retreats

We host our own retreats (more or less) quarterly, with attention and adjustment to weather conditions.

At our retreats, we offer a balance of a variety of led classes (yoga, meditation, QiGong) and unstructured time, community activities and opportunities for individual contemplation. We offer more traditional practices such as Zen meditation, and incorporate more interpretive ones, such as drawing prompts. Every retreat includes yoga, dharma and meditation with a local Zen monk, and a big pho lunch feast. Often the retreats have a loose focus, such as detoxing from Mardi Gras or creating intentions and resetting with the New Year.

A sample retreat schedule:

Friday
6:30pm rolling arrival
Campfire, snacks, jamming
Story time led by Margaret

Saturday
8am self-guided morning sit
8:45 fireside breakfast
9:15 yoga w/ Hannah or walking meditation
10:00 icebreaker games, opening ceremony
10:30 dharma and meditation with zen monk Thich Thien Ngo
11:30 journalling/reflective time
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12:00 feast!
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1:00 napping meditation with Denise, followed by a community talk
2:00 laughing meditation or walking meditation
2:20 Qi Gong
2:45 snacks and tea, personal time
3:15 creative activity
3:45 closing ceremony
4:00 cleanup, donations, departure
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We have already hosted 2 retreats in 2019, and plan to host Summer, Fall, and Winter retreats this year, dates TBA.