Upcoming Retreats
Our retreats are led by expert practitioners and typically run three to six nights. We provide overnight accommodations, healthy meals, and a 600 square foot practice studio for up to 14 people: 12 staying in the main house and two staying in the treehouse.
Strawberry Moon - Gay and Bi Men’s Gathering
Join us for a three-night mini retreat for gay, bi, trans and queer men. Activities include morning yoga, a visit to Rock River Preservation gay hangout, hiking, evening meditation and a nighttime gathering by the fire pit and pond.
Ecstatic Self Summer Retreat
Join us for a transformative 6-day adventure in rural Vermont, designed for queer men but warmly open to all. In this exclusive retreat, limited to just a dozen guests, we unshackle our shame, release our inhibitions, and dive into the profound spiritual principle of JOY—our very reason for existence. Nestled in the serene beauty of the southern Vermont we will expand our potential as spiritual beings, explore the depths of ourselves, and celebrate our humanness while in the embrace of our spiritual siblings. This retreat is a sanctuary where personal discovery, communal connection, ecstatic living, and exploring the natural world converge to create a truly transformative experience.
Coming Home to Yourself : A Queer Yoga Retreat
Join retreat host Sophie Lyons (she/her) and guest teacher Lakshmi Haferman (she/her) for a 4 day, 3 night LGBTQIA2S+ Affinity Yoga retreat. This retreat is an offering to folks who wish to deepen their yoga practice and spend intentional time immersed in Queer community. Wake up to morning yoga, enjoy delicious food, and spend the day engaged with optional activities such as; hiking, swimming, meditation, journaling, workshops to explore our relationship to Queerness and time to unplug in the Vermont outdoors.
Summercamp - Gay and Bi-Men’s Gathering
Join us for a three-night mini retreat for gay, bi, trans and queer men. Activities include morning yoga, a visit to Rock River Preservation gay hangout, hiking, evening meditation and a nighttime gathering by the fire pit and pond.
The Mindful Maven Retreat
Held during the peak of Vermont’s Fall foliage season, and Indigenous People’s weekend, Kiera Penpeci (She/They) will host women and non-binary community in an immersion of movement, rest, facilitated dialogue, and authentic joy-seeking.
Remembering our Natural State of Being
In this Silent Meditation, Breathwork and Yoga Retreat, through the practices of meditation, breathwork, yoga asana, yin yoga, pranayama, meditative movement, yoga nidra, breath work, restorative poses, self-inquiry, silence and free time in the natural world we have an opportunity to more clearly see and release the conditioning that does not serve us.
As awareness increases, we naturally enhance our relationship with our True Self. We will leave the retreat with increased sensitivity to the “Field” Rumi speaks of so that we may bring this awareness into our daily lives, greeting whatever arises in our life more often from our natural state of Being rather than our conditioned egoic mind.
This retreat will be led by Patricia & Surya.
Remembering our Natural State of Being
In this Silent Meditation, Breathwork and Yoga Retreat, through the practices of meditation, breathwork, yoga asana, yin yoga, pranayama, meditative movement, yoga nidra, breath work, restorative poses, self-inquiry, silence and free time in the natural world we have an opportunity to more clearly see and release the conditioning that does not serve us.
As awareness increases, we naturally enhance our relationship with our True Self. We will leave the retreat with increased sensitivity to the “Field” Rumi speaks of so that we may bring this awareness into our daily lives, greeting whatever arises in our life more often from our natural state of Being rather than our conditioned egoic mind.
This retreat will be led by Patricia & Surya.
Fall Into Balance - A Yoga & Wellness Retreat
There is nothing quite like Autumn in New England. Along with the visually beautiful performance that Mother Nature displays for us, come many changes we make in our daily lives. During our weekend together, we will honor these changes and welcome them with grace.
Led by Mallory Pfantz & Melanie Walker
Gay and Bi Men’s Retreat
Join us for two-night mini retreat for gay, bi, trans and queer men. Activities include morning yoga, a visit to Rock River Preservation gay hangout, hiking, evening meditation, and hanging by the fire pit and pond.
Takeout Indian by Ravi
Coming Soon!
On Saturdays once each month, we open a pop-up takeout Indian restaurant. Ravi makes delicious, home-cooked Indian meals from family recipes handed down over generations in his home state of Maharashtra, India. He serves up two main dish options (one vegetarian or vegan and one meat or fish) and two side dishes.
See the menu for vegetarian (VG), vegan (VN) or gluten free (GF) items.
Gay and Bi Men’s Retreat
Join us for a three-night mini retreat for gay, bi, trans and queer men. Activities include morning yoga, a visit to Rock River Preservation gay hangout, hiking, evening meditation and a nighttime gathering by the fire pit and pond.
Understanding the Figure and Portrait
In this three-night residential workshop and retreat, you will focus on capturing the personality and likeness, and figurative gesture of a live model. Students may choose to work in oil, pastels, watercolors or acrylics. Men and women of all skill levels are welcome to join this retreat.
Read more about the instructor Paul Schulenburg
Living from Your Sacred Self
In this silent meditation, breathwork and yoga retreat, through the practices of meditation, breathwork, yoga asana, yin yoga, pranayama, meditative movement, yoga nidra, breath work, restorative poses, self-inquiry, silence and free time in the natural world we have an opportunity to more clearly see and release the conditioning that does not serve us.
Led by Patricia Brown & Surya-Chandra Das.
April 10, 2023 Update: This retreat is currently full. Please contact Rolling Meadows Retreat if you would like to be added to the waiting list.
Summerbloom - Willow’s First Ever Gay and Bi Men’s Weekend
Join us our first ever two-night gathering for gay, bi, trans and queer men. Included in the fee is one welcome dinner and two breakfasts, morning yoga and evening meditation. Weekend festivities will include a community potluck on Saturday and many other options: Rock River if weather is good, hiking, or a nighttime gathering by the fire pit and pond.