31/07/2026
Some invitations aren't about doing more. They're about coming back to yourself.
This October, Alex Tse and I (Bibi Lorenzetti) are leading a four day retreat at Menla — Mysore-style Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Yin by day, workshops, chanting and stillness by night. All levels welcome. You don't need experience in practice, just an enthusiastic curiousity to learn.
At the center of our time together is the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra — one of the most ancient verses in the Vedic tradition, an invocation to Shiva for healing, protection, and liberation.
We'll study it word by word, chant it together, and let Kriya — the inner practice of breath and stillness — carry its meaning inward. Sound and silence. Invocation and surrender.
Two practices a day. One daily workshop. Kirtan every evening, with some special guests we're working to bring in.
Vegetarian meals you didn't have to plan or clean up after. Time in nature, on land blessed by the Dalai Lama himself. And a small group of people doing the same quiet, unglamorous work you are.
Four days is enough to come back different.
📍 Menla Retreat Center, NY Catskills
🗓️ October 2–5, 2026
🏠 Quad $1,375 · Shared $1,575 · Single $1,800 — $1,000 deposit reserves your room
Link in bio to register.