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.
"SHARED SACRED STORY" EPISODE 1: GENERATIONAL DEVOTION
In the first episode of our new "Shared Sacred Story" series, we delve deep into the concepts of generational devotion and spiritual heritage with the remarkable Munpreet Kaur.
Meet Munpreet Kaur!
Munpreet Kaur is a dynamic scholar-practitioner of the Sikh tradition, bringing a wealth of knowledge from her background as a media and communications professional, a qualified drama and movement therapist, and a key member of the University of Birmingham’s Improving Adult Social Care (IMPACT) Centre.
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
Join Fetzer and Carve Out Time for Your Spirit
15 minutes. The time it takes to check and respond to the morning’s emails. To walk your dog. To power nap. To put in a load of laundry. To read a lengthy editorial or a chapter in your current book.
What if you spent those 15 minutes differently? In ways that nourish you and, by default, the communities you move in — even professionally. We are sacred beings. Making time to connect with our divine source is as natural and as essential as breathing. Yet so few of us make time to do it on a daily basis.
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!
Writing From the Body
“Imagination is evidence of the divine,” wrote poet and visionary William Blake more than 200 years ago. And yet we experience the world, imagine, and create through our very human bodies. In this retreat designed for artists and dreamers of every ilk, we will drop into the body and connect to the deepest parts of ourselves.