Shrine Mont offers a number of retreats and programs each year. These are in addition to the hundreds of parish weekends, family reunions, conferences and events held on the mountain.
If you and your family just want to come up for a much needed rest, we are glad to take care of you. You will have full access to our many amenities and we will feed you with our well known comfort food while you are here.
Shrine Mont is very optimistic that we will be able to welcome our parish retreats in the next few months. Maybe your parish isn’t ready to travel together, however, we are here and ready to host your family. Shrine Mont recognizes the need to think differently about retreats during the COVID-19 pandemic. We offer “A Place Apart” for meaningful and much needed re-connection.
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March 2023
Fly Fishing Fundamentals
Shrine Mont has teamed up with Orkney Springs Outfitters to offer an immersive introduction to Fly Fishing weekend course designed to teach students about the intricacies of fly fishing with hands on instruction that covers everything from tying flies and casting to pond and river fishing at the South River for trout. During the 3 day event, students will start with the basics of casting, practice on a stocked pond and then hit the river for a day of quality fishing. Lodging…
Find out more »May 2023
Spring Digital Photography
Do you own a digital camera but don’t know exactly how to use it? Are you not totally satisfied with your vacation images and want to learn more about composition and exposure? Then the Digital Photography Weekend at Shrine Mont is for you! Join us for three days of photographic phun! Both beginners and advanced participants are welcome. After reviewing the basics of photography, the major settings of your camera like Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO, students can practice by exploring…
Find out more »Simply Yoga in the Mountains
Devote a weekend to your well-being and reawaken gently with yoga and meditation this spring. Spend three beautiful days in the quaint village of Orkney Springs enjoying indoor and outdoor yoga practices (Hatha, Yin, and Gentle Yoga*), along with breathwork and yoga nidra for deep relaxation. Find rest and renewal through daily meditation practices and time in nature. This year, we're offering breakout sessions, with the option to choose between more yoga and movement or attend a workshop to enhance self…
Find out more »June 2023
Womens Retreat: “Love Fest 2023” with Becca Stevens
Come to a beautiful retreat at Shrine Mont celebrating how we lead, learn, and live into the wonders that love call us to! We will enjoy tea, oils, crafts, music, and stories. We will break bread and revive our hearts to go back out and love the world again. Becca Stevens is a speaker, justice entrepreneur, author, priest, and founder and President of Thistle Farms. She has been featured on PBS NewsHour, The Today Show, CNN, ABC World News, named…
Find out more »Arranging for the Joy of It – June
Program at a Glance Nancy Ross Hugo, David Pippin and Kate Vernon will demonstrate a variety of arranging techniques. Attendees will participate in activities that take the angst out of arranging and showcase techniques that make the process both easier and more fun. Emphasis will be on using local, readily available flowers, greens, and line material. Floral design demonstrations Flower conditioning tips and information about how to work with particular fresh plant materials Hands-on activities organized around themes like “Starting…
Find out more »Mens Retreat: Biblical Brothers
The book of Genesis is filled with tales of intrigue, promise, failings, and hope, all having to do with the beginning of the divine/human adventure. The players in these stories are God, of course, and a rich company of characters invited by their would-be divine companion into relationship— a relationship that always seems to require more from them than they can manage or even imagine. Among the cast are dozens of men whose spiritual work consists mainly in learning how to be…
Find out more »Painting Creation
Come explore the natural world through painting with award-winning artist and teacher Theodora Tilton. Choosing oil or watercolor, you’ll join students at all levels painting “en plein aire” in the beautiful mountains surrounding historic Shrine Mont. Students will start with the basics and work through the process of creating a painting with each day taking you to a new location. Theodora has taught art and design for Marymount University, Northern Virginia Community College, Montgomery College and for the…
Find out more »Sound & Movement: A Weekend Retreat
Sound & Movement in the Mountains: Yoga, Dance, Song, Sound Before exercise and wellness programs, humans walked, breathed, danced, and sang. Our newest offering at Shrine Mont is a weekend retreat that starts with the core, time-honored practices of mindful movement, meditation, and time in nature. Gentle, facilitated sessions of dance and song, along with yoga, qi gong, and tai chi, invite you deeper into a state of balance and wellbeing.* Mornings start with sunrise tai chi or qi gong.…
Find out more »Summer Yoga in the Mountains
Take a break from your busy life with a weekend yoga retreat in the cool beauty of the Shenandoah Valley. Richmond area instructors, Leah Husk, Bonnijean Boggess and Julian Desta will be leading a variety of all-level yoga classes in indoor and outdoor spaces in and around the historic Shrine Mont Retreat Center located in the quaint town of Orkney Springs, Virginia. Take a step back in time to the natural beauty and historic buildings of this hidden gem. You will…
Find out more »July 2023
Single-Parent Family Weekend
This July, you're invited to a very special family camp weekend--specifically for single parents and kids (ages 5-12)! We have plenty of supervised fun planned just for the kids, and restorative time off for moms and dads, too. Classic camp activities for the whole family, as well as yoga and meditation to nourish parents, make for a truly relaxing weekend. Enjoy 1,100 acres of woods and trails, take a dip in the pool, read, fish... Shrine Mont is a…
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