Four-Month Human Development Training Retreat

Four-Month Human Development Training Program
September 2—December 17, 2014

If you are ready to make a deep commitment to change and to deepen spiritual values within daily life, this is the program for you.

The benefits of the program include: establishing a strong foundation for meditation practice (including visualization and mantra); insight into how the mind and emotions work; and appreciation of how to awaken our full human potential in any situation.

Although the program draws on the practices and insights from the ancient wisdom of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, it deals with the direct, human experience of growth and change and does not require acceptance of any dogma.

Cost for this retreat: $6,800 (nonresidential); $9,200 (residential) which may be paid in monthly installments ($1,700 nonresidential; $2,300 residential.). Note that both residential and nonresidential costs include vegetarian meals.

Primary Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen assisted by the Nyingma Institute faculty.


What the graduates say about the 4-month Human Development Training Retreat:

Without a doubt, the 4-month Retreat was one of the most joyous and fulfilling experiences of my life. What could be better than being immersed in a place of wisdom and beauty, while learning essential meditation and relaxation techniques? Every day was a new experience in awakening new levels of creativity and balance in my life. And those positive seeds of awareness continue to blossom. Carol V., Boston, MA

Under the expert guidance of the faculty, the retreat combined deep inquiry, experiential learning, and gentle movement techniques to offer a wide range of useful skill sets to call upon anytime in our lives. I can't recommend the retreat highly enough. Creating ease in stressful times is indeed a precious gift. For me, the retreat was like choosing joy as an antidote to the busyness of our modern lives - and the result was a refreshed and renewed appreciation for my life!  Catherine B., Berkeley, CA.