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ALL PROGRAMS

 

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Online: Sunday Meditation and Study Group

Open Dates
Online
These Sunday morning programs begin with a discussion of various Buddhist topics, followed by sitting meditation and compassion practice, which help participants nurture their inner strength and grow spiritually. This free program is open to the public and suitable for all; you may join for one or both sessions.
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Personal Retreat Package

Flexible Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Turn off your phone. Log off the internet. And join us for a restorative retreat—a time to relax, refresh, and deepen your practice.
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Personal Retreat

Flexible Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Turn off your phone. Log off the internet. And join us for a restorative retreat—a time to relax, refresh, and deepen your practice.
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Tuesday Night Group Meditation

Package Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Milarepa Hall is open for group meditation from 7:00-8:00 PM every Tuesday, with monthly Q&A sessions. Free and open to all.

Full Moon Meditation

Package Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Milarepa Hall is open for group meditation from 7:00-8:00 PM on the full moon and 7:00-8:00 AM the following morning. Free and open to all.

A Weekend Retreat Nourishing Ourselves with Mindfulness, Rest and Illumination: The Shabbat of Hanukkah

With Rabbi Ben Newman, Roberta Wall and Donna Nisha Cohen

December 8 - 10, 2023
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Just as Hanukkah celebrates the miracle of light, this retreat will illuminate the path to your inner radiance, drawing upon the profound depths of Jewish mysticism and Buddhist mindfulness, including a variety of meditation and mindfulness practices, joyful shabbat and Hanukkah songs and ritual, teachings, and prayer.

One-Day Retreat Nourishing Ourselves with Mindfulness, Rest and Illumination: The Shabbat of Hanukkah

With Rabbi Ben Newman, Roberta Wall and Donna Nisha Cohen

December 9 - 10, 2023
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Just as Hanukkah celebrates the miracle of light, this retreat will illuminate the path to your inner radiance, drawing upon the profound depths of Jewish mysticism and Buddhist mindfulness, including a variety of meditation and mindfulness practices, joyful shabbat and Hanukkah songs and ritual, teachings, and prayer.

The Heart of Mindfulness: A Silent Meditation Retreat

With Jon Aaron and Upayadhi

December 11 - 17, 2023
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Before the demands of the holiday season and the start of a new year, rest and restore your nervous system, enliven and deepen your meditation practice, and give yourself the gift of a winter solstice reset. 
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Just Be: A Year-End Personal Retreat

December 26, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Ring in the New Year from a calm, centered place, by leaving the pressures of your normal life and immersing yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center for a 6-night Personal Retreat. This is a time to focus on yourself and your practice.

Sacred Timing: New Year’s Eve

With Rev. Therese Bimka, LCSW

December 30, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Welcome 2024 with mindfulness, introspection, fun, and imagination. This weekend will be an invitation to living with purpose and accessing the aliveness and miracle of this precious journey we call life!

Anniversary Pujas for Khenchen Rinpoche’s Parinirvana

January 12 - 14, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
On the second anniversary of Khenchen Rinpoche Drupon Trinley Paljor's parinirvana, the Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing will hold a special weekend of commemoration. Kagyu masters will perform pujas beginning Friday afternoon, throughout the day on Saturday, and on Sunday morning. Open to all.
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Journey Through the Chakras

With Madalina Blanton and Anna Winkler

February 16 - 18, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Chakras—the 7 energy centers in your body—help govern your physical and emotional wellbeing. Gain practical information to help maintain energetic cohesiveness, opening to greater ease and peace in your personal life.

How to Slow Down When Life is Moving Fast

With Amanda Baudier

February 23 - 25, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
When you are running a business, life moves at a pace that is often at odds with the natural rhythms of the nervous system. This weekend retreat for leaders, entrepreneurs, and very busy people will provide both a deeply relaxing reset, as well as tools and strategies you can apply when you return to your unavoidably fast-paced reality of running a business.
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Buddhist Meditation: The Core Teachings & Practices

With John Henderson

March 1 - 3, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 31, 2023.
What is the best way to meditate? Is it the same thing as mindfulness? What are the practical benefits? In an easy-to-digest approach we will discuss the many concepts and meditation practices in Buddhism and how they form an interlocking and cohesive spiritual path toward greater awareness.

The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom

With Lara Braitstein

March 29 - 31, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Feb 12, 2024.
Condensed, complex, and profound, the Heart Sutra's capacity to illuminate the profound doctrine of emptiness is unparalleled. Join us for a weekend of exploring some of the many uses and interpretations of this short, brilliant text.

