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.
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 serenity 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.
Grief, Presence, and Fierce Love
With John Henderson and Rabbi Ben Newman
November 6 - 8, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Learn how to carry grief without being crushed by it. This retreat is for people living with loss of any kind: the death of someone beloved, the end of a relationship, a change in health, the loss of work, identity, direction, or a version of the future that no longer exists.
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
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.
Winter Pause: A Silent Retreat for Body, Mind, and Spirit
With John Henderson
February 12 - 15, 2027
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 28, 2026.
In the deep of winter, join us for a long weekend of deep quiet. You’ll return to your life more grounded, more centered, more wise—filled with an inner ease that is unshaken by outer circumstances.
Raise Your Vibration ~ And Why It Matters
With Carol Schoffmann
February 26 - 28, 2027
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get $40.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 14, 2026.
Unplug your devices and slow down for a Mind, Body, Spirit Tune-Up! Raise your vibration in a sacred container of healing practices in community. If you are on a spiritual journey this retreat will help accelerate your path—and if you have not yet started it may be the beginning. BONUS option for an additional program day.
Spring Detox: Unplugged Meditation and Movement Retreat
With Anna Winkler, John Henderson, Bob Blanton, Kati Walker and Madalina Blanton
March 19 - 21, 2027
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Jan 17, 2027.
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.
Journey Within Silent Retreat
With Anne Sussman and Diana Schlobohm
April 15 - 18, 2027
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get $90.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 31, 2026.
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.
Changing Aging for Women 50ish and Beyond
With Anne Sussman and Diana Schlobohm
April 18 - 20, 2027
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get $75.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 31, 2026.
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.