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MIDSUMMER MAGIC: A Yoga, Meditation & Nature Retreat

With Ariel Kiley

July 10 - 13, 2025

Reconnect with your embodied sense of wonder, delight, and love for life. Set amidst the breathtaking natural beauty of Menla Mountain Retreat Center, where lush forests, flowing streams, and mountain vistas create the perfect backdrop for renewal and discovery. On the journey through the Midsummer Magic retreat, you will... Awaken your senses with uplifting breath […]

Awakening the Divine Within: A New Paradigm of Consciousness

With Irene Siegel, Ph.D., LCSW

August 8 - 10, 2025

WE HAVE ENTERED A NEW PARADIGM CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREAT AWAKENING. This is a time of transformation and the evolution of higher consciousness. Amidst great planetary confusion and upheaval, we are on the cusp of profound change. Ancient wisdom traditions, mystics, and modern astrologers have long predicted this era of awakening. Join us at […]

See with Your Heart. Live from Your Heart. Lead Through Your Heart.

With Dan Cohen, PhD and Emily Blefeld, LICSW

August 13 - 17, 2025

Emily Blefeld and Dan Cohen’s Seeing with Your Heart Alchemical Constellations Training and Facilitator Certification is designed for individuals ready to untie the tangled threads of past generational sorrows, free themselves to live into the possibilities of spontaneous creation, and expand their lives, healing practice, and work with Systemic Family Constellations. Everything you desire to […]

Follow the Call: Integration of Psychedelic and Holotropic Experiences – A Holotropic Breathwork Workshop

With Dr. Laurane McGlynn, Tomek Kwieciński, Aimon Kopera, MD and John Stockberger

August 17 - 21, 2025

Supporting the synthesis of mind and body after experiencing an expanded state of consciousness. Opening the heart, strengthening the body, calming the mind and lifting the spirit. Holotropic Breathwork™ is a powerful experiential breathing process that allows for self-exploration and healing. With the eyes closed and lying on a mat, each person uses their own […]

Tibetan Singing Bowl Practitioner Training Program

With Lisa Annese

September 5 - 7, 2025

Learn how to heal yourself and others with singing bowls in a practitioner certification program from the Singing Bowl & Sound Institute of New York, instructed by Lisa Annese, Teacher and owner of The Space by Lisa Annese, a healing center in Wyckoff, NJ. This training program will include hands-on experience, exploring ancient Tibetan practices that are designed to shift, release and transform a client’s energy field, with modern […]

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Training (KTC) - Advanced Training

September 15 - 21, 2025

Death Doula Training

With Henry Fersko-Weiss

September 15 - 19, 2025

Learn from the person who sparked the contemporary end-of-life doula movement. Death is a reality that all of us will eventually face. How we face it will make the difference between a “good death” and one overshadowed by fear, loneliness, regret, and confusion. In our society, death is seen as a medical event instead of the […]

Awaken Your Spirit: A Journey to Renewal

With Scott Dennis, Betsy Mertz and Christine Davison

September 21 - 25, 2025

Inspired by the ancient Buddhist kingdom of Tibet, this modern resort is a project of the Tibet House US, the Dalai Lama's cultural center in North America. Experience a Sacred Sanctuary - Rejuvenating and Spiritual retreat time nestled in the Catskill Mountains. Enjoy transformative yoga practices, meditation, hiking, spa treatments, time for connection and reflection, […]

Big Tent K Retreat 2025: Cultivating Community

With Jayne Gumpel, LCSW, Samantha Lau, MSN, FNP, PMHNP-BC, Melanie Kawashima Velez DNP, PMHNP, RN, Carl Spitzer, MD, Eva Altobelli, MD, Rohini Kanniganti, MD, MSPH, HMDC, Amanda Itzkoff, MD, David Dansky, MD and Peter Corbett, LICSW

September 25 - 28, 2025

A Big Tent Ketamine (bigtentk.com) Retreat at Menla Retreat Center in Phoenicia, NY. This September, step away from the noise and into something deeper—a space of connection, renewal, and shared exploration. Join fellow clinicians from our Big Tent community for a long weekend at Menla retreat center (Thursday–Sunday), where we will gather in nature’s embrace, […]

Rest. Renew. Rise. Together.

With Malati Elliott and Pinky Dayavati Malhotra

October 6 - 9, 2025

Transformational Retreat Experience Step away from the noise. Step into a space of peace. Join us at Menla for a soul-nourishing retreat designed to help you rest deeply, reconnect with yourself and others, and renew your spirit. Nestled in a serene natural setting, this experience invites you to pause, breathe, and realign with what matters […]

Om Tara Yoga

With Jacqueline Deflorio-Reid

October 12 - 14, 2025

Jacqui is honored and excited to lead Om Tara Yoga Studio’s 7 th annual retreat at the serene and sacred Menla Mountain Retreat Center. To retreat means to withdraw; Jacqui invites you to withdraw from your routine and possibly stressful lives, immerse yourself in nature while practicing Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation. Embrace the deeper study […]

Transforming Trauma: Healing Our Deepest Wounds

With Dr. Laurane McGlynn and John Stockberger

October 19 - 22, 2025

A Holotropic Breathwork Workshop It is hard to imagine the scope of an individual life without envisioning some kind of trauma, and it is hard for most people to know what to do about it -Mark Epstein MOST OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF TRAUMA IN OUR LIFETIME... Surviving a pandemic, diagnosis and treatment of […]

Cultivating Joy: An Experiential AEDP®, Ketamine and Mindfulness Retreat

With Diana Fosha, PhD, Jayne Gumpel LCSW, Mark Green, MD, Irina Linetskaya, MD and David Gumpel M.A

October 23 - 26, 2025

Join us for a four-day retreat guided by an exceptional team of facilitators: Diana Fosha PhD, Mark Green MD, Jayne Gumpel LCSW, David Gumpel MA, and Lisa Wang MD. Together, we’ll explore ketamine-assisted AEDP, and mindfulness. This immersive experiential retreat is for professionals seeking deep healing, renewal, and transformation through the integration of AEDP in […]

NYCAVMA Catskills Conference

With Dr. Jason Miller, DACM, LAc

November 12 - 16, 2025

Jason Miller, DACM, LAc practices botanical and nutritional medicine, acupuncture, and Asian bodywork at his clinic, Jade Mountain Medicine in Ashland, Oregon. His approach bridges the framework of traditional and modern medicine in the management of Chronic disease. After covering the basic foundational information for the lectures, Jason will be The Kidney/Heart Connection, Congestive Heart […]

Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Connecting to Ancestors: Fall Meditation Retreat

With Elizabeth Pyjov

November 14 - 16, 2025

You are invited to "Strong, Rooted, Connected: Ancestors Fall Meditation Retreat". The goal of the retreat is to help you feel deeply connected to yourself, your practice, your strength, and nature. From there we'll access a deep inner calm and build community. Each day we'll enjoy meditation, compassion practice, and mindful movement. The focus of […]