Menla | Resort & Destination Spa

Menla is a hidden oasis set in a secluded valley beside an enchanting stream in the heart of the Catskill mountains. Featuring spiritual and wellness retreats as well as exclusive getaways, our world-class Dewa Spa offers one-of-a-kind experiences. A truly unique venue and a project of Tibet House US – the Dalai Lama’s cultural center in North America – Menla is a modern resort and destination spa surrounded by thousands of acres of unspoiled wilderness. Inspired by the ancient Buddhist kingdom of Tibet, we strive to keep alive knowledge handed down for centuries.

Immerse yourself in the magic of our pristine mountain forests. Explore hiking trails, encounter wildlife, and discover a rich tapestry of wellness experiences and activities. This includes workshops with renowned teachers, yoga, meditation, Tibetan healing therapies, massages, bodywork, and so much more.

Retreats

Choose from a variety of weekend and week-long group retreats on Buddhism, yoga, holistic health and wellness, the sacred feminine, shamanism, conscious dying, ...

Menla Online

Menla Online offers you a chance to expand your awareness, learn to live more fully and authentically, and stay connected with a community of fellow seekers, wi...

Host Your Retreat

With its magical valley setting deep in the Catskills and just two hours from NYC, Menla is uniquely suited to host your group retreat or conference. Abl...

Dewa Spa

Discover the ancient restorative therapies of Tibet at Dewa, Menla’s world-class healing spa and one of the few places in the West where you can experien...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

RECLAMATION: A Weekend Gathering For Women To Connect And Heal

Alison Sinatra & Jennifer Muir-Braunstein
Sep 17, 2021

Do you need to find your center again? Is it time to take spiritual inventory and see what is working and what is not? This retreat is for you. These times ar...

Gratitude Yoga Loving Kindness Yoga & Meditation Retreat

Gemma Farrell
Sep 24, 2021

Awaken to your innate capacity for boundless love and compassion through metta/loving kindness practices that foster wise equanimity, deep inner peace, and a pr...

Devoted to Wisdom: Celebrating Buddhism & Bhakti Yoga

Krishna Das & Robert A.F. Thurman
Sep 30, 2021

Join internationally-acclaimed presenters, Krishna Das and Tenzin Bob Thurman, for their first in-person appearance since the pandemic for a celebratory peak-fo...

Nourishing Your Divine Self

Jill Pettijohn
Oct 07, 2021

Join us this fall, for a beautiful and uplifting weekend to awaken and transform those parts of ourselves that have been closed off through fear and pain and th...

Psychedelic & Indigenous Medicine Retreat: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with Floresta

Shannon Starr, BC-PMHNP, Eugene Shteyngarts, TCM & Paul Garcia, MD, PhD
Oct 08, 2021

This is a three-day Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy retreat designed to optimize your experience and treatment and allow for lasting transformation. At Menla, w...

Friends Of Fungi

John Michelotti
Oct 15, 2021

From the largest living organism in the world to the creation of soil, fungi play an essential role for life on earth. They have been recycling and helping to h...

Psychedelic Integration: Experiential Practice Retreat for Clinicians

Elizabeth Nielson, PhD, Ingmar Gorman, PhD, Leah Gooch, 500RYT & Jayne Gumpel, LCSW
Oct 19, 2021

This 5-day experiential retreat is designed for therapists who practice psychedelic integration or psychedelic-assisted therapy, or are training to do so. Exper...

“This is a beautiful retreat center complete with spa nestled in the lush green countryside of the Catskills. Peace and tranquility are the first to greet you upon arriving at Menla. The staff is warm, professional, and helpful. I have had a couple of massages with hot rocks by a very competent and knowledgeable massage therapist. He is the BEST I have ever had, and I highly recommend going to DEWA Spa at Menla”

Diane Boehm

“Menla is deep in my heart… It’s a profoundly spiritual space, a little slice of Tibet right in the middle of nowhere. Pure mountain air, a walk in the woods, a deep tissue massage, a lounge in the infrared sauna… a morning seemed like a long luxurious weekend. I can’t wait to get back for some the best spa treatments I have ever had. An upstate mountain escape is essential for surviving the pace of NYC life.”

Clodagh of Clodagh Design

“Menla is indeed magical, a place out of time that is rich in presence. The vibrational quality of this sanctuary is palpable as well as the magnificent natural beauty. Healing, peaceful and luminous with Light, a pilgrimage to Menla evokes the proverbial Medicine Mountain, and yet it is so close to NYC. Our Ayurvedic massage and experience at Dewa Spa was transporting, regenerative and deeply nourishing. Looking forward to our next retreat here and sharing this treasure with friends.”

Sarah Drew

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