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SOLD OUT – The Sangha is the New Guru: May 20-23 with Regina Dawn Akers

The Sangha is the New Guru

Monday – Thursday~ May 20-23

With Regina Dawn Akers at the Awakening Together Retreat House in La Veta, CO

It has been said that more than 50% of the members of an effective sangha are likely to awaken. The Sanskrit word, “sangha,” literally means community. Specifically, it refers to a community that is dedicated to spiritual awakening. The primary qualities of sangha are: Members genuinely live the spiritual teachings they study; they speak and teach from their own authentic experience; they support one another on the spiritual path. Awakening Together was designed by inner guidance to be a sangha rather than a guru-centered collective. At this retreat, you will learn how the sangha is its own teacher, and you will hone the skills that are important for each member of a highly effective sangha. Come, and learn how to genuinely support awakening, both for you and for your friends.

Retreat Schedule
Retreat hours will be 8:45-6pm each day.

All Inclusive Retreat Fee: $1,075
$150 non-refundable deposit
REGISTRATION CLOSED

Retreat Only Option: $595
$50 non-refundable deposit
REGISTRATION CLOSED

 

The all inclusive rate includes the retreat fee, 5 nights shared or dorm lodging
at the retreat house and meals. The retreat only option includes the retreat fee and meals.
Meals: Dinner Sunday through breakfast Friday.

Registration closes on May 5th at 5pm ET – SOLD OUT

How To Get Here
Shuttle Information
Contact Us

 

Are you traveling to La Veta? If you are attending an in-person retreat in La Veta, please be aware that the layout of the Retreat House requires participants to climb stairs several times a day. Please contact us to discuss any physical or mobility limitations and any health restrictions (e.g., heart and lung) prior to registering, so we can make sure we are able to accommodate your needs.

REGISTRATION CLOSED-Golf in the Kingdom: June 10-14 with Jacquelyn Eckert and Connie Poole

Golf in the Kingdom

Monday – Friday ~ June 10-14

With Jacquelyn Eckert and Connie Poole at the Awakening Together Retreat House in La Veta, CO

 

The Join us for an enlightening 5-day retreat guided by Jacquelyn Eckert and Connie Poole. This one-of-a-kind retreat blends the wisdom of non-dual spirituality with the profound teachings of golf, drawing inspiration from “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” “Golf in the Kingdom,” and “Zen Golf.” 

What to Expect:
Discover Your Authentic Swing: Explore the parallels between finding your authentic golf swing and discovering your true self. Through guided discussions and golf clinics, you’ll learn to align your inner and outer harmony.

Embrace the Present Moment: Cultivate mindfulness and presence on and off the golf course. Dive deep into meditation and mindfulness practices, enhancing your ability to stay centered in the moment.

Surrender to the Flow: Learn to let go of conscious control and tap into the flow state. Understand how to navigate the mental game of golf with grace and ease, even in challenging situations.

Integration and Departure: Bring it all together as you reflect on the lessons learned. Leave with practical tools to apply these teachings not only to your golf game but to your daily life.

Who Should Attend:
This retreat is open to golfers of all levels and spiritual seekers looking to deepen their understanding of non-dual spirituality through the lens of golf. Whether you’re a seasoned golfer or a beginner, this retreat offers valuable insights for personal growth and self-discovery.

Facilitators:
Jacquelyn Eckert and Connie Poole bring a wealth of experience in non-dual spirituality and mindfulness practices and a life-long love of the game of golf. Their combined expertise will guide you on a transformative journey toward Self-awareness, using golf as a powerful backdrop.

Join Us:
Immerse yourself in the tranquility and beauty of a serene retreat location and nearby golf course and embark on a spiritual journey that merges golf, mindfulness, and non-dual spirituality. Take a swing at self-mastery and discover the profound connections between your golf game and your life’s journey.

Don’t miss this opportunity to join Jacquelyn and Connie for “Golf in the Kingdom” Reserve your spot today and embark on a transformative adventure unlike any other.

Retreat Schedule

The retreat will begin on Monday at 9am and end by 3pm on Friday.

All Inclusive Retreat Fee: $1,325
$150 non-refundable deposit

REGISTRATION CLOSED

Retreat Only Option: $750
$50 non-refundable deposit

REGISTRATION CLOSED


The all inclusive rate includes the retreat fee, greens fees, 6 nights shared or dorm lodging at the retreat house (Sun-Sat) and meals. The retreat only option includes the retreat fee, greens fees and meals. Meals: Dinner Sunday through breakfast Saturday.

