Events for the 2026 calendar year are currently being finalized with minor delays due to our current staffing shortage. Please check this page for updates as we work to get this information to you as soon as possible.
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4-Day Retreat with Stew Glick (in-person)
Stew Glick began working with Roshi Phillip Kapleau at the Rochester Zen Center around 1971. He later began working closely with Toni Packer and came on the Zen Center staff […]
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Saturday Retreat with Weekend Option
Saturday Retreats (formerly All Day Sittings) are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence, […]
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7-Day Retreat with Sandra Gonzalez
Sandra will give talks and meet with participants privately and in the afternoon dialogue group in this autumn retreat. Sandra Gonzalez began working with Toni Packer in 1988. Previously, she […]
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Quiet Week
The November Quiet Weeks offer an opportunity to create a personalized retreat while the Center enters into a modification of its day-to-day working life. There are many possibilities to connect […]
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Open Meditative Dialogue w/ Guest Speaker (online)
Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group, where we share what we already know. The spirit of Meditative Inquiry infuses talks and […]
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Saturday Retreat
Saturday Retreats (formerly All Day Sittings) are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence, […]
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Center Closed (Staff Break)
The Center will close during this period so that staff can take a break after a busy year. We’ll be open again Saturday, December 26th and will welcome guests and […]
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4-Day New Years Retreat w/ Wayne Coger
Wayne Coger has led retreats since 2001. He worked with Toni Packer for more than 30 years, and has been a staff member of the Center since 1983, currently serving […]