Event Calendar
Explore the diverse offerings of our mountain sanctuary.
Shadowcliff hosts a range of gatherings throughout the season — from artist residencies and community workshops to partner-led retreats and public conversations. Some events are open to the public, others are private group programs.
Use the calendar below to see what’s happening during your stay.
Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork
Join Shadowcliff's Executive Director Alexander Thompson for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
Sunday, August 9 • 5-6pm
Making Anyway: A Conversation About Creativity, Voice, and What Gets in the Way
Join playwright Renae Jarrett for an open conversation about creative life, and what it feels like when it stops.
Wednesday, August 12 • 7:30pm
Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork
Join Shadowcliff's Executive Director Alexander Thompson for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
Sunday, August 16 • 5-6pm
Making Anyway: A Conversation on Creativity and What Gets in the Way
Join artist and creative consultant Nick Leavens for a conversation about one of the most persistent questions in any creative life: how do we decide what creative work is worth?
Friday, August 28 • 7:30pm
Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork
Join Shadowcliff's Executive Director Alexander Thompson for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
Sunday, September 6 • 5-6pm
Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork
Join Shadowcliff's Executive Director Alexander Thompson for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
Sunday, September 13 • 5-6pm
Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork
Join Shadowcliff's Executive Director Alexander Thompson for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
Sunday, September 20 • 5-6pm
Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork
Join Shadowcliff's Executive Director Alexander Thompson for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
Sunday, September 27 • 5-6pm
Rest & Renewal: Yoga Nidra with Stevie Kitterman
Join Yoga Nidra facilitator and wellness practitioner Stevie Kitterman for a deeply restful guided meditation designed to help you slow down, release tension, and reconnect with yourself. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to settle into stillness and experience a state of rest often described as “yogic sleep”, a place between waking and sleeping where the body can relax deeply while the mind remains gently aware.
Monday, September 28 • 3-4pm
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Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork
Join Shadowcliff's Executive Director Alexander Thompson for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
Sunday, August 2 • 5-6pm
Light & Shadow: An evening of shadow puppetry and live poetry
Join us for an evening of improvised performance. FireTale Productions, a Kansas City-based shadow puppet theater co-founded by Ritu Nanos and Mikal Shapiro, will weave movement and form in response to poetry spoken live by visual artist and writer José Faus.
Friday, July 31 • 7:30pm
Rest & Renewal: Yoga Nidra with Stevie Kitterman
Join Yoga Nidra facilitator and wellness practitioner Stevie Kitterman for a deeply restful guided meditation designed to help you slow down, release tension, and reconnect with yourself. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to settle into stillness and experience a state of rest often described as “yogic sleep”, a place between waking and sleeping where the body can relax deeply while the mind remains gently aware.
Monday, July 27 • 3-4pm
Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork
Join Shadowcliff's Executive Director Alexander Thompson for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
Sunday, July 12 • 5-6pm
Sound Healing: An evening of rest, resonance, and renewal with Jenna Hinkel
Join sound healing practitioner Jenna Hinkel for an immersive evening of rest, resonance, and renewal. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to lie down and receive the layered tones of crystal singing bowls, chimes, drums, and other instruments. As waves of sound move through the space, the body is gently guided toward stillness, balance, and ease.
Friday, July 17 • 6:00-7:30pm
Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork
Join Shadowcliff's Executive Director Alexander Thompson for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
Sunday, July 19 • 5-6pm
Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork
Join Shadowcliff's Executive Director Alexander Thompson for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
Sunday, July 26 • 5-6pm
Sunday Reset: Meditation & Breathwork with Nicole Akselrad
Join therapist and breathwork facilitator Nicole Akselrad for a gentle Sunday evening practice designed to help you settle, reconnect, and prepare for the week ahead. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to slow down and reconnect with the rhythms of breath, body, and place.
In the Beginning Times: An Afternoon with Christinia Eala American Horse
Shadowcliff is honored to welcome Lakota elder and activist Christinia Eala American Horse for an afternoon of storytelling in the Chapel.
Rest & Renewal: Yoga Nidra with Stevie Kitterman
Join Yoga Nidra facilitator and wellness practitioner Stevie Kitterman for a deeply restful guided meditation designed to help you slow down, release tension, and reconnect with yourself. Practicing in Shadowcliff’s historic chapel, overlooking Grand Lake and the surrounding mountains, participants are invited to settle into stillness and experience a state of rest often described as “yogic sleep”, a place between waking and sleeping where the body can relax deeply while the mind remains gently aware.
4th of July at Shadowcliff: Dinner, Music, and an Evening on the Point
There’s a quiet beauty in Grand Lake on summer evenings: the light receding over the mountains, air cooling as the sun drops, the stillness that settles in even when the night is full of people. The town has canceled fireworks this year, but we’re still gathering at the lodge for dinner on the table, music as the sky darkens, and conversation and good company on the point.
Saturday, July 4 • 6:30-10pm