Programs

Yuthok Nyingthig Essential Empowerment

With Dr. Nida Chenagtsang

April 17, 2025

Thursday April 17th, 9:30am – 12:30pm In order to bless a new Yuthok statue and inaugurate Sowa Rigpa and Yuthok Nyingthig East Coast collaborative activities at Tibet House US’s Menla in upstate New York, Dr. Nida will bestow the essential empowerment (dön wang) of the Yuthok Nyingthig. This empowerment of the Anuttarayoga tantra is both […]

Cultivating the Joy of Intimacy & Communication | A Ketamine-Assisted Retreat for Couples

With Jayne Gumpel, LCSW, David Gumpel M.A, Rohini Kanniganti MD, MSPH, HMDC and Donna Sorgen, LMHC,LPC

April 24 - 27, 2025

This is a safe, structured retreat for couples led by a staff of licensed and highly experienced therapists and physicians in the beautiful Catskill Mountains at MENLA Retreat and Spa. ~Meet at the intersection of science and spirituality~ This retreat offers a safe, structured environment where couples can deeply explore the nuances of their relationship, […]

What’s Love Got To Do With It? The Path of the Bodhisattva

With David Nichtern, Duncan Trussell, Rebecca D’Onofrio, René Fay, Susan Layden, Brittaney Valentino, Noel Coakley and Seth Freedman

April 30 - May 4, 2025

Sometimes the concept of compassion evokes images of passivity or over-accommodating kindness. In reality, compassion encompasses a dynamic spectrum, including the courage to confront challenges and make difficult decisions for ourselves and the greater good. True compassion can also begin with connecting to ourselves—recognizing and meeting our own needs so that we can approach others […]

Healers Retreat: Connect, Transform & Amplify Your Impact

With Yuli Ziv, Alister Gray, Jodi Carey, Kellie AmaLiana, Sama Shakti, Michelle Keinan, Robert Vetter and Eileen Moran

May 16 - 18, 2025

Are you a holistic practitioner, wellness coach, teacher or spiritual entrepreneur ready to take your impact to the next level? This retreat provides the tools to transform both you and your business from the inside out, supported by a community of like-minded peers dedicated to growth and service. Over the course of this transformative weekend, […]

Deep Space Breathwork and Sound Experience: Journey Within - The Art of Conscious Breathing & Sound Healing

With John Minks and Billy Pinkerton

May 16 - 18, 2025

“Breathwork is not just about breathing; it’s about awakening. Through conscious breathing, you break free from old patterns, releasing limitations and awakening to new possibilities.” Dan Brule Join us for a transformative journey as we explore the art of conscious breathing. Conscious breathing is an empowering practice that allows for self exploration and healing. This […]

ReWilding - A Holotropic Breathwork and Nature Immersion Workshop: Take a Journey Into Expanded States of Consciousness and Reconnect to nature

With Dr. Laurane McGlynn and John Stockberger

May 18 - 21, 2025

The Re-Wilding workshop is a four-day immersive retreat that integrates Holotropic Breathwork, mindfulness, sound healing and nature-based practices to work with the physical, emotional, relational and spiritual aspects of the human experience.  Holotropic Breathwork® is a powerful breathwork practice that allows for self-exploration and healing. With the eyes closed and lying on a mat, each person […]

Vajra Yoga Mahasiddha Reunion

With Dr. Robert Svoboda, Krishna Das, Nina Rao, Michele Loew and Robert A.F. Thurman

May 30 - June 5, 2025

Don't miss your chance to join in the second reunion of this usually far-flung all-star team of teachers and practitioners of Indic yogic sciences and spiritualities! This fun and edifying weeklong study and practice immersion is an aspiring annual tradition—the looming kaliyuga notwithstanding—bringing together Dr. Robert Svoboda, Krishna Das, Nina Rao, Michele Loew, and Prof. […]

Zero Balancing One: Working at the Interface of Structure and Energy

With Roy Capellaro, P.T. and Ben Fleisher, L.Ac.

