Upcoming Events
Grounded and Spacious, Earth and Sky: A Women’s Mindfulness Retreat in Nature with Anne Cushman
MEDITATION - YOGA - SILENT - ONLY OPEN TO WOMEN IDENTIFYING PARTICIPANTS - TRADITION: VIPASSANA
Spend much of each day outdoors with a diverse array of wildlife and landscapes
Nature meditation instruction & practice while seated, walking, standing, and lying down
Gentle guided yoga / movement meditation - trauma sensitive and accessible for all bodies
Time for reflecting & exploring the land according to your own rhythms
No prior meditation or yoga experience required
Retreat will be held in the container of Noble Silence
Sliding scale retreat fee based on lodging (single, shared, indoors or glamping)
Simple vegetarian meals with substitutions for allergies / diets
Anne trains thousands of teachers in mindfulness meditation through guiding the MMTCP. She’s the author of numerous books and she founded the first multi-year Buddhist meditation training at Spirit Rock for yoga teachers. She mentors mindfulness practitioners and writers worldwide focusing on creativity, embodiment, connection with nature, and daily life practice.
Knowing Our True Nature: An Earth-Based Meditation Yoga Retreat with Kirsten Rudestam & Mary Paffard
MEDITATION - YOGA - SILENT - TRADITION: VIPASSANA
Deepen connection with your body, community and the natural world
Practice mostly outdoors in silent and guided sitting, walking meditation, yoga sessions, and Dharma talks
No prior meditation or yoga experience required
Retreat will be held in the container of Noble Silence
Sliding scale retreat fee based on lodging (glamping, camping, single or shared)
Simple vegetarian meals with substitutions for allergies / diets
Kirsten, PhD, works as an environmental educator, wilderness guide, and meditation teacher. She has been teaching contemplative practices since 2006. She has over fifteen years of experience teaching courses in Environmental Sociology and Environmental Justice at colleges and universities. She offers individual mentoring and programs in meditation, deep nature connection, ceremony, and radical resilience.
Mary lives onsite at Pomo Tierra Ranch and has been teaching yoga and training teachers worldwide since 1985. She co-founded Yoga Mendocino, a non profit yoga center and was Director of Teacher Training 2000-2010. Mary completed the Dedicated Practitioners Program at Spirit Rock in 2007. She is currently part of a Buddhist Ecology Chaplaincy program at the Sati Center too.
Healing with Nature Retreat - Led by Rochelle Calvert
MEDITATION - SOME SILENCE - DANA - CERT: AWAKE IN THE WILD
Transform challenging or traumatic experiences through nature-based practices and somatic healing
Embrace guided nature meditations, time for reflection and community evening circles
Walk alongside a resident Wildlife Biologist to orient to the land
Meet with Rochelle individually
Enjoy simple vegetarian meals with substitutions for allergies / diets
Open to all: No prior mediation experience required
Significant periods of retreat in silence
Sliding scale retreat fee based on lodging (cabin, glamping or camping)
Rochelle, PhD, CMT, SEP, is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified mindfulness teacher and somatic experiencing practitioner.
CANCELED: Summer in the City - Movement & Mindfulness
MOVEMENT - SOME SILENCE - DANA
Enrique Collazo is leading this donation based movement & mindfulness offering.
The program incorporates music, movement, dance, healing, joy, connection, deep breaths and rest.
This retreat will be split between a community room in the Presidio Sports Basement and across the street at Crissy Field.
IMC & OGR: DHARMA OF NATURE RETREAT
MEDITATION - SILENT - DANA - TRADITION: VIPASSANA
Off-Grid Retreats is thrilled to offer this retreat in partnership with Insight Meditation Center. As with all IMC retreats, the retreat is offered freely, as gifts to those who attend—there is no cost. Donations by those who attend make it possible to pass this gift forward to others who attend retreats.
