Hungry Ghosts United is a meditation based addiction recovery society that uses mindfulness meditation practice as a foundational element of our daily recovery practice. In our groups we teach anyone who walks in the door how to meditate to end addiction. This is our first chance to offer our Hungry Ghosts United meditation practice in an extended retreat setting to everyone in recovery. Wether you are a member of HGU, are in 12 step recovery, or are attending a buddhist recovery group and want to learn how to meditate specifically for your recovery, you are invited to this unique retreat event…
Hungry Ghosts United founding member and teacher Rachael Savage, with over thirty years of recovery, fifteen years of meditation teacher training in the Tibetan and Theravadan traditions and four years of experience teaching at residential silent meditation retreats, will lead this retreat.
Extended meditation retreat conditions allow us to gain a deeper experience of mindfulness and the heart practices expanding our potential for recovery. To support the development of a collected and settled mind, this meditation retreat will be held in Noble Silence. Your teacher will give instructions in the practice of Noble Silence. Our retreat schedule for this Hungry Ghosts United retreat will include meditation instruction, talks, sitting and walking meditations, opportunities to meet with the teacher. In the evening sessions you will hear Hungry Ghosts United speakers and have a chance to share your recovery and meditation experience.
Our forest retreat center is located in Eatonville, WA near Mount Rainier National Park in a 4,000 acre Douglas Fir forest. 90 minutes from downtown Seattle and one hour from the Seattle-Tacoma airport. With trails throughout the old-growth forest and into a deep gorge with a series of waterfalls, there are many opportunities for mindful contemplation and movement.
Retreat Accommodations
Restored vintage cabins and dorms will be our accommodations. Cost for this retreat ranges from $475 for dorm lodging to $595 for limited private lodging. Pricing includes lodging, meals, taxes and all facilities costs. A deposit of 250$ will secure any lodging option. Balances will be due by Feb 10th, 2022.
Lodging options:
Dorm with shared bath: $475.00 -All Dorms will be limited to two in a room this year to allow for social distancing.
Shared House with shared bath: $475.00 -Share a house with 4.
Semi-private apartment $545.00. Share a bath with one person. Limited, 4 total.
Private Apartment with private bath: $595 -Very limited, 2 total.
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ADDITIONAL 2022 RETREAT INFORMATION :
This retreat is capped at thirty five participants in order to offer distanced dorm accommodations and to distance in the large Dharma Hall.
This retreat is for people who are already in recovery seeking to learn meditation or to deepen an existing meditation practice. Everyone attending this recovery retreat is required to be abstinent from all drugs and alcohol for thirty days prior to the retreat. This includes anyone attending whose primary addiction is to a process or behavior. In Hungry Ghosts United we believe mindfulness is impossible without abstinence from all intoxicants.
In line with WA State guidelines for overnight camps we are requiring everyone attending to certify when registering and to provide proof on-site that they have received and gone through both vaccine rounds and both 14 Day waiting period rounds.
WA has been cautious throughout and we have confidence in the guidance from Olympia.
We will follow all WA State guidelines at the time of the retreat.
If we are in either Phase 3 or Phase 4 as expected we will be following state guidelines and not be requiring masking in the Dharma Hall, or in the Dining Hall or in the retreat common areas.
GENERAL RETREAT INFORMATION
DATE & TIME DETAILS: Registration Check-in is from 4:00-6:00pm on the first day of the retreat. The retreat will close on or before noon on the last day of the retreat. This is a residential retreat. All retreat participants will be living on the retreat grounds for the length of the retreat. We ask that all participants arrive on time and expect to stay the length of the retreat.
NOBLE SILENCE: This meditation retreat will include periods holding Noble Silence. Your teacher will discuss the practice of Noble Silence. To support the development of a collected and settled mind, silent periods and meals are held without ordinary social conversation. While in Noble Silence, teachers will offer instruction and teachings as well as practice discussions or group dialogue.
LODGING: The Retreat Manager will assign lodging according to your category of reservation. For shared facilities this will be on a first come first served basis.
FOOD: Meals are included in the registration pricing and will be healthy vegetarian fare with a vegan option. Please inform the retreat managers if you have food allergies. We will arrange to have all meals and ingredients labeled to accommodate allergies.
DANA: The price of your retreat includes all meals, all sales and lodging taxes, as well as costs for organization and promotion. There will be an opportunity to offer Dana to the teacher and the retreat manager.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE: Full payment for this retreat is due February 10th, 2022. You may register for this retreat up to the day of the retreat.
COVID CANCELLATION: If we are unable to hold the retreat due to a major change in Covid conditions in WA, immediate, full refunds will be issued.
OTHER CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS: Late cancellations are costly and mean others cannot attend the retreat. Please let us know immediately if you decide you no longer wish to attend.
Please review our cancellation and refund schedule:
Cancellation up to 21 days before the retreat: 100% Refund minus $100.00 cancellation fee.
Cancellation 30 days prior to retreat: No refunds will be issued. Your nonrefundable deposit or balance may be donated to this retreats scholarship fund or transferred to someone not yet registered for this retreat. Thank you for your understanding.
WAITING LIST: If this retreat is full, we highly encourage you to sign up for the wait list as more often than not we end up offering a spot due to cancellations. No deposit is required to be placed on a waiting list. If an opening occurs, you will be notified with specific parameters on how and when to confirm your attendance. Your reservation is not guaranteed until the registration form is completed and deposit paid.
TECHNOLOGY: Participants are asked to unplug while on silent retreat.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Please give this contact information to your friends and family.
Email: welcome@hungryghostsunited.com
Rebel Saints Meditation Society is the temporary 501c3 parent organization helping to develop and sponsor the Hungry Ghosts United recovery society.