4-day Silent Retreat: New York

This winter, picture yourself venturing to the Catskill Mountains to unplug from the external world and plug in to your inner world. When we dedicate time for self-care, you give yourself gifts beyond what you can imagine. Through this intenionally curated and easeful journey, you will emerge feeling recharged and refreshed, ready to take on all your responsibilities with greater focus and joy. You’ll return to your life more grounded, more centered, more wise plus you'll be filled with a joy that is unshaken by outer circumstances.

Join Lila Lolling and Denise Munoz for four days dedicated only to self-care, leaving you celebrating a "renewed you" just in time for the Lunar New Moon (Saturday January 21) and Lunar New Year (Sunday January 22).

ASL interpreter provided. Registration closes January 5, 2023.

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ENVISION YOURSELF:

• Focusing solely on your self-care, loving on yourself for five days.
• Sitting in a sacred circle, honoring others and the power of silence.
• Participating in ancient tea and cocoa ceremonies.
• Releasing daily tensions through asana and movement.
• Replenishing your vital energy & deepening in stillness through daily pranayama.
• Resetting your feel-good brain chemicals & softening your heart through daily meditations.
• Enjoy nourishing soups and healing foods.
• Baske in Reiki infused + nidra energy.
• Soak in flower-infused sacred baths.

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A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE

Have you noticed the amount of noise surrounding you every day? Whether the external kind from news channels, music, busy streets, etc or the internal noise from daily stressors life work, personal relationships, or responsibilities. There's also the mental noise, that stream of consciousness in your head thinking about past interactions, fears of the future, disagreements with your partner, or even self-negative looping thoughts. 

You try to silence all this noise only to find your monkey mind—the “fun friend” that has you spinning out of control when you’re just trying to quiet your thoughts—gets louder.

This Silent Retreat integrates silent contemplation with unique guided meditations, asana, journal prompts, breathwork, and intentional self-care time. Limited to 10 people. 

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HOW YOU'LL BENEFIT

• Increased vital life energy.
• Reduced stress.
• Greater sense of happiness and enthusiasm for life.
• Higher focus and improved work-life balance.
• Deeper and longer restorative sleep.
• Clarity of your purpose and inner vision.
• Richer connection to your Divine Self.
• Deeper sense of inner peace from intentional alone time.
• Feel of lightness from processing things you don't have time to in daily life.
• Refined morning and evening routines.
• and so much more...

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DAILY SCHEDULE

7:30am - meditation + dharma talk (focus for the day)

8:30am - asana + pranayama

10am - brunch

11am - intentional self care and free time

12pm - sacred circle

1pm - intentional self care and free time

3pm - afternoon session (meditation, journaling, yoga nidra, reiki circle etc)

4:30pm - intentional self care and free time

6pm - dinner by Lila

7:30pm - evening meditation + reflection

8:15pm - intentional self care and free time

  * all meals are plant-based

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IMPORTANT DETAILS

- Due to the personal intimate nature of this retreat, it is encouraged that each person have their own room. However, we do have an option to share with your friend and/or partner if you'd like. We would like to recommend you are able to hold silent space while in each other's presence.  :)  See accommodations.

- You are invited to arrive a day before and stay a day after to accommodate your travels. There will be an additional charge of $75 a night and you can enjoy meals at the local restaurants or cook for yourself. Nearest grocery store is in Margaretville (20m drive).

- To help you settle in, you are invited to arrive as early as noon on Thursday and stay as late as 4pm on Sunday, easing your way back home.

- We enter silence after the evening ceremony on Thursday. We end silence Saturday during the evening ceremony.

- There will be dedicated time to speak at our noon sessions should you feel the need. There will also be personal 1:1 time with Denise and Lila should you wish to process anything that comes up.

- Closest airport is Albany (2hr drive with little to no car rental options). Easiest way to Andes from NYC airports is by car rental (LGA 2.5 hrs). NYC to Andes on Shortline bus, which only has one a day. 

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YOUR SELF CARE INVESTMENT PACKAGE INCLUDES:

Your accommodations, meals, classes & sacred circles, and your self-care gift basket are included. Payment plans available. Must be paid in full by beginning of retreat.

$999 = single accommodation which has the queen sized memory foam bed that faces the forest and stream.

$888 = single accommodation which has the XL twin memory foam beds that face the quaint village.

$777 each = shared twin for you and your bestie. Be sure you can both maintain silence in a shared space.

$1666 = for a couple who share a queen bed accommodation that faces the forest and stream.

If you wish to avoid high processing + service fees, please send payment through Venmo @LilaLolling. If you choose this option, at checkout, please select "Manual" for your payment type. This will allow you to complete registration and reserve your accomodation. Then make your payment via Venmo to successfully reserve your room.

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PAYMENT PLAN OPTION

Please note you have the option to begin a payment plan with a $200 non-refundable deposit. It will be applied to your balance which needs to be paid in full before arrival. You are welcome to make partial payments through Zelle, Paypal, or Venmo. Registration closes January 5, 2023.

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CANCELLATION POLICY

Cancellation within 30 days receives a full refund, less the $200 non refundable deposit. Cancellation within 14 days receives a refund of 50% of accommodation selection. There is no refund 7 days prior to retreat or once the retreat has begun.