Janet Solyntjes
Janet Solyntjes leads programs and silent retreats in both the Shambhala tradition and in the MBSR-based style of secular mindfulness. She is the co-founder of the Center for Courageous Living and has served on the faculty of Naropa University, the Center for Mindfulness, the Engaged Mindfulness Institute, and Mindful Leader.
Janet facilitates the annual leadership retreat: Do Nothing: Learning to Live Your Life with Genuine Care for entrepreneurs and supports business leaders and teams in the integration of mindfulness into workplace settings.
Upcoming Programs by Janet Solyntjes
Do Nothing Peer Group 2026
Also Rob Dube and Janet Solyntjes
Based on requests from previous retreat attendees, we are putting together a peer group for Do Nothing attendees to deepen their practice before and after the retreat. Meeting Pulse We’ll meet 8 times in 2026, all on Zoom. Seven times leading up to the retreat and three times after the retreat. Investment is $2,200 (the […]
Sitting in Beauty: A 5-day Silent Meditation Retreat
Also Janet Solyntjes
Program Start Date & Time: April 25 at 7:00 pm MT Program End Date & Time: April 30th at 12:30 pm MT Meditation is a path in which we cultivate our innate capacity as human beings to inhabit qualities associated with well-being – openness, peace, caring, resilience, and insight. In order to enhance this capacity, we […]
The Heart of Mindfulness: A Silent Meditation Retreat
Also Janet Solyntjes and Gaylon Ferguson
Program Start Date & Time: June 7th | 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: June 14th | 1:30 pm The Heart of Mindfulness Retreat is a 7-day silent meditation retreat emphasizing mindfulness’s deep understanding and practice in its most universal expression while respecting and acknowledging its contemplative and spiritual roots. The retreat is open […]
Do Nothing: Learning to Live Your Life with Genuine Care
Also Janet Solyntjes and Rob Dube
Co-sponsored with the Do Nothing Retreat The Do Nothing Retreat will be the most rewarding challenge you may ever take—an opportunity to slow down, unplug, and look within. You’ll begin to understand and embody why presence and awareness are the greatest gifts we can offer ourselves and others. You will discover or enhance meditation and […]
The Heart of Mindfulness: A Silent Meditation Retreat
Also Janet Solyntjes and Gaylon Ferguson
Program Start Date & Time: December 4th | 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: December 11th | 1:30 pm The Heart of Mindfulness Retreat is a 7-day silent meditation retreat emphasizing mindfulness’s deep understanding and practice in its most universal expression while respecting and acknowledging its contemplative and spiritual roots. The retreat is open […]