Do you have the heartfelt desire to discover the peace that is beyond all understanding? To realize unchanging well-being and clarity amidst the ever-changing movements of your body, mind, senses, and world? To fully experience radical acceptance that calls you to be fully awake and alive?
Join Richard Miller and Ford Peck for this six-day retreat where you will engage in time-tested inquiries that support sincere honesty, deep curiosity, and passionate self-inquiry. Each inquiry offered during retreat can be likened to a stepping stone that supports seeing through and releasing the habitual patterns that can occlude realizing your essential nondual presence. With the release of each constriction you move ever-more deeply into embodying your true essence that is love itself, incarnate, that brings clarity, confidence, and the ability to meet each moment with skillful actions at all levels of body, mind, and spirit. While awakening is independent of technique, contemplative self-inquiry supports authentic realization of your presence-essence that lies beyond all sense of separation.
Silence is precious and nourishes inner reflection, while social interaction grows our ability to integrate the nondual teachings into daily life. Retreat will provide both periods of group silence and opportunities for social interaction around the teachings. The retreat meditation hall will always remain in silence, and those who wish to remain in silence elsewhere during retreat will be offered “Loving Silence” badges so others can respect their desire for maintaining silent self-reflection. Those joining the retreat from home will be encouraged to explore periods of silence during their daily schedule.
Days will offer periods of BodySensing, BreathSensing, and iRest Yoga Nidra to enhance the ability to recognize and release restrictive emotional and cognitive patterns, as well as silent and guided sitting and walking meditation for self-reflection, contemplative self-inquiry, and intimate dialogue.
Tuition:
Early Bird Discount available until April 6, 2024.
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
Schedule
All times are listed in Pacific Time.
Monday, May 6
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. In-person arrival & registration
6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Livestream Zoom orientation
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Program
Tuesday-Friday, May 7-10
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Program
Saturday, May 11
7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Program
Retreat Wellness Policy for in person attendees:
In an attempt to keep the transmission of all illness at bay, a negative covid test is required to attend this event. If you are feeling unwell or exhibiting any symptoms of illness such as cough, fever, runny nose, body aches, etc. please honor your body and the other attendees by staying at home and joining the retreat via live stream.
If you do become ill during your stay you are required to notify a staff member immediately. Depending on the circumstance we will work with you on any necessary isolation measures.
Masks are not required, however you are welcome to wear a mask in any area and any time during retreat to meet your own personal health preferences.
We will continue to hold this retreat online via Zoom in the event that we cannot hold this retreat in person due to illness or any other unforseen event. If you registered to participate in person, you will be given everything you need to successfully participate online and you will be issued a refund of any fees paid for accommodation and/or meals (minus credit card fees). We encourage all participants to join us online in the event that we cannot gather in person, but if you are unable to do so, we will issue a partial refund on tuition if you reach out to shannon@soulofyoga.com.
Which registration option is for me?
We have several registration options available. Review the following to ensure you select the best one for you. A special message for those wishing to attend in person at the retreat center, we encourage you to register as soon as possible for the limited number of spots! We do have an unlimited number of livestream spots. All participants, online and in-person, will receive access to recordings of the retreat.
In-Person (Private Accommodations)
I would like to participate in-person onsite at the San Luis Rey retreat center and stay in a private room without a roommate. My registration price includes tuition, meals, accommodations, digital participant materials, and access to a recording of the retreat. Please note that the Mission San Luis Rey only provides group-use bathrooms/showers. Select “Private” at checkout.
In-Person (Shared Accommodations)
I would like to participate in-person onsite at the Mission San Luis Rey and stay in a shared room with a randomly assigned same-gender roommate with a confirmed negative COVID test. If you and and another attendee would like to room together please email Shannon@soulofyoga.com to be placed in the same room. My registration price includes tuition, meals, accommodations, digital participant materials, and access to a recording of the retreat. Please note that the Mission San Luis Rey only provides group-use bathrooms/showers. Select “Shared” at checkout.
In-person (Commuter, no onsite accommodations)
I would like to participate in-person onsite at the Mission San Luis Rey, but make my own arrangements for accommodations offsite. My registration price includes tuition, meals, digital participant materials, and access to a recording of the retreat. Select “Commuter” at checkout.
Livestream (Online participation)
I would like to participate online via livestream. My registration price includes tuition, digital participant materials, and access to a recording of the retreat. Select “Tuition” at checkout.
Certification:
Included in Yoga Therapy Training – Room and Board additional
Upon completion you will be eligible to register 40 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) with Yoga Alliance (YA).
Venue Information:
Old Mission San Luis Rey Retreat Center – 4050 Mission Ave, Oceanside, CA 92057
Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the event. The closest airports are John Wayne Airport and San Diego International Airport.
Directions from John Wayne Airport to Old Mission San Luis Rey Retreat Center – Approx 57 mins
Faculty:
Richard Miller, PhD is a clinical psychologist, author, researcher, yogic scholar and spiritual teacher. For over 40 years, Richard Miller has devoted his life and work to integrating the nondual wisdom teachings of Yoga, Tantra, Advaita, Taoism and Buddhism with Western psychology. Among his mentors were Jean Klein, T.K.V. Desikachar and Stephen Chang.
Ford Peck is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Certified Yoga Therapist, and has been a teacher of yoga and meditation for over 30 years. After years of exploration in nondual traditions such as Tibetan Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta, and with teachers both in the US and in India, he found himself drawn to the depth and practicality of the teachings of iRest. He is a Senior iRest Trainer as well as an iRest Mentor and Supervisor. His passion is supporting students to find peace with their human experience and a true sense of being at Home in their non dual ground of Being.
