Triple Crane Retreat Center
2025 Yoga Community Gathering
For Peace & Unity

Celebrating International Day of Yoga

Yoga - Meditation - T'ai Chi - QiGong

Community Chanting

Kids Activities and Family Friendly

June 20th - 22nd, 2025

Friday 3:00 - 9:30 PM
Saturday 6:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday 6:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Kids Activities Saturday Schedule TBA

Kirtan

Southern Michigan has a thriving Kirtan * Community! Join us to meditate, sing, dance, and celebrate through the ecstatic and deep practice of Bhakti Yoga.

*call and response yogic chanting

Sat Sang with Swami Sankarananda & Conversation & Chanting on Peace & Unity Durining Divided Times

Swami Sankarananda will be joining us again for the Yoga Community Gathering. He will be leading Sat Sang multiple times during the weekend. Swami, Master Hai, and Tibetan Buddhist Monk Khenpo Chophel will be sharing insight on Peace and Unity during divides times.
Come join us to learn from these high-level teachers.

Yoga - Movement - Meditation

Experienced teachers will lead you in QiGong, Tai Chi, and Yoga.

Master Hai (Winnie) will teach Triple Cranes the unique system of QiGong and how it can support your meditation practice.

Come and enjoy deep practice with new and old friends.

Indoor Accommodations, Camping or Commuters Welcome

We have 3 options to join the Yoga Community Gathering 2025.

1. This year, Triple Crane has partnered with Friends Lake Community. A short 5-minute drive away offering quiet camping, a lake with canoes, a wood-burning sauna, and more!

2. Triple Crane has 23 beds on a first-come, first-serve basis for adults only.

3. Commuters are welcome as well!

About Friends Lake

Save your space by registering today!

Registration Details

All kinds of Passes/Registration give you access to classes for the whole weekend as well as meals. Meals are structured differently this year.

Friday night dinner will be a community pot luck organized thought a google spreadsheet.

We are also going to ask people to bring food supplies to help keep cost low and to foster community involvement.

Before the event you will be sent a spreadsheet with slots to pick a dish to bring for Friday night and to help you know what food supplies are needed for the event.

Friday Evening: Pot Luck

Saturday: Breakfast, Lunch, and Supper

Sunday: Breakfast

Triple Crane Retreat Center has three ways you can attend the Yoga Community Gathering

1. Commuter

Commuter Pass includes all meals and activities taking place on the grounds that weekend.

2. Camping

This year camping will be about 5 minutes away at Friends Lake Cooperative Community!

They have a lovely little campground, lake access including canoes, kayaks and paddle boards and over 60 acres for hiking that connects to Waterloo Recreation area.

Weekend Camping Passes are PER PERSON not per tent. Kids under 18 are at a discounted price and must register as well.

If two or more people share a tent, each person will need to register and purchase their own pass.

Campers have access to the indoor bathrooms and showers in Chan Hall, the main building at Triple Crane.

3. Full Weekend w/Indoor Accommodations in shared rooms

Your Weekend Residential/Indoors Pass includes a bed in a shared room (2 to 3 people per room), all meals being served Friday night through Sunday Breakfast as well as all Activities for the weekend.

Triple Crane provides bedding and towels for Weekend Residential/Indoor Passes.