Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

This small emerald oasis will foster your experience of limitless Being as you practice meditation and activity in a silent community of loving supportive retreat participants and staff, all or most of whom will be strangers. It is profound.

I have a warm place in my heart for Cloud Mountain. I have probably spent a total of 8-9 months here over the past 15 years, both as a Yogi-participant in several retreats, as well as a work-study retreatant. To this day, this place is special to me - must be the evergreens, the beautiful grounds, the quietness, the simplicity of life, the presence of fellow yogis, great food, and most importantly - the dharma. Somehow, all that together has allowed the teachings to come alive for me. It’s priceless gift that this place continues to be accessible and affordable. I highly recommend it.

Cloud Mountain is a very special place. Excellent teachers, welcoming staff who support the yoginis beautifully and almost invisibly, and a facility that is simple and comfortable. The grounds are beautiful for walking in rain or in sun. The food supports a return to health in body just as the practices support a clearing of heart and mind. The yogi jobs give everyone a chance to contribute to the very special community that comes together for each retreat. I just returned from a retreat with Franz Moeckl and feel so renewed in my joy and playfulness as well as my meditation practice. Qi Gong is a wonderful mind-body practice and Franz is an inspirational teacher. Highly highly recommend.

Unaccommodating in working with scheduling needs. Will not allow attendance or refund money. I paid months in advance and needed to leave the retreat 1/2 day. They denied my attendance due to early departure and refused to give me a refund.

Can only describe it as "nirvana". You're in this mossy, secluded, bright emerald green space in the forest, and these retreats allow me to attain the most calm, and the most pure happiness, I have ever felt. I love the vegetarian meals, I love how slowly we move, I love not having to worry about time and having our movements guided by bells, I love being in silence, and I even love having to do daily chores. This makes it incredibly affordable. I leave feeling "reborn". Highly recommend. Dae Ja Napier is my favorite teacher.