Registration closes on May 26th at 5pm ET

How To Get Here
Shuttle Information
Contact Us
Scholarship Opportunities

 

Are you traveling to La Veta? If you are attending an in-person retreat in La Veta, please be aware that the layout of the Retreat House requires participants to climb stairs several times a day. Please contact us to discuss any physical or mobility limitations and any health restrictions (e.g., heart and lung) prior to registering, so we can make sure we are able to accommodate your needs.

CANCELED-The Well of Being: July 17-20 with John Astin

The Well of Being
A Retreat with John Astin

Wednesday – Saturday
 July 17-20, 2024

At the Awakening Together Retreat House
in La Veta, Colorado

Come join psychologist, spiritual teacher, and songwriter John Astin for a 4-day retreat. exploring the inconceivably rich fabric of moment to moment experience, tasting, touching, reveling in the ever-present presence of whatever is here, reality itself, revealing through every thought, every feeling and every perception, its astonishingly beautiful and profound nature.

Through a series of guided meditative inquiries, dialogue and music, John will invite you to drop down into the deep and fathomless well of your own being, the miraculous presence of life itself. It is here, right where we find ourselves in this very instant, where the true well-being can be found, a well-being that doesn’t come and go but shines forth as all comings and goings.

Retreat Schedule

The retreat will begin on Wednesday at 9am and end by 6pm on Saturday.

All Inclusive Retreat Fee: $1,250
$150 non-refundable deposit
REGISTRATION CLOSED

Retreat Only Option: $695
$50 non-refundable deposit
REGISTRATION CLOSED

Registration closes on June 16th at 5pm ET

The all inclusive rate includes the retreat fee, 5 nights shared or dorm lodging at the retreat house, breakfast and dinner. The retreat only option includes the retreat fee (no lodging or meals). 

How To Get Here
Shuttle Information
Contact Us
Lodging Options
Ride Share Information

Scholarship Opportunities

 

Are you traveling to La Veta? If you are attending an in-person retreat in La Veta, please be aware that the layout of the Retreat House requires participants to climb stairs several times a day. Please contact us to discuss any physical or mobility limitations and any health restrictions (e.g., heart and lung) prior to registering, so we can make sure we are able to accommodate your needs.

REGISTRATION CLOSED: 2024 Pilgrimage Itinerary: New Mexico Sept 15-22

Join us for an introspective contemplative pilgrimage to New Mexico, USA where we will join together to take our next steps on our spiritual journey.

DAY 0 – Sunday, September 15,
La Veta, Colorado

🚌Airport Shuttle, 🍽️ dinner included.

Arrive at the Colorado Springs Airport before 3 p.m. MT and we will drive to La Veta to join at the retreat house for dinner and preliminary instructions.

DAY 1 – Monday, September 16, Taos, New Mexico

Breakfast Breakfast, 🍱 bag lunch, 🍽️ dinner included.

After breakfast at the Awakening Together Retreat House in lovely La Veta, Colorado, we will visit Colorado’s oldest town, San Luis. Perched high atop a mesa in the center of town, rests the beautiful Shrine of the Stations of the Cross. To access the shrine, head up the dirt path, which is less than a mile long, to the top of the mesa. Along the trail are a series of bronze statues that intricately depict the last hours of Jesus Christ’s life. Each station is adorned with a plaque inscribed with Bible Scriptures. There are a total of 15 stations, with the last one at the top depicting Christ’s resurrection.

In the afternoon, we will visit Taos Pueblo, a living Indigenous Peoples community located at the base of the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountain range. The multi-storied adobe buildings in the community have been continuously inhabited for over 1,000 years.

Taos Pueblo is an ancient pueblo (village) belonging to a Taos-speaking Native American tribe. It lies about 1 mile north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico.

Later in the day, we will visit St. Francis of Assisi Misson Church. Built between 1772 and 1816 when New Mexico was part of the Vice-Royalty of New Spain, it was the subject of several paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe, and photographs by Ansel Adams, Paul Strand and Ned Scott. Georgia O’Keeffe described it as “one of the most beautiful buildings left in the United States by the early Spaniards.”

We will end the day with dinner at our VRBO in Taos where we will also be lodging for the night.

DAY 2, Tuesday, September 17, Abiquiu, NM

Breakfast Breakfast, 🍱 bag lunch, 🍽️ dinner included.

We will travel from the VRBO in Taos on a day trip to Abiquiu.

