A couple of weeks ago, I returned from a 7-day silent meditation retreat. “7 days of silence?!” people ask, stunned...
February, 2023 “The heart opens. The heart closes. This is the systole and diastole of human life. We may...
FINDING BALANCE AND STEADINESS Join our Fall Retreat with Erin Joosse October 19th-22nd (2 rooms remaining!)Whether you are a beginning yoga and meditation student or a long-time practitioner, there are things that can get in the way of a sense of steadiness and ease in our practice. In the Buddhist...
August, 2023 I’ll keep this short and sweet, and I promise not to talk about fall too much yet –...
June 2022 REGISTER Contemplative retreat practice offers us the opportunity to pause the doings of daily life, and the chance...
June, 2023 Creativity and Renewal: Summer Retreat with Erin Joosse Harmony Hill Retreat Center July 22nd-24th For more than 15 years, I have been leading retreats to Harmony Hill, a beautiful retreat center on the Hood Canal. In more recent years, I have led them 3 times a year – in October,...
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....
I just returned from a 7 day meditation retreat, nestled in the moss and green of a beautiful Pacific Northwest...
July 2023 “You do not have to do just one more thing before you will be worthy of the refuge that is rest…You were born. You breathe. The first inhale certified you as worthy of rest.” ~ Octavia Raheem Octavia Raheem is a Restorative Yoga Teacher and author...
“Our spirit has an instinct for silence. Every soul innately yearns for stillness, for a space, a garden where we...
LAST CALL FOR LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING RETREAT WITH ERIN JOOSSE February 29th-March 3rd, Harmony Hill Retreat Center Kalyāṇa-mitta is a...
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.