Wholehearted Sesshin: Summer Silent Retreat 2024
Garrison Institute 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison, New York, United StatesJoin us for an eight-day intensive silent retreat focusing on rediscovering our values and living life to the fullest.
Join us for an eight-day intensive silent retreat focusing on rediscovering our values and living life to the fullest.
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.
Join us for this session, to learn more about this upcoming retreat for women of color set for November 22-24. Our focus will be the book Healing Our Way Home and the importance of ancestors, joy, and liberation.
In this retreat we’ll review a wide array of contemplative and somatic embodiment practices as well as contemporary psychological based tools to overcome self-fixation and gain access to a core drive to connect with the transpersonal serenity of being, getting curious with existence, and being kinder to our core beings. We will also offer yoga/movement taught by Lindsey Liberatore. This is an in-person retreat appropriate for both new and experienced practitioners.
Join author Anu Gupta and Garrison Institute's CBR Director Christa Tinari for this conversation around imagining a world without bias—and the methodologies by which we can dream it into reality. The session will feature meditation, somatic exercises, and a lively discussion, followed by an interactive Q&A session. Anu will explore what it means for us to “break bias” in our own communities.
This retreat will offer a time of community exploration, grounded in the practice of the Six Paramitas (sometimes referred to as the Six Perfections). As we dive into the teachings of generosity, ethical conduct, patience, diligence, meditative concentration, and wisdom, we uncover their relevance in our relationships with both ourselves and others.
This 5-week program invites social impact leaders into an exciting exploration of inner development practices through different angles and methods. Eight renowned speakers will answer your questions live and pique your interest in the varied ways that you can engage in inner transformation.
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.
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.
This retreat will delve into the heart of our existence, as life Itself. Mukti will point participants to their essential Self, prior to personal identities, roles, history, or future. She’ll also focus on how to nurture remembrance of Self nature—free of definitions and divisions. To support this remembrance, Mukti will offer talks, periods of satsang (Q&A sessions exploring the nature of essential Truth), and guided meditations. This retreat will also provide several periods of daily, silent group meditation, as well as time to rest and enjoy the natural surroundings.
Kim Nolan and Stephen Posner will explore what it means to find awe in nature and to regard nature as teacher and source. This refreshing conversation will weave together insight and experience across sectors, including passion for social justice, appreciation for the power of business, and commitment to education for the next generation of sustainability leaders.
This in-person retreat is a rare chance to immerse in a way of being that honors nature as the source of all life, promoting humanity’s right relationship with Earth. Co-Facilitated by Tiokasin Ghosthorse, and Melanie Goodchild, PhD, we will gather on sacred land on the banks of the Hudson River to engage “the precious and vanishing world behind the human-made world.”
Please join us as we explore this unique opportunity to spend time with author Daniel Siegel, MD and gain insight into the themes of his latest work "Personality and Wholeness in Psychotherapy" . Join us in unlocking the potential for transformative change and learn how to turn perplexing patterns into opportunities for growth and self-discovery.
This is a retreat for women of color. Our focus will be the book Healing Our Way Home and the importance of ancestors, joy, and liberation. Join us for an exploration of how we can see ourselves in each other’s path of joy and liberation, and take refuge in our individual and collective healing.
Sharon Salzberg along with Ali Smith, Atman Smith and Andres Gonzalez (Co-Founders of The Holistic Life Foundation) offer this virtual retreat exploring the immense resilience of the human spirit, and how to find greater balance when serving others. Recharge physically, mentally, and emotionally in a community of caretakers from all walks of life with meditation, yoga, and contemplative practices.
Join us for an illuminating conversation with Dr. Bayo Akomolafe, a visionary thinker at the forefront of reimagining our relationship with the world and each other. Dr. Akomolafe will sit down with Rodney McKenzie, Jr., Vice President of Ally Development at Fetzer and veteran community organizer.
Meredith Monk and Ellen Fisher return to the Garrison Institute for this in-person workshop where voice, movement, and image intersect to create an opportunity for us each to discover our own personal richness.
The Garrison Institute's Moral Economies Project brings together thought leaders of this movement, to identify the common elements among these global transformative initiatives. Together, we are charting new pathways toward a more just, regenerative, and sustainable future. Through our ongoing mapping of these distinct efforts, we are uncovering and exploring commonalities that tie together diverse efforts to foster wellbeing and economic change.
The Village Zendo’s year-end retreat is a chance to step out of ordinary life and enjoy deep silence and contemplation at the turning of the year. Our schedule is serious (with plenty of zazen meditation) but also spacious, with time to enjoy the beautiful grounds and nearby trails. Dharma talks are given daily, and there is opportunity to meet individually with teachers. Full Retreat: December 26 to January 1
Half Retreat: December 26 to December 29
Please join us for this interactive online Forum hosted by Jonathan F.P. Rose, Co-founder of the Garrison Institute, in conversation with the Reverend Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault. This event promises to peel back the layers of one of the most innovative contemplative thinkers of our time. In "Thomas Keating: The Making of a Modern Christian Mythic", Cynthia Bourgeault offers an intimate and groundbreaking portrait of a spiritual master who transcended traditional boundaries and reimagined the contemplative landscape.
The Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) proposes a bold transformation to the way economies are organized at the national level. At its core, a "wellbeing economy" represents a shift in focus from profit and growth -centric systems to economies that elevate the wellbeing of people and planet. In this Pathways to Planetary Health Forum, Director Stephen Posner will speak with WEAll Economics and Policy Lead, Amanda Janoo, to explore vital steps that will lead us in this direction, with specific examples from countries that are adopting Wellbeing Economies.
Through the practice of sitting and walking meditation, engaging dharma talks, and intimate dokusan sessions with a teacher, join the New York Zen Center in immersing oneself in the transformative power of Noble Silence. Let us come together, here and now, embracing this five-day, four-night journey of discovery and growth. This retreat will complete with a lay Hossen Shiki led by Koshin Sensei and Shishin Falk will serve in the role of Shuso, as a completion of her two years of training.
Join us for an illuminating evening exploring State of the Garrison Institute Fellowship. Led by the Dr. Angel Acosta, this engaging forum will dive into the profound impact of the fellowship program, the groundbreaking work of its fellows and its future.
Join Dr. Daniel Siegel for an immersive retreat at the Garrison Institute, where science and contemplative wisdom meet to unlock new understandings of the mind, personality, and our journey toward wholeness. Through the lens of Patterns of Developmental Pathways (PDP), an interpersonal neurobiology-informed framework inspired by the Enneagram, Dr. Siegel will guide participants in discovering how innate tendencies and learned behaviors shape our sense of self—and how these patterns can become pathways to transformation.
A day-long symposium to explore and celebrate the spiritual legacy of Fr. Thomas Keating: Trappist monk, enlightened spiritual master, founder of the Centering Prayer movement, and a pillar of contemplative inter-spiritual dialogue. The symposium will weave together teaching, practice, panel discussions, and provocative immersion sessions as we dive deeply into Fr. Thomas’s prophetic vision of Oneness as both an inner state of consciousness and an outer pathway of planetary healing.
In this five-day silent retreat, Cynthia Bourgeault will be teaching from her newly published book, Thomas Keating: The Making of a Modern Christian Mystic, in a deep dive into Thomas Keating’s final visionary insights on Christian nonduality and planetary Oneness. Joining her will be longtime Centering Prayer colleague David Frenette, bringing his own complementary insights into Unity Consciousness and contemplative service.
Join Krishna Das and friends for a weekend retreat of yoga, chanting, and devotional heart-opening practices. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend time with a group of dedicated seekers and immerse yourself in practices, teachings, and discussions.
Renowned scholars Mary Evelyn Tucker, PhD and Peter Senge, PhD. will join us to explore the intersection of ecology, Confucian thought, and transformational change. Moderated by Director of the Pathways to Planetary Health Initiative at Garrison Institute Stephen Posner, PhD.
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.
In collaboration with Dr. Bayo Akomolafe / Dancing with Mountains and Ayin Press, we offer a short course exploration, and an in-person retreat called ‘Selah’. Selah is a series of retreats crafted around Dr. Akomolafe’s thesis that contemporary times call for something more than healing, justice, resolution, or solution.
Join an intimate group of global leaders, scholars, and practitioners as we reflect on the challenges of the present and co-create new models for a regenerative future.
You are invited to join us at the Garrison Institute in celebrating the farmers of the Cold Spring Farmers’ Market and the work of Philipstown Food Pantry; while shining a light on food insecurity in our region.
Participants will be guided by Dr. Ryan Erbe, through a series of Christian contemplative-based practices that enable connection with God and Embodiment of His Word.
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.
Open to all who identify as: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, or Queer +. This retreat is an opportunity for us to come together as an LGBTQIA+ community and care for ourselves: to remember who we really are and to recollect our true inner goodness.
In a time of profound global change, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. This 5-week online course series offers a space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what truly matters—so you can lead with clarity, resilience, and purpose.
Over 3 virtual sessions, we will examine how Indian thought traditions have understood dharma in the original texts and how much of this is practical in a modern context. Beginning with an overview of dharma, we will examine the applicability of dharmic ideas in the here-and-now before discussing dharma and the greatest issue facing us all – environmental change.
The Mind & Life Summer Research Institute (SRI) is a weeklong immersive program designed for deep, interdisciplinary dialogue and personal reflection.
Please join us for this annual retreat for our Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
This event is convened by the Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis. Recognizing the limitations of anthropocentric notions of separation, Synthesis for a Changing World invites us to move beyond the familiar patterns and silos of our thinking, training and disciplines.
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 with teacher Ethan Nichtern.
Please join us for this Seven Day retreat with Teacher Rupert Spira. Each day will feature a guided meditation in which we rest in being, as well as a dialogue where we will discuss the non-dual understanding.