Coming Home: A 3-day retreat in Santa Fe
Dates and Times
Friday October 18, 2024 / 10am – 4pm MT
Saturday October 19, 2024 / 10am – 4pm MT
Sunday October 20, 2024 / 10am – 12pm MT
Location: Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, NM, USA
(This is a non-residential retreat. See below for more information.)
In-person and Online
“Shared silence, shared stillness and simple, clear step-by-step practices to help us release into the one awareness that we all share.”
Coming home
This 3-day retreat will be a chance for students of The Way meditation path, and of the Original Love meditation program, to gather together in order to go deeper in our practice than we normally do in the course of our daily and weekly schedule. Here, in the group setting of shared practice, we can drop in much deeper, and discover new levels of awareness and freedom in our sitting. We can come home to our life in new and deeper ways.
The four zones of practice
Henry will be leading the retreat throughout these days together. During this gathering, we will explore all four zones of practice that both The Way meditation app and the Original Love program invite us to develop in: mindfulness, support, flow, awakening.
Each of these zones offers its own ways of inviting us back into our true self, and we will have a chance to experiment with practice methods that help with this. The Way app students will find this retreat deeply supportive of their practice with The Way, and it will help them to develop their practice for the unfolding journey ahead.
Our true place in this world
Over the course of the three days, we will get inspired and encouraged by a variety of teachings, will share in discussion time, and also will experience live in-person Q&A with Henry.
Above all, this a chance to really come home to the heart of our life – back to our real self, which all our practice is really just an attempt to uncover and to return to. By releasing more thoroughly in the stillness of the shared space of practice, we come back to our true place in this world.
A beautiful setting for practice
Mountain Cloud is a great setting for practice. Built in 1985 by students of Philip Kapleau Roshi (editor of the classic Three Pillars of Zen), it is made of the earth on which it stands – a beautiful southwestern beamed adobe structure with touches of Japanese architecture, set amid 24 acres of beautiful Santa Fe landscape.
Cost for the 3-day retreat
$385 in-person
$175 online participation
The cost includes:
- 3 days of retreat
- Access to the retreat recordings for 3 months
All sessions will be recorded if you can’t attend live, and made available within a week after the retreat.
Scholarships
We warmly welcome you to contact us if a scholarship would allow you to attend this retreat. Please contact the program manager Jeremy for details about how to apply.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this retreat, please contact Jeremy. We’re happy to answer any questions and look forward to having you join us!
This is a non-residential retreat, and participants will be providing their own food and lodging. Please see below for information about places to stay and eat near the retreat location.
Places to stay
There are a very limited number of rooms available onsite at Mountain Cloud Zen Center. Please contact Xander for more information and to book your room.
Recommended hotels close to the center are Sage Hotel and El Rey Court. For discounted reservations at Sage Hotel, please use this link to book, or call 505-982-5952 and mention the group name “Mountain Cloud Zen Center.” For discounted reservations at El Rey Court, please use this link to book.
For other hotel options, search for hotels near downtown Santa Fe – there are a wide variety of locations and price points
Airbnb is also a great option — search in and around downtown, or near Mountain Cloud if you’d prefer to be closer to the center and more in nature.
Places to eat
Groceries and prepared food:
Restaurants:
Santa Fe is known for its wide variety of restaurants. Here are just a few options:
Near the center:
New Mexican:
Mexican:
Pizza:
Transportation
Getting to and from the airport:
Groome Shuttle is the best shuttle option to and from Albuquerque airport (ABQ). From the Santa Fe airport (SAF), there are local taxis usually waiting at the airport, or you can use Lyft or Uber.
Getting to and from the center:
Participants will need to find a ride to and from the center each day. Rental car is a good option, and we will also be asking for rideshare volunteers – if you’d like to offer a ride, or you need a ride each day, please email Jeremy.
About your teacher
Henry Shukman
Henry is an authorized Zen Master in the Sanbo Zen lineage, and is the Spiritual Director of Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition to teaching meditation, Henry is an award-winning author and poet. His struggles and traumatic experiences as a youth, combined with a spontaneous awakening experience at 19, paved the way for Henry to develop a well-rounded approach to healing and awakening through meditation.
