Being Peace
With Joel and Michelle Levey
July 16 - 21, 2025
July 16 Wednesday Dinner through July 21 Monday Breakfast
“We must be the change we want to see in the world.” ~ Gandhi
In these times of intensity and complexity, danger, and opportunity, it is more important than ever that we learn and practice the arts and sciences of cultivating peace and deep resilience within ourselves and for our world. In recognition of this need, Joel & Michelle Levey return to Indralaya to guide this contemplative retreat for awakening to the power of peace and increasing our capacity to be the change we want to see in our world.
In a supportive environment guided by experienced teachers, along with a community of kindred spirits and the inspiring forces of Nature amid the exquisite natural beauty of Indralaya, this special program of meditation, inspiration, and celebration offers a rare opportunity to delve into timeless wisdom teachings and engage in profound practices for awakening natural awareness, embodying peace, and deepening in wisdom and wholehearted compassion. We will share a rich blend of deep reflection and deep connection with our multidimensional selves and the natural world in an exploration that is so relevant for enhancing our capacity to resiliently thrive and continually renew ourselves in these profound times.
Our days together will weave a balance of inspiring wisdom teachings, mindful dialogue, deep reflection, contemplative silence, and a variety of meditations for cultivating inner peace, insight, resourcefulness, and well-being (including mindfulness, tonglen, gratitude, embodied awareness and movement, lovingkindness, and compassion), together with ample free time opportunities for community sharing and mindful adventures exploring the “holy book of nature.” Both experienced and novice meditators are warmly welcome and will find profoundly value and inspiring in this unique retreat.
Indralaya was founded upon the principles of “… promoting harmony among all peoples, and the comparative study of religion, philosophy, and science, so that we may better understand ourselves and our place in the universe.” In this spirit of honoring life and integrating the inner and the outer, this retreat will bring together wisdom teachings from many traditions, insights from contemporary brain science research, and the timeless themes of peace-making and non-violence.
Our days together will include opportunities for deep personal reflection, dialogue, immersion in natural beauty and splendor, inspiring talks and group discussion, silence and alone times, living in a sanctuary of inspiring and pristine natural beauty, and supportive community. Our practice and inquiry will reflect a balance of silence and heartfelt sharing, time alone and time together in nature, interactive exercises, inspiring talks, dialogue, stillness and embodied meditations. There will also be open time for hiking, personal reflection, reading, resting, swimming.
This program will focus on exploring the following themes for deepening our wisdom, compassion, creativity, resilience, true power, and peace:
- Where do we go for “refuge” in a chaotic world?
- What nurtures and supports us in practicing the power of peace?
- How do we live in “right relationship?”
- Keys to Deep Resilience and growing wiser along The Way
- Courage, Presence, Empathy, and Responsive Compassion
- Blending peace, passion, and power
- Transforming energy
- Awakening compassion
- Personal and collective wisdom
- Antidotes for anxiety and fear
- Deep ecology
- Evolutionary tactics for personal and planetary transformation
- Deepening our intuitive intelligence and wisdom
Come join us and be prepared to joyfully discover new insights, inspirations, and practices for honoring your highest potential and the profound interconnectedness of all that lives.
Program Fees:
Program fees are all-inclusive and cover accommodation, food, and program specifics for the entire program. Participants may choose their accommodation type preference (Plumbing, Non-Plumbing, RV/Tent) and may select to work on daily staff (3 hours commitment per day) for a substantial discount.
See Accommodation Types here: https://www.indralaya.org/home/guest-information/accommodation-types-indralaya/
Non-Accommodation rates are for program and meals only. Daily Staff discounts for non-accommodation rates cover meals.
Registration Instructions:
- You may register one or more persons in a single registration. To register more than one, select multiple persons for your accommodation type.
- If you are selecting Daily Staff please indicate in notes who in the party is taking the daily staff discount (available to adults, young adults, teens). Daily staff discounts (except for No-Accommodation rates) are indicated by checking Daily Staff as an additional item. The discount will be applied on checkout.
- You have an option of making a donation to Indralaya as part of your registration.
- On checkout, please indicate if you are a “Friend of Indralaya” (if you are not you can become one by selecting this option) – this will confer a 5% discount on your camp accommodation fees.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation through June 16 – $0
- Cancellation fee June 17 – July 1 – $50
- Cancellation fee July 2 and later – $100
Leader
Joel and Michelle Levey have devoted their lives to the exploration and integration of the world’s great wisdom traditions and contemplative inner sciences, and are early pioneers introducing mindfulness and contemplative practice into hundreds of mainstream medical, educational, business, sports, and government organizations since the 70s. Over the past 50 years they have studied and practiced with many of the most revered teachers of our time, including the Dalai Lama, Krishnamurti, and Thich Nhat Hahn. Nobel Peace Laureate the Dalai Lama, an advisor to the Leveys on numerous projects, once wrote to them: “You are presently engaged in work that has great…
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