Meditation & Mindfulness
Coming Home: A Retreat for Young Adults 18 – 30s
Loden Nyima
The Pema Chödrön Foundation in partnership with Drala Mountain Center is happy to offer a Retreat for Young Adults. The cost of lodging for this retreat is sponsored by the Pema Chödrön Foundation. This retreat for young adults is designed to give participants an experience of contemplative life. Our true nature is sacred and shared […]
Retreat & Renewal
Sara Buck and Denise Wuensch
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, relationships, and personal endeavors of all kinds. Join us for a spacious retreat that allows time to walk the land, circumambulate […]
The Heart of Mindfulness: A Silent Meditation Retreat
Janet Solyntjes and Lisa Lowe
The Heart of Mindfulness Retreat is a 7-day silent meditation retreat that emphasizes the deep understanding and practice of mindfulness in its most universal expression while respecting and acknowledging its contemplative and spiritual roots. The retreat is open to all experienced meditators who are looking for an enriching silent retreat experience. It is suitable for […]
Writing from the Body
Katharine Kaufman
What word, what act, was it we thought did not matter? ~Jane Hirshfield Drala Mountain Center is a perfect place for writing, with its hidden places, big views, and quiet atmosphere. The focus of the weekend is to support the practice of writing by listening to your memory body, present moments, and the land. You’ll […]
Authentic Presence: Reawakening Spiritual Confidence
Michael Carroll, Susan Piver and Loden Nyima
Scholarship deadline has passed. 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, and growing prosperity, we also encounter a world filled with numbing devices, growing anxiety and […]
Retreat & Renewal
Sara Buck and Dr. Nashalla Nyinda
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, relationships, and personal endeavors of all kinds. Join us for a spacious retreat that allows time to walk the land, circumambulate […]
Quiet Mind, Open Heart: Resting in Inner Refuge
Brooke Binstock, Marissa Knox and Kelly Lindsey
Come home to yourself. Say YES to a spacious retreat designed to connect you with the inner resources of your body, heart, and mind. Our practice will focus on the inherent qualities of loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and peace, grounded in sacred wisdom traditions. The daily schedule will include guided meditation, yoga, bodywork, and time in […]
Mahayana Summer Seminar: Prajnaparamita and Chöd
Holly Gayley, Loden Nyima, Dr. Lama Alta Brown and David Soucy
Ineffable Prajnaparamita, beyond thought and words, Unborn, unceasing, the very essence of space, The domain of discriminating awareness wisdom, Mother of all buddhas, we pay homage to you. The true nature of our minds and hearts is the perfection of wisdom, known as prajnaparamita—the boundless, spacious, and wise love and compassion within all beings and […]
Mahayana Summer Seminar: Prajnaparamita
Holly Gayley and Loden Nyima
Ineffable Prajnaparamita, beyond thought and words, Unborn, unceasing, the very essence of space, The domain of discriminating awareness wisdom, Mother of all buddhas, we pay homage to you. The true nature of our minds and hearts is the perfection of wisdom, known as prajnaparamita—the boundless, spacious, and wise love and compassion within all beings and […]
Family Camp 2023
Kelly Lindsey, Rachel Steele and Steve Sachs
This program has reached capacity. The waitlist is full and we are no longer accepting waitlist registrations. If we receive cancellations, we will prioritize those already on the waitlist based on age group availability. Living Goodness: The Six Paramitas Nurture family connections while rejuvenating your spirit in the beautiful terrain of Drala Mountain Center. Family […]
Contemporary Vajrayana Retreat
Charlie Awbery and Jared Janes
Vajrayana encourages intelligent, spacious involvement with all of life’s circumstances. Retreating with Evolving Ground will energize you for passionate activity in the world. Our contemporary Vajrayana practices invoke transformation and spontaneity. Vajrayana is a colorful, fiery path. Our practices engage the energy of emotions, rather than detaching from them. We train real world involvement, competence, […]
Chöd
Dr. Lama Alta Brown and David Soucy
lThe English Version of the Surmang Chöd Chöd is a practice of compassion. As Vajrayogini, meditators offer the visualization of their body to the beings they invite to three feasts. The feasts are the activity of the Buddha Vajrayogini. Through her activity, the energies of the “god-demons” are transmuted. The demons, whether negative emotions, illness, […]
Beyond Suffering: Unconditional Self Love, Mindfulness Meditation & Qi Gong Retreat
Blake D. Bauer
Beyond Suffering Level 2 is being offered August 15-17 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 subconscious mind asking you to finally value, accept, forgive, honor, […]
Beyond Suffering Level 2: Unconditional Self Love, Mindfulness, Meditation & Qi Gong Retreat
Blake D. Bauer
This retreat is for those who would like to go deeper into the practical application and embodiment of unconditional self-love. It will offer a safe space to go deeper into the practice of thinking, speaking, and acting with loving-kindness and self-worth in every moment. This follow-up retreat arose naturally out of strong demand from participants […]
