GilChrist is the public retreat center of the Fetzer Institute. We support the Institute’s mission of helping build the spiritual foundation for a loving world by preserving a contemplative environment for healing self, society, and the natural world. We warmly welcome both groups and individuals and people of all faiths and affiliations.
Yoga & Meditation Winter Retreat
This yoga and meditation retreat invites you to pause within the quiet, contemplative winter season and give yourself time to breathe, move, notice, and be. Join Cynthia and Kristin as we explore the mind-body connection through slow movement, stillness, and self-reflection alongside a supportive community of friends and the beautiful simplicity of GilChrist Retreat Center. No previous yoga experience needed – all are welcome to come and explore.
About the Facilitators
Kristin Moriarty Fiore, LLMSW, E-RYT 500
Nature Companionship: Relationships, Reciprocity, and Justice in the Outdoors
This retreat will include elements of shinrin yoku (forest bathing), community building with each other and the more-than-human world, spiritual practices in the outdoors, and nature-inspired creativity. We will immerse ourselves in slow, gentle, playful walks in the woods to build and nurture reciprocal relationships, explore nature's impact on our creativity and discernment, participate in birdsong and poetry vespers, engage in conversations about eco-emancipation, earth-healing, and community care, and reflect in a community of trust, care, and curiosity.
Self-Guided Retreat Weekend at GilChrist
Come to GilChrist for a self-guided retreat! In the midst of our busy group retreat schedule, we reserve at least one weekend per month for individual guests to experience unstructured retreats in our fully equipped cabins, which can accommodate one, two, or three people.
Self-Guided Retreat Weekend at GilChrist
Come to GilChrist for a self-guided retreat! In the midst of our busy group retreat schedule, we reserve at least one weekend per month for individual guests to experience unstructured retreats in our fully equipped cabins, which can accommodate one, two, or three people.
Self-Guided Retreat Weekend at GilChrist
Come to GilChrist for a self-guided retreat! In the midst of our busy group retreat schedule, we reserve at least one weekend per month for individual guests to experience unstructured retreats in our fully equipped cabins, which can accommodate one, two, or three people.
Restoring and Healing Retreat
Embrace Self-Care and Inner Peace at Our Retreat
A Day Away: Nature, Yoga, and Nourishment
Underneath the routine of tasks and expectation, a gracious joy for simply being awaits. Fall is a glorious time to slow down and revel in the beauty of GilChrist. Yoga, poetry, nature, and reflection will cocoon this day of stretching and rest to bask in your inner light.
A Day Away Schedule
This Sweet Earth: Activities & Book Talk for Climate-Conscious Kids & Grown-Ups
GilChrist Retreat Center is partnering with the Huss Project for this free event at the Huss Project in Three Rivers for climate-conscious kids & grown-ups!
This Sweet Earth: A Day-Retreat for Climate-Conscious Parents & Caregivers
Join us for a day retreat with Lydia Wylie-Kellermann! Lydia is the author of the forthcoming book This Sweet Earth: Walking with Our Children in the Age of Climate Collapse. Co-organized in partnership with the Huss Project in Three Rivers, MI.
Teacher Residencies at GilChrist
The Nancy M. and Douglas M. Yeager Family Foundation, in partnership with GilChrist Retreat Center and the Fetzer Institute, is pleased to offer ten self-guided, one-week residencies for preschool through fifth grade teachers from July 16-23. This will mark our 20th summer!