Open Sky
An Online Mini-Retreat with Henry Shukman and Kelly Boys
Sunday, June 28, 2026
9am-12.30pm PT / 12-3.30pm EST / 5-8.30pm BST / 6-9.30pm CET
Online
Join Henry and Kelly
What if our awareness was as wide and open as a clear blue sky? What would that be like?
It’s not just about laying down our worries and cares, it’s about touching into a deeper awareness, an untroubled awareness – an awareness as broad and clear as the sky above.
We are very excited to offer you the opportunity to experience an extended live practice session with both Henry Shukman and Kelly Boys.
Over this half-day retreat, Henry and Kelly will share a unique blend of their combined teaching. Through Henry’s compassionate guidance and Kelly’s invitational style, you are welcomed into a space of deep rest to explore meditation and loving awareness.
What to expect in a half-day online retreat?
Henry will offer a longer-form meditation that invites opening up to a deeper level of awareness, where we can witness and welcome all our cares and stresses, gently lay them down, and discover a timeless spaciousness.
Kelly will lead an extended session of non sleep deep rest, guiding you into a restoration practice which includes a reset of your nervous system as well as space for inquiry and reflection. She will also offer explorations for how this restful awareness can lead us into glimpses of non-dual experience.
Additionally, Henry and Kelly will share a conversation and host a joint Q&A session, answering your practice questions, and diving deep into the meeting point of their respective teaching styles.
Please note: Kelly’s guidance will include a guided lying down practice, so make sure to have a comfy setup, such as a yoga mat and pillow/blanket nearby! A couch or bed will also do just fine.
A space just for you
Halfway through the year, there’s a natural invitation to pause. To stop, look up, breathe, and simply be.
That’s what this session is about: dropping into meditation and open awareness practice in the company of two teachers who will guide you into a quality of spaciousness that is always already here. We’ll touch into a stillness beneath the busyness, and an openness that needs nothing added to it.
Retreat Schedule
Here’s what students have said about Henry and Kelly’s teaching
Kelly is a masterful teacher who brings her warm and loving heart, intellectual fortitude, her longtime interest in self-inquiry, her deep ease of being, as well as her grounded presence to her teachings.
Kelly is a skillful teacher who delivers wisdom teachings of meditation and self-inquiry in a manner that makes them easily accessible to all. Her innate curiosity enables participants to deeply rest and relax while learning to intimately explore the nature of their own experience.
The way Henry Shukman ‘landed’ us into deeper levels of consciousness — often using poetry as a vehicle for getting us there. And allowing us collectively to notice and sit with that shift without saying a word.
Open Sky: Online Mini Retreat
$45
- 3.5hrs of deeply restful and restorative practice with Henry and Kelly
- Subscribers of The Way enjoy a 20% discount on all live events. Check your email for your special discount code. For any questions, email info@thewayapp.com
About your teachers
Henry Shukman
Henry is an authorized Zen Master in the Sanbo Zen lineage, the co-founder of The Way meditation app, and the Spiritual Director Emeritus of Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In addition to teaching meditation, Henry is an award-winning author and poet. His struggles and traumatic experiences as a youth, combined with a spontaneous awakening experience at 19, paved the way for Henry to develop a well-rounded approach to healing and awakening through meditation.
Kelly Boys
Kelly Boys is a mindfulness trainer and coach, and specializes in the NSDR (non sleep deep rest) practice of yoga nidra. Kelly has co-designed and delivered mindfulness and resilience programs at the UN, Google, and in San Quentin State Prison. She specializes in mindfulness-based yoga nidra meditation. Kelly is an advisor to The Way, and her voice can be found on the Oura Ring, Mindfulness.com, the Simple Habit app, and the Waking Up app. Kelly is passionate about the intersection of spiritual awakening and applied mindfulness, and enjoys coaching people on their blind spots. She is currently writing a book, Deep Rest, out in 2027.
Recordings
The session will be recorded. If you can’t attend live, or simply want to revisit the session, we’ll share the recording a few days after the event.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the session, please contact our team at info@thewayapp.com.
We’re happy to assist and look forward to having you join us.