We will begin our day at the Ghost Ranch. The Ghost Ranch has a reputation as a “thin place” — where the boundaries between the divine and the physical world fall away — dating back to ancestral Pueblans and Spanish colonists who called the area Piedra Lumbre, the Valley of Shining Stone. On three sides, 700-foot cliff faces are striped with desert colors, from dramatic maroon to sparkly white and yellow, advancing and receding as clouds shift across the sky. To the south, the Rio Chama valley draws the eye toward the blue-gray silhouette of Cerro Pedernal. The lopsided mountain appears in dozens of works by artist Georgia O’Keeffe, who once wrote that God told her if she painted the Pedernal enough, “I could have it.”

We will also visit Plaza Blanca, or the ‘white place’. Plaza Blanca rests protected and guarded in a valley of the Rio Chama hills.  Made famous by a 1940 painting by Georgia O’Keeffe, the sense inside the walls and spires of white sandstone is that it’s been long forgotten; so lonely that it whispers to itself for company.

Near Plaza Blanca, you will find the Dar Al-Islam Mosque, the first planned Islamic community in the United States. The Mosque is dedicated to cultivating greater understanding of Islam among Americans of all faiths in order to establish commonalities and build stronger relationships.

We will end the day with dinner at our VRBO in Taos where we will also be lodging.

Day 3 – Wednesday, September 18, Taos, NM

Breakfast Breakfast, 🍱 bag lunch, 🍽️ dinner included.

Today, we will have a leisurely visit to the healing waters of Ojo Caliente Hot Springs. The hot springs are included in your pilgrimage fee. If you’d like to enjoy optional spa services, you will be able to reserve those services for an extra fee. You will also be able to get lunch on your own at the spa. Be sure to bring your swimsuit!

 

We will end the day with free time in Taos Plaza for shopping. And we will return to our VRBO in Taos where we will have dinner and be lodging.

Day 4 – Thursday, September 19, Chimayo, NM

Breakfast Breakfast, 🍱 bag lunch included.

Today, we will visit Chimayo Sanctuary.Chimayo, a little adobe church in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico, is one of the most visited holy sites in America. It’s known for its holy dirt that’s said to have healing properties. Chimayo’s fame spread to the larger world around the year 1810, when, according to legend, a local friar saw a light springing from one of the hills near the Santa Cruz River. After following it to its source, he found in the earth a crucifix bearing a dark-skinned Jesus. The local villagers paid homage to the relic and then took it to a church in nearby Santa Cruz. Mysteriously, during the night the crucifix returned to its original location. After this happened two more times, the locals built a small chapel to house the crucifix in Chimayo.

In the afternoon, we will also visit Bandelier National Monument, which protects over 33,000 acres of rugged but beautiful canyon and mesa country.  Here there is evidence of a human presence going back over 11,000 years.  Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and standing masonry walls pay tribute to the early days of a culture that still survives in the surrounding communities. We will visit these cliff dwellings of the ancient Pueblo people–dwellings built against the rock face, several stories tall.  We will also have the opportunity to hike as the Bandelier National Monument has over 70 miles of trail within its boundaries, many leading to Ancestral Pueblo sites.

We will retire at the end of the day at The Lodge of Santa Fe and we will each be able to walk into Santa Fe for dinner at the restaurant of our choosing.

Day 5 – Friday, September 20, Santa Fe, NM

In Santa Fe, we visit the famed Loretto Chapel, with its curved staircase; the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis;and the Chapel of San Miguel, built in the early 17th century and considered the oldest church in America.

Next, we will visit Santa Fe Plaza where we can shop, have dinner and enjoy the local architecture. We will retire at the Lodge at Santa Fe.

Day 6, Saturday, September 21, Las Vegas, NM

🍽️ dinner included.

Our final New Mexico attraction is a visit to the Dwan Light Sanctuary. The Sanctuary was the vision of heiress and art patron Virginia Dwan, artist Charles Ross and Santa Fe architect Laban Wingert. It is a place for quiet reflection and meditation. Musical concerts are also performed here. The circular building, based on the Pueblo Indian kivas, features 12 large prisms in the apses and ceiling. When the sun shines through them a rainbow of light is reflected on the walls and floor which is divided into 12 pie-like segments.

We will return to La Veta in time to rest and freshen up before a specially prepared dinner at the retreat house.

DAY 7 – Sunday, September 22, Return Home

🚌Airport Shuttle, Breakfast breakfast included.

Return to the Colorado Springs Airport by 10 a.m. MT to catch return flights home for 12 p.m. MT and later. If you elect to stay longer at the retreat house, you may book extra nights of lodging here and a shuttle here.

Important Lodging & Shuttle Information

Lodging is included in the Retreat Fee for the New Mexico Pilgrimage (7 nights, Sunday night – Saturday night). The night before leaving for New Mexico you will be staying at the Awakening Together Retreat House. The night we return, participants will lodge at the Awakening Together Retreat House. If you elect to stay longer at the retreat house, you may book extra nights of lodging here and a shuttle here.

