The Goodness Retreat

With John Calvi

September 4 - 6, 2026

Date and Time Details: Program begins with on-campus check-in for all participants between 4:30 and 6:00pm on Friday, September 4. The program ends on Sunday, September 6 at 1:00pm after lunch.

Location: On Campus

Contact: registration@pendlehill.org

Financial Assistance: We strive to make our programs accessible. To apply for financial assistance or alternate payment options, such as having an organization of meeting pay on your behalf, please wait to register and first complete our Financial Assistance Application.

Registration deadline: August 28, or when the event reaches capacity  

  • $515.00 – Overnight
  • $405.00 – Overnight for two people
  • $260.00 – Commuter

A weekend retreat to learn massage and energy work techniques, explore Quaker histories of healings, and return to our goodness.  

The Goodness Retreat brings together all John’s experience of deep rest and quiet, the body and mind as partners for calm, and the seeking, confirming, and rejoicing in ones’ goodness.  We will learn simple laying on of hands energy work and easy clothes-on massage.  Together we will practice meditation and explore the history of Quaker healing. Then we will draw a life map to discover our best while leaving the noise of the world behind. 

About the Leader

John Calvi

John Calvi, Quaker healer and Certified Massage Therapist, specialized in trauma for 40+ years.  He’s been a popular workshop leader at Pendle Hill since 1990. Both his books – The Dance Between Hope and Fear and How Far Have You Come? have been well used by therapists, survivors, and meetings.  John is finishing his third book, which might even be done by this […]

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