TM Retreat & WPA, Woodstock, IL—TM Techniques: Tools for Transformation that Support our Greater Humanity, Fri., July 4-Tues., July 8
July 4, 2025
July 8, 2025
Come to a quiet haven two hours north of Chicago and enjoy a rejuvenating weekend for this 3, 4, or 5-day Retreat for TM Meditators and World Peace Assembly for TM-Sidhas. Participants report that even one such retreat boosts energy, clarity, happiness, and well-being for months afterward.
We are pleased to offer a reduction in the course fee of $50 for first-time TM Retreat attendees. Students, Faculty, Physicians, Nurses, Loyola affiliates (staff and alumni), and other medical personnel will receive a generous reduction in fees. Loyola Stritch, Niehoff, and other students will be fully sponsored.
COVID safety protocols:
We will do everything necessary to ensure safety and well-being for all participants, in line with Loyola Stritch guidelines. If you have any Covid symptoms or do not feel well, please do not attend and let us know before June 30, 2025 for a refund.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to a software glitch, IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL AFTER SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION ON THIS SITE, please request an application at mtiberi@tm.org
Retreat Highlights:
Whether you sign up for 2, 3, or 4 nights, the course will provide the experience of deep transcending and gentle and effective dissolution of stress. Special guest TM teachers will address the needs of our time for development, educational excellence, rehabilitation, peace and transformation.
Father Gabriel Mejia is a Catholic priest and a TM teacher from Columbia. He will join via Zoom. He is the founder of a network of over 40 rehabilitation centers throughout Colombia, Fundación Hogares Claret, (Claret Homes Foundation), which provides sanctuary for displaced street children by taking in anyone who needs help. He has helped over 45,000 young people get off the streets and away from drugs and crime; transforming their lives. Father Gabriel teaches the TM technique to his students with great success.
Ron Ringsrud, is a TM Governor and Director of Clayhands, a non-profit in both California and Colombia. Mr. Ringsrud has built meditation halls for the children in Father Mejia's centers. He will interpret and comment on his experience teaching TM in Colombia with Father Gabriel Mejia.
On another afternoon, Rabbi Alan Green, will discuss Maharishi's greatest contributions, with a focus on group technology of TM for transforming society with Dr. David Orme-Johnson, renowned researcher. Rabbi Green has served pulpits in Los Angeles and Winnipeg, Manitoba for 31 years. He and Chaya, his wife, are participants in the Invincible America Assembly at Maharishi International University. (See Global Impact of the Maharishi Effect from 1974 to 2017: Theory and Research David W. Orme-Johnson & Lee Fergusson)
If you are affiliated with Loyola, reduced fees are available. Scholarships available. Loyola Stritch, Niehoff and other students fully sponsored. If this is your first TM Retreat, you are eligible for $50 off the course fee. For further info contact Dr. Carla Brown, (641) 919-9616 or Mindy Tiberi at (847)927-1535.
4 nights
hotel style room, private bath Single: $1,200.00, Double: $1,120.00
dorm room with shared bath Single: $1,080.00, Double: $1,040.00
3 nights
hotel style room, private bath Single: $900.00, Double: $840.00
dorm room with shared bath Single: $810.00, Double: $780.00
2 nights
hotel style room, private bath Single: $600.00, Double: $560.00
dorm room with shared bath Single: $540.00, Double: $520.00
Arrival and Departure:
Arrive Friday afternoon or evening (3pm-4:30 pm is ideal). Dinner is served at 7:00 pm. For late arrival please arrange with Dr. Carla Brown, (641) 919-9616 or Mr. Duncan Brown, (641) 919-7066.
Course Organizer Contact Information:
Dr. Carla Brown, (641) 919-9616 Mr. Duncan Brown, (641) 919-7066
Apply for the Retreat
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Loyola's Retreat and Ecology Campus (LUREC) provides a peaceful setting. Located in rural Woodstock, Illinois, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, the campus boasts 98 acres of prairie, woodlands, an oak savannah, ponds, and wetlands. The interior of the Retreat and Ecology Campus is just as inviting, featuring a dining room, meeting spaces, lounges, chapel, and multiple community spaces. Comfortable, hotel-style suites with private baths are available, first-come, first-served. Dorm rooms with shared baths are also available (6 showers/floor). Fees listed are per person. NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL AFTER SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION ON THIS SITE, please request an application at mtiberi@tm.org
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TM Retreat & WPA, Woodstock, IL—TM Techniques: Tools for Transformation that Support our Greater Humanity, Fri., July 4-Tues., July 8