Real Love: Annual New Year's Dharma & Yoga Retreat

Mind, said Buddha, is the key to both happiness and unhappiness.   The untrained mind, only partially conscious, is often a victim of itself. During much of our waking life, we are not actually aware of what our minds are doing. All kinds of negative inclinations are continually being reinforced and we act because of thoughts of which we are only marginally aware. The Buddha taught mindfulness to counter this tendency, to wake us up from mindlessness, and to help us move forward to live with the enormous capacity we have as human beings for wisdom and compassion.

The most important function of mindfulness is to serve as a platform for waking up to reality: who we are, the truths of change and interdependence, where happiness actually comes from. Most particularly, at the heart of the Buddha’s teaching is a vexing proposition: that the self as we conventionally experience it is a fiction. What does this mean? Can we really understand it? What are the implications for how we live our lives?

This workshop will explore, discuss and make possible an experience of a more true happiness, one infused with reality, wakefulness, wisdom and compassion, as we begin the new year. In addition to Buddhist teachings and meditation, Carolyn and Brooke will offer two Iyengar Yoga classes each day (you need not practice Iyengar yoga specifically to participate in the yoga classes) Join these wonderful teachers in setting intentions for and ringing in 2017!

Open to all levels of experience.

We encourage you to register early as space is limited and this event usually sells out. 

Read a nice review of this retreat here.

If you can only join us for the weekend please use this link to register. [Note that not all housing options are available with shorter stays.]

If you would like to join us for our New Years Eve Sound Bath and Midnight Toast only use this link to register. [Please note that we are unable to offer one night stays for this evening.]

Program Schedule

Tuesday, Dec 27

3 – 8 p.m. Check-in
6 – 7 p.m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. Welcome and Evening Program with Sharon & Bob (Conf. Center)

Wednesday, Dec 28

6:30 a.m. Morning Coffee and Tea Available (Lhasa Inn)
8 – 9:15 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Meditation with Sharon (Conf. Center)
10:45 – 12:15 p.m. Yoga Asanas with Carolyn or Brooke (Conf. Center/Yoga Studio)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Free Time for Relaxation, Spa Treatments, etc
2:30 – 4:15 p.m. Optional Classes:
1) Yoga Asanas with Carolyn or Brooke (Conf. Center/Yoga Studio)
or 2) Qi Gong with Paul Bloom (Sanctuary)
4:45 – 6:30 p.m. Afternoon Program with Sharon & Bob (Conf. Center)
6:45 – 7:45 p.m. Dinner
8 p.m. 2017 Astrological Forecast w/ Alexander Mallon – World Events (Conf.
Center)

Thursday, Dec 29

6:30 a.m. Morning Coffee and Tea Available (Lhasa Inn)
8 – 9 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Class with Sharon & Bob (Conf. Center)
10:45 – 12:15 p.m. Yoga Asanas with Carolyn or Brooke (Conf. Center/Yoga Studio)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Free Time for Spa Treatments, Optional Classes, Relaxation, etc
2:30 – 4:15 p.m. Optional Classes:
1) Yoga Asanas with Carolyn or Brooke (Conf. Center/Yoga Studio)
or 2) Qi Gong with Paul Bloom (Sanctuary)
4:45 – 6 :30 p.m. Afternoon Program with Sharon & Bob (Lhasa Inn Dining Room)
6:45 – 7:45 p.m. Dinner
8 p.m. Evening Program with Sharon & Bob (Lhasa Inn Dining Room)

Friday, Dec 30

6:30 a.m. Morning Coffee and Tea Available (Lhasa Inn)
8 – 9 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Meditation with Sharon (Conf. Center)
10:45 – 12:15 p.m. Yoga Asanas with Carolyn or Brooke (Conf. Center/Yoga Studio)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Free Time for Spa Treatments, Optional Classes, Relaxation, etc
2:30 – 4:15 p.m. Optional Classes:
1) Yoga Asanas with Carolyn or Brooke (Conf. Center/Yoga Studio)
or 2) Qi Gong with Paul Bloom (Sanctuary)
4:45 – 6:30 p.m. Afternoon Program with Sharon & Bob (Conf. Center)
6:45 – 7:45 p.m. Dinner
8 p.m. Evening Program with Sharon & Bob (Conf. Center)

Saturday, Dec 31

6:30 a.m. Morning Coffee and Tea Available (Lhasa Inn)
7 – 8:30 a.m. Yoga Asanas with Carolyn or Brooke (Conf. Center/Yoga Studio)
8 – 9 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 Meditation with Sharon (Conf. Center)

10:45 – 12:15 p.m. Yoga Asanas with Carolyn or Brooke (Conf. Center/Yoga Studio)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Free Time for Spa Treatments, Optional Classes, Relaxation, etc
2 – 4 p.m. Optional Class: Cosmic Mirror Intensive with Alexander (Conf. Center
Lounge – limited to 7 people, sign up at the front desk)
2:30 – 4 p.m. Optional Classes:
1) Yoga Asanas with Carolyn or Brooke (Conf. Center/Yoga Studio)
or 2) Qi Gong with Paul Bloom (Sanctuary)
4:30 – 6 p.m. Afternoon Meditation and Closing Thoughts with Sharon (Conf. Center)
6:15 – 7:15 p.m. Dinner
8 p.m. Group Sound Healing with Sage Academy of Sound Energy (Conf. Center)
11:00pm – 12 a.m. Ring in the New Year and Set Intentions with Sharon & Nena, Hors
D’oeuvres and Non-alcoholic Toast (Lhasa Inn)

Sunday, Jan 1

6:30 a.m. Morning Coffee and Tea Available (Lhasa Inn)
8 a.m. – 1 p.m. New Year’s Day Brunch
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 2017 Astrological Forecasts w/ Alex – Individual Charts (Conf. Center)
11 a.m – 1 p.m. Check-out
2:15 – 3:30 p.m. Qi Gong with Paul Bloom (Sanctuary)

** Schedule subject to change at any time
*** Please note that there will only be a 11:23 a.m. and a 4:33 p.m. shuttle to Phoenicia on Sunday the 1st as the Trailways of New York bus will only be picking up at those times.