Light on the Hill Retreat Center - NY

09/27/2026

A new Hidden Treasure class is coming together, and it's not too late to join. This life-changing program is an incredible opportunity for spiritual and personal growth. Instead of looking outside yourself for "something more" if life, take this opportunity to find the "pearl of great price" within. Read more. - https://mailchi.mp/lightonthehill/late-summer-newsletter-5866928

09/16/2026

Women's Life Path Retreat

This retreat focuses on self-discovery, aligning with your core purpose, and navigating life’s transitions with clarity. Focus: Stepping out of “doing” mode, shedding professional armor, and assessing the present.
We will be unplugging and removing daily distractions to hear your inner voice. Reflect using journaling, meditation, and guided workshops to elevate past chapters. Intention setting will include mapping out future personal or professional goals. Release and let go of old limiting beliefs that block your progress. We will look prayerfully and mindfully at your past path of faith and growth. Reconnect with your core values, identifying what truly matters to build a sustainable life rhythm. As well as a nature immersion, using quiet walks and outdoor exercises to ground your mental clarity.
Highlights:
• Breathtaking Nature walks.
• Sound immersion meditations.
• Recalibrate your chakras and release outdated patterns and programming to a higher frequency.
• Peace Circle Group.
• Delicious, organic gourmet vegetarian meals.
• Mindful somatic movement/ Breathwork.
• Tai chi.
• Solo journaling or hiking the local grounds.
• Facilitated chats around a central question: “What are you carrying that is no longer yours to carry”?
Transformational Workshops:
• Release negative, unhealthy, energetic chords of attachment,
• Cacao ceremony,
• Somatic yoga,
• Infinite Possibility Manifestation Art Portal,
• Mindfulness or Self Lymphatic facial massage or Games
And more exclusive experiences await you on April 9th through the 11th
Reserve your journey, $150 Deposit due by OCT 1st
650 Shared room | 675 Private All classes, meals, and amenities included
Light on the Hill, 209 Blake Hill Road, Van Etten, NY 14889
RSVP Carol: (585)663-6454

08/30/2026

Whittling and Finding Your True Self. Sue Monk Kidd uses a wonderful metaphor to describe finding the True Self. She says, "The art of soulmaking is taking our lives in our hands and—with all the love and discernment we can muster—gently whittling away the parts that don’t resemble the True Self." Several whittling creations by Chris Dunham illustrate this process. Theresa Shay also highlights the process of coming home to Self on retreat. Read more here. - https://mailchi.mp/lightonthehill/late-summer-newsletter-2026

08/18/2026

Join us for Bani Aello's Autumn Women's Retreat--Awaken Your Aliveness: Healing Through Movement, Sound and Self Expression.
Friday, October 2 – Sunday, October 4, 2026 at Light on the Hill in Van Etten, NY.

For thousands of years, people have turned to music, movement, rhythm, and the voice as pathways to healing, connection, and joy. Yet many of us have become disconnected from these natural forms of expression. This retreat is an invitation to rediscover their healing power—not as performances, but as practices that calm the nervous system, awaken the heart, release what has been held inside, and reconnect us with our most authentic, vibrant selves.

Artist-educator Gretchen Ettlie will lead an art experience.

We will also offer morning Yoga, a Forest Immersion experience, an Art Experience, Qi Gong and Circle Work. The Yoga is Gentle and very accessible for beginners.

Light on the Hill is absolutely beautiful with fall color at this time of year!

Visit https://baniaello.com/fall-retreat-2026 for more details and registration info.

07/23/2026

Barb Klein is offering a special discount for Come Home to Yourself Women's Retreat (September 24-27). To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of 111 Invitations: Step into the Full Richness of Life, you can take $111 off full retreat registration now through July 31st!

Come Home to Yourself is a Women's Renewal Retreat, open to all women—a unique, restorative experience, co-created with the women who gather. Rather than following one single tradition or format, it draws on a range of mindful, intentional practices and offerings designed to create a spacious blend that invites you into deeper connection with yourself. Each day holds a gentle rhythm: we gather as a group the first afternoon and evening, then again, each morning and late afternoon, with afternoons left free for rest, quiet exploration of the land, or simply following what calls to you. No prior meditation or yoga experience needed,nothing is physically demanding, and everything is offered by invitation. Friday and Saturday evenings are left open, shaped by what the group wants, sometimes including a bonfire. Throughout, there are times of silence and times of whole-group or small-group sharing, with full support to participate in whatever way feels right for you. In slowing down and going within, we soften and reconnect with what we truly need, so we can return to our lives, our people, and the causes we care about with more ease.

Cost: $888 (use coupon code SAVE111 at checkout to save $111 through July 31st)

https://www.inspiredpossibility.com/come-home-to-yourself-retreat.html

06/18/2026

We are fortunate to be able to host Theresa Shay and her Scoliosis Wellness Retreat on August 28-30, 2026.

Gather with the scoliosis and spinal fusion community for a weekend of yoga, meditation, conversation and community. Meet the five-fold approach to scoliosis wellness through the wisdom of TriYoga Therapeutics for Scoliosis, yoga tailored to support spines with scoliosis and/or spinal fusion. Relax into the practice without worrying if the movements will be accessible for your condition. Learn to direct the breath to support your curve and calm your mind. Connect with the scoliosis and spinal fusion community, people who understand what you navigate on a daily basis. Sink into the beauty, peace, and inspiration of nature and create space to connect to your inner flow. Leave feeling energized and connected, as well as tall and centered.

The Scoliosis Wellness Retreat is open to adults 18 years or older with scoliosis and/or spinal fusion, as well as scoliosis allies such as parents, friends, and partners. Participants must be able to move easily up and down from the ground.

Theresa Shay has been leading TriYoga® retreats for decades. She is the founding director of TriYoga of Central Pennsylvania, a nonprofit organization; a Certified Yoga for Scoliosis Trainer; and a TriYoga senior teacher. She has lived with scoliosis since she was 10, including four years in a Boston brace. She welcomes the opportunity to bring the TriYoga retreat experience to those who share her condition.

Cost: $675

Visit https://www.pennsylvaniayoga.com/events/triyoga-scoliosis-retreat-26 for more information.

Scoliosis Retreat - August 28-30, 2026

06/02/2026

Carol shares some of the practices you will experience at the Raise Your Vibration and Reset Your Nervous System Retreat on August 7-9, 2026.

https://lightonthehill.org/event/raise-your-vibration-and-reset-your-nervous-system/