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Curated events selected by the BrightStar team — transformational gatherings worth your time.

15 events curated

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The Mother-Daughter Bond

A weekend retreat designed for mothers and daughters, ages 16 and older, to deepen their relationship through shared practice and intentional reflection. Facilitated by licensed therapist Marci Wolff Ober and school social worker and yoga teacher Courtney Jessica Ober, the program weaves together yoga, meditation, and guided conversations about generational patterns and family bonds. Participants explore the strength of matriarchal lineages, gently release what no longer serves the relationship, and co-create traditions grounded in mutual appreciation. The retreat acknowledges the layered complexity that often characterizes mother-daughter dynamics while creating a supportive container for strengthening connection and building understanding across generations.

Fri, Jul 24, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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Navigating What's Next: Thriving in the Second Half of Life

This three-day workshop invites participants to reframe midlife as a time of genuine possibility rather than diminishment. Led by the Modern Elder Academy team, the program explores how careers shift, relationships evolve, and familiar roles fall away during this distinctive life passage. Through experiential activities and guided discussion, participants learn to navigate transitions with both courage and curiosity, examining what healthy longevity actually requires and looks like in practice. The workshop offers concrete, science-based tools for designing a purpose-driven vitality roadmap tailored to individual circumstances. Intended for anyone entering their fifties, sixties, seventies, or beyond who seeks to approach this chapter with intention and wholeness.

Fri, Jul 24, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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Connecting to Better Vision & Optimal Eye Health

This three-day workshop integrates Eastern and Western approaches to eye care, drawing on Marc Grossman's work in natural vision enhancement. Participants learn five foundational principles for supporting ocular health, practice Chinese eye massage techniques using acupressure points, and develop a sustainable daily practice. The program addresses both the practical mechanics of vision and its spiritual dimensions, exploring how perception itself can shift through mindful attention and somatic work. Specific protocols are covered for myopia, presbyopia, cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and dry eyes. Guided by behavioral optometrist and acupuncturist Marc Grossman alongside yoga and qigong teacher Daniel Orlansky, the workshop balances instruction with experiential practice. Participants leave with concrete exercises to integrate at home.

Fri, Jul 24, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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Family Week at Omega

Family Week at Omega offers five nights and four days on a 250-acre campus in the Hudson Valley, designed for families of all configurations and ages. The retreat balances structured programming—adults attend workshops while children participate in age-appropriate camps—with shared meals and evening gatherings. Parents choose from offerings including enneagram study, creative writing, yoga, or pickleball. Simultaneously, children explore nature-based play, sports, creative building, and adventure activities tailored to their developmental stage. Evenings bring the whole family together for entertainment and communal dining. The structure creates what organizers call a rare equilibrium: time apart to pursue individual interests, and time together to deepen family bonds. The campus itself, with its forested setting and established community spaces, provides the container for this intergenerational work.

Sun, Jul 26, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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Rest & Rejuvenation Retreat

Omega Institute's Rest & Rejuvenation retreat offers a three-day pause from daily demands in the Hudson Valley. Held on Omega's 150-acre campus in Rhinebeck, New York, the program centers on restorative practices and the institute's signature approach to integrative wellness. Participants access classes and activities designed specifically for retreat attendees, alongside optional offerings available to the broader campus community. The retreat draws on Omega's forty-year history of hosting transformative programs that blend contemplative practice, body-based work, and community. The setting itself—wooded grounds, walking trails, lake access—serves as part of the healing environment. Whether choosing on-campus housing or commuting, participants structure their own rhythm within the framework of available activities and meals.

Fri, Jul 31, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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Radical Rest Reset

A weekend retreat at Omega Institute that weaves together science and contemplative practice to address sleep, energy, and nervous system resilience. Led by restorative yoga teacher Jillian Pransky, Reiki Master Andrea Kennedy, naturopathic doctor Tom Francescott, and dream teacher Robert Moss (via livestream), the program explores rest as both a physiological necessity and a spiritual practice. Participants engage with the hypnagogic state—the twilight zone between sleep and waking—as a space for lucid dreaming and creative insight. The retreat includes restorative yoga, Holy Fire Reiki sessions, breathwork, and functional medicine perspectives on detox, nutrition, and adrenal balance. Throughout the weekend, faculty examine how the vagus nerve, emotional release, and mindful presence restore equilibrium. The program concludes with a panel discussion on rest as an act of revolutionary self-care, integrating science, spirituality, and somatic awareness.

