PLEASE NOTE Attending only a few retreats is not an option. Once your place is reserved, our costs are the same whether you are there or not, as we make lodging arrangements well in advance. Therefore, a decision to join the two-year Soul Care Institute is a commitment to attend and participate in each of the six retreats. We understand that emergencies arise and it may be unavoidable to miss a particular retreat. (It is possible for a student to attend a makeup retreat.) However, after attendance at the first retreat, the commitment to the Institute is the commitment to pay all of the total cost of $7,800 whether in lump sum, monthly or the six partial payments; whether attending or absent from a particular retreat.