Workshops & Retreats

Summer Sanctuary Yoga & Meditation Retreat at Sandstone Ranch: I began Katharine Kaufman’s all day yoga and meditation retreat with a heavy heart and a very busy mind… Katharine’s yoga directives held me steady to stay in the depths of loss, to move through it slowly, witnessing, observing, silently allowing the sadness to do what it needed to do within my body. By the end of the retreat, I was literally astounded by the shift within me toward a space of peaceful balance in body and spirit. I learned that yoga and meditation are tools for fully witnessing sadness, grief, anger, joy, etc., when they arise. Katharine’s steady voice, her quick observations and gentle humor allow her students to reach new levels of contemplative yoga and meditation practice. I feel so grateful to have taken this day with Katharine Kaufman and look forward to future retreats with her. Highly recommended! Amelia María de la Luz Montes, PhD

Associate Professor English and Ethnic Studies Creative Writing and Women’s & Gender Studies , University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Watch beyond the mindfulness intro video to see Katharine in an outdoor yoga dance film at the Shambhala Mountain Center:

Waking without Words

Precious Knowing: A Meditation and Yoga Retreat for Women

Katharine Kaufman

January 29–February 2, 2020

Tuition $285 + 4 nights

Our bodies hold emotions, images, patterns and stories. When we learn to fully inhabit our bodies through mindfulness practices, we can know ourselves as complete and wakeful beings. During this retreat, we will practice sitting meditation, flowing and restorative yoga, playful improvisational movement, and a little writing. We will deepen our practice and insight through periods of silence; and our community will develop understanding and trust through discussion and dialogue.

Previous yoga or meditation experience recommended but not required.

Wisdom of the Body: Yoga and Meditation Retreat

Katharine Kaufman

April 23–26, 2020

Tuition $250 + 3 nights

You’ve experienced joy and health, pain and loss. You’ve tested your physical limits, and have recovered from surgeries. You’ve traveled, shared insights, and cared for others. Now it’s time to attend to your body as it is today.

In this retreat, you are invited to practice with a fresh perspective that acknowledges your mind and body’s wisdom. Starting from the ground and building to heart centering postures, we will learn the Four Ways of Being With Body. Through a variety of sequences–both restorative and flowing–we’ll support sitting, walking, standing, and lying meditation postures. We’ll gain strength and coax flexibility.

Emerge from the retreat with a new lens on your unique experiences, and rich understanding of how to practice Yoga and Meditation safely and wisely whether practicing alone or in a group.

The Art of Undoing: Yoga and Meditation

Katharine Kaufman

June 18–21, 2020

Tuition $250 + 3 nights

Are you feeling out of tune? Looking for balance? Do you long to pause, connect with nature and your body’s own wisdom? The pairing of meditation with Yoga is lively, intimate and generous. During this June retreat you’ll release tension and find equanimity with grounded lyrical sequences that develop heart, strength and resilience from the inside. You’ll go outside too; taking your Yoga and meditation practice to the groves, hills and forest of this sacred land. We’ll call on movement from hatha, gentle flow, yin, and restorative Yoga. This retreat is also influenced by dance improv, poetry, Ashtanga, and mind/body wisdom. Feel free, whole and good.

Second Saturdays: Three Morning Workshops – 243189

Join seasoned movement artist, poet, and meditation instructor, Katharine Kaufman, for the new Second Saturday Workshops. The classes focus on expressions of meditation such as Meditation: A Recipe for Sanity and Moving and Writing: The Art of Improvisation, and Meditation for Active Minds: The Four Postures. These half-day workshops complement each other and can be taken singularly. They take place in the exquisite studio space, The Beehive, on Lashley. 9:30-noon.
Sign up for all three and receive a 10-dollar discount.
Chairs available, bring a notebook to write in, and blanket.

Full Info	Activity Code	Description	Dates	Times	Meet Days	Ages	Resident/Non-Res Price	Add to Wishlist
Item Details	243189-1	Second Saturday Workshops	02/08/2020 –04/11/2020*	9:30 am –12:00 pm	Sa	Ages 16 through adults	$80.00/$100.00	Add to Wishlist
Item Details	243189-A	A Recipe for Sanity	02/08/2020 –02/08/2020	9:30 am –12:00 pm	Sa	Ages 16 through adults	$30.00/$37.50	Add to Wishlist
Item Details	243189-B	The Art of Improvisation	03/14/2020 –03/14/2020	9:30 am –12:00 pm	Sa	Ages 16 through adults	$30.00/$37.50	Add to Wishlist
Item Details	243189-C	The Four Postures	04/11/2020 –04/11/2020	9:30 am –12:00 pm	Sa	Ages 16 through adults	$30.00/$37.50	Add to Wishlist