Teaching as a Spiritual Path

with Venerable Soma Bhikkhuni and Renee Owen, Ed.D

July 31 - August 3, 2020

Date and Time Details: Opening Day: check in is between 3-5pm, with orientation at 5:30pm and supper at 6pm. Closing Day: ends at 11am.

Location: Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center

Address: 159 Osceola Rd
Hendersonville, NC 28739

Contact: Clear Grace
retreat@heartwoodrefuge.org
828-356-5568

Cancellation Policy: View Here

Room Assignments: Rooms are double-occupancy. Depending on the number of retreatants, if single rooms are available, we assign them in order of registration to those who registered earliest.

  • $304.00 – Residential Stay
    plus dana (offered at the end of the retreat) to the teacher and to Heartwood. You can read more about the practice of dana here.
  • $207.00 – Commuter Option - Includes registration and meals, but not lodging.
    Does not include additional dana (offered at the end of the retreat) to the teacher and to Heartwood.
    Commuters attend the full retreat, including lunch and dinner, but are not provided with overnight accommodations. It is important to note that by registering as a commuter, you agree to attend the entire retreat and to arrive and depart at the scheduled time each day. Your presence is important, as having retreatants come and go or miss sessions can disrupt the container created by group practice.

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”  ~Malala Yousafzai.

Teaching as a Spiritual Path is a retreat to affirm your own sacred path of teaching. This three day retreat will offer you an opportunity to reconnect with your “why”, to engage with your authentic self,  explore your inner landscape, renew your passion and cultivate practices to sustain yourself and inspire others for your personal and professional life.

We will learn secular spiritual pedagogical practices, meditate together, journal, and engage in powerful embodied experiences that will renew our inner resources and return deep meaning and purpose to our lives as educators.  The Venerable Pannavati will provide a powerful introduction on our first evening.

*PDU certificates will be offered at the end of the retreat.

About the Leaders

Venerable Soma Bhikkhuni

Venerable Soma is ordained as a Theravadan Monk and has resided at Heartwood Refuge since 2019. During this time she has been the assistant to Venerable Pannavati, Abbot and the coordinator of Treasure Human Life, developing educational programs for Dalit children in India, migrant camp for children and other service programs. Prior to taking and […]

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Renee Owen, Ed.D

For over 20 years, Dr. Renee Owen has been supporting teachers and educational leaders in personal development and wellness. She is currently Executive Director at Rainbow Community School in Asheville, NC, a holistic, contemplative, P-8 school founded in the 1970's by leaders in the Sufi movement. She believes that if every child had the opportunity […]

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