{"id":605,"date":"2026-04-28T21:07:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivervalleyinsight.emergestudio.dev\/?page_id=605"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:11:28","slug":"retreat-and-study-centers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rivervalleyinsight.emergestudio.dev\/index.php\/retreat-and-study-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist Practice & Study Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Insight Meditation Society<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Residential retreat center in Barre, MA
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Courses and retreats in all Buddhist traditions in Barre, MA
Forest Refuge<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Long term retreat center in Barre, MA
Spirit Rock<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 An Insight Meditation Center, retreats and meditation teacher training<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Vermont Insight<\/a>\u00a0 \u2013 Meditation Center in Brattleboro, VT
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Non-residential practice center
Dhamma Dena<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Retreat center founded by Ruth Denison, associated with Arinna Weisman
Natural Dharma Fellowship<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Tibetan Buddhist community
Lotus Insight Sangha<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Seattle, WA sangha associated with Arinna Weisman
Ian Challis<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Insight Community of the Desert
Amita Schmidt<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Maui, HI \u2013 talks, retreats, guided\u00a0meditations, videos<\/a>
Lani Miller<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 New York Insight
Amma Thanasanti<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Awakening Truth Spiritual Director.\u00a0\u00a0Dharma Talk on Attachment Here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Rachel Lewis, meditation teacher from British Columbia \u2013\u00a0Songbook and recordings<\/a>
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Amma Thanasanti on Trauma and meditation \u2013\u00a0Link<\/a>
Kim Weeber on Cutting Through Self Criticism \u2013\u00a0Link<\/a>\u00a0
Kim Weeber on The Divine Abodes \u2013\u00a0Link<\/a>
Kim Weeber on Love \u2013\u00a0Link<\/a>
Kim Weeber on Suffering and the End of Suffering \u2013\u00a0Link<\/a>
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Click Here for Dharma Seed\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 Freely offering western Buddhist vipassana teaching
Mindful movement using Thai hand meditation:
Click here for Demonstration<\/a>
Click here one by one steps.<\/a>
Recent talks:
Amma Thanasanti on Trauma and meditation \u2013\u00a0Link<\/a>
Audrey Beth Walker on Near Death Experience \u2013\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our teachers dedicate their time, experience, and practice to guiding others on the path of mindfulness, compassion, and wisdom. Their work sustains the heart of our community.<\/p>

Your donation helps support our teachers so they can continue offering teachings, retreats, and guidance with care and presence. Giving in this way is an expression of gratitude and generosity, supporting the conditions that allow the Dharma to flourish.<\/p>

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Your donations to RVI support the flourishing of the Dharma and help sustain our teachers, programs, and community spaces. Through your generosity, the teachings continue to be shared with care, accessibility, and integrity.<\/p>

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Retreat and Study Centers Insight Meditation Society\u00a0\u2013 Residential retreat center in Barre, MABarre Center for Buddhist Studies\u00a0\u2013 Courses and retreats in all Buddhist traditions in Barre, MAForest Refuge\u00a0\u2013 Long term retreat center in Barre, MASpirit Rock\u00a0\u2013 An Insight Meditation Center, retreats and meditation teacher training Buddhist Sanghas Vermont Insight\u00a0 \u2013 Meditation Center in Brattleboro, VTCambridge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-605","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivervalleyinsight.emergestudio.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivervalleyinsight.emergestudio.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivervalleyinsight.emergestudio.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivervalleyinsight.emergestudio.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rivervalleyinsight.emergestudio.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/rivervalleyinsight.emergestudio.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1415,"href":"https:\/\/rivervalleyinsight.emergestudio.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/605\/revisions\/1415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rivervalleyinsight.emergestudio.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}