A rough schedule for the retreat is as follows:

 

Friday, Oct. 1

 

10 a.m.-- Leave my office at Thompson Blvd. in carpools

2-3 pm--Arrive at the center

3-5 pm--Settle in, adjust to the place, set up

5 pm--Opening ceremony

5:30-7 pm--Dinner

7:30-10 pm--Evening circle

 

Saturday, Oct. 2

 

7 am --Optional Dream Circle

8-9 am Breakfast -- extemporaneous, fix your own

10 am-- go to trailhead of the ashrama, hike to the ashrama

11:30 am to 1:30 pm-- settle in at the ashrama, eat sack lunch

1:30 to 5:30 pm -- sharing circle (with breaks)

6 pm --head back to retreat center, fix dinner together

8 pm to ? --evening circle

 

Sunday, Oct. 3

 

7 am --Optional Dream Circle

8-9 am-- Breakfast

9 to 11:30 --sharing circle

11:30 --Lunch

12:30 pm --Closing Circle

1 pm --Depart Center

5-6 pm --arrive at office at Thompson Blvd.

 

This schedule will be tweaked as we go along, leading up to and during the retreat so if you have suggestions, requests, or questions, please speak up.

 

If you would like to know more about the retreat center, or Franklin Merrell-Wolff, the man who built it, you can go to the website:

 

http://www.merrell-wolff.org/lonepine.htm
 

The retreat center has 10-12 beds available (to be reserved on a first come, first served basis) and you can also camp or sleep on a floor.  There are two fee schedules, one for those sleeping in a bed and one for those camping or sleeping on the floor.  Both include my fee + accomodations and depend on the type of sleeping arrangements you choose and how soon you pay your fee.   


Payment by:         9/1                   9/15                9/30


sleep in bed         $305                  $335                 $365

camp or sleep     $255                  $285                 $315
on floor:

 

Feel free to email me with any questions or bring them up at the group meetings.  I'm excited about this retreat and look forward to being with you in the Sierras.

 

Tom