Peaceful Lake, Powerful Mountain 

We invite you to a new kind of retreat. July 14-16: come to a Zen Monastery, for “Peaceful Lake, Powerful Mountain” for a peak experience in peacefulness.

This page is a special discount ticket page - for friends of Peaceful Lake retreat. Tickets are normally $450, but we really want you there. Scroll to Bottom to find out how to register for $100 off! This opportunity is only for the next several days, so plan to be there now!

New Updates:

Peaceful Lake, Powerful Mountain is happy to announce:
We will feature Yoga, healing and breathwork with Ava Gerber, of Woodstock/Brooklyn New York. We will be sourcing our produce locally from Bobolink Farm, and Zen sister Myoho Brenda Miller!

Come to a radiant, golden, energetic monastery, in the Catskills, the magical Dai Bosatsu Zendo. Discover this place of silent meditation, and how it helps people dedicated to changing the world. 

INFO:
We will have workshops on nonviolence, Gandhi, revolutionary recovery, Buddha, Shamanic breath-work, and the historical Jesus. There will be a Quaker Meeting, and yoga. Zazen meditation together every morning.

We will stay in the historic Beecher House, the newly renovated guest house on the grounds of Dai Bosatsu Zendo, a monastery 2.5 hours away from NYC. This house was originally the homestead of the uncle of American abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Inside Beecher, there is a large meditation hall. We will be on 1,400 acres of untouched wilderness. We can swim, hike, boat, do outdoor meditation, and sunbathe on the shores of Beecher Lake, the highest lake in the Catskills.  Join the community of black bear, beaver and bald eagle!

Tickets: $350 when you use this form:

Includes the retreat, rich content, two nights lodging and all vegetarian meals.

Space is limited to 19 overnight guests.


To register:

RSVP by contacting retreat organizer Sander Hicks.

You can discuss details. You can send $350 to @Sander-Hicks-1 on Venmo

Or text Sander Hicks— via Facebook Messenger.

Retreat Schedule (Draft) Here.

Bus Info: From Port Authority to Monticello, NY. We can pick you up in Monticello, NY, that day, at 5 ish if you get on the 2:30 PM bus at Port Authority. More Info.

Dedication:

This retreat is dedicated to the spirit of Ann Marie Hicks, 1943 - 2022, mother, activist, community volunteer, Christian, and peace lover.

The retreat will be organized by peace activist Sander Hicks.