Other Retreats at Menla
Subtle Energy Group LLC - Partner Event
Subtle Energy Group LLC
Finding Safety In Yourself & Others
With Luis Mojica
Safety comes from inside of our bodies. Think of all the times your environment was peaceful or you were around loving people, yet your body was still bracing or experiencing anxiety. There’s a good reason for this. When we have trauma and chronic stress, our bodies live in a state of bracing from remembered and […]
Summer Salutation
As the Northern Hemisphere shifts into summer, salute its arrival with our seventh return to the beauty of Menla Mountain. This transformative weekend retreat includes five classes with Carrie that meet and move you where you are now, delicious locavore cuisine, and free time to swim, play, hike, sit quietly by the stream, and/or treat […]
Teachers College, Columbia University
Cultivating Joy: A Ketamine-assisted Mindfulness Retreat
With Jayne Gumpel, LCSW, Rohini Kanniganti MD, MSPH, HMDC, Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC and David Gumpel M.A
“Grief does not change you, it reveals you.” John Green “People who’ve had any genuine spiritual experience always know that they don’t know. They are utterly humbled before mystery. They are in awe before the abyss of it all, in wonder at eternity and depth, and a Love, which is incomprehensible to the mind.” Father […]
15th Annual Sage Academy Sound Healing Retreat Intensive
With Silvia Nakkach, M.A., MMT, Thomas Workman, Lea Garnier, Katya Valomova and Scott Williams
In 2010 Sage Academy of Sound, located in Woodstock NY, created the 1st annual Sound Healing Retreat Intensive at Menla. After directly experiencing the healing benefits of sound, and dedicated to sharing this with others, the founders created a platform that would give sound pioneers a beautiful environment to share their knowledge, as well as a […]
MIDSUMMER MAGIC: A Yoga, Meditation & Nature Retreat
With Ariel Kiley
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 […]
SFT Board & Staff Retreat
Rebecca Rothman
Creative Transformation: A Yoga Retreat to Rekindle the Joy of Self-Expression
With Michelle Douglas and Natasha Albornoz
You are a creative being, and every moment offers a chance to reconnect with that inherent energy. This retreat is for anyone who feels called to explore their creative flow and rejoice in the freedom to be yourself. Through yoga, meditation, and intentional creative exploration, we will guide you to reconnect with your imaginative essence. […]
The Feminine Flow: Past Life Regression, Sound Healing, Yoga & Meditation & Spiritual Painting
With Lisa Annese and Alica Fuks
Join Lisa Annese and Alica Fuks who will support and guide you to connect and embrace your divine feminine energy this summer. Learn how to flow with your spiritual soul and inner essence through love, grace, creation, gratitude, humility and trusting your intuition in a safe space, surrounded by the elements of nature, during your […]
Soul & Savor: A Retreat on Mindful Eating
With Michelle Ingkavet Cavanagh and Sommer Chetty
Immerse yourself in a rejuvenating journey of self-discovery and nourishment at the serene Menla retreat center in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. "Soul & Savor" blends the wisdom of yoga with the art of mindful eating, creating space to reconnect with your body, mind, and spirit. Over four transformative days, Michelle and Sommer will […]
Presence Psychotherapy Training Level II
Awakening the Divine Within: A New Paradigm of Consciousness
With Irene Siegel, Ph.D., LCSW
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
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 […]
Tibetan Singing Bowl Practitioner Training Program
With Lisa Annese
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 […]
Activate the New You: Re-code Old Patterns and Embody the Frequency of Your Future Self
With Erika Lynn and Brad Tearsdale
We are living in a time of revolutionary transformation, where what we give our attention to becomes our reality. Now more than ever we are being invited to evolve, to become intentional about where our energy goes, what we focus on daily, and how we show up for life. Harnessing this powerful time of change, […]
Awaken Your Spirit: A Journey to Renewal
With Scott Dennis, Betsy Mertz and Christine Davison
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, […]
Stillness & Strength: A Grounding Fall Equinox Retreat
With Gina Rafkind
As the seasons shift and the days find their perfect balance of light and dark, we are invited to do the same within ourselves. Join us for a soul-nourishing retreat designed to ground your body, steady your heart, and reconnect you to the quiet strength that lives within. Through intentional yoga practices, breathwork, and moments […]
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
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, […]
Examine with Love: Shifting Internal Narratives
With Lydia Boaz
We all have those familiar patterns we notice ourselves falling back into, some of which we’d like so badly to shift. Under each of those patterns are beliefs we hold about ourselves, other people, and the world. Our internal beliefs, whether we are aware of them or not, are what guide us in every choice […]
