Current Offerings

April 2023: Spring Meditation Intensive

Two Week Program with Reggie Ray

April 9th to April 24th 

Registration is now open, please click this LINK to find out more.

From the 2022 Summer Retreat at Blazing Mountain

This summer started off with a long-awaited return to Blazing Mountain Retreat Center with the Summer Meditation Intensive held in June, which was co-led by Norman Elizondo and Jake La Botz. In a beautiful summary of the experience, Norman described the moment after the last practice period of the retreat had ended:

“The sky was dark and clouds gave depth to a spectacular double rainbow stretched across the eastern sky. Some of the retreatants who were resting and readying themselves for the banquet called out to others to witness the display of color and a deep sense of joy pervaded. After nearly two and a half years, the first in-person retreat at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center was drawing to a close, and I felt a deep sense of satisfaction and relief. 

The  2022 Summer Meditation Intensive was attended by some twenty-five participants and staff who came from as near as Crestone and as far as Mexico City and Berlin. The small number made for an easier experience in terms of social distancing and an overall general feeling of spaciousness.

Practice went deep. The stillness in the shrine hall during was pronounced with even relatively new practitioners giving themselves fully to the practice.  The focus was on letting participants experience as much silence as possible without too much in the way of dharma talks or discussion. Hour after hour of sitting and walking meditation allowed people to make their own discoveries. Thanks to all, including a wonderful kitchen staff,  who helped make this retreat a great success.”

Dharma Ocean Meditation Teaching

“We are never trapped in life, because there are constant opportunities for creativity, challenges for improvisation.”

– Trungpa Rinpoche

Through group retreats, personal instruction, and individual mentoring, Dharma Ocean offers training in the foundational aspects of mindfulness-awareness practice; the development of wisdom and compassion through working directly with the heart; and the recognition of the sacred world around us. The somatic practices of Meditating with the Body — the signature somatic emphasis of this lineage — are woven throughout all of the meditation practices taught in Dharma Ocean and provide the basic ground for discovering the openness, compassion, and vivid wakefulness of our lives.