Join Insight teachers Dawn Neal and Marjolein Janssen in exploring the interconnection between the Dharma and the natural world, cultivating wisdom and inviting greater freedom. Experience deepening meditation sessions supported by sensory immersion in nature. And engage in optional movement and / or walking meditation.
This retreat will reside at Shelterwood Collective, a Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ-led community forest and retreat center. A regular meditation practice is recommended to get the most out of this experience. We welcome all backgrounds, traditions, and all levels of experience with camping and outdoor practice.
MINDFUL IN NATURE DAYLONG
MEDITATION - SOME SILENCE - DANA - CERT: MMTCP
We’re charmed to collaborate with Charity Kahn to offer this Mindful in Nature daylong throughout a few different sites in John McLaren Park.
Charity Kahn is a certified meditation and Qigong teacher. She began her training in the Insight tradition in 2006 and has been teaching for the last 10 years.
During this daylong, Charity will guide you in sitting meditation, walking meditation, Qigong practice, and wandering in nature. Part of the day will be in silence, to support a container of restoration and peace.
FREE Zoom Meditation & Meet - led by Anushka Fernandopulle
Are you interested in learning more about our upcoming Go Sit Under a Tree! Mindfulness in Nature Silent Retreat? Do you want to experience how Anushka Fernandopulle teaches prior to registering for this event? Do you want to practice meditation in community? Do you have any questions for Off-Grid Retreats or the teacher Anushka?
If your answer is yes to any of the questions above, then we encourage you to attend this Zoom with us and Anushka.
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ANNUAL COMMUNITY GATHERING
Off-Grid Retreats is grateful to offer this Community Gathering on an annual basis now! Join us in connecting with a community of teachers, yogis & stewards who share a deep love of nature.
This year, our Community Gathering will take place at Shelterwood Collective, a Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ-led community forest and retreat center, healing people and ecosystems.
We’re delighted to welcome certified teachers and various community members. We’re also incorporating a fundraiser for a unique retreat, which we’re aiming to host in 2024!
During this Community Gathering, participants will enjoy practicing, exploring, leisure hiking and other activities. Delicious plant-based meals will be provided from lunch on Saturday to breakfast on Sunday. And there is sliding scale pricing depending on what lodging you choose.
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HEALING WITH NATURE RETREAT
Off-Grid Retreats is delighted to team up with Retreat Teacher Rochelle Calvert to offer Healing with Nature, a nature-centered mindfulness weekend retreat.
Practice and connect in the beautiful landscape of the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains at River Ridge Ranch. This ranch is amidst the Tule River and a vital ecosystem of a 722 acre nature preserve of oak woodlands.
Through this retreat, explore how nature-based practices, relational connection to the natural world, and somatic healing can support the transformation of challenging or traumatic experiences.
Please click the title above to learn more!
FREE Zoom Meditation & Meet - led by Charity Kahn
Are you interested in learning more about our upcoming Mindful in Nature Daylong? Do you want to experience how Charity Kahn teaches prior to registering for this event? Do you want to practice meditation in community? Do you have any questions for Off-Grid Retreats or the teacher Charity?
If your answer is yes to any of the questions above, then we encourage you to attend this Zoom with us and Charity.
Please click the title above to learn more!
FREE Zoom Meditation & Meet - led by Rochelle Calvert
Are you interested in learning more about our upcoming Healing with Nature Retreat? Do you want to experience how Rochelle Calvert teaches prior to registering for this retreat? Do you want to practice meditation in community? Do you have any questions for Off-Grid Retreats or the Retreat Teacher Rochelle?
If your answer is yes to any of the questions above, then we encourage you to attend this Zoom with us and Rochelle.
Please click the title above to learn more!
DEEPENING PRESENCE IN NATURE RETREAT
Off-Grid Retreats and Retreat Teacher Kirsten Rudestam are teaming up again to offer Deepening Presence in Nature, a nature-centered mindfulness weekend retreat.
