Mindfulness In Nature

A Four-Night Residential Retreat with Dave Smith

September 24 – 28, 2025 at Camp Mimanagish on the Boulder River

This retreat is designed to give our local practitioners access to the residential retreat experience. Registration will be limited to area residents until July 1st. We welcome Dave’s students from out of state to join us!

This retreat is appropriate for those exploring the silent retreat experience for the first time. Prior meditation experience is assumed but relative beginners are encouraged to take the leap. Participants will be well supported and have access help at any time.

Accommodations are bunks in rustic, shared cabins, tents or your camper/vehicle. There is no running water in the cabins. Showers and bathrooms are in a bathhouse, supplemented by bathrooms in the dining hall and outhouses on the property. A couple of hotel-style rooms with baths are available for those with needs.

Meals will be vegetarian and can accommodate gluten-free and diary-free diets.

Dave Smith

Dave Smith is a Dharma teacher, mindfulness trainer and emotional intelligence expert. He teaches residential meditation retreats, weekly live dharma classes, online courses, and workshops. He has developed educational tools and resources, including mindfulness and emotional skills trainings, in both secular and Buddhist contexts. Dave also works with students 1:1 through his dharma mentoring program.

Read more about him on his website here. 

Dave led our fall residential retreat in 2023 and is back by popular demand for another one!