ONLINE • Death and the Art of Dying: Deep Dive into the Luminous Bardo
Andrew Holecek
From a spiritual perspective, death is the crowning moment of life. The karma that brought you into this life is exhausted, and the karma (habits) that will propel you into the next one hasn’t yet formed. This gap (bardo) provides a golden opportunity for rapid spiritual progress – if you are prepared. This week-long program […]
LAND • Death and the Art of Dying: Deep Dive into the Luminous Bardo
Andrew Holecek
From a spiritual perspective, death is the crowning moment of life. The karma that brought you into this life is exhausted, and the karma (habits) that will propel you into the next one hasn’t yet formed. This gap (bardo) provides a golden opportunity for rapid spiritual progress – if you are prepared. This week-long program […]
Women’s Summer Meditation and Yoga Retreat
Katharine Kaufman
Our bodies hold emotions, images, patterns, and stories. When we inhabit our bodies through mindfulness practices, we come to know ourselves as complete and wakeful beings. During this rejuvenating program, we will play with the four postures of meditation, practice nourishing yoga, and retreat in the forests, fields, and groves of Drala Mountain Center. Through […]
Mindful Living: Teachings and Practices from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Janet Solyntjes
Inspired by the teachings of Jon Kabat-Zinn, this 3-day retreat offers both an introduction and a deepening experience of mindfulness, for being more fully present to our lives. Various tools for engaging the demands of our lives and for supporting inquiry into fundamental health and wholeness will be drawn from MBSR — the most universal […]
Blessings: Celebrating the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya
Judith Simmer-Brown
Whatever your connection is to the Great Stupa and Drala Mountain Center, we invite you to come together to practice and deepen our connection to community. This land is full of the blessings of generations of dharma practitioners practicing together, invoking the magic of the ancestral and lineage dralas in our high mountain valley. The […]
5-Day Mindful Self-Compassion Intensive
Megan Prager, M.A. and Michelle Becker, LMFT
This 5-day residential program is an intensive form of the internationally recognized, eight-session Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) training developed by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff. It is open to laypeople and professionals alike. Participants will learn to: practice self-compassion in daily life, motivate themselves with kindness rather than criticism, meet difficult emotions with greater ease, transform […]
Wisdom of the Body: Yoga and Meditation Retreat
Katharine Kaufman
“Katharine was wonderful, creating a safe nurturing tone and establishing community among us. She was both teacher/guide and fellow student herself – a powerful connection. She shared herself with us, and in doing so allowed us to share of ourselves.” “Katharine is as real and honest as it gets. She taught me so much, and […]
Filling Your Well: A Women’s Yoga, Meditation & Nature Retreat
Sara Avant Stover
Calling all women who do too much! How do we stay inspired, centered, and rooted in our innate wisdom—especially during times of challenge? In this four-day women’s retreat, you’ll replenish your body, heart, and mind through spaciousness, quiet, yogic and dharmic teachings and practices, sisterhood, as well as ample time in nature. Autumn is the […]
Slowing Down: A Yoga, Self-Care, and Loving-Kindness Retreat | Extended
Heather Lindemann and Cole Schlam
Embrace a slower pace and notice how it offers a deeper connection to mind, body, and spirit. Join Cole Schlam and Heather Lindemann for a contemplative weekend yoga retreat where we will connect with maitri (loving-kindness) and embrace the art of “doing less.” We will enjoy multiple daily yoga classes (slow flow, yin, and restorative), […]
Slowing Down: A Yoga, Self-Care, and Loving-Kindness Retreat
Heather Lindemann and Cole Schlam
Embrace a slower pace and notice how it offers a deeper connection to mind, body, and spirit. Join Cole Schlam and Heather Lindemann for a contemplative weekend yoga retreat where we will connect with maitri (loving-kindness) and embrace the art of “doing less.” We will enjoy multiple daily yoga classes (slow flow, yin, and restorative), […]
Do Nothing: Learning to Live Your Life with Genuine Care
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 they may ever take — a leadership-focused mindfulness and meditation retreat. Discover why meditation and mindfulness practices can positively […]
The Heart of Mindfulness: A Silent Meditation Retreat
Janet Solyntjes and Gaylon Ferguson
The Heart of Mindfulness Retreat is a 7-day silent meditation retreat that emphasizes the deep understanding and practice of mindfulness in its most universal expression while respecting and acknowledging its contemplative and spiritual roots. The retreat is open to all experienced meditators who are looking for an enriching silent retreat experience. It is suitable for […]
The Art of Meditation: A Weeklong Retreat
Loden Nyima
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 as well lots of ups and downs, strong emotions, unprocessed material, cycles of inspiration and discouragement, and questions about […]