Retreats...
Personal Retreats
Individuals, couples or small groups can come for personal retreats to The Mandala Center. These retreats are non-directive. You can come just to rest, read, hike, pray or create in your own time and fashion.
Most of the year we can accommodate personal retreats but there are times we are closed or the facility is being rented by another group that has requested the exclusive use of the Center. You should always call ahead to inquire about dates of availability and make reservations.
Individuals on retreat have access to a kitchenette in the common room of The Wolf Lodge for storing food and preparing meals. Prepared meals are only available for workshop retreats and designated facility rental groups. On occasion there may be a group event occurring during a person's personal retreat. You should inquire at the time of registration if prepared meals may be available during your stay and if you would have the option of purchasing a daily meal plan or individual meals.
There are times The Mandala Center offers Personal Retreat Weeks where people come to work independently on their own studies or creative ideas without any formal program. Our chef prepares meals for everyone as a group. A few optional activities (such as morning yoga or art as meditation) may be offered during the retreat. Look for such retreats on our calendar.
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Workshop Retreats
The Mandala Center offers a year-round workshop retreat schedule to the public with inspiring teachers gifted in their areas of expertise. Our workshop retreat leaders are committed to acknowledging the interconnection of body, mind, and spirit. They believe attending to our own health and well-being better enables us to help and serve others in the world. They embrace the power of creativity, nature, silence and recreation that can offer us the much needed space of relaxation and the reassurance of “enduring things” that can bring healing balm to our lives.
The Mandala Center encourages academic study, education, discussion, creative expression, community, contemplation, experiential learning, interfaith experiences, and connection with the natural world. It is our desire to “hold sacred space” for personal exploration and offer support for guests to deepen their own individual practices, understanding, and purpose in life.
Our retreats and workshops promote academic learning but we also respect and encourage the development of “other ways of knowing” such as intuition, sensory experience, deep listening, seeing within, dreaming, creative exploration, meditation/prayer, and the wisdom of our personal story.
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If you are interested in facilitating a workshop retreat contact us for an application.
Facility Rentals
The Mandala Center provides facility rentals to small groups with their own program agendas.
The small groups we serve seek a nourishing and supportive environment for purposes that are in alignment with and reflect our own mission and goals and whose agenda also falls within our 5 major themes: health, spirituality, creativity, nature, personal & professional development.
Group leaders should contact The Mandala Center to inquire about rentals. There is an application for group leaders to complete to assist The Mandala Center in clearly understanding the group’s needs and purpose.
The Mandala Center can provide prepared meals for group retreats of 8 or more. Some groups require exclusive use of the Center, prohibiting other events during that time. Some groups come for only a day to share a meal and hold a meeting.
There is a general administrative and facility usage fee for rentals in addition to room and board costs. Visit our Fees page ›››
Facility Rentals are private and not open to the public. They may appear on our calendar of events only to indicate date availability. The Mandala Center does not market the event nor handle individual registrations. Group leaders are responsible for the formation and enrollment of their group and for payment. Contracts are drawn up at the time of reservation and an estimated 10% deposit is required to hold the rental space. Fees apply for cancellations.