up to 50% of this rate. For example, if you ask for a 50% scholarship, you would pay $215.
The variation in our pricing is a consequence of the prices we are charged by the centres we rent.