The Wisdom of No Technology

With Dyanna Taylor and Don Usner

May 26 - June 2, 2018

Date and Time Details: Check-in is from 3:00-5:00 on the first day of the retreat. The retreat will close mid-morning on the last day of the retreat.

PRICE: The price for this retreat is $835. The price includes lodging, meals and a teacher fee. This is not a dana based retreat. (Learn more)

SHUTTLE SERVICE: Shuttle Service is not available for this retreat.

SCHOLARSHIP / FELLOWSHIP AVAILABILITY: All awards have been made for this retreat. No longer accepting applications for scholarships or fellowships.

  • Casita – $835.00
  • Yurt – $835.00
  • Tent Cabin – $770.00

This retreat offers us a chance to disconnect from our devices and pressures, recharge our capacity to create, remember our unique gifts and return to the roots of perception and inspiration.

While trying to give the best to our work and personal lives, we find ourselves facing a tangle of unrelenting demands compounded by the pace of technology. This retreat offers a pause—breathing space.

During early morning sits, extended day saunters and quiet walks, we will find the path back to what truly guides our lives. We’ll spend unhurried time in spacious meadows that edge the crystal clear Vallecitos River, in forests, among elk, wild horses and giant pines. There will be occasion to sit in silence, write (with paper and pencil!), and be alone in wild nature. In the evenings we’ll enjoy delicious meals and relaxed fireside talk as we hear from each other and explore what manifests when we take time away from the over-stimulation and demands of contemporary life.

Rediscover the gifts of your extraordinary senses, the depths of the night sky, the peace of a pristine mountain valley, periods of true silence and the creative possibilities that open when you leave technology behind. Let the early summer alchemy of New Mexico’s wild Tusas Mountains guide, revitalize and restore your inspired self. This rare time out is open to all professionals, creatives, students, artists and educators. Join us for the seventh annual Wisdom of No Technology retreat.

 

About the Teachers

Dyanna Taylor

Dyanna Taylor has co-led media/film and unplugged retreats for twelve years and for the last eight co-led the Wisdom of No Technology retreats at Vallecitos.  A film director and veteran cinematographer for 39 years, she brings a uniquely personal angle for guiding this retreat.  The combination of her career in the film business with its […]

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Don Usner

Don J. Usner, a thirteenth-generation New Mexican, grew up in one of North America’s most striking natural and cultural landscapes, where he developed a passion for the natural world and for diverse cultures. He studied Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Usner’s affinity for photography was greatly nurtured there […]

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