About Osage Forest of Peace

Upcoming Retreats at Osage Forest of Peace

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Entering the Forest is a peaceful experience and you'll have the opportunity to meditate in a beautiful Meditation Chapel with large windows looking out into the woods. Other meditation areas include a traditional Zen Garden, a woodland labyrinth for walking meditation, and an underground meditation chamber (the Cave of the Mothers) with wonderful acoustics for chanting.

Our retreat center also has a trail system along wooded bluffs with views of Shell Lake and downtown Tulsa. You can rent a cabin to experience the peaceful setting overnight for your own personal retreat. Our rental rates include three meals a day in our dining room, where you'll eat alongside other guests and residents of our community. The Forest also offers a full range of programs and retreats on meditation and spiritual topics.

You have a range of options to experience meditation in a way that suits you. You might choose to join our resident community for meditation held Tuesday through Saturday at 7:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, or 4:45 p.m., and on Sunday at 9:45 a.m. in our Meditation Chapel. Here you'll experience a meditation of 25 to 45 minutes with others who can help guide you.

Or, you may wish to simply rake the Zen Garden as you contemplate the prayer flags in the trees overhead. If you prefer to move while meditating, walking the labyrinth or hiking the trails will give you a chance to reconnect with nature. The Cave of the Mothers provides you with a dark, quiet place where you will be amazed by the sound of your chanting reverberating all around you.

Meals

Menu Types

Breakfasts are a self-serve buffet style with cereal, oatmeal, yogurt, toppings such as nuts and raisins, hard-boiled eggs, and a variety of milks from dairy to dairy free. On weekends, we additionally offer a variety of breads and toppings for toast. Lunch is our main meal of the day and is eaten together in community. Before the meal, we all circle around the table for a blessing and to introduce ourselves. Food options typically include a meat, a variety of vegetables, tofu or other protein for vegetarians, salad bar, and a healthy dessert. Supper is a light meal and is eaten together in community. Food options typically include a hearty soup, a meat, a variety of vegetables, crackers, salad bar, and a healthy dessert.

Getting Here

Location icon Osage Forest of Peace, 141 Monastery Road, Sand Springs, OK, United States

Directions

FROM TULSA: Take Hwy 64 West past the town of Sand Springs; exit at 177 West Avenue. Turn RIGHT on 177 West Avenue and drive about 1 mile to Anderson Road. Turn LEFT on Anderson Road. Continue about ½ mile to the entrance to the Shell Creek West housing division. Turn RIGHT into Shell Creek West housing division. Turn RIGHT at Lakeview Drive. Continue until you see Monastery Road. Turn RIGHT onto Monastery Road until you come to the parking lot for Osage.

Customer Reviews

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Forestbathing with Courtney!
What a fabulous experience this morning with two dear friends with the guidance of Courtney O’Malley. She led us through several focusing exercises and offered a safe place with beautiful fall surroundings for this respite from all things electronics and city. Overcast skies and cool temperatures with not another human in sight. Osage Forest of Peace is such a treasure!!

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Retreat
It was an amazing experience! Definitely will be back!❤️❤️❤️

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Personal & group retreat
Easy, friendly check-in, comfortable cabin, welcoming trees, outstanding staff, great food

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Welcoming, Comfortable, and Moving Retreat Center
I am very grateful for the hospitality and acceptance given to me by the staff at Osage Forest of Peace. In addition to the staff, the Forest is a special place, and I was overcome with reverence the moment I stepped foot on the property. I originally intended to do a silent retreat in solitude, but I found that the fellow retreaters and staff were so kind and accepting during our shared times at dinner and meditation that I couldn't help but get to know them. I come from a Buddhist background, and I was glad to see statues and artwork of the Buddha throughout the grounds. This community is very welcoming to other spiritual traditions than Christianity-- something difficult to find in Oklahoma. The rate for lodging was very reasonable, and the delicious meals were provided by a professional chef and offered many options for dietary preferences/needs. Lastly, I highly recommend a spiritual direction session with David. He was kind, accepting, and wise in his advice. I can't speak highly enough of this experience. I was drawn to the Forest to work through a personal challenge, and I felt supported and guided to do just that.

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Oblate Retreat
It was a blessed retreat in a very sacred sanctuary. There is a special PRESENCE in the Forest.

Mission & Vision

The Osage Forest of Peace is an interspiritual contemplative retreat center, providing sacred space for individual retreats, group retreats, or a day of respite from the busy world. The staff is comprised of a resident community of people from a variety of spiritual and religious backgrounds. We value simplicity, compassion and diverse approaches to the Sacred. Osage Forest of Peace provides an environment that is supportive of all those who desire to engage in "dialogue of the heart" through prayer and meditation.

Come and experience the beauty of 43 wooded acres on a ridge between Keystone Lake and Shell Lake, just 20 minutes from downtown Tulsa. The Forest features nearly three miles of hiking trails with beautiful views, a woodland labyrinth, a Zen Garden, and a Cave of the Mothers meditation chamber. There are many peaceful places for prayer and meditation. 

We invite you to come and savor the stillness of the Forest, drinking from the wellsprings of the great spiritual traditions. At the Forest of Peace, you'll be welcomed by contemplative silence and a resident community who lives simply and offers hospitality to all who seek a deeper spiritual practice.