Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community, Carson City, NV (2026)

05/04/2026

Awareness and Contemplation of the Body:
A Daylong Retreat with
Angela Sullivan and Denise Barclay

Sunday, June 7, 2026
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

O2 Yoga & Wellness
Minden, NV

Teachings from the Satipatthana Sutta on the First Establishment of Mindfulness

The body is a multifaceted field of sensory experience. The Buddha taught in the Satipatthana Sutta that investigating the experience of embodiment can bring practitioners all the way to full awakening. Woven through this day of sitting, walking and movement meditation will be practice instructions to guide contemplation of the breath, the four elements, the positions and parts of the body, and the inherent impermanence of the body.

Join Angela Sullivan and Denise Barclay on a journey through the senses to deepen our understanding of this early and foundational teaching of the Buddha.

Denise Barclay has been teaching yoga since 1998 and has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1995. In May 2012, she completed the Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Teacher Training under Phillip Moffitt and Anne Cushman through Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Her deep commitment to the Buddha Dharma, QiGong and yoga, along with her studies with Heather Sundberg since 2013—especially through Heather’s Committed Students Program—further underscore Denise's spiritual and teaching journey. Over the years, her dedication to teaching mindfulness, movement, and meditation, alongside her extensive retreat experience, has earned her the role of Dharma Leader/Teacher for the Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community.

Angela Sullivan began practicing yoga in the 1980’s and brings a lifetime of mindful movement training to her teaching. Her classes are a masterful blend of biomechanics, humor, Dhamma and yoga principles. Her never ending curiosity of human experience and form inspires her practice and she is dedicated to her Sangha and students. Angela fell in love with Insight Meditation through the local Vipassana community and has furthered her study over the years with DZIMC retreats, and most recently, Heather Sundberg’s Committed Students Program.

Denise and Angela welcome beginning as well as experienced meditators.
The teachings are offered without charge. Your generosity provides a donation to O2 Yoga & Wellness for the space and support for the teachers.
Please bring a sack lunch.
Chairs are provided. If you like to sit on the floor, please bring cushions or a bench.
Dressing in layers is recommended.
O2 Yoga & Wellness
1557 Zerolene Place
Minden, NV 89423

Space is Limited. Please RSVP to Angela Sullivan at [email protected]

04/03/2026

The Path Isn't Personal:
A Daylong Retreat Exploring Right View with
Adam Stonebraker

Saturday, May 2, 2026
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Dharma Zephyr Center
Carson City
I, Me, Mine — three small words that carry the weight of a lifetime of self-construction. This daylong of silent practice and inquiry invites us to look closely at how we habitually turn the raw flow of experience into something owned, defended, and personal — and to discover what happens when awareness begins to relax that grip. Drawing on the Buddha's teaching of Right View as the forerunner of the path, we will explore the texture of self-clinging not as a problem to solve, but as a doorway into seeing experience as it actually is: nature unfolding, moment by moment, through the miracle of awareness. The day includes periods of sitting and walking meditation, dharma reflections, and group sharing and Q&A.

All levels of meditation experience welcome.

Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

Please bring a sack lunch. Chairs are provided. If you prefer to sit on the floor, bring your cushions or bench. Dressing in layers is encouraged.

There is no charge to attend the retreat. You will have the opportunity to show your gratitude to the teacher and Dharma Zephyr by offing a donation to each.

The Dharma Zephyr Center is located inside Sierra Foot and Ankle
2350 S Carson St, STE 3
Carson City, NV 89701
(Corner of S Curry St and Rhodes St across from The Greenhouse Garden Center)

Please direct questions to the retreat manager, Denise Barclay: [email protected]

03/27/2026

This Messy, Gorgeous Love:
A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership

Presented by Dharma Teachers
devon and nico hase

On Zoom
Friday, May 8, 2026
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Join devon and nico hase for an online event to discuss their new book This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership.

Devon and nico write, “If you're struggling, you can use that struggle to open your heart and connect with your partner.” Instead of chasing an idealized relationship, “fixing” your partner, or losing yourself, discover how your current committed relationship can become a vehicle for opening your heart, clarifying your mind, and awakening to deeper truths.

