Deepening The Way

Settle more fully into what practice already reveals. This September, join Henry Shukman at Menla Retreat Center, nestled in the Catskill Mountains, where autumn’s turning provides the perfect backdrop for this natural maturation in our practice.

Through meditation, dharma teachings, and days of immersion, you’ll have the space to let your understanding take root and your practice deepen – not by striving, but by simply allowing what’s already here to emerge.’

The retreat includes daily meditations, dharma teachings from Henry, extended Q&A sessions, and periods of noble silence. Meals are vegetarian and communal.

Most importantly, three days allows the kind of settling that reveals what shorter retreats cannot touch — you’ll have time not just to hear the teachings, but to begin living them, while immersing yourself in a committed community of meditators.

Schedule:

Thursday, September 10

• 3 – 6 pm  Arrival and check-in
• 6 – 7 pm  Dinner
• 7:15 – 7:30 pm  Open silent sit
• 7:30 – 8:30 pm  Welcome with Henry: orientation and guided meditation
• 8:30 – 8:50 pm  Optional Q&A for first time retreatants with Luke & Shana

Friday – Saturday

• 7 – 8 am  Morning movement & silent meditation
• 8 – 9 am  Breakfast
• 10 am – 12 pm  Session with Henry (guided meditations, talk, Q&A and silence)
• 12 – 1 pm  Lunch
• 1:30 – 3 pm – Open self-guided practice time (outdoor walking, self-guided movement, open sitting, integration)
• 3 – 5 pm  Session with Henry
• 6 – 7 pm  Dinner
• 7 – 8 pm – Open self-guided practice time (sunset walk, self-guided movement, open sitting, integration)
• 8 – 8:45 pm  Evening meditation

Sunday

7 – 8 am  Morning movement & silent meditation

8 – 9 am  Breakfast

9 – 10 am  Checkout from rooms

10 am – 12 pm  Session with Henry

12:30 – 1:30pm  Lunch

*Please note this schedule is subject to change.