Mindfulness and Recovery Weekend Retreat

Explore a fresh, practical approach to addiction and recovery through mindfulness, psychology, and spirituality. This weekend offers guided practices, group dialogue, and teachings drawn from emotional intelligence, Buddhist philosophy, and the 12 Steps. Learn to manage cravings, navigate triggers, and build emotional resilience. Dave Smith teaches this weekend retreat at Drala Mountain, in northern Colorado, outside of Ft Collins. Please use the QR code above for more information and to register. The cost is $400 plus 3 nights lodging at Drala Mountain.

For nearly 30 years, Dave Smith has held a practice rooted in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) tradition. He was empowered to teach through the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, is a certified teacher for Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) which is combines contemporary emotion based scientific research with contemplative practices and psychology drawn from Buddhism and has studied Buddhist psychology at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS).
Dave teaches residential meditation retreats, weekly live dharma classes, online courses, and workshops. He has developed educational tools and resources, including mindfulness and emotional skills trainings, in both secular and Buddhist contexts. Dave also works with students 1:1 through his dharma mentoring program.