LAST CALL FOR LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING RETREAT WITH ERIN JOOSSE February 29th-March 3rd, Harmony Hill Retreat Center Kalyāṇa-mitta is a...
FINDING BALANCE AND STEADINESS Join our Fall Retreat with Erin Joosse October 19th-22nd (2 rooms remaining!)Whether you are a beginning...
August, 2023 I’ll keep this short and sweet, and I promise not to talk about fall too much yet – we still have several weeks of summer left! In fact, I invite you to savor summer with Lori’s upcoming Lavender Farm Day Retreat, and…file away in the back of your...
July 2023 “You do not have to do just one more thing before you will be worthy of the refuge...
June, 2023 Creativity and Renewal: Summer Retreat with Erin Joosse Harmony Hill Retreat Center July 22nd-24th For more than...
February, 2023 “The heart opens. The heart closes. This is the systole and diastole of human life. We may imagine that we want our hearts to stay open, but full-hearted generosity – with others and with ourselves – is all-inclusive. It is not a command. It is an invitation...
June 2022 REGISTER Contemplative retreat practice offers us the opportunity to pause the doings of daily life, and the chance...
I just returned from a 7 day meditation retreat, nestled in the moss and green of a beautiful Pacific Northwest...
A wise friend recently said to me “there’s a lot of waiting in life. It’s best to get comfortable with it.” It’s true. How many times throughout our day, our week, our year, our life, are we left waiting? Waiting in lines, waiting for a reply from someone, waiting for plans to work...
“Our spirit has an instinct for silence. Every soul innately yearns for stillness, for a space, a garden where we...
A couple of weeks ago, I returned from a 7-day silent meditation retreat. “7 days of silence?!” people ask, stunned...
I recently returned from a 5-day silent meditation retreat. Before I go any farther, let me assure you that it is not like going on vacation.