The Depth Teachings of Meditation: Living Your Interconnected Wholeness Retreat
May 4-9, 2026
Oceanside, California
Retreat offers you the opportunity to come home to residing as the peace, wholeness, and freedom that lies within you, waiting to be released. Here you can discover the stillness that lies beneath all change, and the quiet joy of simply being where you feel open, grounded, and free, having discovered that everything you need is already here within you.
Isn’t every moment precious, every moment is a living expression of the Great Mystery—the unfathomable intelligence that births and guides all things. Every moment provides us the opportunity to realize this Mystery as our true home and source from which our life flows. There’s no need to strive for perfection or control. The Mystery ever-flows through each of us, shaping our every experience—always here to guide us back to our most essential nature. We just need to know how to recognize and align to this mysterious force within.
Retreat offers you a safe environment and in-depth practices to help you recognize, awaken to, and embody your essential nature—the indivisible reality that underlies everything and everyone and embraces all dualities. These practices are designed to help you move beyond restrictive conditioned thoughts, beliefs, and emotions, heal inner fractures and traumas, and reconnect you with the indestructible peace, wholeness, and harmony that are fundamental aspects of your essential nature, empowering you with the ability to respond to life’s ever-changing uncertainties and challenges. Meditation from this perspective is not just a practice, but a way of living your life with the confidence and skills with which to navigate each moment, no matter the circumstance.
In meditation, we’ll rest in and as the simplicities of being and awareness—open, receptive, and free from judgment. Through body and breathsensing practices, we’ll connect deeply to the sensations that anchor us in the present moment. Self-inquiry will invite us to inquire, “Who, what, where, and how am I?”—not to find answers, but to touch truths that are beyond thought and ego. And in authentic dialogue, we’ll share insights and reflections, supporting one another as we deepen into the sacred Mystery that has given birth to the entire cosmos.
True wisdom comes not from striving, but from surrendering to life’s natural unfolding. By letting go of fixed goals and concepts, we free ourselves to experience each moment as it is—alive, dynamic, and ever-changing. In this openness, we can realize our essential nature: the stillness and presence that animates all things.
Steeping in silence during retreat nourishes inner reflection, while social interaction grows our ability to integrate the wisdom we enables us to navigate daily life. Therefore, our retreat provides both periods of group silence and opportunities for social interaction around the teachings that are being offered.
Journey with us into the heart of meditation where being, awareness, presence, the Mystery and you are one.
Join in-person at Mission San Luis Rey Retreat Center in Oceanside, California, or online from home to explore:
A map of meditation offering direct insights for reconnecting with your essential nature
Inquiries that reveal your innate omnipresence, eternality, perfection, omniscience, and omnipotence
Silent and guided meditations for self-understanding and awakening
BreathSensing, BodySensing, iRest Yoga Nidra for deep rest and relaxation
Skillful means for releasing restrictive emotional and cognitive patterns
Embodying Inner stillness, peace, and equanimity
Periods of silence and social interaction around the teachings
Opening to creative insight and life-affirming actions
And much more!
I look forward to sharing my love of these precious teachings and being together with you in our community of like-minded practitioners.
Tuition:
Early Bird discount available until April 4, 2026
Livestream Only:
$850 Early Bird, $950 Regular
In Person:
Private Room: $1750 Early Bird, $1850 Regular
Shared Room: $1575 Early Bird, $1675 Regular
Commuter: $1150 Early Bird, $1250 Regular