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Jan 21 - 24, 2025
Peace & Presence in the Berkshires
A Spiritual Wellness Workshop With Dan Marko
Stay 2 to 7 days and enjoy special activities all week.
Embark on a four-day exploration designed to cultivate a deeper connection to peace within yourself and the world around you. Through practices of breath and somatic awareness, you'll identify how peace is disrupted and learn tools to gently restore it. This experience is for those seeking respite from the fatigue of conflict and a safe space to develop a peace-oriented philosophy for life. You'll leave equipped with actionable tools to nurture a sustainable state of inner and outer peace.
In addition to this event, you can enjoy all of the daily activities that Lenox, MA offers. Explore our sample schedule.
Individuals who are fatigued from direct or indirect conflict, violence and war and may be having existential concern or fear and are seeking a safe grounded place and space, that is both internally and externally supportive of actualizing peace.
Awareness and contemplative practices that direct attention towards generative actions that protect and heal the body, mind and spirit aspects of life. To begin to develop a peace oriented life philosophy and at least one contemplative practice that supports the embodiment of that philosophy.
Dan Marko, MA, Senior Spiritual Wellness Provider
More than 40 years ago, Dan Marko began his wellness career as a certified personal trainer. He went on to study and practice massage therapy. He is also a 200-hour registered yoga teacher, has completed NAMA-approved coursework in Ayurveda, and studies the Andean mystic traditions.
This background, along with Dan’s formal study of contemplative psychology and consciousness has uniquely prepared him to guide our guests on their own spiritual wellness journey. He helps others achieve a higher level of self-awareness and teaches them how positive lifestyle choices can improve their quality of life.
Outside the Ranch, Dan has taught locally and internationally and led mindfulness and mind-body lecture series. His favorite pastimes are foraging, running, traveling, and spending time on the water.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21
12 p.m. Restorative Aerial Yoga and Sound Healing Clinic
Experience supported & suspended restorative yoga postures with the vibrational healing from sound instruments. The practice assists in slowing your body and reduce physical & emotional stress. | Sign up: CR App or with a Wellness Guide, Ext 55423
1 p.m. The Astrology of Self-Discovery
Join Cassandra Boyd, Metaphysical Practitioner, to discover your life path through Astrology’s planetary alignments and symbolic language. Discover your strengths, potential and strategies to navigate life’s challenges with wisdom and grace.
4 p.m. Peace through Breath and Somatic Awareness
Explore breath and somatic awareness practices to learn how your body responds to calming and disturbing stimulus and use this knowledge to consistently return to a peaceful presence.
5 p.m. Mindfulness, Mental Health & Longevity
The research on longevity indicates that a calm brain leads to a longer, more fulfilling life. This interactive presentation explores mindfulness and meditation as paths to an improved healthspan.
7 p.m. Indoor Labyrinth Peace Walk
Walk the labyrinth with a peace-making intention and deepen your contemplation so you feel the power of peace embodied within every step. Take this awareness with you, out into the world with a peaceful heart.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22
9 a.m. Spirituality & The Brain
Explore the active role of the brain in divine experience with spiritual wellness provider Dan Marko, and learn exercises for body, brain and spiritual health.
2 p.m. Love Through the Chakras
Each chakra generates a different energy and focus of attention within the overall experience of love. JoAnn Levitt takes you on a guided chakra journey to appreciate the true nature and dominant focus of love in your life.
4 p.m. Is Peace Attainable & Sustainable?
Is peace something of value and is it worth struggling for? Explore any beliefs you may hold that put you at odds with yourself, or others and give consideration to whether those beliefs can be changed.
5 p.m. The Sacred World of Dreams
Dreams as lived experience influence and imbue meaning into daily life. Learn techniques to remember your dreams and how to reflect on their meaning in waking life.
7 p.m. Transformative Fire Ceremony
Step into the power of restoration as you release the old and welcome in the new.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23
8 a.m. Pranayama Breathing
Every cell in our bodies needs oxygen to function properly. Join us in this engaged breathing practice that can decrease the effects of stress on the body and increase overall physical and mental wellbeing.
11 a.m. Emotional Stress Release Through Healing Touch
Good health results in the free-flow of energy in the body, and emotional stress, anxiety, or fear can effectively block that flow. With guided visualization, learn hands-on techniques to release stress and restore balance and calm to your system.
2 p.m. Spirituality & Public Art
Explore the impact of interactive public art on community, empathy and understanding. Consider how the thoughts shared by strangers in these impermanent installations invite new insight and connection in ourselves, one another and the world.
4 p.m. Grounded Peace Principles
What are the qualitative strengths that you can build a foundation of peace upon? Contemplations on courage, truth, trust, respect and reverence will be offered for exploration.
7 p.m. Sound Experience: Voice & Instruments
Readings and reflections from cross-cultural peace advocates will be interwoven with the sounds of Tibetan Bowls, Gong, and vocal toning from you and your fellow participants.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
10 a.m. Coming Home to the Body
Restore your ability to be aware in the present moment and learn the process of the felt sense, a vital part of your being, and bring it into focus. Connect with your body’s wisdom, shift your body energy, and illuminate steps for change.
12 p.m. Restorative Aerial Yoga and Sound Healing Clinic
Experience supported & suspended restorative yoga postures with the vibrational healing from sound instruments. The practice assists in slowing your body and reduce physical & emotional stress. | Sign up: CR App or with a Wellness Guide, Ext 55423
1 p.m. Mixed Emotions: Making Peace with Yourself
We often attempt to avoid difficult emotions. Discuss how to widen your tolerance for your emotional experience and gain practical tools for navigating those emotions.
4 p.m. Embodied Peace
With guidance from a Spiritual Wellness provider, choose your archetype to help establish inner and outer peace. Which will you embody - the warrior, the guardian or the protector?
7 p.m. Peace Meditation
Peace is an expanding and contracting state of awareness and being. This meditation focuses on meeting these fluctuating states as an embodied archetype. This experience is most beneficial to you if you also attend the Embodied Peace presentation.
