People in the second half of life face their own set of issues.

These are the deepest and most spiritually challenging retreats we offer, focusing on spiritual issues surrounding the later stages of life, including the process of death and dying.

These retreats are intended for established passage meditators who are over 65, or who are facing a life-threatening illness, and who are ready to focus on their duty to their highest Self.

The workshops led by his longtime students will present techniques for using Eknath Easwaran’s eight-point program of passage meditation to see more clearly the forces that shape our lives, so as to begin today to create a better future.

Eknath Easwaran
Setu Prayer

Dear Lord, please fill my heart
with love and devotion for you
and burn out all seeds of selfish desire
and sense craving in my mind.

Grant that I may be carried by you
from this life to the next without suffering
and be born in a holy family
with my heart overflowing
with love and devotion for you
from earliest childhood onwards.

The Senior retreat program helps us bring this intriguing prayer to life.

Discover how to use your retirement years to become established in your highest, eternal ideals. When you’re established in the changeless, aging cannot affect your security nor your ability to contribute to life.

Learn how to translate Easwaran’s inspiration for the second half of life into daily practice. We will blend meditation, exercise, many ways to use the mantram, selfless activity, and right recreation in a relaxed and balanced way – active, selfless, and fulfilled, yet never forgetting our supreme purpose.

Four days of shared practice will enable your deepened passage meditation practice to infuse your own life back home with your deepened passage meditation. That’s our goal for every one of us who attends this retreat – to extend and deepen our daily practice.

The schedule is well balanced, so you can take part in as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. There is ample time to transition between activities, and quiet time in the afternoon for rest and personal study.

For anyone over 65 who is very active and fully engaged in family or work responsibilities, we encourage attendance at an in-depth weeklong retreat rather than a Senior retreat, as it will be more appropriate for their context.

Senior parents are welcome to bring their children if they meet the prerequisites.

These are the most popular retreats we offer, so we recommend registering as far in advance as possible to ensure your place.

“I’ve done a lot of coursework in my life, but this – by far – is the most important class I’ve ever taken.”

Prerequisites: A half hour of passage meditation daily for six months, and either attendance at a previous BMCM retreat or regular attendance at a BMCM Satsang for six months.

Half-Week Retreats begin on Friday at 4:00 p.m. and end on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.

Retreat Fee:
Standard $400 (Includes the program, vegetarian meals, and accommodations.)
Sliding Scale $300–500 (For an explanation of our sliding scale, click here.)
Commuter $300 (Includes the program and meals, but no accommodation.)

A sliding scale fee structure, as well as financial aid, is available to help everyone attend our retreats. For information on applying for payment plans and/or the availability of scholarships please call us at 800.475.2369 or email financial.aid@easwaran.org.