Weekend Residential Retreat at Hidden Paradise

October 3 - 5, 2025 

Weekend Residential Retreat

Healing the Heart Retreat

Learning to embrace joy often comes naturally. But embracing what is difficult like, pain, fear, shame, or uncertainty, can feel entirely foreign. Yet, avoiding these difficult emotions can lead to unhealthy patterns, emotional suffering, and neurotic habits.

True healing begins when we learn to embrace both joy and pain, cutting through the layers of resistance that bind us. We begin to dismantle the rigid concepts and mental scaffolding that shape our reactions and keep us stuck. In doing so, we access the vast, open nature of the mind, like the sky itself: limitless, clear, and spacious.

Guided by Dana Marsh, participants will be supported in turning inward, free from the distractions of daily life. Through this process, we’ll learn to meet our experience with compassion, clarity, and courage, unlocking the potential to heal ourselves and, by extension, the world around us.

Retreat Location

Hidden Paradise offers an ideal environment for retreat and reflection, situated in a serene mountain setting, removed from the everyday distractions of daily life. Residential retreats at this location provide a valuable opportunity for deepening meditation practice and immersing oneself in dharma teachings. There are many benefits for those who participate in such retreats. If you have yet to experience a residential retreat, this unique opportunity can be profoundly transformative.

Housing

There are various cabin configurations, including single and double rooms. Room/bed assignments will be made based on the order in which registrations are received. Once the retreat reaches full capacity, a waiting list will be established. We encourage early registration. 

Meals

You will provide your own meals, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 2 dinners. A shared kitchen is available in each cabin. More information will be shared after you have registered.

Retreat Questions? Email: infoheartofdharma@gmail.com

Limited scholarships are available. Contact Greg at hodtreasurergreg@gmail.com

Optional Contribution to Zeffy: When you pay for the retreat there is an option to donate to Zeffy, the event platform we are using. Zeffy operates on voluntary donations from users. When a donor registers for the retreat they are given the option to also contribute a voluntary amount to to Zeffy to help cover the platforms costs. Please consider adding a donation to help support their activity.