The Heart of Mindfulness: A Silent Meditation Retreat

The Heart of Mindfulness: A Silent Meditation Retreat is a silent meditation retreat at Drala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado. It is led by Janet Solyntjes and Gaylon Ferguson, and it is for anyone who wants to practice mindfulness meditation in an extended period of silence, in a mountain setting devoted to contemplative practice.

What to Expect

This is a silent retreat, so the days are held in quiet and given over to meditation. The retreat takes mindfulness as its subject, and the title points to its center: the heart of the practice, approached through sustained, undistracted time on the cushion. Janet Solyntjes and Gaylon Ferguson are named as the teachers for this retreat.

People who search for a silent meditation retreat in Colorado are often looking for a stretch of time long enough to settle, without conversation or the usual pull of daily obligations. This retreat is built around that kind of space.

The Setting

The retreat takes place at Drala Mountain Center, near Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, United States. Drala Mountain Center hosts retreats in meditation and mindfulness, along with other contemplative programs, so the silence of this retreat sits within a place that is used to holding it.