Join Rev. Meghan Reinhart for her new program, The Inner Hexagram: Mapping the Mind’s Weather. It debuts today Wednesday, February 19th, 2025 at 2:30pm ET/12:30pm MT. This program will be in the Sanctuary every 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesday of the month, from 2:30 pm -3:00 pm ET/12:30 pm-1:00 pm MT.

In each present moment, a deeper Intelligence gently reveals the patterns beneath our perceptions, inviting us to rest in an awareness beyond all constraints. Through the living mirror of the I Ching, we discover a sacred conversation that transcends easy answers and guides us to align with the unchanging truth within.

The Inner Hexagram is a gathering where we pause, draw a hexagram, and allow this ancient oracle to reflect our shared spiritual guidance. Each session becomes an inquiry into the shifting currents of the mind – a chance to notice how a loving, subtle presence rearranges our thoughts and beckons us toward higher understanding.

With poetic reflection and open inquiry, we explore the weather of the mind, not to define it but to listen. Wisdom meets us where sincerity gathers, revealing truth between the lines.

Join us as we draw the hexagram, attune to the quiet presence some call the Holy Spirit, and map the mind’s weather together, reaching the peace that surpasses all understanding.

Every 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesday of the month, 2:30-3:00pm ET / 12:30-1:00pm MT
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2025 Awakening Together
Retreat Schedule

We hope you consider joining us for either an online or in person retreat this year!

There are a limited number of spaces available for all in-person retreats and they are filling up fast! If you are considering attending an in person retreat, please register soon.

In-Person Retreats

• Eternity’s Embrace: May 7-10 with John Mark Stroud
• SOLD OUT – Freedom’s Call: June 9-13 with John Mark Stroud
• Presence Unfolding: A Freestyle Journey with Spirit: July 7-11 with John Mark Stroud
• The Four Principles of God: Aug 11-15 with Regina Dawn Akers
• Save the Date: September 3-7 with Jeannie Zandi
• Pray Without Ceasing: October 3-7 with Anne Blanchard
• Practicing the Presence Dyad Retreat: Oct 8-11 with Anne Blanchard

If you are attending an in-person retreat in La Veta, please be aware that the layout of the Retreat House requires participants to climb stairs several times a day. It is also important to note that we are at 7,000+ elevation. Please contact us to discuss any physical or mobility limitations and any health restrictions (e.g., heart and lung) prior to registering, so we can make sure we are able to accommodate your needs.

Retreat fee and lodging discounts are available for Sustaining Subscribers. A Sustaining Subscriber is someone who makes a regular monthly donation to help support the Retreat House. For more information about becoming a sustaining subscriber, click here.

Online Retreats

• CLOSED ~ Resolving for Truth: Jan 10-12 with Anne Blanchard
• CLOSED~The Sangha is the New Guru: Jan 27-30 with Regina Dawn Akers
• CLOSED~Dyad Retreat: Feb 15-17 with Anne Blanchard and Kate Brennan
• Keys to the Kingdom, Freedom from the Ego: March 8-9, 15-16 and 22-23
• Freedom From the Judge: April 11-13 with Jacquelyn Eckert
• Awakening at Home: May 19-23 with Cyndi Krupp
• Releasing the ‘I Am Bad’ Belief: June 27-July 1 with Anne Blanchard and Cyndi Krupp
• NEW RETREAT! Inviting Conflict: July 21-25 with Jacquelyn Eckert
• Loving Consciousness, Loving All: Sep 26-30 with Kate Brennan
• Letting Go of Fear: Oct 26-30 with Anne Blanchard
• Home for the Holidays: Nov 14-16 with Jacquelyn Eckert
• Embodying Truth, In the World & Not of It: Dec 1-5, 2025 with Anne Blanchard

Personal Retreats at the Retreat House in La Veta, CO: Group retreats not your thing? Would some time in silence and stillness serve you? Feel the desire for more intimate one on one time to support your journey? During times when an organized retreat is not scheduled, the Awakening Together Retreat House is open to support you in taking your next step with God. With John Mark and Cindy Stroud as the Retreat House Caretakers this year, we all have the added bonus of being able to join in awake presence with the option of one on one time to deepen your journey. Click here for more information.

