Our Program

It is our mission to cultivate a lifestyle that fosters inner growth and helps people to find meaning and purpose in life again. We believe that all of us have everything it takes to create a peaceful, equitable and sustainable existence. All we have to do is renew our relationship with ourselves and our environment.

Get to know our wonderful programs that are created to help you on your journey to your new life!

	Meditation During the meditation exercises we dedicate a certain period of time entirely to cultivating mindfulness. There is a blend of guided and silent meditation sessions, during which you will get acquainted with breathing meditation, listening meditation, walking meditation, forgiveness meditation, meditation on compassion, loving kindness and equanimity.
	Yoga This ancient Indian practice provides us with an effective method for dismantling compulsive behaviors and triggers, achieving self-confidence, regaining physical health, and learning physical and mental self-control. Yoga helps us restore inner balance and thus it helps us to prevent physical and emotional suffering.
	Excursions and Relaxation An important part of our program is going outside of the Foundation boundaries. Life outside of the Foundation is just as important as activities on the premises, so every Sunday we organize an excursion for any visitor to join – whether resident, volunteer or guest. The excursion destination is decided together every week so everyone gets a vote in what we do. We also have an onsite massage therapist to help you relax even more.
	Sustainable Agriculture It is New Life’s goal to be self-sustaining. All staff and residents are committed to explore harmonious ways to coexist with nature and find local sources of food. We have 65 acres of land where we grow our own rice, corn, vegetables and fruit using organic and bio-intensive gardening techniques.
	Enneagram For more than 1000 years the enneagram has been used to gain understanding of the human mind. At the New Life Foundation we use Enneagram to discover our inner potential and gain understanding of ourselves and those around us.
	Art Therapy We organize various art therapy workshops at New Life: painting, drawing, pottery, and many other forms of art. The goal of these workshops is always to gain understanding; understanding of our emotions, our thoughts and our feelings.
	Relapse Prevention At New Life Foundation we offer Relapse Prevention Training (RPT). In RPT residents learn to recognize high-risk situations for continued drug use, including both external and internal stimuli.  Residents are taught a set of skills designed to cope with these stimuli and reduce the likelihood that they will return to drug use.
	Compassionate Sharing During all the activities that involve communication we use compassionate sharing as a tool to understand each other’s feelings and needs. We listen mindfully to others, without judging, and we express ourselves honestly; we communicate with empathy and respect.
	Creative Living New Life organizes workshops that use music, movement and play to let the participants explore their own creative potential.
	12 Steps and Group sharing Several times a week there are Buddhist recovery meetings and the opportunity to join 12-steps and speaker’s meetings. The goal of these group sessions is to learn from each other by confronting, supporting and sharing with each other in our recovery. In these group sessions we will have silent meditation as well as discussions about how spirituality and mindfulness can aid us in our recovery.