Rest & Reflect
At the World Peace Temple
Rest & Reflect is on hold until further notice
Enjoy a personal retreat and leave behind your hectic schedule and responsibilities. Enter into a calm, purposeful, and healing place.
Rest, reflect, and discover how to enjoy the peace of your own mind. Then, return home with practical methods to keep you feeling energized and inspired while coping with life’s stresses. With the support of a caring community dedicated to helping you take time out for what you need, you‘ll find it very easy to catch your breath and connect with your deeper self.
Scroll down to see which type of retreat you’re interested in, then fill out an application and we will help design a rejuvenating, affordable retreat experience that is perfect for you.
- Meditations for Relaxation
- Clarity of Mind
- Kind Heart
- Overcoming Anger
- Path to Enlightenment
- Take a Break
These personal retreats emphasize breathing meditation to help calm the mind, reduce stress, and give rise to an experience of inner peace and wellbeing. These meditations help disengage the mind from the busyness of everyday life and create a special feeling of inner peace.
This retreat includes a retreat coach and requires the purchase of the Meditations for Relaxation guided meditation recording.
Fees:
Personal retreats are affordable and set up to fit your schedule. Accommodation rates apply.
$20 per meeting with retreat coach.
Purchase of Meditations for Relaxation guided meditation recording (download an mp3 here or purchase a CD through KMC New York)
Meditations for Clarity of Mind
These personal retreats emphasize meditation to help us develop mental clarity and inner peace by meditating on our mind itself. These meditations guide us on an exploration of our mind itself helping us to relate to our daily experiences through an understanding of our mind and our own inner potential for lasting peace and happiness.
This retreat includes a retreat coach and requires the purchase of the Meditations for a Clear Mind guided meditation recording.
Fees:
Accommodation rates apply.
$20 per meeting with retreat coach.
Purchase of Meditations for a Clear Mind guided meditation recording (download an mp3 here or purchase a CD through KMC New York)
Meditations for a Kind Heart Retreat
These personal retreats emphasize developing our loving mind to develop a deeper connection with others and will help improve our relationships. These meditations will specifically help us increase our feeling of warmth towards others, our love and our compassion.
This retreat includes a retreat coach and requires the purchase of the Meditations for a Kind Heart guided meditation recording.
Fees:
Accommodation rates apply.
$20 per meeting with retreat coach.
Purchase of Meditations for a Kind Heart guided meditation recording (download an mp3 here or purchase a CD through KMC New York)
Meditations for Overcoming Anger Retreat
These personal retreats emphasize the study and contemplation of How to Solve Our Human Problems by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Through studying and contemplating points that resonate with you from this text, learn new ways of thinking and meditation practices to help us develop the spaciousness and peace of mind to overcome anger and deal with difficult situations positively and constructively in our daily life.
This retreat requires a retreat coach. You are welcome to borrow How to Solve Our Human Problems from our community library, but you may wish to purchase it (available in multiple formats) in advance here or at our bookstore.
Fees:
Accommodation rates apply.
$20 per meeting with a retreat coach.
Meditations on the Path to Enlightenment Retreat
These personal retreats emphasize the study and contemplation of The New Meditation Handbook and Modern Buddhism by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Tap into your pure potential, or Buddha nature, by focusing on Buddhist meditations that nurture and develop our compassion and wisdom. With these two states of mind, we will enjoy deep inner peace and happiness regardless of external circumstances.
This retreat includes a retreat coach. You are welcome to borrow The New Meditation Handbook and Modern Buddhism from our community library, but you may wish to purchase them (available in multiple formats, including the Modern Buddhism eBook for free) in advance here or at our bookstore.
Fees:
Accommodation rates apply.
$20 per meeting with retreat coach.
Take a Break
Enjoy the peace and tranquility of KMC New York with these completely self-guided personal retreats. Structure your day exactly how you want it and enjoy the spaciousness of the World Peace Temple and grounds.
This retreat does not include a retreat coach.
Fees: Accommodation rates apply. No other fees for the Take a Break Retreat.
Our Retreat Coaches
Our retreat coaches are volunteers who are on one of our study programs. The role of your retreat coach is to provide structure and guidance for your personal retreat, helping to ensure that you have a restful and meaningful time here. He or she will meet with you when you arrive for an informal orientation to discuss how best to structure your time here and to help tailor the retreat to suit your own individual needs. Your retreat coach will also meet with you once daily to answer any questions and give feedback for your retreat, and he or she will meet with you at the end of your retreat to help you create a plan to help integrate the meditation experience and techniques you learned here into your daily life.
Getting Here
Kadampa Meditation Center New York is an easy getaway from NYC and other major hubs. Plan your trip to the Temple.
Rest & Reflect Retreats are subject to availability. R&R Retreats are not available during group events/retreats. You can check course/retreat dates by visiting our calendar.
Contact Us
Phone
(845) 856-9000
9am-5pm Monday - Friday
Location
47 Sweeney Rd
Glen Spey, NY 12737