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Personal Retreat
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Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Turn off your phone. Log off the internet. And join us for a restorative retreat—a time to relax, refresh, and deepen your practice.
Personal Retreat Package
Flexible Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Turn off your phone. Log off the internet. And join us for a restorative retreat—a time to relax, refresh, and deepen your practice.
Winter Warm-Up: Cooking Mouthwatering, Plant-Based Comfort Food
With Chef Eytan Kurland
January 31 - February 2, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
When the temperature plummets and the wind is brisk, we all want a meal that brings comfort. The good news is that comfort food can be healthy, too. Join Chef Eytan Kurland as you learn to prepare delicious, nutrient-dense meals while embracing the joy of slowing down and cooking in community. Class size limited to 10.
Just Be: A Mid-Winter Personal Retreat
February 14 - 17, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
In the solitude of winter, leave the pressures of your normal life and immerse yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center. Focus on yourself and your practice, spending a long weekend on personal retreat, enjoying the peace of the Center—and our delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Nowhere To Go, Nothing To Do: A Buddhist Silent Retreat
With Gary Wheaton
March 7 - 9, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
As the possibility of spring brings a desire for renewal, a weekend of communal silence sets the plate for inner transformation; it provides the opportunity to be present with yourself and the opening to mindfully observe and release the thoughts and emotions that arise.
From Heart Fatigue to Heart Warrior
With Rev. Therese Bimka, LCSW, Kim Schneiderman, MSW, LCSW, Ben Brown and Celeste Cipriano, LCSW
March 28 - 30, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Open by application, this free program provides training in resilience and restorative practices for 18 veterans. Within the safe space created by skilled practitioners and in the comfort of a beautiful and restorative setting, veterans will learn how to move from being reactive to being responsive and to catching a glimpse of their own wholeness.
Healer Heal Thyself, An Expressive Arts Retreat
With Rev. Therese Bimka, LCSW, Lucy Barbera, PhD, LCAT and Katie Down, LCAT, MT-BC
April 11 - 13, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Open by application, this free program is for therapists and social workers who support individuals that are deeply burdened by trauma, grief, and debilitating physical and mental conditions. Harnessing the expressive arts to provide respite, restoration and meaningful self-discovery, the retreat is a regenerative invitation for sustainability in a field that offers services to the most vulnerable.
Spring Detox: Unplugged Meditation and Movement Retreat
With Anna Winkler, John Henderson, Madalina Blanton, Bob Blanton and Kati Walker
April 25 - 27, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Mar 10, 2025.
Disconnect from your devices and reconnect with nature, the present moment, and your inner being as you explore a wide range of meditative practices—including shamata, yoga, walking meditation, guided compassion meditation, reiki, qi gong, and singing bowls.
100,000 Songs of Milarepa
With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
May 16 - 18, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Milarepa, Tibet’s renowned and beloved enlightened master, was known for teaching through the medium of song and poetry. This weekend program will trace the story of his life, accompanied by many of his songs and additional commentary by Rinpoche, who is considered an emanation of Milarepa.
Online: 100,000 Songs of Milarepa
With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
May 16 - 18, 2025
Streaming Live from the Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Offered Online: Milarepa, Tibet’s renowned and beloved enlightened master, was known for teaching through the medium of song and poetry. This weekend program will trace the story of his life, accompanied by many of his songs and additional commentary by Rinpoche, who is considered an emanation of Milarepa.
Just Be: A Springtime Personal Retreat
With John Henderson
May 23 - 26, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Mar 23, 2025.
At the cusp of summer, leave the pressures of your normal life and immerse yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center. Focus on yourself and your practice, spending a long weekend on personal retreat under the guidance of a retreat master, enjoying the solitude of the Center—and delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Buddhist Meditation: Cultivate Wellbeing through the Skills of Awareness
With John Henderson
June 20 - 22, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until May 5, 2025.
What is the best way to meditate? Is it the same thing as mindfulness? What are the practical benefits? In an easy-to-digest approach we will discuss the many concepts and meditation practices in Buddhism and how they form an interlocking and cohesive spiritual path toward greater awareness.
What's for Dinner? Fresh, Flavor-packed Meals Every Day
With Chef Eytan Kurland
June 27 - 29, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Learn to make the same delicious, nourishing food you enjoy while on retreat at the Center—then go home with the recipes and some meals-to-go. Hands on cooking, plus demonstrations, and discussion.
Just Be: A July 4 Personal Retreat
July 3 - 6, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until May 3, 2025.
Over the long holiday weekend, leave the pressures of your normal life and immerse yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center. Focus on yourself and your practice, spending a long weekend on personal retreat, enjoying the solitude of the Center, the cool breezes on our beautiful woods trails—and our delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Do: A Buddhist Silent Retreat
With Gary Wheaton
August 22 - 24, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 7, 2025.
Before launching into the chaos of fall, pause for a weekend of communal silence; it provides the opportunity to be present with yourself and the opening to mindfully observe and release the thoughts and emotions that arise.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE: Find Freedom Through Connection
With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
August 29 - September 3, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
In Discovering the Dharma II, H.E. Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche offers key Buddhist teachings on meditation, karma, dependent origination, death and rebirth, and emptiness over five days of engaged learning and guided practice. With guided meditation, Tibetan yoga, Q&A.
Fall Reset: Come into yourself
With Anna Winkler, Bob Blanton, Madalina Blanton, Kati Walker and John Henderson
September 12 - 14, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 28, 2025.
Fall is often a time of new beginnings. Reset as you reconnect with nature, the present moment, and your inner being through a wide range of meditative practices—including stillness meditation, yoga, walking meditation, guided compassion meditation, personal outdoor meditation, reiki, qi gong, and singing bowls.
The Power of Silence: A Silent Retreat for Body, Mind, and Spirit
With John Henderson
October 13 - 17, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Feeling besieged by noise and clatter? Travel through the doorway of silence, to the peace of present moment awareness, when you spend four days in peaceful meditation and self-reflection surrounded by the peak foliage in the beautiful Hudson Valley.
Overcoming Grief: Buddhist teachings and meditations to deal with despair
With Gary Wheaton
November 7 - 9, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 22, 2025.
As the possibility of spring brings a desire for renewal, a weekend of communal silence sets the plate for inner transformation; it provides the opportunity to be present with yourself and the opening to mindfully observe and release the thoughts and emotions that arise.
Just Be: A Thanksgiving Personal Retreat
November 26 - 30, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 26, 2025.
In this season of giving thanks and expressing gratitude, leave the pressures of your normal life and immerse yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center. Focus on yourself and your practice, spending five nights on personal retreat under the guidance of a retreat master, enjoying the solitude of the Center—and delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Just Be: A Year-End Personal Retreat
December 26, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Nov 25, 2025.
Ring in the New Year from a calm, centered place, by leaving the pressures of your normal life and immersing yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center for a 6-night Personal Retreat. This is a time to focus on yourself and your practice.