Fall Institute Retreat
$375.00
Join us in October 2026 for the Fall Institute Retreat!
All called to nourish and strengthen the work of holding space for birth, breath, and death are welcome.
Registration is limited to 40 spaces. Sign up now to reserve you spot!
*CCLD members and Institute members receive 50% off of their tuition. Use 50off as a code to access this benefit for the Fall Institute Retreat.
Description
The 4th Annual Fall Institute Retreat at
the Center for Conscious Living & Dying
Friday, October 23 ~
Sunday, October 25
Asheville, North Carolina
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The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death
& The Center for Conscious Living & Dying
invite you to a nourishing 2026 Fall Institute Retreat!
Join us for meditation, ritual, song, silence,
healing, laughter, hope, reflection, education, & restoration.
Registration is limited to 40 spaces.
Sign up now to reserve you spot!
Fall in the Blue Ridge Mountains is gorgeous!!!
We will begin at 7pm on Friday, October 23 and conclude at 1pm on Sunday, October 25.
The 2026 Fall Institute Retreat will be held 15 minutes from Asheville, NC
at the Center for Conscious Living & Dying, located at: 83 Sanctuary Road, Swannanoa, NC 28778.
*All participants are responsible for their own lodging, food, accommodations, and childcare.
Here are local accommodation suggestions to consider.
Confirmed speakers/presenters at the Fall Institute Retreat are listed below.
A full itinerary will be posted here in the summer.
Aditi Sethi, MD ~ (she/her) is a hospice and palliative care physician, end-of-life doula, and Executive Director of the Center for Conscious Living and Dying. Featured in the forthcoming film The Last Ecstatic Days, Aditi is an emerging and important voice for shifting our culture’s understanding and approach to dying, death, and bereavement care. As a child under the guidance of her parents (Kapil and Ranjit Sethi) and grandparents from India, Aditi studied devotional music from the Sikh and Hindu traditions.
Her other music pursuits include playing music with her husband, Jay Brown, a musician and hospice music therapist. Aditi and Jay recently formed a group called The Appalucians, with Angie Heimann and Cas Sochaki. Releasing their first CD “Bright Hills” in 2018, the Appalucians play music from the mountains of Western North Carolina, featuring spirited songwriting, tight harmonies, and a lovely layered interplay between dobro, guitars, harp, bass, and banjo. Aditi and Jay are the parents of three amazing children. Learn more here.
Center for Conscious Living and Dying (CCLD), an organization in partnership with the Institute. CCLD is working to reclaim, practice, and share a timeless wisdom: community support in end of life transitions. The Center for Conscious Living and Dying (CCLD) is organizing and training a diverse group of volunteer caregivers who will provide free non-medical end of life care as well as education on options to supplement support for the emotional and spiritual needs of families facing this universal experience.