A retreat is...

• a period of seclusion, retirement, and solitude, sometimes held in silence
  
  
• taken for reasons that may be related to spirituality, contemplation, health and lifestyle, stress, or personal growth and renewal
  
  
• devoted to meditation, reflection, study, prayer, exercise, or problem-solving and creative thinking.

Cochise Stronghold Canyon Nature Retreat is the perfect location for a retreat, whether private or as a group. An ideal place to enjoy serenity and simplicity, to breathe in health - equally well suited to the heightening of one's senses as to the withdrawal from the senses in search of profound inner experience. A haven to relax, to heal, to gain insights, and grow. An ideal place to recuperate from the hectic pace of modern life.

Nestled in the tranquil Dragoon mountains, your secluded 15-acre retreat is surrounded by 10,000 acres of the untouched beauty of Coronado National Forest. Overlooked by picturesque Rockfellow Dome, you are treated daily to blue skies and spectacular star-filled evenings.


Imagine a day where you make your own schedule, decide when to rest and when to play, and know absolutely nothing must get done.

• Meditate, contemplate, and savor the sacred space.
• Walk in peaceful surroundings in the company of deer and the music of songbirds.
• Read from an extensive book collection on spirituality, nature, and holistic living.
• Enjoy countless opportunities for nature hikes.
• Your complete privacy assured.

Solitary Retreats
Agave Suite Retreat Packages - 3 and 4 Day Private Retreats*

3 nights (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) – $660
4 nights (Monday through Thursday) – $730

* » Single Occupancy, hot breakfast delivered to your door
   »Healthy, easily prepared provisions provided for all your other meals and snacks
   » Meditation instruction and guidance available upon request

Tent Retreat Package

Bring your own tent and set it up in a secluded corner of the property
Includes use of bathroom facilities
Cost - by donation
Single Occupancy, serious contemplatives only  

Group Retreats
Our facility can accommodate up to 30 participants for a small group retreat. Up to 14 participants can be lodged on site, and off-site lodging and transportation can be arranged as necessary. Groups can prepare their own meals in the fully equipped kitchen, or meals can be catered as required.

GroupRetreat Packages - 3, 4 and 7-Day Group Retreats*

3 nights (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) – $1575
4 nights (Monday through Thursday) – $1575
7 nights – $3150
Additional days - $450 per day
   » Exclusive use of the entire facility for your group
   » Up to 14 participants accommodated on site
   » Additional off-site accommodations can be arranged
   » Prepare your own meals in the fully equipped Casita Manzanita kitchen
   » Meditation instruction and guidance available upon request
* Facility must be booked well in advance to assure availability

Your host, John, is an experienced meditation teacher who has been practicing meditation for almost 35 years. He teaches weekly meditation classes at Tucson Community Meditation Center and at his home in Cochise Stronghold Canyon. His principle teachers have been Upasaka Kema Ananda and the Venerable Jotidhamma Bhikku, who were themselves trained in both the Theravadin and Tibetan Karma Kagyu Buddhist traditions as a part of the lineage of Karma Tenzin Dorje Namgyal Rinpoche (also known as the Venerable Ananda Bodhi). John has also practiced under the guidance of Jack Kornfield, Shinzen Young, Sayadaw U Vivekanda, Allan Wallace and others.

Meditation is a science that transforms into mystical experience. The perspective of meditation as a science is one that emerges when one explores the many various techniques of different traditions. John has devoted himself to the practice and science of meditation for many years. He is usually available and very happy to provide meditation instruction, advice or assistance at any time, but only upon request. Our purpose is to support, not to intrude.