Special Events
Wild Tending: Nature and Forest Therapy
Laurie Fonken, Ph.D.
Program Date & Time: April 5th | 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Connect with the natural world in a respectful and reciprocal way while using your senses to engage with and experience the richness, magic and complex beauty that lies within. Wild Tending is a fundamental principle of forest therapy and is an act of […]
Mindful Birding: Sounds of Spring
Dr. Barb Patterson
Program Date & Time: April 5th | 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Discover the beauty of spring and the melody of birdsong at Drala Mountain Center through the practice of mindful birding. This approach blends birdwatching with mindfulness techniques, fostering a practice centered on heightened awareness. The focus is not on identifying or labeling birds, […]
Town Hall
Join us for a live-streamed Town Hall with Executive Director Robbie Rettmer, broadcasting directly from Drala Mountain Center. As we step into the Year of the Wood Snake, Robbie will share updates, reflections, and a look ahead for our community. This is an opportunity to connect with the heart of the land and the vision […]
Wild Tending: Nature and Forest Therapy
Laurie Fonken, Ph.D.
Program Date & Time: May 3rd | 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Connect with the natural world in a respectful and reciprocal way while using your senses to engage with and experience the richness, magic and complex beauty that lies within. Wild Tending is a fundamental principle of forest therapy and is an act of […]
Mindful Birding: Sounds of Spring
Dr. Barb Patterson
Program Date & Time: May 3rd | 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Discover the beauty of spring and the melody of birdsong at Drala Mountain Center through the practice of mindful birding. This approach blends birdwatching with mindfulness techniques, fostering a practice centered on heightened awareness. The focus is not on identifying or labeling birds, […]
Radiance Rising: A Summer Solstice Movement and Meditation Gathering
Heather Lindemann and Tracey Lanham
Program Start Date & Time: June 20th | 5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: June 22nd | 12:30 pm Celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, by welcoming the light and honoring this powerful moment of transition. This is a time to connect with our natural gifts and allow our inner […]
Yoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season
Melissa Lago
Program Start Date & Time: June 27th | 5:30pm Program End Date & Time: June 29th | 12:30 pm Replenish your body, mind, heart and spirit and bring it into harmony and balance with the seasons through yoga and spending time in the natural world. Many of us spend more time staring into screens, and […]
Family Camp: Compassion in Family Life
Kelly Lindsey, Rachel Steele, Tessa Ladendorf and Judith Simmer-Brown and Richard Brown
Thank you everyone for Signing up! We are VERY full now, and are making sure to get as many families in as we can. Please be patient with us while we take this on. Thank you Again! Nurture family connections while rejuvenating your spirit in the beautiful terrain of Drala Mountain Center. Family Camp is […]