7-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute with Rupert Spira

Garrison Institute 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison, New York, United States

For those of us who love to dive deeply into the heart of the non-dual understanding, retreats offer an unprecedented opportunity: seven days with Rupert and friends, nestled in a beautiful location in nature, where we steep together in the peace of our true nature. Retreats gather us in the heart of being, where we spend our days in self-abidance, friendship and creativity.

The Resilient Leaders Network (April 2024 – September 2024)

Garrison Institute 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison, New York, United States

Garrison Institute’s Contemplative-Based Resilience (CBR) team is excited to launch the Resilient Leaders Network to support professionals in leadership positions within mission-driven, local nonprofits. Nonprofit leaders such as Executive Directors, Program Directors, and Human Resource Managers working in a 5-county region of the lower Hudson Valley are invited to join the network.

LOVE is the Most Powerful Force in the Universe

Mindfulness teacher Sharon Salzberg joins with Atman Smith, Ali Smith, and Andres Gonzalez of the Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) to offer a program exploring the depths, capacity, and meaning of love. Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Love is cohesive and attracting, and is not bound by space or time. Learn to get in touch with and share the infinite love inside of you with meditation, yoga, and additional contemplative practices.

A Healing & Restoration Retreat

Garrison Institute 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison, New York, United States

In partnership with the Acosta Institute, we are honored to present the Healing & Restoration Retreat, a transformative three-day experience designed as a sanctuary for changemakers, leaders and educators experiencing burnout.

LGBTIQ+ Retreat Waking Up Fabulous: Taking Refuge & Care

Garrison Institute 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison, New York, United States

This retreat is an opportunity for us to come together as an LGBTIQ+ community and care for ourselves: to remember who we really are and to recollect our true inner goodness. We will explore ways of sustaining a kind heart, a clear open mind, and a strong body. We will engage with the ancient teachings and practices offered by the Buddha that cultivate compassion, wisdom, and skillful actions.

Mind & Life Institute Summer Research Institute

Garrison Institute 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison, New York, United States

We’ve never been more connected and yet so divided. Just as technology brings us closer together, we are increasingly polarized, finding affirmation in online echo chambers rather than seeking common ground. Loneliness and isolation are fueling a global mental health crisis just as climate emergencies hasten hunger and the mass displacement of people.

Becoming Bodhisattvas – The Path of Confidence with Ethan Nichtern

Garrison Institute 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison, New York, United States

Many of us are longing for an in-depth, in-person meditation retreat. This is a great opportunity to do so. Like last year, this retreat will focus on practices and teachings related to the path of the Bodhisattva, a body of teachings all about a compassionate and wise way of being in world in turmoil. This year we will focus on the theme of Confidence. 

Care for Educators

Garrison Institute 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison, New York, United States

CARE is a unique evidence-based program designed to help educators reduce stress and enliven their work by promoting awareness, presence, compassion, reflection, and inspiration – the inner resources needed to help students flourish, socially, emotionally, and academically.

Home Is Here: Healing Racial Harm with Compassionate Care – A 3-Part Course

What does it mean to attend to our suffering in body, heart, and mind when racism has caused such intense hurt and pain; individually and collectively? In this 3-part series, we’ll begin our journey on the Path of restoration from the results of the dominant culture’s racism by examining deeply and fully individual and collective conditioning. With courageous honesty, we investigate how we may have been misled, misinformed, perhaps, even colluded in perpetuating or creating hurt and harm.