FREEDOM FROM FEAR

No special clothing is required.  You just need to be comfortable and prepared for weather changes.  The classroom area and the eating and sleeping areas are seperate buildings, so you will have to go outside between sessions.
Seating will be in chairs or you can bring your own cushion if you wish.   There is no physical exercise during sessions.
During breaks you may want to avail yourself of the hiking trails, but it is not required.

You can arrive anytime after 3:30pm on Friday and check into your room.  Dinner will be at 5:30pm.  The Introductory Session will be at 7:00pm on Friday.

There will be 3 meals and 5 sessions on Saturday and 2 meals and 3 sessions on Sunday.  The retreat will end at 2 pm on Sunday.

You may read and download a copy of the detailed schedule at this link.

Each person will have their own room – very simple accomodations with a full or twin bed. Towels and sheets will be provided.  Restrooms are shared.
If you need to avoid stairs or have other physical requirements for your accomodations, please indicate on your registration.

Six meals are included starting with dinner on Friday night and ending with lunch on Sunday.  All meals are vegetarian. 

Gluten-free, non-dairy and vegan dietary requirements can be accomodated easily and you can identify this on your registration.  If you have food allergies or other dietary needs, please let us know and we will see what can be done.

The cost is $365 per person for individual accomodation, all 6 meals and all sessions.

A limited number of commuter spaces will be available (after we have booked at least 18 non-commuter participants) for $200 each.  This includes all meals and all sessions.

Yes, you must book in advance.  You can book online HERE starting September 1 at 8am.  Registration will be open until there is no space or October 5th, whichever comes first.  If you have questions, please email us at bodhichitta.epc@gmail.com.

All attendees will be required to be fully vaccinated by the date the retreat starts and to present their proof of vaccination upon arrival.

All sleeping accomodations are individual, but the bathrooms are shared.  Sanitizing materials will be provided to clean surfaces between uses.

We will eat communally.  Since this requires taking mask off, you can elect in your registration if you prefer a table where there is silence during the meal or not.

Masks will be encouraged in the class room.

Statement from Bethlehem Centre about their on-site procedures:
The health, safety and well-being of our employees and guests at the Centre is paramount, and we are following the lead of federal, provincial and local public health authorities at this important time. We are committed to providing a safe environment at the Centre, will continue to monitor developments. First and foremost, I want to assure our guests that we are taking all appropriate measures to ensure our rooms and facilities are safe and that we have plans in place to ensure they stay that way.
At Bethlehem Centre, we hold ourselves to very high standards of cleanliness at all times. However, we have taken additional steps to ensure safety, including:

• All surfaces are being washed with our usual hydrogenic cleaner and then secondarily sprayed with quaternary sanitizer.
• Enhanced cleaning protocols in all high ‘hand touch’ areas, which includes more frequent wiping and sanitization
• Extra deep cleaning is being done to each room after guest check out
• Coronaviruses are easily eliminated by routine surface cleaning and the cleaning products we use are industrial-grade for general space and food-service approved for areas of food preparation and service
• Frequent, daily communications updates shared and discussed with all staff
• Increasing communications and reminders with guests and posted signage about the importance of precautionary health and safety measures