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Ashland 5-Day Silent Retreat
Ashland, OR,
October 20 - 24, 2027

A silent retreat is an opportunity to step away from your usual activities and bring your full attention to the truth of your being.

“When you turn toward this supposed entity called "I" you will find only silent awareness. Take refuge in that.”

With the support of Gangaji and other participants, during this 5-day silent retreat you can embark on a deep inner dive of self-discovery. This is the gift of retreat.

With Self-Inquiry, Gangaji will guide and support you throughout the retreat in turning your attention away from your thoughts and into the direct experience of what is always here - peace itself, consciousness itself.

In Daily Meetings with Gangaji, your questions and reports are welcome and essential to the vitality of the retreat.

This retreat will be held in conversational silence. Gangaji will speak to this at the start of the retreat. Our time together may also include silent meditation, chanting, and video presentations.

The Opportunity of Silent Retreat

  • Space to unwind from your day-to-day activities and rest deeply in the source of your being.
  • Support in telling the deepest truth about what it is you really want.
  • Overhear what you are telling yourself, what you imagine blocks you lasting fulfillment
  • A moment to take deeper responsibility for the integrity of your life.
  • The discovery of what is already whole and free, the truth of who you are.

Ashland Hotel Special Rates

Some local hotels and B&B’s are offering special rates to our participants. These accommodations are within walking distance to the Armory and the Gangaji Foundation office. You must make reservations by phone to receive these discounts. These reduced-rate offerings are all subject to availability. 

Ashland Springs Hotel
To receive a reduced rate at the Ashland Springs Hotel, please call the hotel directly at (541) 488-1700 or toll-free (888) 795-4545 and ask for the Gangaji Foundation group discount. These special rates are available up to 30 days before the event begins. After that, the discount will be based only on availability. Includes hot complimentary continental breakfast and other amenities.

Bard’s Inn
To receive a discounted accommodation rate please call Bard’s Inn directly at (541) 482-0049 and ask for the Gangaji Foundation group discount.

“Since the retreat my mind has grown quiet, content. A deeper state of rest is here. As thoughts subside, what is revealed is pure luminosity. Radiant emptiness. Effortless peace. There has been an emptying out, a clearing away, a silent surrender of the nonessential. What remains is bright, clear, pristine, uncontrived, intelligence. It is not an extraordinary state. It does not come and go. It is natural.” —retreat participant

Retreat Schedule & Info

When
October 20 - 24, 2027 PDT
Where
Ashland Historic Armory
208 Oak Street
Ashland, OR 97520


Event Fee
Tuition: $485

COVID-19 Information

We are always concerned with the well-being of all participants at Gangaji’s in-person events. We have yet to determine if we will require proof of a negative COVID-19 test or if we will ask participants to mask indoors during these meetings. 

The decisions around COVID policies will be made closer to the event and based on current conditions. Proof of vaccination will not be required at any event. If you have any questions, please write to us at info@gangaji.org
Check in and Meeting Schedule

The schedule for this retreat includes 2 meetings a day with Gangaji lasting approximately 90 minutes. In additional other activities may include meditation, videos, or other events.

In the time between our sessions, Gangaji offers you her support in resting deeply, retreating from your daily life into the core of your being, and spending time in nature.

Check-in begins at 5:00 PM on October 20

Meeting Schedule
October 20 – 7:00 PM
October 21 – 11 AM & 4 PM
October 22– 11 AM & 4 PM
October 23 – 11 AM & 4 PM
October 24 - 11 AM

Cancellation Info

If you need to cancel your registration please email us at info@gangaji.org or call our office, 541-482-3100, ext. 221 and leave a message. If you cancel on or before September 20, your payment will be refunded minus $100. If you cancel after September 20, your full payment is non-refundable.

Scholarship Info
A number of full and partial scholarships are available for this event. If you would like to apply for a scholarship click on the link below. Even after an event has gone to waitlist you can still apply for and be considered for a scholarship.

The scholarship applications for this event are open between October 26, 2026 and August 9, 2027. Notifications to the chosen applicants will be sent out on August 25, 2027.

Click here to apply for a scholarship.

Travel & Lodging in Ashland, OR,

The Retreat will be held in downtown Ashland, close to many local inns, hotels, and restaurants. Limited street parking is available locally.

Airport and Transportation: Ashland is a 25-30 minute drive from the Medford Airport. See more info on shuttles, taxis, and other local transportation.

Ride Sharing: After you register you will have access to a ride share board if you need or can offer a ride to or from Ashland.

Lodging: See a List of Ashland Hotels, Motels, and BnBs or options for Camping and Hostels.

Ashland Special Hotel Rates

Ashland Special Hotel Rates

More Info Coming Soon

The Opportunity of Self-Inquiry

  • Surrender the habit of fixing yourself and discover what is already whole and complete.
  • Take a deeper responsibility for the integrity of your life.
  • Stop the momentum of your past history and directly experience natural fulfillment.
  • Rest in and live from your truest nature.
  • Discover home is where you are.

Ashland Hotel Special Rates

Some local hotels and B&B’s are offering special rates to our participants. These accommodations are within walking distance to the Armory and the Gangaji Foundation office. You must make reservations by phone to receive these discounts. These reduced-rate offerings are all subject to availability. 

Ashland Springs Hotel
To receive a reduced rate at the Ashland Springs Hotel, please call the hotel directly at (541) 488-1700 or toll-free (888) 795-4545 and ask for the Gangaji Foundation group discount. These special rates are available up to 30 days before the event begins. After that, the discount will be based only on availability. Includes hot complimentary continental breakfast and other amenities.

Bard’s Inn
To receive a discounted accommodation rate please call Bard’s Inn directly at (541) 482-0049 and ask for the Gangaji Foundation group discount.

From Previous Participants

Being at the Retreat with everyone and Gangaji was life changing for me. Back home, life is, well…life— simple and yet spacious and real. There’s an immediacy, a soft strength here to meet life as it unfolds. It feels new and delicate and at the same time deep and known. So thank you, thank you thank you Gangaji and all for all the work that you all do to make these events possible.
In meeting with Gangaji and others heart to heart, I found what I have been searching for all my life. I was here all along. Now I can stop the search.
The message you share is so profound, so heart opening, so true. Each meeting is such a delight, such a support on the path. I enjoyed so much hearing you talk about the wonders of life, if it is a bee, a beetle, a tree, a plant...I realize that I am not a part of life, but actually life itself. What a joy, what a pain, what a love!
There are no words for the gratitude. Life was so heavy and such a burden. Now I am here as love itself.
The utter simplicity of remembering who I am, in the beauty of nature, with loving fellow travelers, is priceless.