UPCOMING RETREATS
Dirty Hands & Deep Ecology: Session 1
Lisa TarantoApr 16 - Apr 18, 2021
The Big Picture Topic: How did we arrive at this time of great crisis and great transformation? And how do we responsibly direct where are we going? The Garden Topic: Selecting and starting seeds for your garden, simple propagation techniques, spring garden prep. The Action: Hands-on experience with starting a garden, observation skills. The Knowledge: […]
Psychedelic Integration: Premise and Promise
Elizabeth Nielson, PhD & Ingmar Gorman, PhDApr 22 - Apr 25, 2021
Psychedelic compounds have a rich and fascinating history of use in spiritual and healthcare settings. After a nearly 60-year hiatus, recent advances in clinical research indicate that these medicines may soon be available to the public as treatments for some of humanity’s most profound forms of suffering: alcoholism, drug addiction, PTSD, and depression. Psychotherapists and […]
Gratitude Yoga: Loving Kindness Yoga & Meditation Retreat
Gemma FarrellApr 30 - May 03, 2021
Come away with us for a weekend of yoga, meditation and deeply transformational loving kindness practices. Our three-night retreat includes daily morning vinyasa yoga classes and afternoon deep stretching sessions, walks in the woods, meditation, loving kindness practices, wonderful plant-based meals, and lots of warm friendship. When we consciously practice loving kindness we discover equanimity, […]
Unplugged Retreat: Mindfulness and Sound Meditation
Mari Tanaka & David EllenbogenMay 07 - May 09, 2021
This digital detox offers you an opportunity to disconnect from your devices and connect with nature, community and the present moment. Participants enjoy sound and silent meditations, nature walks, and learning techniques of traditional Japanese energy work for self care. Hosted by Mari Tanaka and David Ellenbogen this retreat creates a space for mindfulness and […]
Vajra Yoga Expansion Into Perfection Stages: Module 3
Michele Loew & Robert A.F. ThurmanMay 13 - May 23, 2021
Join us for this totally unique yoga teacher training, exploring the philosophical and experiential interface between Hatha Yoga and Indo-Tibetan Vajra Yoga traditions in the pristine hidden mountain valley of Menla—a Medicine Buddha land. This will be an intensive immersion designed for students and teachers of Indian and Tibetan yogas wishing to take their practice and teaching to a deeper level. A […]
Friends Of Fungi
John MichelottiMay 21 - May 23, 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 heal the planet for centuries. Now, we can pair with fungi to improve our lives through appreciating the food and medicines this extraordinary kingdom has to […]
Sage Academy of Sound 2021 Sound Healing Certification Training: Part One
Dr. John Beaulieu, John Medeski & Lea GarnierMay 28 - May 30, 2021
The Fundamental Principles Of Sound Healing from the Ancient Shamanic Tradition to New Science: Followed by Tuning Fork Studies. The Certification program teaches how to utilize a variety of SoundHealing techniques for your own practice as a SoundHealer. With a certificate from The Sage Academy of Sound, students should be better equipped to serve as […]
Dirty Hands & Deep Ecology: Session 2
Lisa TarantoMay 28 - May 30, 2021
The Big Picture: What is Soil? And what is our relationship with it--the good, the bad, the wasteful? The Garden Topic: Understanding and improving garden soils. The Action: Hands on experience with starting a garden, observation skills. The Knowledge: A diversity of gardening and agriculture methods, bio-regional contexts and techniques. Join us for the second […]
Simplicity Yoga Spring Retreat
Rosanne FerraiuoloJun 10 - Jun 13, 2021
We have been through so much collectively this year, and the heaviness of the energies on our planet have many of us feeling depleted to say the least. Our goal on this retreat is to stimulate the senses to purge negative energies from the body and refill ourselves with the energy of natural healing, peace, […]
10th Annual Sage Academy Sound Healing Intensive
Lea GarnierJun 17 - Jun 20, 2021
The world’s foremost experts in the art and science of sound healing will come together to immerse retreat participants in the sacred power of sound. Under the guidance of these remarkable scholars, doctors, healers, and sound practitioners, students will explore the healing potential of Tuning Forks, Crystal Bowls and Pyramids, Tibetan Bowls, Sacred Gongs and Bells, […]
Dirty Hands & Deep Ecology: Session 3
Lisa TarantoJun 18 - Jun 20, 2021
The Big Picture: What is the relationship between Ecology and Economics. What is Ecological Economics? The Garden Topic: How does a garden and your home economy create and contribute to a reciprocal economy? And, medicinal plants and flowers! The Action: Continuing to engage and work with the gardens and landscapes of Menla, from the wild […]
Dirty Hands & Deep Ecology: Session 4
Lisa TarantoJul 02 - Jul 04, 2021
The Big Picture: Water and Hydrological Cycles The Garden Topic: Smart water use in your gardens and homes The Action: Continuing to engage and work with the gardens and landscapes of Menla, from the wild to the highly cultivated, connecting to ourselves and capacity for quiet physical work. Flowers! What role do they play in […]