The roundtrip shuttle for the airport is also included in the Pilgrimage Retreat Fee. To utilize the shuttle included in the Pilgrimage Retreat Fee, please make your air travel plans to arrive at the Colorado Springs Airport before 3 p.m. MT on Day Zero and schedule your return flights home to leave after 12 p.m. MT on Day 7.

Pilgrimage Retreat Fee: $1,995 pp shared
$200 non-refundable* deposit.

Register Here

Registration Closed July 31, 2024

One event scholarship is available. This scholarship rate is 50% of the shared fee. If you are an Awakening Together Member and are called to this pilgrimage but would require financial assistance please submit your application by July 2, 2024.

Scholarship Information

*Deposits are non-refundable if canceled by the retreat participant. If the pilgrimage is canceled by Awakening Together, all deposits will be refunded.

 

Keys to the Kingdom: Three Weekends ~ January 13-28 with Anne Blanchard and Kate Brennan

Keys to the Kingdom: Freedom From the Ego
An Online Retreat

Three Weekends:
January 13-14, 20-21 and 27-28, 2024 10am-5pm ET

with Anne Blanchard & Kate Brennan

To the degree that you are unaware of ego, you are a slave to ego. It speaks in your mind as you, and you think it is you, so you talk, feel and act based on its deception. The way to become free of ego is, first and foremost, to become aware of its cunning messages.

In this retreat, you will learn to see how the ego tricks you into living from its guidance instead of from spiritual intuition. When you leave this retreat, you will see the ego more clearly than you did before. That will provide you with the opportunity to disregard ego, which is how you free yourself from it.

This retreat is led by Anne Blanchard & Kate Brennan. The retreat will emphasize skills that help you transcend ego and recognize inner wisdom as the Voice that makes you happy.

Retreat Schedule

Saturday, January 13 – Sunday, January 14; Saturday, January 20 – Sunday, January 21; and Saturday, January 27 – Sunday, January 28. The retreat will begin at 10am ET (8am MT) and end at 5pm ET (3pm MT) each day. A 2-hour lunch period will be provided beginning about 1pm ET (11am MT).

Registration Closes on January 9, 2023 at 5pm ET

Retreat Fee: $360

$50 non-refundable deposit required

REGISTRATION CLOSED

The Four Principles of God: Feb 5-8 with Regina Dawn Akers


The Four Principles of God:
From Illusion to Source

An Online Retreat

February 5-8

with Regina Dawn Akers

 

Have you ever tried to go from one place to another when you didn’t fully understand where you were and you had no idea where you were going? It’s pretty difficult, maybe even impossible! It’s what most people call being lost. Yet, that’s exactly what most spiritual students do. Without clarity about where they are, and armed with nothing but imagination about their destination, they try to awaken from here to there.

At this retreat, you will receive a map called the Four Principles of God, which will help give direction to your spiritual path. It will also enable you to streamline spiritual practices to the most effective and enable you to remain clearly focused on the goal.

Retreat Schedule

The retreat will begin at 10am ET (8am MT) and end at 5pm ET (3pm MT) each day. A 2-hour lunch period will be provided beginning about 1pm ET (11am MT).

Registration Closes on February 2nd at 5pm ET

Retreat Fee is $240

$50 non-refundable deposit is required

REGISTRATION CLOSED

 

SOLD OUT: Being Extraordinary and Ordinary: Oct 14-18 with Helen Hamilton

Being Extraordinary and Ordinary
Living the Awakened Way

October 14-18, 2024

With Helen Hamilton at the Awakening Together Retreat House in La Veta, CO

There are so many myths about awakening and what it is to live an awakened life that we may not know what living in the awakened way looks like. In this retreat, we will explore deeply what awakening is (and what it isn’t) and how it manifests in and as our lives. We will practice meeting emotions, triggers and challenges as the awakened being would and combine this with deep meditation, self-inquiry and satsang together. Firstly we will come to see who we really are and then we will see how easy it can be to live this way.

An awakened being is both extraordinary and ordinary, a beautiful meeting of the Divine and the Divinely Human. They are consciously and effortlessly living from a place of discovery and joy, exploring Reality and no longer being able to get lost in thoughts or suffer in any way. There can be joy, peace and love no matter what our current experience is and this simply becomes a habit over time. What would it be like to automatically and habitually welcome resistance and suffering as a sign that we are in the process of expansion? How would you feel if you could not tell any stories in your mind about your experience? What is it like to live as the Infinite Self that is everywhere and also enjoy your temporary experience of being a person? 
 
