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....
FINDING BALANCE AND STEADINESS Join our Fall Retreat with Erin Joosse October 19th-22nd (2 rooms remaining!)Whether you are a beginning...
A couple of weeks ago, I returned from a 7-day silent meditation retreat. “7 days of silence?!” people ask, stunned at the thought. Honestly, the silence is not the difficult part. For me, an introvert, it’s quite nice to not have to talk, not have to interact or make small...
June 2022 REGISTER Contemplative retreat practice offers us the opportunity to pause the doings of daily life, and the chance...
February, 2023 “The heart opens. The heart closes. This is the systole and diastole of human life. We may...
I just returned from a 7 day meditation retreat, nestled in the moss and green of a beautiful Pacific Northwest forest. This was the first in-person retreat that I have participated in in more than 2 years, and it felt like a welcome relief. At the same time, after such...
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.
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...
June, 2023 Creativity and Renewal: Summer Retreat with Erin Joosse Harmony Hill Retreat Center July 22nd-24th For more than...
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...