Cacao, Kundalini, and Sound: A Return to the Heart
Jarrod Byrne Mayer & Sarah Eve CardellJul 09 - Jul 11, 2021
The spirit of cacao is powerful and healing, and when taken with intention, it can cleanse us of negativity while increasing our creative potential. Cacao is also heart medicine, which can help us connect to others in an expansive place of compassion and love. We will combine the spirit of cacao with sound and the […]
Living in Joy and Beauty from your Point of Calm
Darren O’Tell, Sherry Champlin & Susan GaleJul 16 - Jul 21, 2021
Our natural state is joy and beauty, but so much distracts us from living in this way, including unexplained moods that seem to creep up on us from nowhere. Many of us long for an explanation of our seemingly perpetual, inexplicable state of anxiety. What if there was a simple, energetic explanation for this? What […]
Sage Academy of Sound 2021 Sound Healing Certification Training: Part Two
Lea Garnier & Thomas WorkmanJul 30 - Aug 01, 2021
Crystal Core Awareness with Crystal Bowls & Pyramids & Singing Crystal Consciousness. TRAINING CERTIFICATION: Module 2 of 3 The Certification program teaches how to utilize a variety of Sound Healing techniques for your own practice as a Sound Healer. With a certificate from The Sage Academy of Sound, students should be better equipped to serve as practitioners, […]
Dirty Hands & Deep Ecology: Session 5
Lisa TarantoAug 13 - Aug 15, 2021
The Big Picture: Cities and Suburbs The Garden Topic: How do gardens and the urban canopy contribute to bio-diversity, storm water management, clean air, cooling, and health in an urban environment? The Action: Continuing to engage and work with the gardens and landscapes of Menla, from the wild to the highly cultivated, connecting to ourselves […]
Sage Academy of Sound 2021 Sound Healing Certification Training: Part Three
Lea GarnierAug 27 - Aug 29, 2021
Sacred Metals: Standing Gongs/Himalayan Singing Bowls, Bells & Shruti Songs TRAINING CERTIFICATION: Module 3 of 3 The Certification program teaches how to utilize a variety of Sound Healing techniques for your own practice as a Sound Healer. With a certificate from The Sage Academy of Sound, students should be better equipped to serve as practitioners, specialists, volunteers, […]
Dirty Hands & Deep Ecology: Session 6
Lisa TarantoSep 17 - Sep 19, 2021
The Big Picture: Forests & Grasslands, Biodiversity & Trophic Levels, Keystone Species The Garden Topic: Bird & Insect ID, Intergrated Pest Management The Action: Continuing to engage and work with the gardens and landscapes of Menla, from the wild to the highly cultivated, connecting to ourselves and capacity for quiet physical work. We will spend […]
Dirty Hands & Deep Ecology: Session 7
Lisa TarantoOct 08 - Oct 10, 2021
The Big Picture: Eco-literacy, Biomimicry The Garden Topic: Putting a garden to sleep, seed saving, thinking about spring The Action: Continuing to engage and work with the gardens and landscapes of Menla, from the wild to the highly cultivated, connecting to ourselves and capacity for quiet physical work. End of the season tool care, repair […]
Psychedelic Integration: Experiential Practice Retreat for Clinicians
Elizabeth Nielson, PhD, Ingmar Gorman, PhD, Leah Gooch, 500RYT & Jayne Gumpel, LCSWOct 19 - Oct 24, 2021
This 5-day experiential retreat is designed for therapists who practice psychedelic integration or psychedelic-assisted therapy, or are training to do so. Experiential training is a component of training in which therapists experience the transformative process of the given modality themselves, and apply their insights to their own lives and to their professional work with others. […]
Braving the Wilderness: Discover Your Soul’s Power
Nicole Beekman-ZornitzerOct 21 - Oct 24, 2021
Immerse yourself in a journey to discover the most transparent version of yourself. Brave the wilderness of your own heart, mind, body and spirit. Release past samskaras and encourage a new vision of whole-body wellness. We will discover techniques for self-care and acknowledgment of our dharma. This program will include daily asana practices, meditation, immersion […]
5th Annual Iyengar Yoga Retreat
Matt Dreyfus CIYTNov 04 - Nov 07, 2021
As spring arrives in the mountains, spend a weekend opening and reawakening yourself from the inside out. This beautiful and inspiring setting is the perfect place to transition out of winter and cultivate a positive and open state of being for the times ahead. This retreat is offering a two day option Check-in Friday November […]
Channels of Acupuncture: Exploring the Road Maps of Development and Sustenance
Linda Boggie DVM, CVA (IVAS), FAAVANov 10 - Nov 14, 2021
During this retreat, we will follow the flow of our lives and our animals through the exploration of the Channels of Acupuncture. These Channels are the road maps for our development and are the sustenance for every individual, both animal and human. We will explore these channels through lectures given by Linda Boggie, DVM, a […]
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