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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

The Heart of Mindfulness: A Silent Meditation Retreat

Also Janet Solyntjes and Gaylon Ferguson

December 5–12, 2025

Program Start Date & Time: December 5th  |  5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: December 12th  |  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 […]

Sitting in Beauty: A 5-day Silent Meditation Retreat

Also Janet Solyntjes

April 25–30, 2026

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 […]

Do Nothing: Learning to Live Your Life with Genuine Care

Also Janet Solyntjes and Rob Dube

October 4–8, 2026

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 […]

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