Jun 17
Thursday
Sky Lake’s Snapping Turtles, Owls, Hawks & Deer Welcome a New Director
By Steve Derrickson
The appointment of Ms. Katy Bray as director-in-residence marks the beginning of a new phase at Sky Lake Lodge, a rural Shambhala retreat and contemplative center. Just nine years after it was founded, Sky Lake’s recent evolution has embraced diversification and change. With a growing membership that currently includes118 people and an incredibly unified local community, this former hunting lodge offers incredible richness in the drala-rich Shawangunk mountains.
Sky Lake Lodge is unique in the Shambhala mandala. Set on seventeen acres of forest: famed for biodiversity, dramatic cliffs and world class climbing – all within ninety miles of Manhattan and easily accessible by bus, car, on foot, or even up the Hudson river via canoe. Continue…