Meditation & Spirituality
Personal Retreat
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.
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.
Tuesday Night Group Meditation
Package Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Milarepa Hall is open for group meditation from 7:00-8:00 PM every Tuesday, with monthly Q&A sessions. Free and open to all.
Work Practice
Flexible Dates
Full Moon Meditation
Package Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Milarepa Hall is open for a guided group meditation practice from 7:00-8:00 PM on the full moon. Free and open to all.
Journey Within Silent Retreat
With John Henderson
April 11 - 14, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Words have energy—and the power to stir something deep within us. So does the profound peace that comes from wordless silence. This retreat will explore the yin/yang of both, combining "spiritual listening" with Noble Silence.
A Mindful Life Retreat
With Jean Vitrano
April 17 - 19, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
An immersive mindfulness retreat strengthens the tools needed to live with more presence, ease, and joy. With an emphasis on slowing down, this time away will allow for plenty of rest and space to meditate, listen, share, and remember what matters to you within a warm, supportive community of individuals.
Spring Detox: Unplugged Meditation and Movement Retreat
With Anna Winkler, John Henderson, Bob Blanton, Kati Walker and Carol Schoffmann
April 24 - 26, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
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.
Rest, Recalibrate and Receive Retreat for Women: Welcome Your Blessings
With Judie Hurtado
May 8 - 10, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Over this nourishing weekend, give yourself healing time and space to be yourself. Through guided meditation sessions, shared conversations, and restorative rituals, you’ll be supported in releasing what has been holding you back and opening to deeper peace and ease.
Just Be: A Springtime Personal Retreat
With John Henderson
May 22 - 25, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
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, enjoying the solitude of the Center, our beautiful woods, the library—and the mouthwatering cuisine. Just be.
Summer Serenity Yoga Retreat
With Megan Martino, RYT-500 and Vicki Bannister, E-RYT-200
June 4 - 7, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Connect deeply with yourself, the natural world, and a like-minded community through daily meditation and yoga practices, shared meals, and guided hikes that celebrate the beauty and bounty of summer. You will bring home a clearer, calmer, and more balanced state of mind.
Changing Aging for Women 50ish and Beyond
With Anne Sussman and Diana Schlobohm
June 9 - 11, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
We live in a youth-obsessed society that offers us only the “Declinist Paradigm” for aging. It’s time to change that! Learn how daily spiritual practices can help you to age with grace, joy and resilience—even in the face of the loss and change that inevitably come as we age.
Buddhist Meditation: Cultivate Wellbeing through the Skills of Awareness
With John Henderson
June 19 - 21, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until May 4, 2026.
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.
Doorways: A Jewish Silent Meditation Retreat
June 25 - 28, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
This long weekend offers a unique opportunity to try different types of meditation practice—both guided and silent—based on the varied traditions of the five co-facilitators.
Just Be: A July 4 Personal Retreat
July 2 - 5, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until May 1, 2026.
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.
Come Alive: Tending To Self Weekend for BIPOC Leaders
With Rev. Dr. Sushmita Mukherjee, rev. yvette shipman, Ben Brown and Rev. Therese Bimka, Program Initiator and Weaver
July 17 - 19, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
BIPOC Leaders who must not only navigate their own racialized trauma, but who also hold, support and offer inspiration to the communities they serve. Open by application, this free program provides training in resilience and restorative practices for 12 BIPOC leaders.
Write Now. A Summer Retreat for Writers
With Minna Zallman Proctor and John Henderson
August 14 - 21, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 20% off listed prices. Offer valid until May 15, 2026.
Take a deep dive into your craft, bolstered by optional group meditation, gentle yoga, woods walks, and the opportunity for one-on-one mentoring and guidance.
Quiet Mind, Open Heart
With Ramananda John E. Welshons
August 21 - 23, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 19, 2026.
How do we learn to experience Joy when we live in a world filled with uncertainty, impermanence, and disappointment? How do we work with anxiety and fear? How do we heal from the losses we have experienced? Discover how we find the path to our own “True Nature” - and learn to “live beautifully” - in the sacred sanctuary of Love, Compassion, and Peace that rests in the core of our Being.
Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Do: A Buddhist Silent Retreat
With Gary Wheaton
August 28 - 30, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Jun 28, 2026.
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.
Awakening Amidst the World's Turbulence: An Insight Dialogue Retreat
With Phyllis K. Hicks and Bart van Melik
September 11 - 17, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Cultivate the stillness of concentration and the brightness of mindfulness directly in contemplation with others, allowing the heart and mind to become clear and radically present. Through a blend of silent meditation, small group dialogue, mindful movement, and time in nature, all within the container of noble silence, you'll discover a path of awakening in the midst of the world’s turbulence.
Fall Reset: Come Into Yourself
With Bob Blanton, Madalina Blanton, Kati Walker, Anna Winkler and John Henderson
September 18 - 20, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Aug 3, 2026.
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 12 - 16, 2026
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.
A Mindful Life Retreat
With Jean Vitrano
October 16 - 18, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
An immersive mindfulness retreat strengthens the tools needed to live with more presence, ease, and joy. With an emphasis on slowing down, this time away will allow for plenty of rest and space to meditate, listen, share, and remember what matters to you within a warm, supportive community of individuals.
Nowhere To Go, Nothing To Do: A Buddhist Silent Retreat
With Gary Wheaton
November 20 - 22, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Oct 5, 2026.
At the cusp of the holiday season, 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 25 - 29, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 25, 2026.
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, enjoying the solitude of the Center—and delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Just Be: A Year-End Personal Retreat
December 26, 2026 - January 1, 2027
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Nov 25, 2026.
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.