Arts & Creativity
Our Arts & Creativity retreats and workshops feature writing, poetry, photography, drawing, painting, calligraphy, dance, flower arranging and other disciplines that appreciate the uniqueness of the everyday sensory experience, the “art of everyday life.” Contemplative arts and practices bring beauty, vividness and wisdom to our lives and our environment.
Join us for an inspiring 90-minute class to reawaken and deepen your creativity and spiritual connection through writing. The writing session will include dynamic meditations, innovative writing exercises, and fun movement experiences, all designed to open more →
Experiencing hardships in our external and internal lives is an experience we all know well. While we often don’t have control over external hardships, we do over internal ones. How we speak to ourselves in the more →
ONLINE • Befriending Your Inner Critic: An Online Yoga, Meditation & Psychology Retreat
Sara Avant Stover
August 7–8, 2021
What is the experience of sitting in beauty — within our own being, within the flow of communication, and within the natural world? Mindfulness invites us into the experience of now and is an essential element more →
Sitting in Beauty: A Silent Mindfulness Retreat
Janet Solyntjes and Mary Linda McBride
August 10–15, 2021
The decision to live a life of gratitude takes an initial leap of faith and a commitment to daily practice. Now, you can discover the science of gratitude that supports what people have intuitively understood. Congratulations more →
"Albert Flynn DeSilver is a gem, a joy to work with, and puts together amazing workshops." — Cheryl Strayed, International Bestselling author of WILD "This week has been transformational—kind, sweet, and truly satisfying." — B. T. more →
Green Tara is the ultimate manifestation of sacred female enlightenment and activity. Her enlightened activity teaches us how to embrace and embody compassion in action. In this retreat, you will learn the short Green Tara practice more →
ONLINE • Green Tara: Enlightened Feminine Wisdom in Action
Dr. Nashalla Nyinda
September 24–26, 2021
When eye, heart and world are in the same place, at the same time, your experience is direct and your art expressions are spontaneous and vivid. This program engages the contemplative arts of Nalanda Miksang photography more →
Ways of Seeing and The Way of Nature: Contemplative Photography, Haiku and Deep Ecology
John McQuade
September 29–October 3, 2021
Become a brush and, step by step, we will find ways to foster joy and serene excitement, both in our art and in everyday life. Experiment with artistic interpretation and spontaneous improvisation using a variety of more →