Fri, Jul 31, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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August 2026 Workshops & Retreats

Omega Institute's August programming offers a diverse catalog of retreats and workshops set on a 150-acre Hudson Valley campus. Participants can engage with offerings spanning somatic healing, ancestral work, creative practice, and contemplative training. The month features both intensive week-long immersions and three-day weekend retreats. All programs operate within Omega's all-inclusive model, where accommodations, meals, and many complementary classes are integrated into the retreat experience. The setting encourages unplugging from routine distractions and settling into sustained learning within a multigenerational community of practitioners. Programs range from Indigenous healing practices and medical intuition to advanced songwriting, dream work, and Internal Family Systems theory. Participants choose from simple tent sites to private rooms and engage with farm-to-table meals prepared from seasonal ingredients. Access to walking trails, a lakefront, and open evening activities supports the contemplative atmosphere throughout one's stay.

Sat, Aug 1, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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Power Up Your Happiness

A five-day residential workshop grounded in the principles outlined in The Art of Happiness, the international bestseller by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and psychiatrist Howard C. Cutler. The program weaves together classical Buddhist wisdom and contemporary neuroscience to examine how happiness emerges through specific practices and attitudes. Participants engage with the empirical research showing that cultivated joy correlates with improved physical health, stronger relationships, and enhanced mental clarity. The faculty guides participants through lectures, group discussions, and practical exercises designed to translate these principles into lived experience. Rather than treating happiness as a fleeting emotional state, the workshop presents it as a skill developed through consistent application of techniques drawn from both ancient contemplative traditions and modern positive psychology. Attendees return home with concrete methods for integrating these insights into daily life.

Sun, Aug 9, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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The Longevity Retreat

Dr. Kerry Burnight, a nationally recognized gerontologist, leads this evidence-based retreat designed to reshape how participants understand and experience aging. The program addresses a fundamental shift in human experience: for the first time in history, millions are living into their seventies, eighties, and beyond. Rather than accept outdated narratives about decline, participants explore what Burnight calls the three dimensions of longevity—lifespan (length of life), healthspan (years lived in good health), and joyspan (quality of those years). Through structured conversations, practical frameworks, and peer connection, attendees develop concrete approaches to maximizing all three. The retreat combines research-backed gerontology with accessible, conversational teaching, creating space for reflection on what sustains vitality and meaning in a long life. Participants leave with specific tools and a community of peers engaged in similar questions about purpose, connection, and thriving.

Fri, Aug 21, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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Flow in Wellness, Wisdom & Wonder

A weekend retreat designed for women navigating significant life transitions, whether retirement, empty nest, caregiving, divorce, or health shifts. Participants work through the FLOW arc—freedom, love, openness, and wisdom—using reflection, embodied practice, and dialogue within a supportive community. The retreat creates space to release old patterns, access inner guidance, and gain clarity about what matters now. Through shared wisdom among women at similar crossroads, participants leave with clearer direction and concrete steps forward.

Fri, Aug 28, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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Rest & Rejuvenation Retreat

Omega's Rest & Rejuvenation retreat invites participants to step away from daily demands and settle into restorative practices across a long weekend in upstate New York. Held at Omega's campus in Rhinebeck, the program offers access to classes, activities, and the institute's extensive facilities, including walking trails and recreational amenities. The retreat is structured to allow both structured participation and self-directed rest, with accommodations ranging from private cabins to communal dorms and camping options. All-inclusive packages bundle housing, meals, and campus access.

Fri, Sep 18, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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Live Turned On & Lit Up

A weekend retreat for individuals and couples that weaves together science-based physical health, partner dynamics, and embodied spiritual practice. Led by health coach Hayley Foster and performance coach Brian Valenza, the program explores the relationship between self-awareness, hormonal vitality, and deep relational connection. Through group dialogue, movement practices, and somatic work, participants investigate how presence in the body relates to emotional intimacy, sexual energy, and long-term wellness. The retreat addresses masculine and feminine polarity, breathwork, journaling, and the integration of physical sensation with emotional and spiritual development. Attendees leave with practical frameworks for sustained vitality and a clearer sense of embodied presence. Solo participation is welcomed alongside couples.

Fri, Oct 2, 2026Omega Institute, Rhinebeck

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