Solo Retreats at Sky Meadow
A solo retreat offers quiet time for an individual or couple to step away from the demands of your daily routine for a moment and connect more deeply with yourselves or each other. Our secluded setting close to nature and away from distractions provides a perfect opportunity to still the mind and release stress.
There is a two-night minimum for all solo retreats
Simple Solo (without meals)
Stay in a spacious cabin or private room in the retreat barn and prepare your own meals. You will have access to a full bath and equipped kitchen, as well as the trails, ponds, and meditation huts on our 120 acre property.
Simple Solos are available any time that we have space.
click here for more details about our main solo retreat cabin
$150/individual - $280/couple for two nights
$75/person - $140/couple for each additional night
Nurturing Solo (meals included)
Stay in a cabin or private room in the retreat barn and enjoy bountiful organic vegetarian meals served buffet style three times a day.
Nurturing solos are offerred on these dates in 2012: Nurturing Solo Weeks: June 17-July 1, September 2-8, October 29 - November 4
Nurturing Solo Week-ends: April 13-15, May 11-13, June 1-3, June 8-10, June 22-24, June 29-July 1, July 12-15, July 20-22, July 27-29, August 17-19, August 23-27, September 14-16, September 28-30, October 19-21, October 26-28, November 2-4, November 9-11
$250/individual - $450/couple for two nights (shared bath)
$125/person or $225 couple for each additional night
extended solos - 10% discount for 5 nights or longer
We encourage you to use this retreat time to slow down, simplify, and go inward. To help this process, we ask that you limit activities such as talking, reading, writing, internet use, and eating to only what is necessary. When available you may use the large open common room or sitting areas of the retreat barn which are kept in silence to encourage presence and awareness.
You can spend your time in your private room or cabin or out in nature as you wish. We ask that you limit social contact and trips out in your car to only what is necessary, and take this opportunity to be still and go inward in whatever way suits you.
The generous meals provided include fresh organic homemade vegetarian food with many of the vegetables and fruits grown here in at Sky Meadow. Tea, honey, milk and fruit are available throughout the day. Visit skymeadowrecipes.blogspot.com for recipes of some of the dishes we like to serve at our retreats.
The retreat barn has wireless internet access, and a land-line phone for receiving or making emergency calls with a calling card.
802-533-9250. Cell phones usually do not work here.
You can bring your own coffee if you need it. We ask that you do not bring alcohol, tobacco, meat or fish, recreational drugs, pets, or camping vehicles, and that you do not use your car or phone while on retreat, unless there is an important need. We supply comfortable beds with blankets and pillows, and you bring your own linens or sleeping bag, towel, and pillowcase. (or rent them from us)
Additional support is available for solo retreats in the form of daily silent group meditation periods, and private sessions with Miles which focus on meditation and spiritual growth, or conscious communication skills. The suggested donation for individual instruction and support is $50/hour.
To register for a solo retreat, first e-mail us to see if the dates you want are available and briefly describe how you plan to use your solo time. If we agree on available retreat dates, send us a non-refundable deposit of half the estimated cost of your retreat to reserve your space. Checks payable to:
Sky Meadow Retreat
63 Winchester Rd.
Greensboro Bend, VT 05842
Or you can deposit by credit card via PayPal:
You may also pay in full at this time
We cannot accept credit cards at the retreat
Please bring cash or check to your retreat to pay for the balance
Upon receipt of your deposit we will send a confirmation
e-mail with details for your retreat.
