Programs

Opening to Inspiration: Meditation and Writing for Aliveness & Connection

With Brooke McNamara, MFA

December 5 - 7, 2025

You’re invited to adventure inward and outward to the naturally inspiring territories of this life. Join award-winning poet and transmitted Zen teacher Brooke McNamara for a weekend of nourishing stillness and authentic creative expression through lovingly curated practices of meditation and writing. Surrounded by the magic of the natural world at Drala Mountain Center, your […]

Yoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season 

January 9 - 11, 2026

Replenish your body, mind, heart and spirit and bring it into harmony and balance with the seasons through yoga and spending time in the natural world. Many of us spend more time staring into screens, and less time than we would like being present in our bodies, contemplating our deepest values, and connecting to the […]

Healing the Heart: A Silent Yoga and Zen Retreat

With Kali Basman

February 6 - 8, 2026

Healing the Heart is a weekend immersion in silence, guided by the divine abodes—the heart methods of Karuna (compassion), Metta (loving-kindness), Muddita (selfless joy), and Kshama (forgiveness). Through the stillness of Zen meditation and the embodied flow of Yin and Vinyasa Yoga, practitioners will enter a contemplative space where the heart can be tended with […]

Writing from Presence

With Caverly Morgan

February 26 - March 1, 2026

Winter, with its serene stillness and enveloping darkness, invites us into a deep space of introspection and creativity. Join us for a weekend retreat where meditation meets the practice of writing, guided by author and spiritual teacher Caverly Morgan. Imagine crisp mountain air, snow-draped trees, and quiet fields stretching beneath wintry skies as the backdrop […]