Standing at Sinai 5772: Five-Day Mindfulness Retreat at Ghost Ranch, NM May 24-29
Experience the final days Counting of the Omer and welcome Shavuot in the high desert:Click here to download a brochure for A Way In's five-day Jewish Mindfulness Retreat at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu New Mexico May 24-29 (over Memorial Day Weekend).
"Shavuot honors the receiving of the Torah in the wilderness," said Rabbi Yael Levy, who will lead the retreat. "The Mystics teach that, at the moment the Torah was received, the world reverted to its primordial state: every soul know the Oneness we call God, with no doubt, no hesitation, no holding back.
On Shavuot, we remember this moment and open ourselves to receive the wisdom and insight that is wanting to be revealed."
The retreat is limited to 15 participants, who will hike through red rock canyons and sit by desert streams. We will count the final two days of the Omer together and prepare for Shavuot with meditation and prayer, meeting the dawn together and giving thanks, offering praise and listening to the Ten Utterances being chanted into the rising sun.
This is the fourth year that Rabbi Yael Levy -- an experienced hiker and backpacker who spends part of the Omer time each year in the desert Southwest – has led this retreat. Hiking is easy to moderate level. (There will be opportunities for small groups to hike more rigorous trails.) Participants will be asked to maintain substantial periods of silence each day. Shared daily reflections, journal writing and body prayer will complement meditation time. There will be opportunities for questions, discussion and hevruta (study pairs.) It is essential for participants to have prior mindfulness experience and meditation practice.
Ghost Ranch is the place where Georgia O’Keeffe lived and painted for much of her life. The retreat center offers modest, dormitory-style accommodations or opportunities to camp. Ghost Ranch is about 2 ½ hours from the Albuquerque airport – we will help participants to arrange ground transportation. Beside transportation to New Mexico, costs of the retreat range from $390 for camping to $590 for a double dormitory room, with a $250 upgrade for a single room. There also is a supplemental donation of $180 for non-Mishkan members. Registration and payment required by March 1, with $100 premium for registrations following March 1.
For information and to register, email mindfulness@mishkan.org.