This retreat will take place at Shelterwood Collective, a Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ-led community forest and retreat center, healing people and ecosystems through active stewardship and community engagement. In the summer of 2021, Shelterwood became the official stewards of a 900-acre forest and former church camp right above the Russian River in Sonoma County, California, on Unceded Kashaya and Southern Pomo territory. There are miles of hiking trails and a couple of streams that run through.
In this three-day meditation retreat we draw from Buddhist teachings, becoming more intimate with nature in our own minds while deepening our relations with nature in the more-than-human world. In so doing, we experience the mutuality of these ways in deepening our relationship with all of life.
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FREE Zoom Meditation & Meet - led by Kirsten Rudestam
Interested in learning more about our upcoming Deepening Presence in Nature Retreat? Want to experience how Kirsten Rudestam teaches prior to registering for this retreat? Would you like to practice meditation in community? Do you have any questions for Off-Grid Retreats or the Retreat Teacher Kirsten?
If your answer is yes to any of the questions above, then we encourage you to attend this Zoom with us and Kirsten!
Please click the title above to learn more!
Mindfulness in Nature - led by Anushka Fernandopulle
Off-Grid Retreats is grateful to collaborate with Anushka Fernandopulle to offer this 2 hour, outdoor, guided mindfulness gathering: Mindfulness in Nature.
Join us at Heron’s Head Park (SF, CA) to practice mindfulness in sitting, walking, birding and other ways of being present in nature. Connect with elements of nature as we feel them in our bodies and experience them around us.
Parts of the session will be in silent contemplative practice but there will also be time for questions and sharing.
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FREE Zoom Meditation & Meet - led by Rochelle Calvert
Are you interested in learning more about our upcoming Healing with Nature Retreat? Do you want to experience how Rochelle Calvert teaches prior to registering for this retreat? Do you want to practice meditation in community? Do you have any questions for Off-Grid Retreats or the Retreat Teacher Rochelle?
If your answer is yes to any of the questions above, then we encourage you to attend this Zoom with us and Rochelle.
Please click the title above to learn more!
Teacher Gathering
Off-Grid Retreats welcomes certified teachers of mindfulness, movement, contemplative and therapeutic practices to our first annual Teacher Gathering! We’re specifically seeking teachers with experience, skills and/or interest in leading retreats and workshops in nature.
This gathering includes an evening and day of hiking, wandering, talks and activities at Shelterwood Collective, a Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ-led community forest and retreat center.
Various lodging accommodations and locally sourced vegetarian meals will also be provided (all FREE of charge!) to showcase our glamping tents and other offerings.
There is a limited capacity, so to inquire and/or reserve a tent please contact us (info@offgridretreats.org) for availability. And feel free to click the image to learn more.
Connection & Belonging: Your Innate Nobility & Interconnection with the Earth
Off-Grid Retreats is delighted to offer this FREE 1 hour Zoom gathering with renowned Meditation Teacher and Pacific Mindfulness Founder Heidi Bourne.
Please join us for a rich exploration of what it means to show up wholeheartedly, strengthening our natural connection and sense of belonging to ourselves, each other, and the natural world.
We invite you to join this Zoom from a natural space near your home like a local park or your backyard!
This event is accessible by video chat or phone call. Please click the title above to learn more about this offering and to register.
Deepening Presence in Nature
This retreat is an opportunity to slow down and settle into a rhythm and quality of presence that supports us in remembering what is most important, what nourishes us and allows us to more freely bring ourselves to this life.
Kirsten Rudestam is the guiding teacher of this retreat. People from any and all backgrounds are welcome. No meditation experience is required.
Please click the title of this retreat to learn more about our various lodging options, sliding scale pricing and the retreat offering itself.
Online Guided Meditation & Community Meet 2
Off-Grid Retreats is excited to offer this 2nd free meditation and community meet with Meditation Teacher, Environmental Educator and Wilderness Guide Kirsten Rudestam, PhD.
Explore why to meditate and why to do so in nature. Feel into the four elements in your body and take part in a loving kindness practice. Connect remotely with California neighbors.
This event is accessible by video chat or phone call. Please click the title above to learn more about this offering and to register.