This book, which will be released on April 14th, isn't about everlasting happiness―it’s about building something even better: a partnership where you can be happy in love, thrive in conflict, and have honest fun together, all while embracing the beautiful mess that makes your connection uniquely yours.

nico hase lived in a monastery for six years before earning a PhD in counseling psychology and becoming an Insight Meditation teacher. He helps people bring Buddhist wisdom to life's challenges, including the beautiful complexity of partnership. Together, they are the authors of How Not to Be a Hot Mess.

devon hase teaches at Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She integrates deep Buddhist practice with everyday experience to help students cultivate authentic connection in all relationships.

To learn more about devon and nico, please visit their website.

This event is beginner-friendly.
Free of charge – donations are gratefully accepted.

To receive the Zoom Link, please email Anita: [email protected]

Lack of funds holding you back? Ask about a scholarship for an upcoming retreat. info@dharmazephyr.org

03/24/2026

Lack of funds holding you back? Ask about a scholarship for an upcoming retreat. [email protected]

03/18/2026

Together in the Dharma:
A Film History of Dharma Zephyr

Featuring Interviews with
Christy Tews and Kathy Schwerin

Saturday, April 18 at 6:30pm
Reno Buddhist Center
Please join us for a showing of Together in the Dharma, featuring our two beloved founders, Christy Tews and Kathy Schwerin. 2025 marked the 35th anniversary of Dharma Zephyr, which began when Christy and Kathy started a small sitting group at an old divorce ranch in Washoe Valley. From that simple beginning, everything else grew.

The video traces their journey with the sangha, from their early interest in Buddhism through the founding, growth, and expansion of Dharma Zephyr and concludes with their hopes for the future.

The film runtime is 77 minutes. Stay after the showing for conversation with friends new and old.

The Reno Buddhist Center
820 Plumas St, Reno, NV 89509
Use the Taylor Street entrance.

Please send questions to Susan Juetten: [email protected]

02/14/2026

How Can I Be Okay
in This Moment?

Saturday, March 21, 2026
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Nature Conservancy
River Fork Ranch
Minden, NV
Every day presents us with new challenges and joys. Buddhism provides us with many helpful tools to meet our lives with greater mindfulness, calm, embodiment, open-heartedness, refuge and wise action. Come join us for a quiet day of exploration and practice at beautiful River Fork Ranch – a great chance to settle and refresh! Brief teachings on sitting and walking meditation, plus optional movement and artistic activities will be offered, allowing opportunities to practice in silence together and on your own.

This day is perfect for those new to Buddhist meditation as well as more experienced meditators wanting to share a day of practice.

We will spend the day in noble silence. To honor the sacred container we create together, we ask that all participants attend both the brief opening orientation and the closing session. (Sharing at the closing is optional.)

Throughout the day, you are welcome to engage in silent practice on your own — sitting or walking meditation, journaling, sketching, or simply being — or join in these optional offerings, shared in love:

Meditation instruction with Tom Gray
Qigong movement with Deborah Stevenson
A Dharma talk and Q&A with Tom
Mindful drawing with Deborah
Tom Gray has practiced Theravada Buddhist meditation since 2003, and has co-taught three 6-week meditation courses for Dharma Zephyr. He is grateful for many teachers along the way, including Kathy Schwerin, Shaila Catherine, Amita Schmidt, Leigh Brasington and Santikaro. Tom is currently a student of Heather Sundberg, and is inspired by her pure-awareness Mahasati teachings from the Thai Forest lineage of Ajahn Jumnien.

For Deborah Stevenson, art and nature, spirituality and healing go hand in hand. Deborah has been meditating since 1972 and has been painting and teaching in a variety of disciplines for over 50 years. Deborah has been practicing energy healing through Reiki and qigong since 2000 and teaching since 2003. She currently teaches Sheng Zhen Qigong in the tradition of her teacher, Master Li Jun Feng. Sheng Zhen means unconditional love.
The retreat will take place in an ADA-compliant indoor space, with opportunities to practice outdoors on the preserve. Hard plastic chairs are provided.

