Category Archives: VictoriaIMS Retreats

We offer one-day and two-day non-residential retreats. Retreats are held at Goward House, 2495 Arbutus Road, Victoria, BC. unless otherwise noted.

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2025 Victoria IMS Retreat Schedule
We are pleased to announce our 2025 non-residential retreats.
These in-person retreats will be at Goward House  in  Victoria, BC, unless otherwise noted

October 18/19 Weekend Retreat with Howie Cohn   REGISTER

All retreats are offered with no registration fees.
Victoria IMS and our teachers follow the Buddhist practice of giving, called dana.
Victoria IMS and the teachers continue to offer programs as a result of the collective generosity offered to sustain organizational costs and teachers’ livelihoods.
We thank you for keeping the Buddhist teachings alive and well in Victoria, BC.

For information about the retreat teachers:
https://victoriaims.org/?page_id=24

2025/10/18 Weekend Retreat with Howard Cohn

Howard Cohn weekend retreat. In-person only.
October 18th and 19th, 9am to 4pm.
Goward House, 2495 Arbutus Rd, Victoria
Registration open.     REGISTER

At Peace in the World
The world is not presently peaceful and harmonious, given war, polarization, greed and cruelty. We are often heartbroken or angry. Though we don’t have a peaceful world, each of us can be at peace in the world. Inner peace does not depend on circumstances but the way we relate to them. On this retreat we will practice the two most important ways to meet our life peacefully; wisdom and love. Using the time tested practices of Vipassana and Metta (loving kindness) Meditation, together we will strengthen our minds and soften our hearts so that we can peacefully navigate this wondrous world. Suitable for new and experienced meditators.

Howard Cohn has practiced meditation since 1972 and had led vipassana retreats since 1985. He leads a weekly ongoing class in San Francisco. Howard has studied with many Asian and western teachers of several traditions, including Theravada, Zen, Dzogchen and Advaita Vedanta and has been strongly influenced by contact with the Indian master H. W. L. Poonja. He has done postgraduate work in East/West Psychology and has a private counseling practice.