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Resilience and Queer Joy
Oct 3 – 7, 2025, Washougal, Washington
Arinna is coming to Portland and will be leading an intimate retreat. Join us!
Our worlds are challenging these days. We lose resilience when we become caught and entangled in the harming directed towards ourselves, and our larger communities. Can we shift our view?
Nayyriah Waheed in her book of poems called Salt writes:
i saw love
there
i just did not pick it up
In this retreat we will be invited to pick up love – ours, others and the great love in life. She also says:
you are a sea of light
open your eyes
see yourself.
We will return through the teachings and practices of the Buddha to seeing the light we are.
Taking refuge in the beautiful and noticing the simple moments of joy as they appear. Dropping all beliefs and views which confuse, depress, alienate, make lonely or hopeless. Returning to our direct experience in the moment particularly in our bodies/sense bases. We will sustain these practices over these four days, feeling held by the container of our sangha. Offering our generosity to sustaining the retreat, our communities and all of life.
When: 5pm, October 3rd through the morning of October 7th
Where: The retreat will be in a house in Washougal, Washington (just across the river from Portland)
Who: The accommodations are small, only about 20 people will be able to attend (including the planning team). Registration for this retreat is for those who have meditated for at least 5 years and have been on at least one retreat with Arinna.
Cost: There are two prices. $425 to share a double occupancy room inside. $325 to share in a larger 8 person room or to camp (you’ll need to provide your own gear).
Please know that we expect registration to fill up quickly. It will be first come, first serve. Please read the information on the registration form to learn more about the retreat.
This will be a masked retreat to protect those of our community who are immune compromised.
To REGISTER: Fill out this form and we will be in touch.
2026 New Year’s Retreat
Dec 27 – Jan 1st, 2026, Colfax, CA
A call for retreat manager and registrar
You are invited to our New Year’s Retreat in Colfax, Dec 27-Jan 1st, 2026, at the same place we have been meeting for many years, except for the last two. Melissa Coates and I will be leading again, and we are looking for a registrar and manager for the retreat. If you’re interested in offering your service, click here to email me.