River Fork Ranch
381 Genoa Lane
Minden, NV 89423 United States

Please bring cushions for the plastic chairs or a floor seating option as desired; layered clothing appropriate for indoors and outdoors; and a sack lunch.

This retreat is beginner-friendly, and meditation guidance will be available.
Free of charge – donations for the teachers and DZIMC are gratefully accepted.
Registration is not required.

For more information, please contact Anita: [email protected]

02/13/2026

Our 2025 Annual Report is now available to learn about our year in community.

https://dharmazephyr.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2025AYearInReview.pdf

01/16/2026

The Wheel of Life: Death, Rebirth and Dependent Origination

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN SCHEDULE
A TWO class series offered by
Anne Macquarie

Thursdays
March 5th and March 12
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Dharma Zephyr Center
About 2,500 years ago, the Buddha told his attendant Ananda that paticca samuppāda - dependent co-arising or dependent origination - was a profound teaching, one that most people find difficult to pe*****te.

That reputation has stuck. Many of us hear “dependent origination” and reach for the remote control.

And yet, dependent co-arising is simply the Buddha’s clear-eyed description of how things actually work - how suffering arises, moment by moment, and how it can be brought to an end. When understood experientially, it becomes not only profound but deeply practical.

This class will be led by Anne Macquarie, a DZIMC Dharma Leader. Anne began practicing with Dharma Zephyr in 1990; she brings decades of experience to Dharma practice.

Several years ago, Anne found herself drawn deeply into the teaching of dependent co-arising. Rather than experiencing it as dry or theoretical, she discovered it to be beautiful, practical, and even delightful. Anne is offering this study so others can encounter dependent co-arising in the same way she has: as a teaching that illuminates everyday experience and offers real freedom in how we meet our lives.

Whether you are new to this teaching or returning to it with fresh curiosity, you are warmly welcome. We hope you’ll join us.

There is no charge to attend. Donations to DZIMC and the teacher will be gratefully accepted.

The Dharma Zephyr Center is located inside Sierra Foot and Ankle
2350 S Carson St STE 3
Carson City, NV 89701
On the corner of Rhodes St and S Curry St

To register or request additional information, please contact Anne Macquarie [email protected]

Please see the class webpage for more information and resources.

Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community Health and Wellness Statement

In the spirit of lovingkindness and ethical behavior, Dharma Zephyr will comply with public health guidance. To care for all who attend our events, we ask that if you are sick (cold, cough, sore throat, runny nose, etc.) or have had a fever, vomiting or diarrhea in the 24 hours prior to an event, that you not attend the event. In addition, for the safety and wellbeing of our community, Dharma Zephyr strongly encourages, but does not require, that participants at our activities and events be vaccinated and boosted for infectious diseases.

01/16/2026

Heather Sundberg Daylong Retreat
On Zoom

Sunday, February 1, 2026
10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

“In Seeing, Just the Seeing: Invitation into the Non-Dual through the Bahiya Sutta”

Welcome to the rich terrain of non-dual experience, called Atammayata in the Pali language! Variously translated as:

‘Non-fabricated’ (not making a thing out of anything!) and
‘Not there with the object, there with the knowing’.
This subtle teaching on direct experience is fun to explore on a continuum from, what Heather calls, ‘in the spirit of it’ to deep dives into the non-dual. The beloved teaching of the Buddha to Bahiya will be our doorway to practice.