June 5 - 8, 2025

The study of Zero Balancing goes beyond learning a body/mind system of therapy. It provides basic theory, information and skills regarding body energy, movement and body structure. We teach how to use energy itself as a working tool, and how to relate subtle touch to the bone, skeleton and bio-fields of the body. This information […]

Finding Safety In Yourself & Others

With Luis Mojica

June 10 - 15, 2025

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 […]

Friends of Fungi: a Hiking, Foraging, & Mushroom Cultivation Retreat

With John Michelotti, Erwin Karl, Gabriela D’Elia and Aubrey Carter

June 13 - 15, 2025

From the largest living organism in the world to the creation of soil, fungi play an essential role for life on earth. They have been recycling and helping to heal the planet for centuries. Now we can partner with fungi to improve our lives through appreciating the food and medicines this extraordinary kingdom has to […]

Summer Salutation

June 13 - 15, 2025

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 […]

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

June 19 - 22, 2025

“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 […]

Menla Wellness Detox Retreat: A Transformational Rejuvenation Experience

With Jill Pettijohn, Lynn Schauwecker and Anton Sinatra

June 25 - 29, 2025

Are you ready to break free from old patterns? Whether you’re looking to optimize your eating habits or embark on a lifestyle reset, this is your chance to improve your current routine and retreat to Menla for our Wellness and Detox Retreat. Immerse yourself in our four-day program designed to cleanse and rejuvenate your body […]

15th Annual Sage Academy Sound Healing Retreat Intensive

With Silvia Nakkach, M.A., MMT, Thomas Workman, Lea Garnier, Katya Valomova and Scott Williams

June 27 - 29, 2025

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 […]

Clearlight, Nonduality, and Dark Retreat

With Andrew Holecek and Robert A.F. Thurman

June 30 - July 6, 2025

Clearlight or transparency (Sanskrit – prabhāsvarā) is the way enlightened beings describe the indescribable ultimate reality of freedom, which can only be experienced nondually. In the subtle body-mind teachings of various yogas and tantras, and even in the famous Book of Natural Liberation, aka “Book of the Dead,” its doorway is an experience of darkness. We […]

Tibetan Yoga for Wellbeing: Working with the Five Elements

With Alejandro Chaoul, PhD

July 10 - 13, 2025

Beginners and experienced students alike are invited to this Tibetan Yoga retreat with master yogin Alejandro Chaoul as he focuses on exploring the different dimensions of the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, and space), in their internal and external dimensions. In this four-day retreat, we will learn, practice, and refine the Tsa lung (channels […]

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 […]

Circle of Creation Retreat

With Alison Sinatra and Lynn Schauwecker

July 17 - 20, 2025

Join us for the Circle of Creation, a retreat designed to guide women into the sacred depths of their being. Together, we will honor the womb as a place of creation and healing—a source of life that also holds the echoes of past wounds. Through ritual, ceremony, yoga, breathwork, and the power of sisterhood, we will create a space to release, renew, […]

Menla Wellness Detox Retreat: A Transformational Rejuvenation Experience

With Lynn Schauwecker and Anton Sinatra

July 23 - 27, 2025

Are you ready to break free from old patterns? Whether you’re looking to optimize your eating habits or embark on a lifestyle reset, this is your chance to improve your current routine and retreat to Menla for our Wellness and Detox Retreat. Immerse yourself in our four-day program designed to cleanse and rejuvenate your body […]

Creative Transformation: A Yoga Retreat to Rekindle the Joy of Self-Expression

With Michelle Douglas and Natasha Albornoz

July 24 - 27, 2025

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

July 25 - 27, 2025

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 […]

Cultivating Joy: A Silent, Mindfulness Retreat for Individuals

With Jayne Gumpel, LCSW, Michael G. Burbank and David Gumpel M.A

July 30 - August 3, 2025

Join us at Menla for a gentle, joy inspired, silent retreat consisting of meditation, self compassion, mindfulness and walks in nature. We will begin to gather as a group at 4pm Wednesday for check in and will enjoy our first dinner together at 6pm. Silence will commence around 9:30 pm after the evening introductory session […]

Soul & Savor: A Retreat on Mindful Eating

With Michelle Ingkavet Cavanagh and Sommer Chetty

July 31 - August 3, 2025

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 […]

