Upcoming Events

Join renowned songwriter and author David Friedman for an unforgettable week of music, inspiration, and healing at our world-class resort in the scenic Berkshires of New England.

Through his powerful songs and life-changing metaphysical method, The Thought Exchange®, David will guide you on a journey of emotional and spiritual transformation. Enjoy uplifting concerts and thought-provoking presentations designed to awaken joy, self-awareness, and inner peace. Accompanied by a lineup of talented performers and presenters, this week promises to be a heart-opening experience that will leave you feeling renewed and empowered.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to transform your life through the healing power of music and self-discovery.

In addition to this event, you can enjoy all of the daily activities that Lenox, MA offers. Explore our sample schedule.

David Friedman brings his four-part series The Thought Exchange® to this weeklong retreat, guiding you to release perceived challenges, loosen your grip on life and joyfully express gratitude with an open heart. And bask in an evening of song entirely comprised of David’s uplifting and hopeful music that will lighten your heart and mind. You also know Mr. Friedman as producer, composer, musical director with multi-platinum recordings, Broadway shows, Disney Animated Films, Television scores, books and a teaching and lecturing career that spans the nation. He’s written songs for everyone from Disney to Diana Ross and has conducted and vocal arranged 6 musicals on Broadway and numerous Disney Animated Films.

Shawn Moninger is an ordained Unity Minister as well as an Inter-Spiritual Minister, a recovery coach, and a 20-year metaphysics practitioner and teacher. Shawn is also a multi-award winning stand-up comic. Shawn’s mission is to help everyone rethink anything they need to in order to remember who they really are, and laugh more while they are doing it.

Maria Zouves is an educator, director, producer, and writer. She is Executive Director of the Sherrill Milnes VOICE Programs − VOICE Experience Foundation and the Savannah VOICE Festival – which she co-founded with her husband, Sherrill Milnes, to provide training for aspiring young artists and foster new audiences for the vocal arts. She shares with you her strategic plan, which she uses to guide artists, for breaking patterns in your own life and starting fresh.

Linda Kahn started out as a young actress in TV and theater in Los Angeles, and took a 40-year hiatus from show business to raise a family and have a successful career in event planning. At age 70, she returned to her first love, music, recorded her first CD, Wait 'til You See What's Next, and became an award-winning performer in the New York cabaret scene. Linda shares an evening of romantic and inspiring songs plus a workshop on how it's never too late to realize your dreams.

Monday, November 18

8 p.m. Samantha Talora Sings David Friedman

Tuesday, November 19

4 p.m. Intro to the Thought Exchange with David Friedman

Wednesday, November 20

10 a.m. Breaking Patterns: Planning for a Better Life with Maria Zouves

4 p.m. Solving Problems Through the Thought Exchange with David Friedman

Thursday, November 21

4 p.m. Letting Go of Gripping with David Friedman

8 p.m. A Classical Cabaret with Maria Zouves

Friday, November 22

1 p.m. Mindful Metaphysics with Shawn Moninger

8 p.m. Wait ‘Til You See What’s Next with Linda Kahn

Saturday, November 23

1 p.m. The World is a Mirror of Our Thoughts with David Friedman

3 p.m. It’s Never Too Late to Do What You Want with Linda Kahn

Sunday, November 24

3 p.m. Correct Perception with Shawn Moninger