May 13th – 18th, 2025

Arrival/Registration Time:
Tuesday May 13th 3pm-5pm

Departure Time:
Sunday May 18th around Noon

Registration Options

• $800 Shared room Doubles

• $1,500 Singles

• $400 Partial scholarship Double

• If you need a full scholarship, please email us at info@againstthestream.com

• No Camping, Joshua Tree no longer allows camping

These prices include all meals.

Cancellation/Refund Policy:

- Registrations are nontransferable

- Cancellation prior to 30 days or more before the retreat: $100.00 cancellation fee (per reservation).

- Cancelations within 30 days of retreat are non-refundable, nontransferable.

Name of Retreat Center:
Joshua Tree Retreat Center

Address:
59700 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, CA 92252

Against the Stream Fall Retreat
This year we return to the Joshua Tree Retreat Center for our annual spring retreat. After searching for alternative venues for that last few years and not finding any place that we loved, this year we will return to the historical venue in the high desert of southern California. Noah has taught retreats at this location for almost twenty years. Join us for a few days of sitting and walking meditation among the Joshua trees. This noble silence meditation retreat is appropriate for both long term as well as beginning meditators. There will be daily guided meditations and dharma talks as well as the opportunity to meet in small groups with Noah to discuss your mediation experience.

Noble Silence Retreat Information
The retreat will be held in ‘Noble Silence’, which means all who attend will remain silent from the opening dharma talk until we break silence on the final day.

Noah will offer guided meditation instructions twice a day and offer a dharma talk each night. The meditation instruction will include both mindfulness and heart practices to be done both as sitting and walking meditations.

‘Noble silence’
In this form of meditation retreat we avoid all social communication, this includes eye contact and normal pleasantries like smiling at each other or holding doors open etc. Reading and journaling are also discouraged. A silent retreat is an opportunity to be mindful of all of our activities and mind states free from the normal distractions of everyday life and not obscured by our social interactions with each other. The outcome is deeper insight into the impermanent, impersonal and unsatisfactory nature of all things. These insights deepen our practice and help wake us up to the reality that the only reliable refuge is internal.

Dana For Retreats
The cost associated with attending an Against The Stream retreat only covers the rental of the retreat center, food and some associated administrative expenses. As has been done for 2,600 years the teachings are freely offered, the teacher does not receive any payment for teaching the retreat other than the voluntary donations that are offered at the end of the retreat known as Dana. It is up to each student on retreat to decide for themselves what they wish to donate to support the teacher, manger and the teachings.

For Weekend retreats a suggested donation of $200-$400 would be appropriate for most, but those who have more are encouraged to give more and those who have less are encouraged to give whatever feels generous to them based on their current financial situation.

For 5-7 day retreats a suggested donation of $400-$700 would be appropriate for most, but those who have more are encouraged to give more and those who have less are encouraged to give whatever feels generous to them based on their current financial situation.

Please consider offering around 25% of your total donation to the manger.

You can send Dana to the teacher here:

PayPal: noahlevine@msn.com
Venmo: @noah-levine-17