Yong is a Dharma Council teacher at the Durango Dharma Center and a core teacher for Sacred Mountain Sangha. He is also a visiting teacher for other community centers across North America. He teaches retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the Insight Meditation Society, Big Bear Retreat Center, and Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center. He is a graduate of the 4-year Insight Meditation Society Retreat Teacher Training program, Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s 2-year Community Dharma Leaders program, the 2-year Nature Dharma Teacher Training and the Sacred Mountain Sangha 2-year Dharmapala training, taught by his primary teachers Kittisaro and Thanissara.
Yong is also a retired acupuncturist, deeply loves mountains and forests and bringing the practice of meditation into nature. Nature and Dharma are at the heart of his path. He also has a particular interest in devotional expression, and supporting caregivers as well as communities of color in the Dharma. For his full schedule, visit yongoh.com.
Events with Yong Oh
Sacred Refuge: An Embodied Devotional Retreat in NatureOctober 13 - 18, 2025
Open to both beginning and experienced practitioners. Registration for this retreat closes on September 29, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org Devotion is the expression of our most intimate longing to awaken. Our retreat will tend to this longing through Insight Meditation, mindful movement, and devotional practice. Our days will include intentional time and practice in nature. Devotion begins as attention and deepens through love. Devotion is expressed in the body, heart, and mind as our most intimate longing to awaken. Within the refuge of an integrated experience of Dharma,…