We openly and warmly welcome the diversity of your experience to this place of refuge and healing – wherever you come from, however you look or identify, whomever you love.
Personal Retreat
Join the community of monastics and lay practitioners in following the daily rhythm and practice schedule of the monastery for a weekend, weeklong or longer stay. We will resume the personal retreat in November.
Featured Retreat
Thanksgiving Retreat | November 22-26
Thanksgiving is an opportunity for us to be together with our loved ones, to express our gratitude and to celebrate life in the present moment.
Days of Mindfulness
(Thursdays & Sundays)
The day can help support you in your practice of mindfulness, taking an entire day to come back home to the present moment and learn to take care of ourselves. We will resume the Days of Mindfulness in November.
Practice with us Online
You are invited to join us on Zoom for our Online Mindfulness Practice Session on Thursdays from 4:00pm-5:30pm Central Time with Magnolia Grove Monastics. We will resume the online practice in November.
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Sharings from the Monastery
Holiday Retreat | Dec. 28th, 2023 – Jan.1st, 2024 | Registration OPEN
You Belong Here by Kayla Brooks
90-day Rains Retreat Application | Nov. 01, 2023 – Feb. 04, 2024
Nourishing Ourselves, Caring for Others Retreat for in-person and online
November 2023
Thanksgiving Retreat
Thanksgiving is an opportunity for us to be together with our loved ones, to express our gratitude and to celebrate life in the present moment. We warmly invite you to join us as your spiritual family for Thanksgiving celebration this year. Activities will include sitting, walking, eating meditation, listening to Dharma talks, circle sharing, and a special vegan Thanksgiving dinner. We at Magnolia Grove Monastery seek to cultivate tolerance, kindness, compassion, generosity and wisdom in turn creating a more peaceful…
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Holiday Retreat
We welcome families, couples and individuals of all ages, genders, and all nationalities to this 5-day, in-person retreat at Magnolia Grove Monastery. Knowing we all can’t be home for the holidays, we can still come home to ourselves through our practice. We can come to the warmth of the fireplace that is already inside of us. This opportunity helps us to look back at the past year and flow forward with the next year with more peace, joy, and freedom.…
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A special coverage on Magnolia Grove Monastery
from Mississippi Public Broadcasting
The Manifestation of Magnolia Grove Monastery by Paul Davis