Silent Retreat with Marcy Crawford
Retreat Description
From September 5 to 10, 2027, Harmony Hotel opens solely for a small-group silent retreat led by Marcy Crawford. The retreat is open to newcomers and experienced meditators alike.
Meditation is a simple practice of paying attention to what is happening, moment by moment. Practiced steadily, it settles the mind and opens the heart. Over five days, Marcy will give step-by-step instruction in mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation. The days move between sitting and walking practice, with instruction each morning, a wisdom talk each evening, a gentle yoga class, and meetings with Marcy. Meals are shared family style.
This is a substance-free retreat, and you will be asked to turn off and put away all electronic devices upon arrival. Retreat participants hold silence from the opening talk on Sunday evening to the closing session on Friday, with speaking limited to one-on-one meetings with Marcy.
Give yourself some freedom from persistent overstimulation and external demands as we create a supportive space for cultivating greater inner calm, spaciousness, and compassion. With clear guidance and the support of others practicing alongside us, we learn to stay with whatever comes, meeting all of it with patience and kindness. Because the practice builds from day to day, we ask that you commit to all five days: arrive on time, stay to the end, and settle your work before you come.
Daily Rhythm
This schedule is tentative, and may change.
6:30 am: Sitting meditation
7:30 am: Breakfast
9:00 am: Instruction and guided sit
10:15 am: Walking meditation
11:00 am: Sitting meditation
12:00 pm: Yoga
1:30 pm: Lunch
2:30 – 4:00 pm: Rest and one-on-one meetings with Marcy
4:00 pm: Sitting meditation
5:00 pm: Walking meditation
6:30 pm: Dinner
7:30 pm: Dharma talk
8:30 pm: Closing sit, then rest
What's Included
- 5 nights at Harmony Hotel, with the hotel closed to other guests
- All meals, served family style, from Sunday dinner through Friday breakfast, with dietary needs met on request
- Drinks and snacks set out each morning and afternoon
- Daily instruction, guided sits, and evening talks with Marcy
- One-on-one meetings with Marcy
- A daily movement practice
- Not included: transport to and from Nosara, but we can help you make arrangements
About Marcy Crawford
Marcy Ahn Crawford is a meditation teacher, founder of Embodied Teaching, and co-founder of the Center for Contemplative Enrichment, a nonprofit retreat center in Southern California. She leads retreats there, in other U.S. locations, and abroad, guides an online meditation community, and coaches private students one-on-one in both traditional meditation approaches and relational mindfulness. Her teaching draws on Unified Mindfulness, Rinzai Zen and Advaita Vedanta, shaped by years of study with Shinzen Young and multiple non-dual and Zen teachers. Her primary and current teacher is Ursula Jarand.
Rates
Coco room, shared: 2 guests booking together, $1,590 per person
Coco room: 1 guest, $2,165
Villa 2: Private bedroom in a 3-bedroom villa, $2,330 per person
Bungalow: 1 guest, $2,480
Villa 1: Private bedroom in a 3-bedroom villa, USD $2,535 per person
Suite: Private bedroom in a 2-bedroom suite with a shared bathroom, USD $2,330 per person
Bungalow Palma: 1 guest, USD $4,020
Prices cover the full five nights, meals, and instruction. Taxes and service are included as well. Choose your room type and whether you'll stay alone or share with someone you're coming with. A Coco can be shared by two people coming together. Please note double-occupancy Coco retreatants share a king-sized bed. Double-occupancy retreatants register on one booking and the room is paid in full as a unit. We don't match roommates, and we can't hold half a room.
All guests are expected to attend the full retreat. There is no reduced rate for late arrival, early departure, or missed meals.
Bookings are paid in full at registration. Cancellations prior to April 1st, 2027 receive a 50% refund. If you are unable to make the retreat but would like to transfer your reservation to someone else, we’re happy to accommodate this change. If a minimum number of retreatants isn’t met by July 1st, the retreat will be postponed and 100% of bookings will be refunded. To join this retreat, please email alicia@harmonyprojects.com.
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