“I just returned from my first Ceremonial Weekend at The Higher Haven feeling completely rejuvenated and full of gratitude. The Higher Haven is a very special, safe, and beautiful place for soul-nourishment, community, and healing, and it’s quite clear that Paul offers his spiritual teachings and experiences with authenticity, tradition, and healing at the center of the design. You can expect to be welcomed as you are with warm, open arms and to experience rejuvenation of the heart, body, and mind during your stay. Paul is an inspiration for anyone on the spiritual path and Higher Haven truly is a gem worth visiting. With Big Love and Gratitude and Thanks to Rachel for passing back her thoughts and feelings on her December 2024 visit. We take our own time for retreat during the Winter season but are gearing up now in the early Spring 2025 for a great, transformational year of spiritual growth and development.
The Ceremonial Weekend Rachel experienced above will be offered once a month under our Way of The Contrary Weekend. We’re offering our signature Noble Silence Meditation Retreat (NSMR) Weekend quarterly, beginning with the Spring NSMR weekend at the end of April from Friday, April 25th to Sunday, April 27th, and again in mid-July for the Summer NSMR Weekend and mid-October for the Fall NSMR. If coming out and committing to an overnight retreat seems like a stretch, consider our signature Meditation + Mindfulness 101 class, open in both May and June, with a Mother’s Day and Father’s Day special offer designed to foster family and generational healing. Our schedule will also fill in soon with some additional Yoga + Meditation offerings, as well as Dark Sky Events and a stellar Dark Sky Weekend. It’s all happening here, now, during the blessed New Year of the Snake 2025, as we shed yet another layer of skin, and continue peeling away the proverbial onion of life to get to the heart of all that is. Regarding private visits and other scheduling, we’re officially back at the start of April and answering all inquiries. That said, with any other other questions and requests, simply Contact Us. We appreciate your interest as well as your patience and look forward to reconnecting with you very soon. Toksha
ON FLYING TO (THH)
Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) in Grand Rapids, MI, USA is your best route. You can also book through Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Int. Airport (AZO) or South Bend, Indiana, Int. Airport (SBN), all three air fields averaging 44 country miles from our 494 63rd. St. South Haven, MI 49090 address. From there, an Uber or cab can assist in completing the final leg of your journey. For those up for more of a Midwest adventure, fly to Chicago’s O’Hare (ORD) or Midway (MDW) Int. airport, then rent a car to make the breezy, 94-mile, two-hour cruise up the Lake Michigan shore. Remember to turn your watch back, saving an hour as you go from Central to Eastern Standard Time at the Illinois-Michigan border. We wish you safe travails, much joy in the journey, and promise you a warm welcome to South Haven, Michigan, Midwest USA, one of the most serenely healing spots on planet Earth, across the Universe & entire Milky Way.
RE: RENTING THH
We are officially not a For-Rent Retreat Center. The Higher Haven does not host groups, organize meals, or have other teachers we don’t know, whose teachings we’re unfamiliar with, lead our retreats. That said, if you uphold a teaching you’re certain would behoove your students and ours, and wish to host an event, workshop, or weekend at one of the most pristine places around for personal practice, transformation and psychological healing, we encourage you to contact us. We’re open to working with other reputable healers and yoga teachers with whom we feel in energetic accord. Holding an open-hearted, open-minded approach to all people and paths, we invite you to experience one of our classes or retreats rooted in our very special form of mindfulness, by way of ancient ceremonial purification. We’re receptive to and respectful of other ways to wellness, worship, and spiritual work, and so look forward to connecting with you.
“I’m a committed yogi practitioner and have dreamt about attending a retreat longer than I’d like to admit. My friend, God Bless her, found a hidden gem in South Haven, Michigan. I had some initial reservations, but once I arrived and scoped out the house and property, I was completely at ease. The home and its surroundings had such a peaceful and mystical energy about it, that I felt safe and comfortable immediately. What I then experienced will be locked in my memory as one of my fondest memories, and on the list of one of the most pivotal moments of my life. I had NO expectations coming in, but when I left, I was a different person.
Now, I feel loved, connected, I want to express love, I appreciate everything and everyone, I forgive those that have wronged me, I feel rooted, strong, focused, grounded, and excited to start my day. The list goes on and on… I went in needing the noise to quiet the silence and came out needing the silence to quiet the noise. What I received from one weekend; most people will never experience in a lifetime. Thank you, Paul, RoZie and The Higher Haven. I can’t wait to return and continue my practice.” Namaste, Shannon
Our Return Policy is very straightforward and generous. If we cancel a retreat, class, or workshop for any reason on our end, we return your payment in full. If you cancel or need to reschedule your visit for any reason on your end within one week of a retreat or class — note that this would be the Friday night one week prior to the start of a retreat or the Saturday Noon one week prior — you have the option to (1) receive a credit to the same retreat in the future or receive a credit in the amount equal to the program fee to apply to another retreat, or (2) for orders less than $500, we return your payment minus minimal internet transaction and administrative fees of $50.00. For orders over $500, we return your fee minus minimal internet transaction and administrative fees of $100.00. If you cancel after the seven-day cut-off, there’s an administrative fee of $150 subtracted from your payment Any cancellations within 72-hours of a retreat, class or workshop — note that this would be Wednesday at Noon for a Saturday overnight or Tuesday at midnight for Friday evening start — The Higher Haven has no obligation to issue any credit or refund due to the inability to fill your reserved spot. Thanks for your interest and help in upholding mutually healthy, respectful business parameters ~ we look forward to seeing you soon. Toksha