Crestone, Colorado · Chamma Ling Retreat Center

Rest in complete darkness. Discover your deeper current. Return to yourself.

Four nights in your own private cabin, 72 hours of them in total darkness. Two warm meals a day, check-ins morning and evening, and nothing else asked of you.

Two cupped hands around a lit candle in the dark
  • 4 nightson site at Chamma Ling
  • 72 hoursin complete darkness
  • Private cabinfour guests per retreat
  • 2 warm mealsdelivered each day
  • Check-insmorning and evening
A small adobe-coloured retreat cabin with a red door among piñon trees under a bright morning sky

Time away from every source of stimulation

A darkness retreat is a rare opportunity to step away from external stimulation and turn inward, toward stillness, presence, and inner knowing. With nothing to look at and nowhere to be, the nervous system is given room to rest deeply.

There is no method to follow here. No substances, no teacher, no formal practice. You don't need prior meditation or retreat experience. What matters most is a genuine willingness to be present with yourself, even when that presence is unfamiliar.

Into the dark, and back out slowly

  1. Day 1 · 3:00 pm

    Arrive

    Welcomed and walked to your cabin. That evening, an opening circle and dinner, then into the dark.

  2. 72 hours

    In the dark

    Rest, sleep, explore your inner world. Two warm meals a day, with a check-in at each.

  3. Fourth evening

    Emergence

    Back into the light: a walk on the land, time to write, moving between light and dark.

  4. Final night

    Back into the dark

    One more night in your cabin.

  5. Day 5 · 11:00 am

    Depart

    Closing circle and breakfast together, then you leave at 11:00 am.

The snow-covered Crestone peaks at dusk, reflected in a still lake
The Crestone peaks at dusk, across the San Luis Valley. Photo: National Park Service.

Curious what it’s like to emerge from days of darkness?

“Darkness Therapy: Return to Simplicity,” a short film by Sky Cave Retreats. See more on Sky Cave’s YouTube channel.

Spring 2027, at a rate that fits your means

Seven retreats run back to back from March 15 to April 12, 2027. Every guest receives the same retreat. You choose your rate, and we don't ask for proof.

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