Knowing Our True Nature: An Earth-Based Meditation Yoga Retreat with Kirsten Rudestam & Mary Paffard

This is the registration page for Off-Grid Retreats' Knowing Our True Nature: An Earth-Based Meditation Yoga Retreat. In the spring, Kirsten Rudestam & Mary Paffard will lead this partially silent Insight nature meditation & yoga retreat at Pomo Tierra Ranch. To view the full retreat description, please click HERE (link TBD).

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 Kirsten & Mary 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 Teachers 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 tents and BYOTent / Van options. If you'd like to share your lodging with a specific registrant, please note their name later on in the registration process. They will need to register and pay separately too.

Each retreat ticket / lodging option includes vegetarian meals (with simple substitutes for participants with dietary allergies) and access to Pomo Tierra as a whole, consisting of various hiking trails, an oak grove, and natural waters. Your retreat ticket does NOT account for the retreat teachers' guidance so instead, you will be given an opportunity to donate to Kirsten & Mary at the end of the retreat.

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