Living Stillness Retreat

Teaching: Adam Moskowitz | Movement & Bodywork: Alex Mart

Join us as we care for our bodies, minds, and hearts within the shared container of retreat. Whatever is true for you—whatever is unfolding in your life and inner world—come as you are. This retreat is open to new and experienced practitioners of meditation and mindfulness.

Retreat offers a rare chance to dwell more fully in the here and now, where love and growth are possible, as Jon Kabat-Zinn has said.

On retreat, we take refuge in practice, nature, and community. We slow down and release our demanding routines. We let go of the exhausting pursuit of trying to be elsewhere. We learn to recognize each moment as an opportunity to awaken, enjoy, and be more kind. Retreat teaches us to encounter our deepest presence directly: radiant, new, and somehow familiar.

Learn more about the style of this retreat here.

Land of Medicine Buddha is a magnificent 108-acre redwood refuge near Santa Cruz, CA.

Retreat includes:

• Sitting and walking meditation*

• Gentle movement

• Journaling, group reflection, and Q/A

• Optional one-on-one meetings

• Dharma talk(s)

• Delicious vegetarian meals

• Sauna

• Hiking trails and a tranquil forest setting

  *Prioritizing self-care is at the heart of this retreat. 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

On Wednesday evening, we will begin settling into a quieter space. Beginning Thursday morning, we will enter a period of silence and formal guided practice, which will continue until around lunchtime on Sunday.

While some may feel hesitant about becoming quiet in this way, many discover a deep and previously unrecognized longing for it. When paired with mindfulness, community, nourishing food, and time in nature, silence can become a powerful gateway to insight, self-discovery, and renewal.

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

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.

• 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.