Our Mission

It is the mission of The Gathering Inn to:

- Assist all women as they journey toward emotional, physical and spiritual wholeness by creating an atmosphere of tranquility, acceptance, honor and love.

- Offer hospitality through individual or group retreats designed to let each woman know she is unique, special and worthy of care.

- Create a nurturing place where all women can gather, be in community, find their voice, express their creativity, and find rest, refreshment and renewal.

- Be a place where women who are seeking to transform and deepen their spiritual lives can participate in transformative programs that teach and model the daily practices of exercise, education, mediation and mindfulness that are vital to the health of the body, mind and spirit.

We seek to do this by...

- Providing retreat space where women can come apart from the world for a day or several days by themselves for a time that is self-directed or staff-directed. The time can have as little structure or as much as each guest desires.

- Providing workshops, private sessions, discussion groups, small group retreats and other events, where women can learn to connect with their own spirituality and creativity.

We believe that...

- This is a time in the history of the Creation when all women yearn to connect with their own feminine spirituality. As never before we need to support and encourage each other. We long to open ourselves to the Spiritual Wisdom and Truth we all intuitively possess and share our gifts with each other. Our spiritual work as women in relationship to the Divine Feminine, to humankind, and to the future of the Creation is growing more urgent. We need to come apart to a place where we can feel free to expand our minds, hearts, and spirits and where stillness creates the space for inner knowing, so that we can encounter the Divine within ourselves and each other.

- We share aspects of various spiritual paths and practices that are woven into the theme of each workshop, group retreat, or event and are understood within the experience of each woman's spiritual journey. In our learning about and sharing practices from many diverse religions and cultures, we are dedicated to developing the spiritual qualities of wisdom, enlightenment, and expansion of consciousness.

- The growth and nurture of the Feminine Spirit is instrumental in returning the world to the order and balance intended by our Creator. By opening ourselves to the cosmic universe, and what it has to teach us, we can begin to understand the divine inspiration of living in harmony with the earth and all who live here.