Ben Scott-Brandt shares an inspiring overview of where the Retreat Center Collaboration has journeyed together as an organization.

From the heart, Ben Scott-Brandt reflects on his time as program director of the Retreat Center Collaboration.

At the Retreat Center Collaboration, we’re celebrating an abundant year of change, growth, and impact. Thank you for being a part of this journey!

You may have seen the news in recent weeks that the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland is going through a major transition, and that Santa Sabina Center in northern California is closing and placing their property on the market. Here at RCC, we grieve to see the loss of these peers.

The Midwest Centers Affinity Group serves as a big-hearted pick-me-up for folks who often feel isolated in their work, and an invitation to celebrate being surrounded by people who understand and share a similar vision and set of challenges.

Psychedelic-assisted therapy, and the transformative inner journeys that participants embark upon, have the potential to become deeply connected to the work of retreat centers in the future. In this article, RCC Program Director Ben Scott-Brandt shares some of his observations, and invites continuing conversations within and across the RCC network as retreat centers respond to this quickly-changing field.

In this interview with the producer of the new documentary film, SABBATH, RCC program director Ben Scott-Brandt explores how the concept of sabbath connects with the work of retreat centers.

During a recent retreat at the Whidbey Institute with the Racial Healing Initiative team, RCC Program Director Ben Scott-Brandt got a taste of intergenerational and intercultural gratitude during every dinner.