Rediscover Your True Self

What to Expect

Location

MIT Endicott House is a beautiful 19th century mansion located just 30 minutes southwest of Boston, Massachusetts. With 25 acres of lawns, gardens, woods and ponds, this restful retreat is the ideal place to withdraw from everyday life and focus on your true self.

You can choose to stay overnight, or to commute to the retreat on a daily basis. Overnight accommodations are in the contemporary Brooks Center building, adjacent to the mansion. Designed for comfort and relaxation, the rooms feature one queen-sized bed, a desk with comfortable chair for working space, and private en suite bathrooms.

For more pictures and information about the location, visit the MIT Endicott House website.

Retreat Schedule

The retreat begins on Friday September 20th and ends on Sunday September 22nd.

You're welcome to arrive at MIT Endicott House anytime between 3-5pm on Friday. (If you need to arrive later on Friday, let us know what time we can expect you in your registration notes.) At 5:30pm we'll gather for introductions and a guided meditation, followed by a group dinner.

On Saturday, you’ll attend sessions in the morning and afternoon; breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided. Following breakfast on Sunday morning, we'll wrap up with a final session which will conclude at 1:30 pm, followed by a group lunch.

Throughout the weekend, you’ll attend sessions that draw upon various approaches from eastern wisdom traditions, western psychology and yogic sciences. Each session is designed to help you unravel the mysteries of existence so you can fully see and connect to the authentic you - the limitless, timeless, and all-loving you. Practical tools and techniques will be shared to help you reconnect with your true self, enabling you to live authentically and aligned with who you are.

How to Prepare

Doing a weekend retreat can seem daunting if you've only sat for brief periods of meditation before. To help you get the most out of the experience, and put you at ease, Sonal will offer guidance and advice in an orientation call the week before. She'll also check in with you after the retreat, to talk about your experience and help you integrate what you learn into your everyday life.

Rest: It is incredibly supportive to show up to a retreat well rested, so that drowsiness during meditation is minimized. We recommend spending a week attending to your sleep (i.e. go to bed by 10/11pm and wake up by 7am) prior to this retreat.

Formal meditation practice: Intensifying your personal sitting practice prior to the retreat is recommended. Silent meditation is great, but if it’s helpful, you can join Sonal for guided meditation classes online via Zoom. She teaches on Fridays at 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT through WITHIN Meditation - just check out our class schedule at https://www.withinmeditation.com/classes.

Who Should Come

If you've been building a meditation practice for just a few weeks, or for several years, you'll appreciate the insight that comes with this weekend retreat. This is a beginner-intermediate level, residential retreat where you can learn practical techniques and processes to peel away life’s preconceptions that prevent you from connecting and discovering the wealth of insight, love and joy within.

Space is limited so we encourage you to register early!

Meet Your Retreat Hosts

The retreat is hosted by WITHIN Meditation teacher Sonal Kalra and WITHIN Meditation student Danielle Goldberg.

Sonal is a certified meditation teacher and founder of CONNECT Meditation. She grew up in India and is now based in Boston, Massachusetts. Sonal’s background in corporate human resources, learning & development, and experience as a life coach, help her connect with people in a corporate setting as well as on an individual basis. This builds a strong foundation for the mindfulness and meditation programs she facilitates for organizations and groups as well as for individuals. She also teaches meditation at WITHIN, an organization based in San Francisco, which offers meditation classes to groups including companies and individuals.

In addition to her meditation offerings, Sonal has led participants in corporate training workshops, as well as clients in coaching sessions through meditation, an easy and effective way of connecting to the insight and clarity within. Sonal also offers sound baths which utilize the healing frequencies of crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, chimes and Tingsha bells. Her diverse background helps her in blending eastern and western philosophies that she feels thrilled to be sharing through the offerings she guides.

Sonal holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Postgraduate Degree in Business Management specializing in Human Resource Development. She also holds a Master's degree in Labor Laws and Labor Welfare, and a Diploma in Training and Development. Her Somatic EMDR training helps her in offering trauma-sensitive mindfulness.

Sonal finds meditation very self-empowering and feels extremely honored to share it and its benefits with others. It brings her immense joy.

Danielle first stepped foot into WITHIN meditation’s studio in SF back in 2018. She’s deeply grateful for all the joy, ease and love this practice and community has provided her the past 5 years. When she’s not attending a WITHIN class, she is studying for her masters in social work, or running/biking through Central Park. She is very excited to assist this retreat with Sonal in beautiful New England.

We want to make it possible for you to join us on this retreat!

• A $200 deposit secures your spot in the retreat - that’s all that you need to pay when you register. (The deposit is non-refundable.)

• The remainder can be paid in three equal installments. They’ll be due on June 20th, July 20th & August 20th.

Refund Policy: Registering for the retreat secures your spot. If you cancel up to a month in advance, we will give you a refund less your $200 non-refundable deposit. If you cancel less than a month in advance, we will give you a 50% refund if we are able to fill your spot. If we cannot fill your spot, we will be unable to issue any refund.

Please contact us at sit@withinmeditation.com with any questions - we're happy to help you decide if this retreat is right for you!

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