Introduction to Vajra Yoga: Summer Immersion

With Michele Loew and Robert A.F. Thurman

August 7 - 10, 2025

Join us for a weekend of yoga and inspiring meditations and dharma talks with Bob and Michele as we dive into the practices of Vajrayoga. Vajrayoga is Tibet House US’s school of yoga and Indian inner science, teaching the physical and meditative practices common to both Hatha and Buddhist traditions and designed to open your body […]

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 […]

The Deep Space Experience - Cosmic Forest: A sound, yoga and breathwork retreat

With John Minks and Billy Pinkerton

August 15 - 17, 2025

“A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of the body. It permeates the entire being, and according to its particular influence, either slows or quickens the rhythm of the blood circulation; it either awakens or soothes the nervous system” ― Hazrat Inayat Khan Are you ready […]

Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: The Best of Buddhism & Psychotherapy

With Mark Epstein, M.D. and Robert A.F. Thurman

August 22 - 24, 2025

For many years, much of Western psychology has promised fulfillment through the building up and strengthening of the ego. We are taught that the ideal is a strong, individuated and confident self, constructed and reinforced over a lifetime. But Buddhist psychology has always counseled a different approach. While the ego has its place, happiness is […]

GROW A NEW BODY: One week of healing, renewal and wisdom

With Alberto Villoldo Ph.D

August 25 - 31, 2025

Lay the foundation for a healthy body that ages slowly and joyfully by combining shamanic energy medicine with cutting-edge neuroscience and biology, detox strategies and power-plant foods you can use to switch on your cells' innate ability to regenerate and repair. Detoxifying your body and upgrading your brain The human body has become a toxic […]

FRIENDS OF FUNGI FORAGING: FALL WEEKEND RETREAT

With John Michelotti, Aubrey Carter, Erwin Karl and Gabriela D’Elia

September 5 - 7, 2025

Join the Catskill Fungi team for a weekend of fun, wonderment and enlightenment as we delve into the forests of Menla, and engage the fungal residents there. Take a hands-on approach to learn how to identify common fungi in the forest. Through using your senses, you will be acquainted with multiple species and confirm your […]

YOGA FOR LIFE: KNOW YOU ARE ENOUGH

With Colleen Saidman Yee

September 26 - 28, 2025

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 and Tsela Zoksang

October 2 - 5, 2025

Immerse yourself in a transformative weekend of prayer, song, dance, and cultural exchange as we unite the wisdom of the sacred forests with that of the sacred mountains. This extraordinary gathering unites the Yawanawá people of the Amazon with Tibetans from the Himalayas, blending their ancient traditions in a shared celebration of life, connection, and renewal. In a […]

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

October 10 - 13, 2025

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 […]

Radiance Retreat: Annual Women’s Retreat

With Connie Viglietti

October 16 - 19, 2025

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

October 17 - 19, 2025

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

October 17 - 20, 2025

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 and Training For Professionals

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

October 23 - 26, 2025

Thursday October 23 to Sunday October 26, 2025 www.relationshipresources.info to apply This immersive experiential retreat and training is designed for professionals seeking deep healing, renewal, and transformation through the integration of Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), ketamine-assisted work, and mindfulness. Primarily, this is a participant retreat; secondarily, it is a training opportunity. Participation offers valuable […]

Joy In Simplicity: A Yoga, Hiking, Meditation & Sound Healing Retreat

With Rosanne Ferraiuolo

October 23 - 26, 2025

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

November 2 - 8, 2025

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

November 5 - 9, 2025

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

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 […]

Menla Wellness Detox Retreat: A Transformational Rejuvenation Experience

With Jill Pettijohn, Lynn Schauwecker and Anton Sinatra

November 19 - 23, 2025

Are you ready to break free from old patterns? Whether you’re looking to optimize your eating habits or embark on a lifestyle reset, this is your chance to improve your current routine and retreat to Menla for our Wellness and Detox Retreat. Immerse yourself in our four-day program designed to cleanse and rejuvenate your body […]

Rhythms of Balance: Handpan & Yoga Immersion Experience

With Marina Sobol and Susan DeRyder

November 20 - 23, 2025

Discover a transformative experience with Marina Sobol and Susan DeRyder in this 4-day yoga and handpan retreat. The retreat's central themes are alignment and rhythm. To bring these to life, Marina and Susan utilize specific modalities that intricately and beautifully intertwine with each other: yoga, handpan and your our bodies as an instrument Yoga serves […]