Teaching: Adam Moskowitz | Movement & Bodywork: Alex Mart

Join us as we care for body, mind, and heart. Living Stillness offers a rare opportunity to take refuge in practice, nature, and community. We slow down and let go of the exhausting pursuit of trying to be elsewhere. We release our demanding routines and dwell more fully in the here and now, where love and growth are possible, as Jon Kabat-Zinn has shared.

The practices we explore include mindfulness, insight meditation, and the heart practices of loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. We learn to recognize each moment as an opportunity to awaken, enjoy, and be more kind.

From the mindfulness perspective, we need occasional retreat. We need periods of true quiet and opportunities to put down all responsibilities. When paired with practice, community, nourishing food, and time in nature, this quiet becomes a gateway to insight, self-discovery, and renewal.

Throughout the retreat, you will be fully supported through guided meditation, teachings, time for reflection and questions, and the gift of being together.

Retreat includes:

• Sitting and walking meditation*

• Gentle movement

• Mindfulness and Dharma teachings

• Journaling and group reflection

• Optional one-on-one meetings

• Nourishing vegetarian meals

• Sauna and cold pool

• Hiking trails and a tranquil forest setting

  *Prioritizing self-care is encouraged. Resting on your back or using a chair in the space is invited.

Schedule

• Check-in begins at 4pm on Wednesday. We invite you to arrive earlier, hike on the beautiful trails, visit sacred sites, use the sauna, and connect with others.

• We ask that you arrive no later than 5:00pm.

• A required orientation begins at 5:45pm followed by dinner and a short evening session.

• Thursday, Friday, and Saturday each include a full day of group sessions and time for rest.

• The retreat ends around 2pm on Sunday.

• Although Land of Medicine Buddha may host public events during our stay, this retreat follows its own structured schedule, which participants are expected to follow.

Silence

Beginning Thursday morning, we will enter a period of silence and guided practice, which will continue until around lunchtime on Sunday. Those new to retreat or extended silence often discover a deep, previously unrecognized longing for it.

Learn more here.

Food

• Dinner will be offered on Wednesday night.

• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be offered on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

• Breakfast and lunch will be offered on Sunday.

• The dining hall is accessible 24/7 and is equipped with a full size fridge for retreatants to use. A coffee and tea bar, with all the fixings, is also available in the dining hall. If you bring additional food, it must stored in the dining room so we don't attract critters to the rooms.

Bodywork

• Alex Mart will be offering a limited number of Craniosacral Therapy sessions, a gentle, subtle touch modality that listens to the body and soothes the nervous system, offering a wonderful way to drop in and transition from the bustle of daily life to the peace of retreat. You might think of it as a deeply relaxing, hands-on, nurturing, embodied drop-in meditation in itself. Onsite sessions are fully booked.

• Although sessions are limited during the retreat, Alex has generously offered to coordinate pre-retreat sessions at her office as well (5270 College Ave, Oakland). To help you get the most out of your retreat, we highly recommend booking a session with Alex if you can.

Lodging

• Single room & private bathroom: $1450

• Shared room & bathroom: $1050
  Usually shared with one roommate, occasionally two.

• Scholarships: We are able to offer a limited number of reduced-rate spaces for participants with financial need. If this would support your participation, please reach out to Adam@onemindful.com to request a scholarship application.

• 100% of the registration fee goes toward food, retreat management, and use of the land and facilities. The teachings are offered freely. Participants are invited to offer an additional donation to the teachers following the retreat.

Refund Policy:

• If you need to cancel, please send written notice of cancellation to Adam@onemindful.com.

• If you cancel more than 60 days prior to the start of the retreat, you will receive a refund minus a $100 cancellation fee.

• If you cancel 30 to 60 days prior to the start of the retreat, you will receive a refund minus a $200 cancellation fee.

• If you cancel within 30 days of the start of the retreat, we will offer a partial refund after the retreat. The amount, based on our rental agreement, will be determined when the retreat ends. 

If this is your first retreat with us, please read this page.

Registration

To reserve your space, please make a payment and complete the registration form below.

Please note that we cannot confirm your space until both payment and the registration form have been received.

Pay - Shared Room ($1,050)

Pay - Single Room ($1,450)