Programs
The Bishop’s Ranch has many different types of programs throughout the year, offering renewal of spirit, mind and body. Find your inner peace at a yoga retreat, finish a project and make new friends at our Quilt Retreat, or visit during Advent for a time of silence and meditation. Come join us for a life changing experience.
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The Art of Wintering: Creative Reflection & Renewal - with Lisa Thorpe - SOLD OUT
Date: February 20-22, 2026
Nights: 2 (Friday and Saturday night)
Meals: 5 (Saturday breakfast - Sunday lunch)
Commuter rate includes Sat. and Sun. lunch only
Price: $350 - Commuter; $495 - Shared room; $650 - Private room
Plus $30 materials fee paid directly to instructor.
A weekend of respite, creative reflection and renewal. Winter is a time to dig our roots into the deep rich soil of our lives and get reconnected to our inner wisdom. We will enter this exploration through the making of SoulCollage® cards, guided meditations, and gentle movement.
Our creative time will center around the creation of SoulCollage® cards. The process uses found images, intuition, and imagination. First you use intuition to select images, sourced mainly from old magazines and books, which we then collage onto 5x8” cards. Once a card is created, then we use our imagination to dialogue with the collage and listen for the wisdom it holds for us. A completed card, with its unique composition of images chosen by you, has a dream-like quality to it. Like our dreams, each card can carry multiple layers of meaning. As we work with our cards and our personal deck grows, we become more fluent in the symbolic language of our personal journey. This process is accessible to all, anyone can do SoulCollage®, even people who believe they have no artistic ability. Your cards are unique to you and are for your personal use to discover your own inner truth and wisdom.
During the weekend as you make cards for your SoulCollage® deck there will be opportunities to go deeper in your inner exploration with mediation time in the beautiful Chapel of St George, walks on the meandering Bishop Ranch trails and wandering the lovely labyrinth. There will be other optional opportunities with afternoon and morning movement time.
All materials are supplied but feel free to bring old books, magazines, or art papers you might want to use in your card making process.
Find out more about artist and educator Lisa Thorpe and connect with her at https://lisathorpe.com
Spring Wildflower Hike - with Julie Miller
Date: March 14, 2026
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Meals: Lunch included
Price: $35 per person
Join us for an inspirational springtime hike to witness the (rejuvenation of the land) and the many types of wildflowers that grow at The Bishop's Ranch. These living gems respond to a universal imperative - blooming in their own time and demonstrating the remarkable movement of nature toward diversity. Be prepared to walk five miles at a rambling pace, with several hundred feet of elevation change, taking time to discuss what we find.
Ranch host Julie Miller will lead the way, drawing on her background as a former park ranger, nature guide, retreat leader, and spiritual director. Her thoughtful approach invites hikers to see more than just the trail—to notice the stories the land holds and to connect more deeply with the natural world.
The group will stop midday for a Ranch-prepared sack lunch, offering a chance to rest, reflect, and enjoy the company of fellow hikers in a beautiful setting.