Healing with Nature, A Winter Solstice Retreat – Drala Mountain Center
This Winter Solstice Nature Meditation Retreat invites you into a sacred pause at the darkest turning point of the year—a time to rest, reflect, and gently rekindle inner light. Rooted in nature-based mindfulness and somatic practices, this retreat offers a supportive space for healing, regulation, and deep reconnection with the rhythms of the Earth.
Trauma and chronic stress can disrupt our inner ecosystems, leaving us feeling fragmented or disconnected. Through intentional time in nature, we begin to restore balance—softening the nervous system, reawakening embodied presence, and renewing our capacity for connection. In the stillness of winter, mindfulness practices help us cultivate awareness and compassion, while somatic experiences invite a safe and grounded return to the body.
Aligned with the wisdom of the Winter Solstice, this retreat honors the medicine of darkness, quiet, and deep listening. Together, we will explore what it means to turn inward, to tend what is unseen, and to trust the slow emergence of light. This seasonal threshold offers a powerful opportunity to release what no longer serves, nourish what is essential, and plant intentions for the cycle ahead.
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Participants will engage in a blend of silent and community-based practices, including guided nature meditations, reflective journaling, gentle movement, and mindful walks in the winter landscape. These experiences are designed to deepen your relationship with both inner and outer nature, while offering practical tools to support ongoing healing and integration.
No prior meditation or somatic experience is required—only a willingness to listen, slow down, and be present. This retreat is open to all who feel called to reconnect with themselves and the living world. However, because we will be engaging in meaningful inner work, those who have recently experienced significant loss or acute life transitions may wish to consider timing and readiness before attending.
Tuition
Supported: $375
Standard: $450
Benefactor: $525
+ 3 nights lodging
Combined at checkout
Meals & drinks included
Inc. V, VG, GF
Add extra nights at 50% off
Program Schedule
Day 1
Friday, December 18th
2:00 – 5:00 pm Registration
5:30 – 6:00 pm Orientation
6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 pm Evening Program Session
Day 2
Saturday, December 19th
6:30 – 7:30 am – Morning Practice Session
7:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:30 – 12:30 pm Morning Program Session
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 – 4 pm Free Time / Program Session
4:00 – 5:30 pm Afternoon Program Session
5:30 – 6:30 pm Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 pm Evening Program Session
Day 3
Sunday, December 20th
6:30 – 7:30 am – Morning Practice Session
7:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:30 – 12:30 pm Morning Program Session
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 – 4:00 pm Free Time / Program Session
4:00 – 5:30 pm Afternoon Program Session
5:30 – 6:30 pm Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 pm Evening Program Session
Day 4
Monday, December 21st
6:30 – 7:30 am – Morning Practice Session
7:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:30 – 12:30 pm Program Session
12:45 – 1:30 pm Lunch and Departure
Who is this retreat for?
This retreat is for beginning and seasoned practitioners alike–no prior experience with meditation or somatic healing is needed.
While throughout the retreat, support will be given both individually and in group settings to attend to the experience of healing trauma, it would be best to wait to attend this event if you have had a recent loss or acute traumatic event.
Please join if you have an interest or deep love of nature and want to nourish this connection.
