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Shining Dawn Bed & Breakfast Retreat Programs

    A t Shining Dawn you can reserve our facility to host your group's retreat.  We can accomodate large group meetings and retreats of up to approximately 50 attendees with 18 overnight guests.  See our Facilities for Group Meetings and Retreats for more details.
You can also make a reservation to participate in one of our Scheduled Retreat Programs listed below, or you can make a reservation for one of our Mini-Retreats.
    O ur Mini-Retreats are casual retreats designed for individuals or very small groups tailored to meet your weekend schedule.  Since the retreat program is only six hours spread over the weekend, there is plenty of time for individual meditation, contemplation, journaling, reading, relaxation, and simply "being".  These retreat programs are led by Helen Paine, who has over thirty years of experience teaching and facilitating meditation and spirituality programs for small groups.  See "Future Retreat Programs and Mini-Retreats" below for a list of our retreat programs which are also offered as Mini-Retreats.

Future Retreat Programs and Mini-Retreats

  • Synchronicity and Symbols Retreat Program.

    Everything in the Universe can be viewed as a symbol of archetypal energy.   Wisdom and meaning are imprinted everywhere.   Join us as we learn to read and interpret the synchronistic events and symbols in life all around us.   This workshop also introduces the tarot and I Ching as rich systems of symbolic wisdom.
    • This program is also offered as a Mini-Retreat

  • Portals to the Present Retreat Program

    There are many portals or doorways in consciousness from the realm of the illusory world to the reality of the soul, timelessness, and the ever present "I am." In this workshop, we introduce awareness practices, simple meditations, techniques for opening the heart, and immersion in music as portals that help move us from fixation on the past or future into the eternal NOW.
    • This program is also offered as a Mini-Retreat

  • Opening the Heart: Exploring Pain and Love Retreat Program

    This is one of Shining Dawn's most powerful workshops.   The power of pain and love is immense, and the heart is the great center of absorption and transformation for both.   Through group discussion, Sufi poetry, and meditations developed by Stephen Levine, David Spangler, and Osho, we will try to arrive at a deeper understanding of the role both pain and love play in our journey toward union with the Great Heart of All.
    • This program is also offered as a Mini-Retreat

  • The Transformative Power of Sacred Places Retreat Program

    What constitutes a sacred place? It is a place where the quality of the pervading energy encourages being completely "in the Now," encourages immersion in the Ocean of Being, encourages the flow of love through all beings and all things.   In this workshop we will explore the meaning and power of sacred places in the world, in our area, and in our own homes.

  • Meditations on the Buddha and the Christ Retreat Program

    The Buddha and the Christ are two of humanity's Great World Teachers.   Through meditation and discussion, we will explore the quality of their compassion, purity, and love as it lives in our own hearts today.

  • Color Consciousness Retreat Program

    This color workshop includes an overview of color as it relates to life, matter, and the spiritual qualities of the Seven Rays.   The workshop will include slide presentations, color meditations, theory and use of color healing, and exercises in developing color sensitivity.  
    Please contact us for more information about any of these retreat programs or reservation of our facility for your group's retreat.