REGISTRATION OPENS MONDAY, JANUARY 19.
6-Night Spring Residential Retreat with Adam Stonebraker
Awakening Through Love and Awareness
Teacher: Adam Stonebraker
Location: Harmony Ridge Lodge, 18883 State Hwy 20, Nevada City, CA 95959
Dates: Sunday, March 29 – Saturday, April 4, 2026
Registration required: To register, please visit https://square.link/u/Ky9uEKjg
For questions and/or more information about accommodations, contact Lauren@mtstream.org
Cancellation Policy: A $300 non-refundable deposit is included in the retreat fee.
If you cancel before February 1, a full refund is issued (minus $300 deposit).
If you cancel by March 10th, a 50% refund is issued.
If cancellation occurs March 11th or later, and no one is found to take your place, the registration fee is nonrefundable and your registration will go toward covering the cost to sponsor the retreat. If a replacement is found, you will receive a partial refund of 50%.
Below are a few details regarding this retreat. More information is provided after registration.
Prior residential retreat experience is helpful, but not required. Insight (Vipassana) residential retreats are for practitioners interested in deepening their meditation practice, and through their own experience, learn more about the Buddha’s teachings. The retreat will consist of alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, Dharma talks and Q & A.
Accommodations: Harmony Ridge Lodge is a lovely venue for retreat. Each room is very spacious, can accommodate 2-3 people, and has a private full bathroom in every room.
Simple and delicious vegetarian meals will be served by our Retreat Chef.
Communication: Noble Silence will be practiced throughout the retreat except during the group sessions with Adam and during the Q & A period.
Generosity/Donations (dana) for Teacher & Staff: In keeping with the Buddhist practice of generosity, there will be an opportunity to offer dana to our teacher, retreat manager, and bodhi chef, all of whom are not being compensated for their efforts in supporting the retreat.
Retreat Description: As Spring returns, this six-night retreat invites us to turn toward the heart of the Buddha’s teachings with freshness and sincerity. Rooted in the classical foundations of mindfulness, wisdom, and the Brahmavihāras, we will explore a way of practice that brings together steady awareness, compassionate presence, and a deep sense of belonging to the Dharma.
Through silence, sitting and walking meditation, Dharma reflections, and simple heart practices, we’ll cultivate an awareness that is both clear and tender—an awareness that understands experience directly while holding it with kindness. Along the way, we’ll draw inspiration from early Buddhist teachings, the Thai Forest tradition, and the Mahāyāna vision of boundless love and interconnection.
In this shared time of practice, we discover again and again that awakening is not distant or abstract—it is available in each moment the heart meets life with openness, curiosity, and care. Spring reminds us of renewal, and the Dharma shows us that the same renewal is possible within: a returning to what is natural, loving, and free.
Bio for Adam Stonebraker:
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.
Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.
Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation. To learn more about Adam, visit, www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker