A Mindful Life Retreat
Description
Are you longing for a weekend that allows the practices of A Mindful Life to deepen and take root? Join Jean Vitrano and the A Mindful Life community for an immersive mindfulness retreat designed to help you live with more presence, ease, and joy. With a strong emphasis on slowing down, this time away offers generous space to rest, meditate, listen, share, and reconnect with what truly matters within a warm and supportive community.
"I am deeply grateful to Jean for her gentle, wise, rich, vulnerable guidance and tender hand she leads with. Curiosity is the path to peace!"
"The weekend was a perfect mix of silence, practice, workshop and nature. The facilties and food. exceeded my expectations."
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This weekend retreat creates space to be fully yourself, settle into quiet, and cultivate greater awareness, self-kindness, and compassion. In a nurturing environment, you will explore what is present in your inner life through reflective exercises and meditation. You will strengthen your capacity to remain in the present moment while becoming more aware of how you speak and listen, how you move, what you consume, where your mind wanders, and what you choose to nourish. This is your opportunity to embrace stillness, connect with your authentic self, and share in community.
You will leave with a deeper connection to yourself and to others, along with a greater ability to slow down, savor life, and continue strengthening your practice.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We ask that cell phones are turned off for the weekend.
Please bring something to share during the community sharing event on Saturday night, such as poetry, art, stories, music, or movement. Participation is optional, but it helps create a meaningful evening of connection.
CENTER HIGHLIGHTS
- Intimate setting with personal access to the teacher
- Interactive sessions with question and answer periods
- Delicious all-vegetarian meals with locally sourced ingredients
- Option to extend stay on Personal Retreat
- Extensive library of dharma books
- Expansive wooded grounds with beautiful paths, flora and fauna
PREREQUISITES
This retreat is exclusively for participants in Jean's A Mindful Life groups online or at her Maplewood studio. It is limited to approximately 22 people, with 4 additional commuter spaces available. Spots are expected to fill quickly.
SCHEDULE
(subject to change)
Friday, October 16
- 3:00-4:30 PM: Check in begins
- 4:45-5:45 PM: Welcome and Introduction
- 6:00-7:00 PM: Dinner
- 7:15-8:45 PM: Session 1: Guided Meditation Group Practice
- 8:45 PM: Noble Silence begins until after lunch
Saturday, October 17
- 7:20-7:50 AM: Silent Meditation (optional)
- 8:00-9:00 AM: Breakfast (maintaining Noble Silence)
- 9:15-11:30 AM: Session 2: Guided Meditation Group Practice
- 11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Personal Time (maintaining Noble Silence)
- 12:00-1:00 PM: Lunch (maintaining Noble Silence)
- 1:30-2:30 PM: Walking Meditation
- 3:00-4:30 PM: Session 3: Meditation Group Practice
- Deep Relaxation (optional until 4:55)
- 4:30-6:00 PM: Personal Time (maintaining Noble Silence)
- 6:00-7:00 PM: Dinner
- 7:15-8:30 PM: Community sharing (music, poetry, stories, art, movement)
- 8:30 PM: Noble Silence begins until after breakfast
Sunday, October 18
- 7:20-7:50 AM: Silent Meditation (optional)
- 8:00-9:00 AM: Breakfast (maintaining Noble Silence)
- 9:15-11:30 AM: Session 4: Guided Meditation Group Practice
- Closing
- 12:00-1:00 PM: Lunch
- 1:00 PM: Checkout and Departure
Event Schedule
Oct 16-18, 2026
2 day event
Daily Schedule:
Accommodation Options
Private Room: Couple
This registration fee is for two people. This comfortable room has one double bed, and may be shared by couples in a committed relationship. With ample room for meditation, it features a desk and small table suitable for a meditation object. All rooms are furnished with linens, pillows, blankets, coverlets, and towels, as well as a meditation cushion and zabuton. The room shares a bath with one or two other rooms. Room rates include three delicious vegetarian meals each day (6 total meals for a couple room); there is also a tea station on each hall.
Junior Suite: Single
These large rooms have one double bed, a private bath, private terrace, a refrigerator and ample room for practice. Each room has a small table suitable for a meditation object and a meditation cushion and zabaton, as well as a desk and an armoire. Room rates include three delicious vegetarian meals each day; there is also an in-room tea station.
Junior Suite: Couple
This reservation fee is for two people and includes three delicious vegetarian meals each day (6 total for a couple). This large room has one double bed, which may be shared by couples in a committed relationship. In addition, it has a private bath, private terrace, a refrigerator and ample room for practice. Each room has a small table suitable for a meditation object and a meditation cushion and zabaton, as well as a desk and an armoire.
Teachers
With more than 25 years of experience, Jean Vitrano brings together mindfulness practices, meditation, movement, and body therapies to support people in living with greater awareness, ease, and joy. Her approach centers on helping each person uncover their own insight, while encouraging curiosity, kindness, and compassion along the way. Jean believes that inner wisdom emerges in its own time, and she...
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191 Cragsmoor Rd, Pine Bush, NY 12566, USA
Pine Bush