Join Tina Brown for her new program, Learning Mudras Together.  It debuts this Sunday, February 9th, 2025 at 12:00pm ET/10:00am MT. This program will be in the Sanctuary weekly on Sundays, from 12:00 pm -12:30 pm ET/10:00 am-10:30 am MT.

Let’s join together and share the practice of Hand Mudras!
Have you ever wondered about Mudras?  Mudras are symbolic hand gestures used in Hinduism, Buddhism, and other spiritual practices. They are believed to direct the flow of energy (prana) in the body and promote physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

If you are curious, join us on Sundays between 12:00 pm -12:30 pm ET/10:00 am-10:30 am MT to learn, practice, and discuss the Mudras of the week. This will give everyone the opportunity to have a direct experience and share with the group the feelings they evoke.

Weekly on Sundays, 12:00-12:30pm ET / 10:00-10:30am MT
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Personal Retreat Opportunities at the Awakening Together Retreat House in La Veta, CO

Group retreats not your thing? Would some time in silence and stillness serve you? Feel the desire for more intimate one on one time to support your journey?

When the Retreat House reopens for the season in April and during times when an organized retreat is not scheduled, the Awakening Together Retreat House is open to support you in taking your next step with God. Whether you would like to support your journey with some time in silence, share the joy of being around friends on the path, request one on one support, deepen in your contemplation practice and perhaps hike or explore in the afternoons, the Retreat House is here to serve you.

With John Mark and Cindy Stroud serving as the Awakening Together Retreat House caretakers for the 2025 season, we all have a wonderful opportunity to spend time with them as they live a life of wakefulness. From the joy and responsibilities of daily life to the blessings and opportunities of relationship, Love enfolds and expresses through all aspects of life. There can be great joy and peace found in living a life of wakefulness.

If private one on one time with John Mark and/or Cindy is desired, it can look like sitting in a one on one session at the Retreat House, taking a walk around the nearby lake or a hike in the local area. There is a $100 donation for these private sessions. Whether you are lodging at the Retreat House for a personal stay or live in the local area, if you are interested in a one on one session with John Mark and/or Cindy please contact the Retreat House here for more information and availability.

John Mark and Cindy Stroud
from One Who Wakes

To apply to stay at the Awakening Together Retreat House for a personal stay, please visit our Lodging Options page.

REGISTRATION CLOSES TODAY.

We are excited to share with you the newly developed course for the Ministerial Preparation Program which utilizes Regina Dawn Akers’ translation and interpretation of the Tao Te Ching. All who are called to this spiritual classic are in invited to join.

Here’s an excerpt from Regina’s book description:

“…What is the Way?

The only way to know the Way is to live as one with the Way.

[This] translation of the Tao Te Ching is an interpretive translation designed to help the reader comprehend, contemplate, and live from the Tao Te Ching’s teaching.

According to tradition, the Tao Te Ching was written by Lao Tzu when the Chinese Zhou dynasty was in decline. Although a city gatekeeper asked Lao Tzu to write the Tao Te Ching, Its spiritual wisdom is directed at the emperor’s officers and officials. Therefore, it speaks to the reader as a leader.

It’s important to realize we are all leaders, even if you do not find yourself in an official leadership position. We are all leaders because we are all connected through the Way. How we each live affects everyone and everything. Chapter Eight of the Tao Te Ching teaches that those who dwell in the Way are good for the earth. Through their way of being, they benefit everyone and everything. Therefore, regardless of your position or role in the world, the best way to be helpful to everyone and everything is to live centered in the Way. This clear and easy-to-understand translation was designed to help you do just that.”

In this class you will:

1. Become familiar with the classic Chinese work, Tao Te Ching.

2. Contemplate chapters from Tao Te Ching and realize effective leadership.

Course Duration: 6 weeks

First Class: February 14, 2023 from 3-5 pm ET

Homework Begins: February 7, 2025

Last Day of Course: March 21, 2025

Facilitators: Revs. Cyndi Krupp OR Michele Hojnacki

Individual Homework Time Commitment: 6-7 days per week, 30-60 minutes per day.

Structure of Course: Zoom class with 6 weekly 2-hour sessions.

Textbook needed:  Tao Te Ching:An Interpretive Translation to Live By with Regina Dawn Akers. Purchase Here.

Holiday Breaks: No breaks are scheduled

Cost: $180

Registration closes: February 3, 2025 @ 5 p.m. ET

Register Here