Mission
and Purpose
Our mission is to provide a comfortable home environment, space
and land for small groups to work toward personal transformation,
increased interpersonal awareness, social justice, and compassion
for all sentient beings. We rent the buildings and grounds
to instructors, trainers and facilitators who are looking for
residential space in which to hold their workshops or retreats.
We are particular to leaders who further the greater good through
increased physical, emotional and spiritual health.
 Values
White Lotus Retreat Center is grounded in values of deep
listening, understanding, open communication, and loving
kindness. We respect diverse people, ideas, styles and
communities, and seek to promote multicultural awareness
and social justice. We honor learning through humor, play,
experiential, contemplative and cognitive modalities. We
encourage awareness of self and others.
History
White Lotus Retreat Center is a non-sectarian retreat center with Buddhist
history and imagery. Our name White Lotus Retreat Center was given by
Venerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang
Dongyal Rinpoche of the Nyingma Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
and founders of Padmasambhava International during the
tenure of Jerry and Chris Rothman, founders of White Lotus Retreat Center
and the Center for Grief Recovery, Chicago. Through their
blessings, our center is meant to be a place of practice:
we are interested in attracting people who value increased
awareness and compassion through slowing down, reflection
and intentionality.
www.padmasambhava.org
www.griefcounselor.org
We invite workshop facilitators
to bring their
services to our retreat center and make use
of its
supportive and nurturing environment.
Proprietors
Carol Jungman, managing partner of White Lotus Retreat Center, is also an intercultural
trainer, group dynamics and organization development consultant with over 16 years of experience.
Carol has facilitated and co-created individual, couple, family and specialized
group programs for Fortune 1000 companies and has designed and led staff retreats
and strategic planning sessions for small and mid-size businesses and not-for-profits.
She was also a leader in the Chicago Transpersonal Psychology Network for several
years. Prior to that, Carol lived and worked in Finland and Israel, and traveled
extensively throughout Europe. She received her Bachelor’s degree in
business and journalism and her Master’s degree in organization development.
David Fireman, partner of White Lotus Retreat Center, is
a practicing social worker with over a dozen years of experience.
David offers individual, couples, family, and group counseling,
with traditional emphasis and, as appropriate, enhanced with
alternative and transpersonal methods such as guided imagery
and eastern forms of meditation. In his position as
director of the Center for Grief Recovery, David is building
a depth psychotherapy practice dedicated to serving clients
of all ages, and developing new and innovative programs such
as "Aging Gracefully Education" and a "Men's
Group for Growth." David is an active workshop presenter,
graduate of Matrix Leadership, Victories of the Heart Introductory
Weekend, and The Center's Guided Imagery Training. He has served as an adjunct professor at The University of Chicago
and Jane Adams College of Social Work, UIC. As past president
of the Transpersonal Psychology Network Chicago, David is
committed to practices developing human consciousness and
balanced living.
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