Awareness: Awakening Today, Everyday
Contemplative Practices In Stillness and Motion
June 22–29, 2008
This retreat is almost full and we can no longer accept registrations online. Please call (800) 398-2630 to register.
This silent retreat emphasizes an awareness practice that will liberate the mind, open the heart and lead to awakening and transformation. Participants will be guided through levels of contemplative inquiry as we explore the true nature of wisdom and compassion. The course includes a dance component that will introduce and embody the empty stillness that exists at the center of all movement — a metaphor for meditation in action.
This is the first time this kind of retreat is being offered. No special skills are required; just bring your willingness to allow the mind/body to relax and simply be open to whatever arises.
Teachers
Rabbi David A. Cooper is the author of many books, including God is a Verb and Ecstatic Kabbalah. He has published a number of audio-sets, including Kabbalah Meditation, The Mystical Kabbalah and The Holy Chariot. Rabbi Cooper has led workshops and retreats in the USA, Israel, Holland, Poland, New Zealand and Australia. His teachings offer a Jewish perspective that is complemented by the wisdom of other schools including Sufism, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism.
Shoshana Cooper is an artist, Tea Ceremony teacher, meditation instructor, composer and former nursing instructor. Shoshana has become a leader in the growing popularity of Jewish Meditation. She and her husband David taught at the Jewish Renewal Kallah for twelve years and they lived in the Old City of Jerusalem for the previous eight years.
Eliezer Sobel is a musician and the author of Wild Heart Dancing and the novel Minyan: Ten Jewish Men in a World that is Heartbroken, winner of the Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel. His newest book is The 99th Monkey: A Spiritual Journalist’s Misadventures with Gurus, Messiahs, Sex, Psychedelics & Other Consciousness-Raising Experiments.
Registration Information
The program fee for this class is $0; by donation. Fees are per person, and do not include the cost of Room and Board (below). We strive to make our programs affordable to everyone. For information about Financial Assistance, please see below.
Room and Board
Room and board includes housing, meals, evening activities, hot tub, yoga, meditation, and full use of our facility. All rooms are air-conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter. Adults fees apply to ages 18 and higher. Rates are per person, and include all meals. For double or triple occupancy, you may either request a roommate, or be matched with one by our staff.
Summer 2009 Discount! Bring someone with you to a weeklong or weekend retreat between July 13 - August 16, and both you and your friend, partner, parent, child or guest can receive up to 50% off the cost of your room and board.
Deluxe rooms
Deluxe rooms have private bathrooms. Single and double occupancy are provided with queen-sized beds, triple occupancy has twin beds. Handicap accessibility available, please call (800) 398-2630 x4.
| Deluxe Rooms |
Week-long
Meditation Retreats |
| Single Occupancy |
1,690 |
| Double Occupancy |
915 |
| Triple Occupancy |
645 |
Plus rooms
Plus rooms have private bathrooms.
| Plus Rooms |
Week-long
Meditation Retreats |
| Single Occupancy |
1,385 |
| Double Occupancy |
845 |
| Triple Occupancy |
575 |
Standard rooms
Standard rooms share a bathroom with one other room.
| Standard Rooms |
Week-long
Meditation Retreats |
| Single Occupancy |
1150 |
| Double Occupancy |
710 |
Economy rooms
Economy rooms have twin beds with the bathroom in the hall.
| Economy Rooms |
Week-long
Meditation Retreats |
| Single Occupancy |
880 |
| Double Occupancy |
540 |
Dormitory rooms
Dormitory rooms are either triple or quadruple occupancy with bunk beds and bathrooms on the hall.
| |
Week-long
Meditation Retreats |
| Dormitory |
475 |
Camping
Campers supply their own tents and equipment and have access to bathrooms and showers. Camping fee includes all meals and snacks, use of the facility and its amenities, and participation in any open programming provided, such as prayer, meditation, or yoga.
| |
Week-long
Meditation Retreats |
| Campers |
405 |
Commuter
The commuter fee includes all meals and snacks, use of the facility and its amenities, and participation in any open programming provided, such as prayer, meditation, or yoga.
| |
Week-long
Meditation Retreats |
| Commuter |
305 |
Financial Assistance
Financial Aid for Room and Board
We strive to make our programs affordable to everyone. We provide limited scholarship funding of up to 30% of room and board fees for those in extreme financial need. Financial aid is only available for dormitory rooms with hall baths and economy rooms for couples and families. If you would like to request financial aid, please complete the financial aid form. In requesting aid, please consider that we have a limited pool of resources. We are committed to helping you in any we can, and we ask you to help us help others by limiting your request to your genuine need. Financial aid requests must be received at least three weeks prior to the retreat.
Cancellation Policy
Payments made will be refunded in full (less a $50 processing fee) if you cancel more than 14 days prior to your arrival. If you cancel between 13 days and 72 hours prior to a retreat for which you have registered, a non-refundable credit (less a $50 processing fee) will be held for one year from the date of issue. This credit is non-transferable. No credit or refund is available if you cancel within 72 hours of a retreat or on the retreat arrival day, if you do not show up, or if you leave a retreat early for any reason.
If you are participating in a two-year training institute and you miss or cancel one of the weeklong retreat sessions, your room and board fee will be refunded according to the policy above, but the program fee for a missed or cancelled retreat session is still due. Withdrawal is permitted only after the first retreat session. If you withdraw from a training institute after the first retreat session, or if you are asked by faculty to leave the institute, you will receive a full refund on your program fee for any remaining pre-paid retreats.
Isabella Freedman reserves the right to cancel any program at any time. In the event of such cancellation, you will be given a complete refund. A full transportation refund is available if you cancel a transportation reservation at least 3 days (72 hours) in advance. No refund is available if less than 3 days notice is given.
