Lunchtime Mindfulness

Online Wednesdays

@ 12 – 1pm Pacific Time

This event is freely offered.

Our weekly community drop-in was created to support you in nurturing your practice, as well as connect you with a heart-based community of Big Bear Retreat Center mindfulness practitioners. Each week we will gather from all over to practice together. A teacher or staff member will lead you in a guided practice, followed by a short talk and an opportunity to share in group discussion.

Subscribe to stay informed and sign up for the weekly mindfulness group.

Zoom link will be emailed out Wednesday mornings around 8:00am PST each week.

Join via Zoom to interact with teachers and community (link sent via email to those subscribed) or watch on YouTube Livestream.

This retreat is offered hybrid online and in person, in partnership with InsightLA.

A Five-Day Online Program to Integrate Practice Into Daily Life

This retreat is offered hybrid online and in person.

**Early registration discounts end August 31, 2025**

A Weekend Retreat of Community, Presence and Practice

**Early registration discounts end August 31, 2025**

For self-identified white people. If you identify as white and are committed to racial justice, land and liberation, this retreat is for you.

**Early registration discounts end September 30, 2025**

In this retreat we will look at what’s happening in our world through the lens of the end of modernity: that time in history characterized by beliefs in limitless growth, colonialism, science & technology, human supremacy and individualism.

**Early registration discounts end September 30, 2025**

While we love residential retreats, we also recognize that finding the time for an in person retreat & joining us on the mountain can be a challenge. We aim to make retreat practice as accessible as possible and our online retreats do just that. Online retreats are also a great supplement to in-person retreat practice. Doing an online retreat can help connect you with that retreat feeling and re-awaken the devotion to practice.

Online retreats offer the unique opportunity to deepen your practice in a “real world” setting, where meditation practice and regular life intersect more than in a typical residential retreat. This can be supportive for integrating the practice into your life. Online Retreats help bridge the gap between the cushion and daily life and build an enduring momentum of practice.

Online retreats are accessible from anywhere with an internet connection! Even if you choose to join from somewhere besides your home, the daily rhythms of preparing food, cleaning & showing up to the cushion (and the screen) to gather with virtually with others amidst more possible distractions can help strengthen your practice. In this way, online retreats retreats offer a unique balance of community and self-direction.

All registration fees for our online retreats are offered at sliding scale pricing. Our sliding scale options for online retreats include financial support for teachers & are priced to be as accessible as possible. BBRC is committed to financial accessibility. If you find the retreat pricing is inaccessible to you, please reach out to guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org to inquire about more financial support.

While it’s preferable to be as fully present as possible, one of the benefits of online retreats is the flexibility they offer. If you are a caregiver or have other responsibilities that make residential retreat feel out of reach, our online retreats are for you! Our online retreats are designed to be shorter, weekend-long retreats to make them accessible to folks with busy lives.

Online retreats offer the opportunity to sit with renowned and beloved teachers to those who are disabled, immunocompromised, or who live rurally, internationally or in other locations that make travel difficult. This can create a more diverse community of practitioners.