Practice with the Bahiya Sutta is one of Heather’s areas of specialization, and in this daylong we will explore the topic through the following perspectives:

Guided Meditation into Pure Awareness practices at the Sense Doors, including tips on how to meditate with eyes open,
Inviting ourselves directly into the themes of practice, including: Ardency, Courage, Trust, acknowledgement of Impermanence and more,
Tips on approaches for Bahiya-style meditation in sitting and walking meditation, as well as ‘in the spirit of it’ in our daily lives.
This advanced topic is perfect for meditators with a few years of experience or more.
Heather Sundberg has taught insight meditation since 1999 and completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training program under Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. She has been a visiting teacher for Dharma Zephyr daylongs and residential retreats since 2011. As a teacher, Heather’s style is warm and practical. She emphasizes embodiment, awareness-emptiness, and including strong heartfulness in practice. She carries an interesting combination of supporting a ‘less-is-more’ easeful style of practice, plus a passionate ‘no holds barred’ attitude about awakening. For more information see: www.heathersundberg.com.

Cost: Heather offers the teachings freely in the tradition of the Buddha, and her livelihood is completely sustained by the generosity of the communities she serves. Dana (donation) for these priceless teachings will be gratefully accepted. Donations to the teacher can be made through the Donate button at: www.heathersundberg.com.

Donations to Dharma Zephyr can be made through the Donate button at: dharmazephyr.org/about/

There will be a lunch break between noon and 1:00 p.m.

To Register and Receive the Zoom LInk, RSVP to Tom Gray [email protected]

For further information on Heather Sundberg and Dana donations please visit the retreat's webpage: Link to the Retreat's Webpage

If you send an email and don't receive a response, please check your spam or junk folder and add dharmazephyr.org to your safe domain list.

01/16/2026

Saŋsāra: Outer, Inner, and Freedom:
A Residental Retreat with Santikaro
Camp Galilee, Lake Tahoe

Thursday, April 9, 2026 3:00 p.m. to
Sunday, April 12, 2026 1:00 p.m.

As we breath in spring, join us with Santikaro for dhamma refuge at Camp Galilee in Lake Tahoe, NV.

Saŋsāra (“faring on,” circulating) can be seen in all things within our transient, conditional universe, especially the stuff we experience. Everything in the world around us is cyclical and repetitive. The same is true within our inner worlds. Understanding them as saŋsāra helps us see their true nature. Seeing how the outer and inner saŋsāras interact helps us recognize inter-being and selflessness. Seeing with wisdom allows one not to become caught within the spinning and churning. Where might freedom be discovered amidst the (many) outer and inner saŋsāras?

Santikaro studied with Ajahn Buddhadasa during the last nine years of his life, became his primary translator, and continues to share his “naturalist” approach to Buddha-Dhamma. Ordained as a Theravada Bhikkhu in 1985, Santikaro spent most of his monastic life at Suan Mokkh (southern Thailand). During this time he led Dawn Kiam, a small monastic community for foreigners and was active among socially engaged Buddhists in Asia. He returned to the USA in 2000 and left monastic life in 2004 to found Kevala Retreat (then Liberation Park). His understanding of life has been enhanced by the Enneagram, feminism, cancer recovery, and trauma healing. He continues to teach nationally and internationally, and to translate the work of his teacher. He teaches Buddhism and meditation with an emphasis on the early Pali sources. He has led meditation retreats for more than thirty-five years, with a special fondness for mindfulness with breathing.

This retreat is suitable for beginning as well as experienced meditators.

The cost to attend the retreat is $420.00, which includes a $210.00 deposit made at the time of registration. The balance of $210.00 is due March 26, 2026. DZIMC offers scholarships for those who find it difficult to pay the registration fee. To learn more follow the link below to the retreat's webpage.

Camp Galilee
1176 US Hwy 50
Glenbrook, NV 89413

For additional information and to register, please visit the retreat's webpage. You may also contact the retreat's registrar: Mary Kay Wagner, [email protected], 775-450-1605

Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community Health and Wellness Statement

In the spirit of lovingkindness and ethical behavior, Dharma Zephyr will comply with public health guidance.To care for all who attend our events, we ask that if you are sick (cold, cough, sore throat, runny nose, etc.) or have had a fever, vomiting or diarrhea in the 24 hours prior to an event, that you not attend the event. In addition, for the safety and wellbeing of our community, Dharma Zephyr strongly encourages, but does not require, that participants at our activities and events be vaccinated and boosted for infectious diseases.

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