Meditation & Mindfulness
This is the online registration page. If you would like to participate on the land at Drala Mountain Center, please click here. This Hybrid Chakrasamvara Intensive is geared toward the accumulation of the recitation practice in more →
Join international bestselling author Blake D. Bauer for a life-changing weekend that will help you to understand why suffering such as anxiety, depression, addiction, illness, and relationship problems are logical cries from your body, soul, and more →
Beyond Suffering: Unconditional Self Love, Mindfulness Meditation & Qi Gong Retreat
Blake D. Bauer
December 9–11, 2022
Meditation is ultimately a process of accepting and befriending ourselves completely, all the way to our natural basic goodness. In the process we will encounter not only our innate ability to truly rest and rejuvenate, but more →
Teachers: Nashalla Nyinda and Sara Buck Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal programs offer contemplative approaches for working with the fullness of daily modern life, bringing insight and inspiration more →
Join us for this special program and allow your aspirations for the New Year to become clear. Become more confident, creative, and committed through reflection and renewal. Our gathering will include guided mindfulness-awareness meditation, body practice, more →
Based on requests from previous retreat attendees, we are putting together a peer group for Leading with Genuine Care attendees to deepen their practice before and after the retreat. Each meeting will be led by Janet more →
Optional Peer Group for Leading with Genuine Care
January 1–December 31, 2023
Dakinis are female visionary deities in Tibetan Buddhism who are emblems of meditation and the nature of mind. They are said to support meditators of every level to discover the heart of their practice and nurture more →
Dakini’s Warm Breath Multi-Track Weekthun
Judith Simmer-Brown, Greg Smith and Dhi Good
January 1–9, 2023
The new year is a potent time to pause, vision, and create your life from your depths. Yet, finding the space we need to do this can be nearly impossible in the world today. Within a more →
Replenishing & Revisioning for 2023: A Yoga, Meditation, & Nature Retreat for Women
Sara Avant Stover
January 5–8, 2023
In today's speedy world, we are all in need of kindness to ourselves. This two-day practice intensive is designed for meditators looking to take a deep dive into their practice. This weekend is spent in silence more →
Join international bestselling author Blake D. Bauer for a weekend of deep healing, spiritual practice, and life-changing self-care. Designed to help you slow down completely, let go and drop into the source of healing and peace more →
Deep Self Love: A Weekend for Being & Healing through Unconditional Presence, Self-Love, Qi Gong & Meditation
Blake D. Bauer
January 27–29, 2023
Our bodies hold emotions, images, patterns, and stories. When we learn to fully inhabit our bodies through mindfulness practices, we can know ourselves as complete and wakeful beings. During this retreat, we will practice sitting meditation, more →
Learn to meditate with Buddhist monk Loden Nyima! Why Learn to Meditate? Meditation is a simple, natural, healthy activity that absolutely anyone can do. You do not need to be interested in a religious path in order more →
Teacher(s) TBD. Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal programs offer contemplative approaches for working with the fullness of daily modern life, bringing insight and inspiration to career, family, health, more →
Retreat & Renewal
February 24–26, 2023
If it's time for a fresh start, yoga and meditation provide an ideal practice combo to bring us back to beginner's mind – a sense of relaxation, effortlessness, and unconditional cheerfulness. We will alternate between more →
Fresh Start: Joining the Movement of Yoga with the Stillness of Meditation
De West and Brian Spielmann
March 10–12, 2023
Teacher(s) TBD. Discover relaxation and wakefulness in our pristine mountain environment. Our Retreat and Renewal programs offer contemplative approaches for working with the fullness of daily modern life, bringing insight and inspiration to career, family, health, more →
Retreat & Renewal
April 7–9, 2023
You’ve experienced joy and health, pain and loss. You’ve tested your physical limits, and have recovered from surgeries. You’ve traveled, shared insights, and cared for others. Now it’s time to attend to your body as it more →
Discover the radiance and joy inherent in living with a fierce, open heart. This weekend yoga and mindfulness retreat features a journey with bodhicitta, the practice of awakening to compassion, empathy, and love. Cole Schlam and more →
The Awakened Heart: A Yoga and Mindfulness Retreat | Extended
Heather Lindemann and Cole Schlam
May 18–21, 2023
Discover the radiance and joy inherent in living with a fierce, open heart. This weekend yoga and mindfulness retreat features a journey with bodhicitta, the practice of awakening to compassion, empathy, and love. Cole Schlam and more →
The Awakened Heart: A Yoga and Mindfulness Retreat
Heather Lindemann and Cole Schlam
May 19–21, 2023
A two-week meditation retreat offered in partnership with The Wisdom Seat, the Open Heart Project, and Drala Mountain Center Our modern life presents us with a profound spiritual paradox: while we build remarkable technology, impressive resources, more →
Authentic Presence: Reawakening Spiritual Confidence
Michael Carroll, Susan Piver and Loden Nyima
July 1–14, 2023
Co-sponsored with the Leading with Genuine Care Retreat The Do Nothing Leadership Retreat (formerly the Leading with Genuine Care Retreat) offers business leaders, entrepreneurs, and those seeking a more mindful life with the most rewarding challenge more →
Do Nothing: Learning to Live Your Life with Genuine Care
October 8–12, 2023