This is the registration page for Off-Grid Retreats' Deep Rest & Renewal: A Women’s Meditation & Relational Mindfulness Retreat in Nature. In the spring, Juliana Sloane will lead this partially silent Insight nature meditation retreat for Women identifying practitioners at Shelterwood Collective. To view the full retreat description, please click HERE.

The Buddha asked that the teaching of the Dharma be offered freely, without charge, since it is of infinite value, and beyond any price that could be put on it. In this spirit, our retreat tickets just cover the basic costs of putting on the retreat: food, retreat center fee, administration costs, and other incidental expenses. And we offer our retreat tickets on a sliding scale (based on the lodging you choose) to allow each participant to pay for what is most appropriate for themselves.

Please note that this ticket does NOT include compensation for Juliana for teaching the retreat or for Off-Grid Retreats for organizing it. On the final retreat day, you will be invited to share dana (AKA to donate) to the Retreat Teacher and to Off-Grid Retreats.

This tradition of ‘Dana,’ or mutual giving, has supported Buddhist cultures for 2500 years. In Asia, the monks and nuns offer the teaching and the lay people support the monastery and fill the monks’ begging bowls each morning as they walk through the village on alms rounds. It is a beautiful exchange in which the hearts of both giver and receiver are opened in joy and gratitude and love flows between them.

There are glamping spaces and rooms indoors both of which have single and shared (up to 2 people per room/tent) options. If you select one of our shared lodging options and would like to share it with a specific registrant, you'll be able to note their name later on in the registration process.

Each retreat ticket / lodging option includes vegetarian meals (with simple substitutes for participants with dietary allergies) and access to Shelterwood Collective as a whole, consisting of miles of wandering trails, creeks, meadows, naturally sheltered sit spots, firepit, indoor gathering areas with fireplaces, indoor bathrooms with hot showers, etc.

For any questions, comments or concerns, please contact our Program Manager Asha (asha@offgridretreats.org).