High Altitude Retreat 2026
Retreat · 2026 · 7 talks
Day 1
- Day 1 High Altitude Meditation Retreat with Delson Armstrong and Doug Kraft-Lessons From the Flood
Delson recounts being caught in a flash flood at Dhammasuka Meditation Center, where he nearly drowned in his cabin, cut his foot, and was rescued on foot.
Day 2
- Day 2 High Altitude Retreat -A story, Clinging, Bhava and Dying
Delson explains how craving and clinging arise from preferences and how the mind builds a sense of self and a personality (bhava) around them.
Day 3
- Day 3 High Altitude Retreat - "Liberation" & a Guided Meditation in "Knowingness"
Delson explains liberation as an ongoing practice rather than a one-time event, and describes the three gates of liberation (signless, undirected, empty) as a way past object-based…
Day 4
- Day 4 High Altitude Retreat -Remember the Knowingness
Delson encourages listeners to rest in the knowing awareness they touched on the previous night, rather than trying to reach or return to it.
Day 5
- Day 5 High Altitude Retreat - Energies & Enlightenment Factors
Delson explains energy as the movement of awareness, following where attention goes, and links this to jhanas, the seven enlightenment factors, and the eleven links of transcendental…
Day 6
- Day 6 Last Day Thoughts -High Altitude Retreat
Delson closes a retreat by arguing that the real practice begins when people return to ordinary life, where enthusiasm and plans often fail and situations test patience and surrender.
Other sessions
- High Altitude Meditation Retreat Preview with Delson Armstrong and Doug Kraft -podcast
Delson Armstrong and Doug Kraft preview a seven-day retreat in California based on Doug's book High Altitude Meditation.