Winter Retreat 2025

5-Day ❄️ At-Home ❄️ Online Retreat

Sunday January 19th – Thursday January 23rd

Clear your mind,  care for your body, tend to your heart, and renew your spirit in this five-day at-home small group New Year’s retreat on Zoom. In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr, we will explore as a theme the crossroads between inner peace and peace-building in the world.

What to Expect

🪷   All retreat sessions are held on Zoom. A pre-retreat handout is provided with tips and guidance for creating a supportive at-home meditation space.

🪷   Participants choose their own level of participation to accommodate their personal schedule, aspirations, and body-mind needs at this time. Examples of how you might design your retreat week:

🔹  Once or twice per day practice

🔹 Skip a day as needed

🔹 Attend one full day

🔹 Participate in the full schedule (4 – 5 sessions per day)

 🔹 As many practice sessions as you like on as many days as you like

🪷  Sessions include seated meditation (on chair or cushion), gentle moving meditation (disability-inclusive yoga, qigong, and lujong) lying-down meditation and progressive relaxation, breath-work, and practices for building compassion and equanimity. The first day of retreat features a 75-minute Deep Rest Yoga Nidra session including a gentle sound bath with quartz singing bowls. Full Retreat Schedule is below.

🪷  Participants may arrive late to sessions or leave early as needed.

🪷  During the course of retreat, participants are encouraged to contact the retreat instructor with any questions or challenges that come up. The closing session on Thursday morning offers an opportunity for personal and group reflection.

🪷  When registering, participants have the option to include a post-retreat private session with the retreat instructor to reflect, debrief, explore struggles and insights, and ask follow-up questions. This session can be done online over Zoom or in-person in Weaverville or Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Cost & Registration

$145 Early Bird Registration — Register by Jan 3rd

($220 includes Post-Retreat Private Session)

$125 Early Bird for Patreon Members — Register by Jan 3rd

($200 includes Post-Retreat Private Session)

$165 Standard Registration (after Jan 3rd)

($240 includes Post-Retreat Private Session)

$145 Standard Registration for Patreon Members (after Jan 3rd)

($220 includes Post-Retreat Private Session)

💟  For anyone with limited funds, please Click Here for sliding scale registration

Full Retreat Schedule

Sunday January 19th

8am – 8:40 Morning Meditation

10:30am – 11am Late Morning Meditation

2pm – 3:10 Deep Rest Yoga Nidra (gentle seated stretches followed by 40 mins guided lying-down meditation + sound bath)

6:45pm – 7:30 Evening Meditation

Monday January 20th

8am – 8:40 Morning Meditation

9:30am – 10:30 Chair-Supported Yoga

1:30 – 2pm Resting Meditation + Self-Compassion Practice

3:30 – 4pm Afternoon Meditation

6:45 – 7:30pm Evening Meditation

Tuesday January 21st

8am – 8:40 Morning Meditation

10am – 11:10 Gentle Yoga

1:30 – 2pm Resting Meditation + Self-Compassion Practice

3:30 – 4pm Afternoon Meditation

6:45 – 7:30 Evening Meditation

Wednesday January 22nd

8am – 8:40 Morning Meditation

10:50am – Noon Yoga for Joints, Bones & Spine Care

1:30 – 2pm Resting Meditation + Self-Compassion Practice

3:30 – 4pm Afternoon Meditation

7pm – 7:50 Evening Meditation

Thursday January 23rd

8am – 8:40am Morning Meditation

9:30am – 10:10 Qigong

11:15am – 12:15 Closing & Reflections