The World Peace Sanctuary

Sound for Inner Peace creates World Peace!   Wassaic, New York-USA

July 13, 2024 On this very hot and humid Saturday, guests welcomed the cool indoor community space at The World Peace Sanctuary. A group of fourteen people gathered to experience the guided sound meditation, provided by Cristina Reyes-Schleifer, Certified Sound Practitioner. Sound Meditation is offered on the second Saturday of every month- at 3:00 p.m. …

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Pathways to Peace Representative visits May Peace Prevail On Earth International, headquarters-Wassaic, NY-USA

May 28, 2024 Rigor Jani, Program Coordinator at Pathways to Peace traveled from Staten Island for a first time visit to The World Peace Sanctuary. Pathways To Peace (PTP) is an international Peacebuilding, educational, and consulting organization. For over four decades, PTP has been actively making Peace a lived reality. PTP is an UN-designated Peace Messenger Organization…

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SOUND MEDITATION – Saturday – March 16th at the World Peace Sanctuary – Wassaic, New York-USA

As March was already giving us hints of the renewal in nature, we were delighted to renew our sense of community and well being at The World Peace Sanctuary. As always, Facilitator, Cristina Reyes-Schleifer uses “sound” as a tool to enhance the meditation process to foster calmness and inner peace. Guests attended from Poughkeepsie, Pawling,…

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Rising Sun Montessori School Peace Pole Dedication Ceremony, El Dorado Hills, California-USA

March 11, 2024 Rising Sun Montessori School, located in El Dorado Hills, CA, is happy to join the Peace Pole Project. Students and teachers (grades PreK – 8) gathered around the school garden to hold a very special dedication ceremony in honor of our beloved school founder, Margarita Tavera Rivera. Ms.Margarita passed away on Dec…

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World Peace Sound Bath in Recognition of the International Day of Peace at The World Peace Sanctuary, Wassaic, NY – USA

Saturday, September 23, 2023 Many are familiar with sound bath as healing therapy that uses sound frequencies to create an environment of relaxation and well-being. During the “sound” bath, Cristina Reyes-Schleifer, Sound Practitioner uses a variety of instruments, such as gongs, singing bowls, tuning forks, chimes, and bells to create a soothing atmosphere. The sound…

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Summer Forest Foraging Feast Celebration at The World Peace Sanctuary, Wassaic, New York-USA

June 25, 2023 Threatening thunderstorms remained at bay—  Jessica Rose Lee, community herbalist and forager schooled us on urban foraging as the definition offers is an intimate study and interaction with the living world around us, singling out a weed, berry, or mushroom.  Learning its name and properties, to include its nutritional value, what it tastes like, and where…

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First Peace Pole at Camp Ramah & Counselors first 2023 annual bike tour to The World Peace Sanctuary, Wassaic, New York – USA

June 22, 2023 Camp Ramah in the Berkshire Mountains in Wingdale, New York, is one of nine overnight summer camps and three-day camps affiliated with the Conservative Movement of Judaism and the National Ramah Commission.   Camp Ramah youth counselors always take the first bike tour, without the young campers, to establish the safety provisions. Distance…

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