2026 Daylong Retreat Series
in Atlanta with Lama Rod Owens
MONTHLY Gatherings IN PERSON
at The Anchor, 645 Grant Street Southeast, Atlanta, GAÂ
This Daylong Retreat series is a new monthly offering dedicated to deepening relationships with land and community in Atlanta through in person experiences of Lama Rod’s diverse teachings. The theme and structure of these offerings will change each month and in alignment with the needs of practitioners.
Each offering will include collective practice guided by Lama Rod; Q and A; and opportunities for community connection.
Dreaming Into Healing, Resiliency, and Liberation
Saturday, April 11th, 2026 from 9:00am - 5:00pm ET
We are living through an apocalypse, struggling to learn lessons through endemic health crises, economic instability, political unrest, climate change, and numerous forms of systematic violence. However, this moment is also inviting us back to an authentic indigeneity.
We are being asked to remember how to be in relationship with the land, our brokenheartedness, and others through gentle healing connection. In the face of so much change we may find it difficult to maintain our physical and emotional balance.
Resiliency is such an important skill to develop right now. Resiliency is about how well we can meet the challenges of our lives with a sense of openness and curiosity that helps us to regain our balance. Balance means understanding how to return to a sense of being grounded to meet challenges directly.
During our time, we will explore both personal and collective resiliency through somatic based mindfulness practice, grief work, chanting, and prayer. We will explore themes of spiritual abolition, liberatory care, grieving as care work, as well as what it means to be a love centered agent of liberation in this moment.
In this spiritual abolitionist journey, we will rely on the wisdom of Tantric Buddhism, African spirituality, the Black Prophetic tradition, American Indigenous traditions, and sacred herbalism to understand and experience that any state of freedom must center tending to our broken hearts while calling real joy to hold the labor.Â
In this daylong, you will:
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Develop Resiliency for a Liberated World
What Participants Have Said About Practice with Lama Rod:
“I now understand that I was feeling my own broken heart AND the collective grief of broken heartedness. And [the offering] shifted my practice into spaciousness. It feels like all these emotions and energy is being felt, metabolized, and released.”
"The teachings are a direct taste of liberation.
It's creating positive change in my life, many others' lives, and the world. Keep going!"
"I loved how Lama Rod encouraged taking small bites [in how to approach practice]... I do this very naturally and appreciated the encouraging non-perfection Lama Rod embodies and the "ordinariness" of his language. I felt his own practice as we practiced together, which, for me is transmissive."
Registration Options
(select the offering below that best matches your ability to pay)
All Members of Lama Rod's Learning & Practice Community receive a 10% discount!Â
Join here to access the discount code.
FAQs:
When and where is the retreat taking place?
The in-person daylong retreat is held at The Anchor (645 Grant Street Southeast, Atlanta, GA) on Saturday, April 11th, 2026 from 9:00am - 5:00pm ET.
A confirmation email including details about the day’s schedule, accessibility, parking, and our COVID care policies will be provided after registration.
Will recordings be available?
The in-person event may include excerpted audio recordings. If they are available, they will be posted on our course platform after the event.
Is there a refund policy?Â
Refunds are available prior to April 7th, 2025, less a 20% admin fee. Beginning April 7th, we are not able to issue refunds.
Is there financial assistance available?Â
Payment plans are available for both events. Additionally, through the support of those who register at the Pay it Forward level, we have a limited amount of financial assistance available. Email [email protected] if you are in need of support. If you are able to contribute to our ability to offer financial assistance, your generosity by choosing the Pay it Forward option supports our ability to offer more support.
What does the registration fee support?
Registration fees support Lama Rod and his team for the extensive labor, seen and unseen, and spiritual devotion that allows his work to remain accessible and sustainable. These resources help cover ongoing operational costs, such as the online platforms and services that are used to offer digital programs, team compensation, and the legal and accounting requirements of the United States, as well as physical spaces, materials, and nourishment for events when applicable.
As Lama Rod writes in The New Saints, he seeks to make the tradition of the Buddha relevant to our experiences in the present moment. This means inviting offerings and exchanges that honor the material needs of his energetic presence and livelihood — not in a conditional nor transactional way, but reflecting a tradition of reciprocity and universal balance similar to how you might leave food upon an altar for an ancestor. Giving and receiving are practices that embody the ethic of care that grounds Lama Rod’s work.
Therefore, your registration fees are one of the ways that Lama Rod is sustained so that he can continue his free and by-donation offerings such as Free Radicals, Sunday Service, and Blessed Slay. These offerings reflect our team’s commitment that no one be excluded from the teachings based upon their financial means. Those who register at the Pay-It-Forward price further increase accessibility by making financial assistance possible for those who need financial assistance. Barter offerings and work exchanges are also welcome in some instances. Lama Rod believes that we can be well resourced while practicing an anti-capitalist ethic and is deeply grateful to be in a reciprocal relationship with you.
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Email [email protected] and we're happy to help.
Registration Options
(select the offering below that best matches your ability to pay)
All Members of Lama Rod's Learning & Practice Community receive a 10% discount!Â
Join here to access the discount code.
Previous Daylongs in Atlanta:
The Fire of Revolutionary Love on 2/14/26
Woman Hold My Hand on 3/21/26
About the Teacher
Lama Rod Owens is a Black Buddhist Southern Queen. An international influencer with a Master of Divinity degree in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School. Author of The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors and Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger, and co-author of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation, his teachings center on freedom, self-expression, and radical self-care.
A leading voice in a new generation of Buddhist teachers, Lama Rod activates the intersections of his identity to create a platform that’s very natural, engaging, and inclusive. Applauded for his mastery in balancing weighty topics with a sense of lightness, the Queen has been featured by various national and international news outlets.Â
Highly sought after for talks, retreats, and workshops, his mission is showing you how to heal and free yourself.
