Retreats & Workshops
Events are currently are held at the Mercy Retreat & Conference Center located at
535 Sacramento Street, Auburn, CA, just north of Sacramento.
Accommodations & commuter prices available.
Most programs begin Friday evening and end Sunday at noon.
We welcome people from all backgrounds.
MCA (530) 887-2019
The Art of Sleep
The Art, Science, & Spirituality of Sleep
A Restorative Sleep Workshop
November 3-5, 2023
Do you really want to sleep? Our invisible sleep and waking rhythms influence how we feel, what we do, and affect our relationships. This program provides practical skills that honor our body’s natural clocks that guide us toward deep and restful sleep while also honoring sleep as a sacred practice we can learn to do better. Sleep can be transformed from a struggle of deprivation to a nurturing and restorative rhythm. Learn details about sleep architecture, how to navigate challenging sleep terrain, and how to align our daily patterns to bring ourselves fully and creatively to each new dawn.
Facilitated by Jessica Del Pozo, PhD
Author of Being Awake Better & The Art of Sleep
Program, 2 Nights Stay (Private Room), Meals, & Workbook
$295
Mindful Courage:
A Men's Retreat
March, 2024, TBD
Would you like to deepen your relationships with yourself, those you care about, the natural world, and with your Higher Calling in life? Many men yearn for deeper relationships amid a global pandemic where social distancing creates unique challenges to these natural desires. This retreat explores what it means to be mindfully and emotionally courageous on the path of connection with yourself and others.
Facilitated by Ed Brantmeier, PhD
Program, 3 Nights Stay, & Meals
$280
Healing Our Healers
Self-care is never a selfish act. It is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. ~Parker Palmer
When it's too much:
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Find your grounding amid the demands and the chaos
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Tend to pressing problems with grace and boundaries in place
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Lighten the weight of responsibility that is not your own
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Embrace discrepancies between personal & occupational values
Practices to sustain us:
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Connect with and attend to the heart of the matter
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Establish a healthy pace in the rapidly changing environment
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Break patterns of heavy-heartedness and restlessness
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Deepen the call and purpose of your work and your life
Facilitated by Colleen Gregg, MA & Jessica Del Pozo, PhD
Private groups scheduled upon request.
Give the gift of sleep
Women's Retreats
April 21-23, 2023 [Call for Waitlist]
August 16-20, 2023 [Call for Waitlist]
October 13-15, 2023 [OPEN]
Known as the Spiritual Spa, this retreat offered three times per year provides nourishment for spirit, mind and body, with time and space for both connection and solitude, healing massage, reflection, and creative expression. Whether you are wrestling with a spiritual issue or seeking personal growth, these retreats can bring restoration. By pausing to draw inspiration and wholeness through gentle awakening of all the senses, retreatants will move forward with grace and renewed energy to continue on
life's sacred journey.
Facilitated by the Mercy Retreat Team
Wisdom for Body Soul with Jessica Del Pozo
Program & Accommodations: $250-300
Note: These retreats fill to capacity quickly, but retreatants are frequently able to join from the waitlist. Please call and we will do our best to accommodate you!