Background Mindfulness retreats are widely used to support experiential learning through embodied practice and reflective engagement. Increasingly, retreats are offered online, yet little is known about how different retreat contexts shape learning experiences. Purpose This qualitative study explores how online and in-person retreat formats influence experiential learning processes of...
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.-Henry David Thoreau As experiential educators, we are challenged to teach people how to live deliberately, to confront the central facts in their lives, and to learn what they can...