Programs
RESTORING OUR VITAL ESSENCE & RECLAIMING THE SOUL: Healing Ourselves with Body, Voice, and Mind with the Spiritual Healing Methods of Sowa Rigpa
With Lee M. Harrington
In Sowa Rigpa (Tibetan Medicine), we are taught that we can use our mind to heal the mind; mind to heal the body; body to heal the mind; and body to heal the body. In this intimate 4-day intensive, we’ll learn and practice several profound healing modalities from the energy-healing branch of Tibetan Medicine, with […]
Restoring Our Vital Essence & Reclaiming the Soul Saturday Evening Kirtan
With Lee M. Harrington
Please join us at the healing lands of Menla for a special evening kirtan with Lee Mirabai Harrington, Ezra Landis, Owen Landis, Rose Stoller on Saturday March 29. We’ll sing sacred mantras from the Tibetan traditions on this date of the New Moon and partial solar eclipse. It is a particular auspicious time to gather […]
Sacred Geometry: The Healing Nature of Mandalas, A Journey of Self-Discovery - A holotropic Breathwork Workshop
With Dr. Laurane McGlynn, Geoff Fitzpatrick and Sarah Hirigoyen
A Holotropic Breathwork 5-Day Double Breathwork Residential Workshop We invite you for a rare opportunity to join Dr. Laurane McGlynn, special guest facilitator from England Sarah Hirigoyen, and special guest teacher from Ireland, Geoff Fitzpatrick to experience the remarkable healing potential and therapeutic benefits of Holotropic Breathwork®. In this special topics workshop, we have […]
IYENGAR YOGA Retreat
With Jessica Becker
Join Jessica for a three day retreat: five Iyengar yoga asana classes (including a class using ropes), one long restorative and pranayama class, evening meditations, a sound bath, and time to rest and connect with yourself and your friends in the beautiful space of Menla. This weekend offers you a practice that will meet you […]
Radiant Rest Yoga Nidra Retreat
With Tracee Stanley and Kat Roman
Join author and yoga nidra facilitator, Tracee Stanley, for five days of deeply nourishing rest. In this retreat, inspired by the work of her bestselling book Radiant Rest, you will learn how to dissolve resistance to deep rest and rewrite your rest legacy. You will receive tools to enhance your experience of deeper sleep, inner […]
The Art of Manifestation: Planting Seeds for Your Future Featuring Past Life Regression, Sound Healing, Yoga, Meditation & Bonsai Class
With Alica Fuks and Lisa Annese
Join Lisa Annese and Alica Fuks this spring for an empowering retreat designed to support and guide you on your manifestation journey. In the tranquil setting of the beautiful Menla Resort & Spa, you’ll learn how to make conscious choices and align your actions with your spiritual path and destiny. This retreat offers a safe […]
Conscious Breath, Sacred Sound: Pathways to Peace & Vitality
With Matteo Pistono and Michelle Anise
Imagine your life as a sacred journey, where every breath invites healing, insight, and awareness. Join us for a transformative experience where we will connect deeply with our breath, body, and voice to awaken innate wisdom and nourish our spirits. Throughout this workshop, you will engage in live music breathwork sessions designed to guide you […]
Medicine Buddha Rejuvenation and Tummo Retreat
With Dr. Nida Chenagtsang and Robert A.F. Thurman
Join Us for a Rare and Precious Offering Immerse yourself in the transformative teachings of Bob Thurman and Dr. Nida as they guide us through a Medicine Buddha Rejuvenation and introduce the practice of Tummo. This retreat explores the profound legacy of Yuthok Yonten Gonpo the Younger, whose contributions include the healing practices of the […]
Yuthok Nyingthig Essential Empowerment
With Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
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
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, Ethan Nichtern, Rebecca D’Onofrio, René Fay, Susan Layden, Brittaney Valentino, Noel Coakley and Seth Freedman
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 and Michelle Keinan
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
“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 […]
The Forest Refuge: The Art of Getting Lost in the Woods - A Holotropic Breathwork and Nature Immersion Retreat
With Dr. Laurane McGlynn and John Stockberger
Explore the healing potential of Holotropic Breathwork, nature, art, sound and expressive movement Holotropic Breathwork™ is a powerful experiential breathing process that allows for self-exploration and healing. With eyes closed and lying on a mat, each person uses their own breath and the music in the room to enter an expanded state of consciousness. This […]
Vajra Yoga Mahasiddha Reunion
With Dr. Robert Svoboda, Krishna Das, Nina Rao, Michele Loew and Robert A.F. Thurman
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
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
Menla Wellness Detox Retreat: A Transformational Rejuvenation Experience
With Jill Pettijohn, Lynn Schauwecker and Anton Sinatra
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
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 […]
Tibetan Yoga for Wellbeing: Working with the Five Elements
With Alejandro Chaoul, PhD
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 […]
Circle of Creation Retreat
With Alison Sinatra and Lynn Schauwecker
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
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
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. […]
Cultivating Joy: A Silent, Mindfulness Retreat for Individuals
With Jayne Gumpel, LCSW, Michael G. Burbank and David Gumpel M.A
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
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 […]
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 […]
GROW A NEW BODY: One week of healing, renewal and wisdom
With Alberto Villoldo Ph.D
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 and Training For Professionals
With Jayne Gumpel LCSW, David Gumpel M.A, Rohini Kanniganti MD, MSPH, HMDC and Diana Fosha, PhD
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
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 […]
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 […]
Menla Wellness Detox Retreat: A Transformational Rejuvenation Experience
With Jill Pettijohn, Lynn Schauwecker and Anton Sinatra
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
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 two specific modalities that intricately and beautifully intertwine with each other: yoga and the handpan. Yoga serves as a pathway to […]