Yong Oh
Dharma | Meditation
“I came to realize that mind is no other than mountains and rivers and the great wide earth, the sun and the moon and the stars.”
Dogen Zenji
Dharma Communities ::
Durango Dharma Center: Dharma Council Teacher
See website for our regular Monday Night Schedule
as well as other Sangha related offerings.
Sacred Mountain Sangha: Core Teacher
Sky Mind Retreats: Nature Dharma Teacher
Chattanooga Insight Meditation Community: Visiting Teacher
Online Sanghas ::
IMS Nature Sangha: Monthly gathering open to anyone inspired by and drawn to practicing in and with the natural world.
My 2025 dates: 4/24, 6/26, 7/24
IMS Bipoc Sangha: A bi-weekly gathering open to all self-identified BIPOC folks.
My 2025 dates: 3/3, 5/12, 6/9, 10/6
IMS Metta Sangha: A bi-weekly gathering where teachers will offer a reflection, Metta meditation, and space for questions and responses.
My 2025 dates: 2/4, 9/2
2025 COURSES + CLASSES + TRAININGS ::
30-day class
Experience of Insight: 30 Day Practice : IMS Online
4-week class
How to be a Bodhisattva: Caring for Others, Caring for Ourselves: A Class for Caregivers with Cara Lai
Thursdays, March : IMS Online
4-week class
The Whole of the Sacred Life: Kalyāna-Mittatā + the Path: with Devon Hase : April: SMS Online
8-month program Registration now Open!
Spirit Rock: Living Dharma Program : Exploring & Integrating the Eightfold Path in Daily Life
With Dawn Mauricio
Starts September 6th 2025- April 2026
8-month training Application now Open!
Earth Awareness Teacher Training:
In Partnership with the BESS Family Foundation
October 2025- May 2026
8-week class
Touching the Earth: with Jeanne Corrigal
Thursdays, Sept 18 – Nov 6: IMS Online
Stay tuned: Spirit Rock: EcoDharma & Cultural Transformation Programs 2025-2027
18-month program
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies:
Exploring the Heart of Freedom
Registration + Applications are Closed for this 18-month study and practice program starting in 2026.
2025 RETREAT + EVENT sCHEDULE ::
event
December 21, 2024: BIPOC Solstice Gathering : IMS
DaRa Williams, Devin Berry, Yong Oh
retreat
January 6-11, 2025 : Durango Dharma Center
Ordinary Wonder: Practice as Life, Life as Practice -A New Year’s Householder Retreat
event
January 23, 2025 :Prairie Sangha Dhamma Lineage Stories : Thanissara, Kittisaro, Yong Oh
retreat
February 14-19, 2025 : Insight Meditation Society Living Dharma: Essential Teachings for Our Times: Jeanne Corrigal, Matthew Hepburn, Tara Mulay, Yong Oh
retreat
February 21-28, 2025 : Insight Meditation Society Metta/Lovingkindness Retreat : Oren Sofer, Jessica Morey, Yong Oh
daylong
March 8, 2025: A Refuge In Belonging Offering
Letting Go: A Daylong Retreat with nico hase
retreat
March 23-28, 2025 : Insight Meditation Society
Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
DaRa Williams, Kaira Jewel, Shelly Graf, Yong Oh
retreat
April 1-8, 2025 : Spirit Rock Center
Steadying the Heart: Refuge thru – 4 Sublime States
Oren Sofer, Cara Lai, Jessica Morey, Yong Oh
retreat
April 13-17, 2025 : Sacred Mountain Sangha Online
Sacred Ground: A Devotional Householder Retreat
Dawn Mauricio, Yong Oh
daylong
April 19, 2025 : IMS Online
Authentic Activism Daylong: with Cara Lai
event
June 12, 2025: New York Insight Meditation
Guest Teacher : Via Zoom
Resting in the Middle of the Full Catastrophe
event
Wednesday, June 25: Via Zoom
Lunchtime Mindfulness With Big Bear Retreat Center
retreat
July 6-13, 2025 : Vallecitos Retreat Center
Coming Home To Love: BIPOC Insight Retreat – Nature
