The Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing is a highly acclaimed meditation and wellness retreat center, recognized as a top destination. It is grounded in ancient wisdom and dedicated to holistic wellbeing, offering programs like Meditation Retreats, Yoga Retreats, and Personal Retreats designed for students at all levels to awaken both the mind and the body. The center is conveniently located near NY, NJ, and CT. The breathtaking 90-acre campus is set on a hilltop in the beautiful Catskill Mountains. The tranquil property is perfectly landscaped and impeccably maintained, featuring a meditation hall, library, dining hall, residence halls, an outdoor practice pavilion, patios, a firepit, and woods paths dotted with spots for meditation. It provides a very quiet, peaceful, and clean environment designed to quiet the mind, perfect for rest and restoration. A standout feature is the fantastic vegetarian and vegan cuisine. The food is extraordinary, delicious, healthy, fresh, flavorful, and prepared with clear care, expertise, and love. There are many options for various dietary needs. The staff are super friendly, helpful, warm, gentle, professionally attentive, and hard-working, contributing to a sense of genuine hospitality. The combination of the beautiful, sacred land, superb cuisine, and supportive people creates a restorative, delightful, and amazing experience for the body and soul, making it a place where guests feel entirely renewed and well looked after.
What a wonderful place! I did the writing and meditation retreat, it was an unforgettable week!
July 2026
My experience at this retreat center was just perfect. The place, the staff and especially the food could not have been the better compliment to the programming. I cannot recommend this place highly enough.
June 2026
Such a wonderful place. Gorgeous woods, beautiful facility, clean and comfortable rooms, delicious food, very nice staff.
