A Retreat in Carmel, California

July 7-13: A Retreat in Carmel, California (Six nights, Monday afternoon through Sunday lunch.)

I’m super excited about this retreat. Last summer we held our first annual retreat on the Pacific Ocean, at a place called The Villa Angelica, just south of Carmel, California, and it was simply wonderful. During the years I lived and trained at the monastery we held retreats at the Villa twice a year, and it was a highlight every year to leave the hot and dusty foothills of California and drive down to the coast to be on retreat in this special place. The Villa is a retreat facility operated by the Sisters of Notre Dame. It is an old, mission style complex that consists of rooms for sleeping, a kitchen, and a wonderful old chapel where we will be meditating and doing group. The best thing about being at the Carmel retreat is the ocean! Right across Highway 1 from the Villa is Monastery Beach, where there are seagulls, pelicans, sand, waves crashing on the shore, and sometimes even dolphins! Down the road is a state park called Point Lobos, which is absolutely spectacular. We will be meditating and doing group together as usual as a part of this retreat–and there will be an extra long period of free time after lunch and at other times so that we may all enjoy the beach and the state park.

The cost of this retreat will be $850 plus whatever donation you feel moved to make. The facility is small, and space is limited. I’m going to prioritize folks who live on the West Coast, because a part of my motivation for setting up a retreat in California is to provide an easy way for folks who live out that way to be on retreat and participate in sangha. I am also going to prioritize people who actively participate in the online sangha. If you live someplace other than on the west coast, and/or if you don’t actively participate in the sangha, and you feel that you would like to join in, just let me know and I’ll put you on a waiting list and I’ll see if there’s room for you to join in. .

To sign up, first email me ([email protected]) to find out if there is still space. If there is, I will let you know and will ask for a $400 deposit to hold your place.