Victoria Cary, Yong Oh
event
August 1-31 : 31 Days of Practice — NYIMC: Online
New York Insight & Various Teachers
retreat
August 22-27, 2025 : Spirit Rock Center
Finding Refuge, Finding Home: A Retreat in Nature
Susie Harrington, Kirsten Rudestam, Yong Oh
retreat
September 7-11, 2025 : Spirit Rock Center
Ecodharma Retreat and Conference
retreat
September 19-26, 2025 : Vallecitos Retreat Center
The Quiet Earth: A Silent Meditation Retreat
Vance Pryor, Yong Oh
event
Sunday, October 5, 9:30-11AM CST: Via Zoom
Northfield Buddhist Meditation: Guest Teacher
retreat
October 13-18, 2025 : Big Bear Retreat Center
Sacred Refuge: An Embodied Devotional Retreat in Nature
Djuna Devereaux, Yong Oh
retreat
November 14-21, 2025 : Spirit Rock Center
Natural Radiance: Exploring Freedom of Awareness
Susie Harrington, Mei Elliott, Guy Armstrong, Yong Oh
retreat
November 22-30, 2025 : Spirit Rock Center
Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love
Gullu Singh, Dawn Mauricio, Eugene Cash, Djuna Devereaux, Yong Oh
retreat
December 18-23, 2025 : Spirit Rock Center
Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
Dawn Scott, devon hase, Yong Oh
2026 RETREAT SCHEDULE :: PRELIMINARY
– January 18-22, 2026 : Spirit Rock
– January 30-February 6, 2026 : IMS/EHF Program
– February 23-March 2, 2026 : IMS
– March 15-March 21, 2026 : TBA/Eco
– April 23-April 30, 2026 : IMS
– May 5-10, 2026 : BCBS/EHF Program
– June 1-7, 2026 : Drala
– June 17-23, 2026 : IMS
– August 3-9, 2026 : Vallecitos
– August 24-31, 2026 : IMS
– September 8-14, 2026 : Spirit Rock
– September 15-21, 2026 : Big Springs
– September 25-30, 2026 : BCBS/EHF Program
– October 2-7, 2026 : BCBS/EHF Program
– October 27-November 2, 20226 : Spirit Rock
– December 18-23, 2026 : Spirit Rock
“Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. When you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.”
Ajahn Chah
PAST offerings ::
2024: Refuge: Turning to Dharma in Challenging Times: 4-Week In-Person Class at Durango Dharma Center
2024: Authentic Activism: Honoring all the Ways We Show Up: 4-Week Online Class with Cara Lai at Sacred Mountain Sangha
2024 Retreats ::
January 21-25, 2024 : True North Insight
Urban Retreat: Online
Dawn Mauricio, Yong OhFebruary 2-9, 2024 : Insight Meditation Society
Return to Wholeness, Opening to Wisdom and Love DaRa Williams, Devon Hase, Nakawe Cuerbas, Yong OhFebruary 20-27, 2024 : Insight Meditation Society
Metta Lovingkindness Retreat
Oren Sofer, Dawn Scott, Jessica Morey, Yong OhMarch 24-28, 2024 : True North Insight
Urban Retreat: Online
Dawn Mauricio, Yong OhApril 21-27, 2024 : Spirit Rock Center
Finding Refuge, Finding Home: A Retreat in Nature
Susie Harrington, Mark Coleman, Yong OhJune 17-23, 2024 : Insight Meditation Society
BIPOC Retreat
JoAnna Hardy, Ruth King, Cara Lai, Yong OhJuly 26 – August 4, 2024 : Big Bear Retreat Center
Dharmapala 2-Yr Training Retreat
DPT Teaching TeamAugust 24-31, 2024 : Vallecitos Retreat Center
Listening at Ease: Discovering Refuge in Nature
Devin Berry, Yong OhNovember 6-12, 2024 : Big Bear Retreat Center
The Limitless Heart:Cultivating Mettā in Turbulent Times
Gullu Singh, Yong Oh, with Gabrielle HammondNovember 15-22, 2024 : Spirit Rock Center
Natural Radiance: Exploring the Freedom of Awareness
Mark Coleman, Devon Hase, Yong OhNovember 22-30, 2024 : Spirit Rock Center
Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love
Kittisaro, Thanissara, Gullu Singh, Dawn Mauricio, Yong Oh, with Djuna Devereaux and Adam Stonebraker