$395.00
May 24 – 26, 2025
This 3-day silent mindfulness retreat, Releasing Rush & Cultivating Clarity is designed to help you step away from daily distractions, slow down, and reconnect with yourself. Through guided sitting and walking meditations, reflections and teachings you’ll deepen your mindfulness practice and cultivate clarity. Open to all, this retreat also fulfills a prerequisite for the MBSR teacher training pathway. Give yourself the gift of stillness and renewal.
This 3-day silent mindfulness retreat, Releasing Rush & Cultivating Clarity is designed to help you step away from the busyness of daily life and reconnect with yourself. This retreat offers a rare opportunity to slow down, breathe, and cultivate clarity in a peaceful and supportive environment.
Over these three days, you will:
With 16–18 hours of guided practice across the retreat, you’ll have space to truly immerse yourself in mindfulness. It is also strongly recommended that you clear your calendar and consider the times when we are no in formal session part of your retreat time as well, maintaining quiet and continuing to practice as well as you can.
Retreat Schedule (minor variations may occur to meet the needs of a particular group)
Day 1: 12:30 PM – 9:30 PM
12:30 PM Welcome & Orientation
1:30 PM Walking Meditation
2:00 PM Sitting Meditation
2:30 PM Walking or Mindful Meal
3:15 PM Sitting Meditation
4:00 PM Guided Mindful Movement
4:45 PM Sitting Meditation
5:15 PM Open Practice or Mindful Meal
6:30 PM Sitting Meditation
7:00 PM Walking Meditation
7:30 PM Dharma Talk
8:15 PM Walking or Group Practice Discussion
9:00 PM Lovingkindness Sitting
9:30 PM Goodnight
Day 2: 9:30 AM – 9:30 PM
9:30 AM Lightly Guided Sitting Practice
10:15 AM Walking Meditation or Group Practice Discussion
11:00 AM Guided Practice and Instructions
12:00 PM Open Practice or Mindful Meal
2:00 PM Sitting Meditation
2:30 PM Walking or Mindful Meal
3:15 PM Sitting Meditation
4:00 PM Guided Mindful Movement
4:45 PM Sitting Meditation
5:15 PM Open Practice or Mindful Meal
6:30 PM Sitting Meditation
7:00 PM Walking Meditation
7:30 PM Dharma Talk
8:15 PM Walking or Group Practice Discussion
9:00 PM Lovingkindness Sitting
9:30 PM Goodnight
Day 3: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
9:30 AM Lightly Guided Sitting Practice
10:15 AM Walking Meditation or Group Practice Discussion
11:00 AM Guided Practice and Instructions
12:00 PM Open Practice or Mindful Meal
2:00 PM Sitting Meditation
2:30 PM Walking or Mindful Meal
3:15 PM Dharma Talk
4:00 PM Sitting Meditation
4:45 PM Course Closing
5:30 PM Farewell
This retreat is open to all, whether you’re new to mindfulness or looking to deepen your practice. For those pursuing MBSR teacher training, this retreat also fulfills a prerequisite for the MBSR teacher training pathway at Brown University and other training organizations.
Come as you are, and give yourself the gift of stillness, presence, and renewal.
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