Monica Magtoto, E-RYT
Movement Teacher
Monica Magtoto is an artist, yoga instructor, energy worker, curanderismo practitioner, and tarot reader based in San Francisco, Ca. Monica weaves modalities from her lifelong studies of energy and movement with curanderismo, spirituality, and her artwork. Her mission is to empower folks in walking through all of life’s portals.
Magtoto is a Yoga Alliance 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, holding additional certificates in Restorative and Yin yoga. She has received Reiki Master level training from Usui Reiki Masters Sandra Wong, PhD, Teresa Visini, MA, and Shannon O’Neill-Loyola. Magtoto holds a Certificate in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies from Linda Thai, along with other energy work modalities.
Monica Magtoto's Upcoming Programs
Retreat | On-Land
December 8 - December 12, 2025 | Monday - Friday | 4 nights
Disentangling the Heart: Clear Awareness and Insight
Spaces Still Available! The Buddha taught that we can disentangle ourselves from suffering by practicing wise mindfulness supported by non-harming conduct, intentions rooted in kindness and non-clinging, and other wholesome factors of mind. During this silent retreat, we will explore our innate capacity for liberating insight. We will cultivate a deeply restful, mindful attention to each moment’s experience that opens us to joy, ease, and a greater understanding of the truth of the way things are.
Retreat | On-Land
April 9 - April 16, 2026 | Thursday - Thursday | 7 nights
Insight Meditation Retreat: A Path to Clarity and the Cultivation of the Heart of Wisdom
Registration Open. Grounded in mindfulness, investigation, and compassion, this retreat offers a supportive and contemplative space to gently turn inward, observe the nature of the mind and body, and deepen your understanding of impermanence, interconnection, and the possibility of inner freedom. Open to all levels, the retreat fosters clear seeing and the development of heart qualities—equanimity, lovingkindness, compassion, and joy—within the quiet refuge of noble silence.
Retreat | On-Land
May 18 - May 23, 2026 | Monday - Saturday | 5 nights
Silence Behind the Noise - A Monastic Retreat
Registration Open. The "sound of silence" is an ever present quality that we can learn to recognize and attune to. Practicing in this way, we can discover the mind’s innate capacity to settle and open. Throughout this retreat, we will explore different ways this can be experienced, allowing our systems to take a break from chronic overstimulation by resting into the silence behind the noise.
Retreat | On-Land
September 14 - September 19, 2026 | Monday - Saturday | 5 nights
Inclining Towards the Beautiful Factors of Mind
Registration Opens - October 7, 2025. The Buddha taught that whatever the mind frequently inclines toward becomes the tendency of the heart. This retreat invites us to cultivate five beautiful qualities—faith, energy, mindfulness, tranquility, and equanimity—that steady the heart, support well-being, and create the conditions for liberating insight. Held in noble silence, the retreat offers a supportive space for deep investigation, sustained stillness, and the gradual transformation of habit and heart. Together, we’ll incline the mind toward qualities that foster clarity, wisdom, and inner freedom.
Retreat | On-Land
September 20 - September 26, 2026 | Sunday - Saturday | 6 nights
Our Sacred Roots: A Meditation Retreat for Women
For those who identify as women. Registration Open. For thousands of years, women have contributed to and deepened Buddhist practices of liberation across cultures and continents. Women’s voices, experience, and stories, however, have been largely neglected in Buddhist history. By retrieving the sacred roots of our feminine lineage, we imbue spiritual life with wisdom, tenderness, courage, and resilience. During this retreat we will reconnect to and embody women’s unique expression of spiritual life from the time of the Buddha through the present-day across the cultural spectrum.