Staying Grounded in Challenging Times

With John Henderson

April 5 - 7, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Feb 19, 2024.
Learn how to work with your most challenging emotions—grief, loss, anxiety—so that you can stop being overhwhelmed and learn instead to face into difficulties from a place of resilience, inner calm, and strength.

Journey Within: A Long Weekend of Silent Meditation

With Anne Sussman and Jenny Hoffman

April 11 - 14, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get $90.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jan 8, 2024.
Throughout this weekend, as you practice “Noble Silence,” Anne guides you through a variety of meditation practices and a daily deep restorative yoga class,
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Spring Detox: Unplugged Meditation and Movement Retreat

With Anna Winkler, Bob Blanton, Madalina Blanton, John Henderson and Carol Schoffmann

April 26 - 28, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Mar 11, 2024.
Disconnect from your devices and reconnect with nature, the present moment, and your inner being as you explore a wide range of meditative practices—including shamata, yoga, walking meditation, guided compassion meditation, personal outdoor meditation, reiki, qi gong, and singing bowls.

A Spring Retreat: Reconnecting

With Matt Dreyfus

May 3 - 5, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
This weekend of Iyengar Yoga is an opportunity to reconnect with yourself and with nature, to approach your practice and your life in a positive, engaged way. With a particular emphasis on breath, we’ll study integration through asana and pranayama, becoming more refined in how we apply effort toward our aims.

Strengthening Self-Kindness Mindfulness Retreat

With Jean Vitrano

May 10 - 12, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Research show that self-compassion is a primary ingredient in our wellbeing. Re-pattern habitual behaviors and strengthen the tools for self-care by cultivating awareness and taking time to meditate, listen, share, and remember what matters.

Online: 100,000 Songs of Milarepa

With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche

May 25 - 27, 2024
Streaming Live from the Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Offered Online: Milarepa, Tibet’s renowned and beloved enlightened master, was known for teaching through the medium of song and poetry. This weekend program will trace the story of his life, accompanied by many of his songs and additional commentary by Rinpoche, who is considered an emanation of Milarepa.

100,000 Songs of Milarepa

With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche

May 25 - 27, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Milarepa, Tibet’s renowned and beloved enlightened master, was known for teaching through the medium of song and poetry. This weekend program will trace the story of his life, accompanied by many of his songs and additional commentary by Rinpoche, who is considered an emanation of Milarepa.
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The Practice of Yoga, the Iyengar Way

With Amy Hamilton

May 31 - June 2, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
This Iyengar yoga weekend retreat—with asana and pranayama classes and guided meditation—will help you gain greater awareness of body, breath, and how to retain focus.
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Buddhist Meditation: Immersive Practice Weekend

With John Henderson

June 21 - 23, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until May 6, 2024.
Join us for a weekend dedicated to meditation of all kinds—calming meditation, analytic meditation, and generative meditation.

Soul Maps: Living Into Your Soul’s Purpose

With Rev. Therese Bimka, LCSW

June 28 - 30, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Moments of  awakened possibility invite us to create a life that is in closer alignment with our deepest spiritual values. In this powerful weekend, learn to identify the touchstones along your own spiritual journey that are pregnant with meaning and opportunity.

ONLINE: RESILIENCE: Build Strength Through Inner Joy

With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche

August 30 - September 4, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Discovering the Dharma I. H.E. Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche sets the foundation for Buddhist study over five days of engaged learning and guided practice. With guided meditation, Tibetan yoga, Q&A.

RESILIENCE: Build Strength Through Inner Joy

With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche

August 30 - September 4, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Discovering the Dharma I. H.E. Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche sets the foundation for Buddhist study over five days of engaged learning and guided practice. With guided meditation, Tibetan yoga, Q&A.
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Fall Reset: Come into yourself

With Anna Winkler, Bob Blanton, Madalina Blanton, Kati Walker and John Henderson

September 13 - 15, 2024
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 29, 2024.
Fall is often a time of new beginnings. Reset as you reconnect with nature, the present moment, and your inner being through a wide range of meditative practices—including stillness meditation, yoga, walking meditation, guided compassion meditation, personal outdoor meditation, reiki, qi gong, and singing bowls.
Dharmakaya Center For Wellbeing
191 Cragsmoor Road

Cragsmoor, New York 12566
845.640.4593

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Dharmakaya Center For Wellbeing
191 Cragsmoor Road Cragsmoor, New York 12566
845.640.4593

Privacy Policy

© 2019 Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing. All rights reserved