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Alaska Mindfulness Retreat: "Peace is The Way"

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Join Deer Park Monastics in Alaska for "Peace is The Way" Retreat in partnership with Floating Leaf Sangha.

August 27 - 30

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Alaska Mindfulness Retreat
August 27 - 30, 2026

We welcome you to join Deer Park Monastics this summer at the 2026 Alaska Mindfulness Retreat with the theme: “Peace is the Way.”   

This four-day retreat August 27- 30 will be held at Birchwood Camp, a beautiful lake-side retreat center surrounded by a birch forest a short drive from Anchorage.  The retreat will be led by six Deer Park monastics - Sr. Thần Nghiêm, Sr. Huệ Tri,  Sr. Thien Ly, Br. Đạo Sơn, Br. Minh Địa and Br. Minh Định. These monastics will be joined by Alaska-based Dharma Teachers Diane Little Eagle and Joe Spaeder. Registration will open April 17th.  

Enjoy four days of teachings, mindful breathing, walking in nature, total relaxation, deep listening, and Dharma circle sharing surrounded by the beauty of Alaska.

Event Timing: August 27 @ 4:00 PM to August 30 @ 1:30 PM
Event Address: Birchwood Camp, Chugiak, Alaska
Retreat Cost includes all meals (vegetarian), lodging & tuition (sliding scale depending on income): Camping $350-500.  Shared Cabin w/ bunk beds: $525-650/person. 

Registration opens on April 17

This retreat marks the 14th annual Alaska Mindfulness Retreat in partnership with Floating Leaf Sangha. This year will be our third retreat held in Chugach, Alaska, just outside Anchorage. For the previous 11 years, the retreat—hosted by Floating Leaf Sangha—took place in their home community of Homer, welcoming a diverse range of Plum Village monastics and lay Dharma teachers. Over the years, this continuity has offered an opportunity to build meaningful connections between monastics, lay Dharma Teachers, and practitioners.

Have additional questions? Please reach out to the Floating Leaf Sangha at alaskamindfulnessretreat@gmail.com. We kindly request that you do not reach out to the Deer Park registration office, as all registration inquiries will go through Floating Leaf Sangha. Thank you.

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