YOGA FOR LIFE: KNOW YOU ARE ENOUGH
With Colleen Saidman Yee
This retreat is led by Colleen Saidman Yee, a renowned yoga teacher, studio owner and author who has been practicing yoga for over three decades. Are you ready to take your yoga practice to the next level while falling in love with what life is offering right now? Re-connect with yourself no matter what stage […]
Sacred Bridge: Uniting the Heart of the Amazon and the Peaks of the Himalayas
With Hushahu Yawanawá, Matsini Yawanawá & Family, Kenewma Yawanawá, Jordão Souza, Tsela Zoksang, Dechen Kelden, Khenzom Alling and Dr. Jetsun Cheme
There was once a time, deep in the Amazon rainforest, when the great keepers of wisdom—guardians of plants, prayer, and profound spiritual connection—held their knowledge close. For centuries, the sacred teachings of Tibetan Buddhism were also hidden, veiled high in the Himalayas and passed down through silence, meditation, and ceremony. Now, the time foretold has […]
An Inquiry Into the practices of Yoga & The Vedas As Medicine: An Exploration of Ashtanga, Yin Yoga, Philosophy & Chanting
With Bibi Lorenzetti and Alex Tse
Join Bibi Lorenzetti and Alex Tse for a 4 day practice retreat, pulling from the lineages of Ashtanga and Yin Yoga, along with Vedic and Devotional Chanting, in the magical land of Menla. We will spend our days immersed in the study and practice of Yoga, Rest, Reflection and Chanting. This Retreat will focus the […]
Om Tara Yoga
With Jacqueline Deflorio-Reid
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 […]
Radiance Retreat: Annual Women’s Retreat
With Connie Viglietti
Join Connie Vigleitti this fall to unleash your radiance and embody your essence. The fall season on the gorgeous grounds at Menla offers the perfect opportunity to slow down, tune in, and let go. Nature cushions our release as the sisterhood holds our rising spirits and celebrates the return of our radiance. We reclaim our […]
The Reconnection Retreat - Nurturing The Soul: A Journey With Nature’s Five Elements
With Marcy Guzman RN, RMT and Kate Gajewski
Ladies embark on a journey in the breathtaking Catskill mountains of upstate New York, where women arrive as strangers and leave as friends through shared experiences like yoga, hiking, and sacred outdoor rituals, including a cacao & sweat lodge purification ceremony. During your down time you have the opportunity to enjoy some pampering spa treatments in the […]
Cultivating Loving Awareness: Yoga & Meditation Retreat
With Gemma Farrell
Retreat into the quiet, introspective spirit of autumn, a time of rich inner growth. Join us for a weekend devoted to yoga, meditation, deep relaxation, and spiritual reflection. Our time together invites us to cultivate loving awareness and hold the totality of our experience with gratitude and generosity. As part of our daily schedule, we […]
Cultivating Joy: An Experiential AEDP®, Ketamine and Mindfulness Retreat
With Jayne Gumpel LCSW, Diana Fosha, PhD, Lisa Wang MD, David Gumpel M.A and Mark Green, MD
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 […]
Joy In Simplicity: A Yoga, Hiking, Meditation & Sound Healing Retreat
With Rosanne Ferraiuolo
Our goal on this retreat is to stimulate our senses to purge negative energies from our bodies and refill ourselves with the energy of natural healing, peace, and purpose. This retreat will incorporate yoga, meditation, reiki, and sound healing, with hiking in the mountains that pervade and surround Menla. During this retreat, you can expect […]
Full-bodied Awakening: Unbinding the Nervous System
With Chelsea Muth, PhD, Angelo Dilullo, MD, Victor Bucklew, PhD, Richard Witteman and Gregory Allison
Can you notice a sense of fixity that feels connected to who you take yourself to be right now? As if you are experiencing life from a space that appears more central and solid than elsewhere in your inner or outer experience? This reflex—this habit of orienting—isn’t a flaw or a sign of misunderstanding. It’s […]
Autumn Iyengar Yoga Retreat
With Rebecca Hooper
The Refuge of Practice: Take refuge in your practice, in the halcyon grounds and environs of Menla, a nature preserve in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. While soaking in the practices of asana and pranayama, and exploring the inherent bandhas, mudras, kriyas and dharanas, we will delve into the heart of the practice of […]
Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Connecting to Ancestors: Fall Meditation Retreat
With Elizabeth Pyjov
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 […]
Coming Home To Self, A Restorative Weekend Exploring The Innate Wisdom of Self Care and Compassion
With Paula Evans
Mindful self-compassion allows us to build a greater sense of our own self-worth and awareness, creating a greater connection with our bodies and emotions and a stronger presence with all that surrounds us, right here, right now. Strengthen your ability to be present with yourself, just as you are, with loving-kindness. Just imagine a life […]