There comes a time in many of our lives where the journey of self-discovery asks for us to face a deeper and more profound truth than the mind can ever hope to understand.  For some, this truth may arise spontaneously during an ecstatic experience where the heart soars open upon the winds of infinite possibility.  Yet for many, this path is revealed through the wheel of Samsara (Suffering) – where the stories, conditions, and wounds we have held for generations start to break down in the face of a deeper rising awareness.  And it’s in those precious moments of rapture and despair, that the soul whispers for us to remember. To let go of the lies and confusion of a subjective mind in conflict with the world around it – to make way for our authentic nature to arise.  To seek out that eternal expression of who we truly are.

Awakening is about death and rebirth.  The death of who we thought we were to emerge into the light of who we truly are. Beyond space, time, conditions and forms – there is an all pervasive loving intelligence.  It unites all life in an ever unfolding symphony of radical vitality and creative expression.  It is the raw quintessence within all things, yet transcends all form.  Yet when this truth rises through the heart, it is undeniable in its power, authenticity and wholeness.  And when this evolutionary shift occurs, the mind begins its process of deep and genuine healing to prepare to surrender into this undeniable reality. 

For many of us, awakening happens in stages.  We get a glimpse of a boundless.. limitless love, yet our trauma, wounds and unfinished karmic work pulls us back down to the gravitational field of the ego’s dominant purview.  But we can’t unknow what we truly know.  From that point, it is no longer possible to live the lie of a right and wrong, cause & effect reality in our former ignorance.  Integrity and virtue, honesty and sincerity become the path for our gradual unfoldment.  And when we don’t adhere to that which is true to that resonance, we suffer in powerfully disruptive ways.  Yet at the heart of it all, there is a fire that is burning and alive.  Guiding us ever deeper toward a profound sense of home. 

This retreat is designed for sacred travelers of the path of the awakened heart. A path that is not meant to be walked alone. As we are tribe. We are family.  What are you genuinely ready to let go of?  What no longer serves your soul?  What does your body, mind, and spirit need to enrichen, enliven and nurture the full emergence of your essential nature? And how can sacred medicine, mindfulness, self-inquiry, ceremony, radical creative expression and spiritual family support you on your Quest?  

If you have found this retreat, it may be time for you to take that courageous step into the infinite unknown.  Guided by heart, driven by love, anchored in truth.  This is your Rites of Passage – and we are honored to walk alongside you as you choose to become that which you have always been meant to be.  Sovereign. Whole. Limitless. Awake.