devon hase loves long retreats. Cumulatively, she’s spent four years in silent practice in the Insight and Vajrayana traditions. Since discovering meditation in 2000, she has put dharma and community at the center of her life: she spent a decade bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms and now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and other centers around the world. She enjoys supporting practitioners with personal mentoring, and her friendly, conversational approach centers relational practice and the natural world. Along with her life partner nico, devon co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life. She continues to spend a good part of the time in wilderness retreat in Oregon, Massachusetts, and elsewhere. For more, visit devonandnicohase.com.
Events with Devon Hase
The Heart of Awakening: Exploring the Seven FactorsSeptember 22 - 27, 2026
Open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on September 8, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. During this weeklong meditation retreat, we will explore the seven awakening factors (bojjhanga) — the Buddha’s teachings on the qualities of mind and heart that lead to freedom and well-being. Together, we’ll learn to recognize, nurture, and balance these interrelated capacities: mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity. Each day will focus on one factor while honoring how they naturally arise and support one another: mindfulness opens the door to wise investigation, investigation kindles energy, energy gives rise to…