"It’s hard to think of any part of the journey that did not work well for me. The preparation calls, creating my intention, the setting, the incredible supportive group, the schedule, the support from the team, how you made each phase work to support the journey, the care you all demonstrated during the experience to make it feel safe, the group sharing and the followup calls. I have been part of countless business retreats over the years and never experienced the care and professionalism that was part of this Journey experience.”
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 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 Dukka (Suffering) – where the stories, conditions, and wounds we have held during our life or even through 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. Letting go of the illusions of control, ignorance and confusion – to make way for our essential nature to arise; our authentic expression of who we truly are beyond the conditioning.
Awakening is about death and rebirth. The death of who we thought we were to emerge into the light of who we truly are. This truth rises through the heart with an undeniable power and sense of wholeness. Yet when this evolutionary shift occurs, the mind often needs support to surrender into this undeniable reality. That is where this sacred container comes in.
For many of us, awakening happens in stages. We get a glimpse of our boundless potential, yet our trauma, wounds and unfinished kamma pulls us back down to the gravitational field of the ego’s dominant purview. Yet from that point of encounter with one’s soul nature, it is no longer possible to live in the potency of a cause & effect reality in our former ignorance. Integrity and virtue, honesty and sincerity become the path for one’s gradual unfoldment. And when we don’t adhere to that which is true to resonance, we suffer in powerfully disruptive ways.
This retreat is designed for travelers of the path of the awakened heart. A path that is not meant to be walked alone. 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 this critical phase in your journey?
If you have found this retreat, it may be time for you to take that courageous step forward; 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. The embodiment of your precious truth.
Prior to the weekend:
Thursday 7/23
Friday 7/24
Saturday 7/25
Sunday 7/26
* Note: Optional Body work services available throughout the weekend
After the Weekend:
Your safety is our highest priority. Before engaging in this program, you will be screened for physical and mental health conditions to ensure readiness for the experience. Our team of highly skilled facilitators will help you prepare for, navigate, and properly integrate your journey to ensure the most beneficial and harmonious experience possible. The facilitation team will include at least one mental health professional, trauma-informed specialist, and CPR certification holder on-site at all times.
Overall, the experience was superbly executed. The lead team ran the event seamlessly and created a wonderful nurturing environment. Personally, I had a beautiful experience through every step of the process from preparation, to the weekend workshops, to the journey and integration. I left the weekend feeling excited about the future. I felt very centered and energized as I re-entered my day to day life the following week. I would highly recommend this experience for anyone who is looking to discover more balance, peace and deep meaning in their lives.”
The Journey of Awakening is a four-day, three-night experience taking place at the Communitas Sanctuary. Located on 11 pristine acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains, this temple space is designed to awaken the heart and enliven the soul. The Sanctuary features:
“My personal journey has always been one of becoming a better human. I am successful and fulfilled professional, with a thoughtful and extensive spiritual practice… that was lying dormant in my past and was almost forgotten. I longed to remember and reconnect with my deepest, strongest, most generative self: My trust in this group of facilitators opened an avenue for doing so in a way that is fast, deep and viscerally imprinting that is unforgettable. Thanks to their extraordinary care in preparation, environment, atmosphere, ceremonial wisdom and music (truly “of the spheres”). Some undeniable and clear certitudes came to me in response to my inner questions and unsettled wonderings. I never felt unsafe for a minute. Neither could i ever misunderstand this Journey as a recreational event devoid of purpose. The SpArc facilitates us receiving the healing, wise power of the medicines that allow us to realize, gratefully and reverently, how connected we are to everything and everyone.”
(Founder and Lead Ceremonial Facilitator)
Since experiencing a life-redefining psychedelic rebirth in 2008, Ehren has pursued the mindful study and use of sacramental entheogenic compounds as cornerstones of self-actualization, spiritual growth, peak performance, and servant leadership…
Over the past 16 years, this path of inner discovery has evolved through a life devoted to ceremonial practice, high-performance training, transformational event curation, and psychedelic facilitation. To date, Ehren has facilitated over 200 high-dose, 1-on-1 ceremonial journeys and served as lead facilitator for over a dozen psychedelic retreats throughout the world. He specializes in curating experiences that honor a deep sense of psychological safety, personal empowerment, shadow navigation, and initiation into awakening our true human potential.
Ehren is a CTA and ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Psychedelic Coaching Institute Certified Coach (CCP1), Chief Creative Officer for The Quest, master ceremonialist, certified harm reductionist, writer, anthropologist, loving husband, and proud father of three little ladies. I am devoted to healing, personal growth, and service in all facets of my life.
(Co-facilitator and Ecstatic Dance DJ Spirit Animal)
For 15 years, Renee has served at the confluence of Western medicine executive leadership and spiritual, ceremonial psychedelic culture. By vocation, she has implemented health technology systems…
National programs, and innovative projects spanning the globe, delivering solutions for client care at Mission Hospital, the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, and Well-Star Health Systems. Her spiritual work has involved a deep devotion to the ethical and intentional use, facilitation, and support of psychedelic medicine experiences in both ecstatic culture and ritual guidance. Renee specializes in compassionate space holding for those moving through powerful emotional and spiritual emergence, often using sound healing tools and technologies.
( Assistant Facilitator & Breathwork Facilitator)
After 25 years as a celebrated theater director, artist and myth master storyteller, Aaron has spent the past three years immersed in the intentional psychedelic space and its complementary modalities. In 2024 he became a Third Wave Psychedelic Certified Coach (CCP6) followed by becoming certified in Elemental Rhythm Breathwork in 2025….
Later that year, he completed training with Beyond Protocol, which was taught by indigenous healers across the globe. Around the same time, with the intention of building a stronger relationship with the land he stewards, he became certified in Permaculture Landscape Design with Wild Abundance. In January of this year, he travelled to Huautla, Mexico to sit in ceremony with Eugenia Casimiro in the Mazateca tradition of the Ninos Santos.
He now sees his life in theatre, where he sought catharsis through ritual, as the essential foundation of his calling: to collaborate in the next evolution of Ceremony, in service to our collective health and unity.
(Chef & Community Leader)
Outside of Asheville, North Carolina
(Exact location provided upon acceptance into the retreat)
CONTACT:
Evolutionary Education®
EMAIL:
info@evolutionaryeducation.org
