Compassion

Introduction to Meditation: Becoming Present

With Sandrine Harris

Open Dates
Online

Mindfulness is a way of learning to relate directly to whatever is happening in your life. It is a way of taking charge of your life, a way of doing something for yourself that no one else can do for you – consciously and systematically working with your own stress, pain, illness, and the challenges […]

7 Day Mindfulness Challenge: The Power of the Present Moment

With Amanda Votto

Open Dates
Online

Mindfulness is a way of learning to relate directly to whatever is happening in your life. It is a way of taking charge of your life, a way of doing something for yourself that no one else can do for you – consciously and systematically working with your own stress, pain, illness, and the challenges […]

Personal Home Retreat

Open Dates
Online

Spend a full day in practice at home supported by recorded instruction from Copper Beech Institute facilitators. This full day retreat provides an opportunity to deepen and strengthen your personal practice at home. Setting up an area, chair or floor cushion, turning off the phone, and committing to a day spent inward is a radical […]

Healing the Mother Wound-Nurturing the Soul, Embracing Wholeness

With Jessica Alejandro

May 10 - 11, 2024
Copper Beech Institute

Ideal for: All levels, including beginners Join us during Mother's Day weekend, for a soul-stirring overnight retreat. Through a blend of ancient rituals, sound healing, meditation, and soul inquiry practices, we will connect with our maternal ancestors (Mothers, Grandmothers, Great Grandmothers, etc.) breaking toxic generational patterns, and cultivating healing, peace, and love.  Research suggests that […]

Breath, Body and Brain: The Science of Mindfulness

With Vamsi Koneru

May 18, 2024
Copper Beech Institute

IDEAL FOR: Beginners "Breath, Body and Brain: The Science of Mindfulness" is a highly experiential day retreat inviting you to delve into the depths of your mind and body as we explore the profound effects of mindfulness on the brain and well-being. Through a blend of meditation practices, scientific insights, and group discussions, participants will […]

Mindful Eating for Better Living: A Partially Silent Five-Night Retreat  

With Marianela Medrano

May 30 - June 4, 2024
Copper Beech Institute

In this warm and welcoming 5-night retreat, we’ll explore mindfulness as a tool to free ourselves from unhealthy eating habits and rediscover a joyful relationship with food and body image.  Western culture has an extreme preoccupation with weight, leading many of us to develop unhealthy patterns around food and dieting. Mindful eating offers us a […]

Befriending Our Shadow Half-Day Retreat

With Michelle Douglas

June 8, 2024
Online via Zoom

Throughout this half-day retreat you will explore practices to integrate both your light and your shadow, allowing you to reclaim feelings of safety, pleasure, empowerment, forgiveness, and love. ❤️  The shadow is the part of ourselves that we repress or do not like. Life is complex and our lived experiences can leave us with big […]

Navigating Transitions: Surfing the Space Between Then and Now | 🌱 A Seeds of Change Fundraiser

With Sharon Gutterman, Ph.D.

June 15, 2024
Copper Beech Institute

We tend to live with the illusion that we can control and predict the narrative of our lives. The perfect job, forever relationships, good health, and we’ll be set for life. The reality is that along life’s continuum, we will all face dozens of disruptors, perhaps daily, requiring a transition that places us in the […]

The Great Way of Resilience: Coming Home to Ourselves and Our World

With Dr. Larry Ward and Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward

June 28 - July 1, 2024
Copper Beech Institute

Suitable for all levels  In a world ablaze with conflict and focus on separation and individualism, the only way to bring the changes we want to see is through healing together. For liberation to be possible (for all), we must tend to our individual and collective trauma through practices rooted in celebrating our differences while […]

Celebrating the Beauty of Darkness: Mindfulness for BIPOC

With Marianela Medrano

September 20 - 22, 2024
303 Tunxis Rd, West Hartford, CT 06107

IDEAL FOR: Individuals who identify as BIPOC Join us for a nourishing weekend retreat designed for individuals who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color). Inspired by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel's profound teachings from "Opening to Darkness," this retreat will offer a sacred space to delve into the depths of our beings, honor […]