During this retreat we will dive into these questions and explore them together. If you feel a calling in your heart to be with us, join us for this beautiful retreat.


Retreat Schedule
Retreat hours are 9-5 each day with an optional evening session after dinner.

The all inclusive rate includes the retreat fee, 6 nights (Sun night through departure on Saturday) shared or dorm lodging at the retreat house and meals. The retreat only option (if you are lodging elsewhere) includes the retreat fee and meals.

Meals: Sunday simple meal (available by 4:30 to eat at your leisure whenever you arrive) through breakfast on Saturday. A continental breakfast is available each morning from 7-8:30. There will be a lunch break from 12-1:30 and a dinner break from 5-6:30.

THIS RETREAT IS SOLD OUT

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REGISTRATION CLOSED ~The Sangha is the New Guru: July 8-11 with Regina Dawn Akers

The Sangha is the New Guru

Monday – Thursday~ July 8-11

An Online Retreat
With Regina Dawn Akers

(Limited to 16 participants)

It has been said that more than 50% of the members of an effective sangha are likely to awaken. The Sanskrit word, “sangha,” literally means community. Specifically, it refers to a community that is dedicated to spiritual awakening. The primary qualities of sangha are: Members genuinely live the spiritual teachings they study; they speak and teach from their own authentic experience; they support one another on the spiritual path. Awakening Together was designed by inner guidance to be a sangha rather than a guru-centered collective. At this retreat, you will learn how the sangha is its own teacher, and you will hone the skills that are important for each member of a highly effective sangha. Come, and learn how to genuinely support awakening, both for you and for your friends.

Retreat Schedule

The retreat will begin at 10am ET (8am MT) and end at 5pm ET (3pm MT) each day. A 2-hour lunch period will be provided beginning around 1pm ET (11am MT).

Retreat Fee is $240
$50 non-refundable deposit is required

REGISTRATION CLOSED

Registration closes on July 6th at 5pm ET

Scholarship Opportunities

 

 

 

REGISTRATION CLOSED-Letting Go of Fear: July 29-Aug 2 with Anne Blanchard

An Online Retreat ~ Letting Go of Fear

July 29-August 2

An Online Retreat
with Anne Blanchard

Fear can be experienced in many ways. It may feel like uneasiness or angst, which blocks your ability to relax fully; it may be experienced as nervousness, apprehension or excessive worry; it may be experienced as absolute terror. Fear can also be repressed and experienced as other emotions, such as frustration or anger. In any case, fear distorts your perception and your ability to think clearly with the right mind.

At this retreat, you will come to understand the cause of fear and learn how you can become free of fear.

Retreat Schedule

The retreat will begin at 10am ET (8am MT) and end at 5pm ET (3pm MT) each day. A 2-hour lunch period will be provided beginning about 1pm ET (11am MT).

Registration Closes on July 26th at 5pm ET

Retreat Fee is $300

$50 non-refundable deposit is required

REGISTRATION CLOSED

Scholarship Opportunities

CANCELED ~ Releasing the ‘I Am Bad’ Belief: Sep 4-8 with Christina Goldsmith and Cyndi Krupp

Releasing the ‘I Am Bad’ Belief
An Online Retreat

September 4-8

with Christina Marie Layer and
Cyndi Krupp

 

What is the ‘I Am Bad’ Belief?

A Course in Miracles calls it “guilt.” The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) calls it “unworthiness.” Regina Dawn Akers simply calls it the “I am bad” belief.

No matter what you call it, it is an untrue belief, most likely adopted in early childhood, which drives actions and reactions in nearly all humans. People make life decisions that they wouldn’t otherwise make because of this belief’s influence. This belief is the primary cause of stress, annoyance, anger, jealousy and other types of mental and emotional suffering. If you release this one belief, your life will be happier, and you will feel much freer than you do with the belief.

The ‘I am Bad’ belief is unconscious for some and somewhat conscious for others, but until it is brought fully into consciousness, the belief cannot be eradicated.

This retreat will focus solely on how to release the ‘I am bad’ belief. If you come, you will learn what you need to learn to be set free!

This retreat was designed by Regina Dawn Akers, who has transcended the ‘I am Bad’ belief. She developed the retreat to show the way, so we can release the belief too. Join facilitators, Christina Goldsmith and Cyndi Krupp, in a collaborative effort to root out and transcend this pesky, persistent belief.

Retreat Schedule

The retreat will begin at 10am ET (8am MT) and end at 5pm ET (3pm MT) each day. A 2-hour lunch period will be provided beginning about 1pm ET (11am MT).

Retreat Fee is $300

$50 non-refundable deposit is required

REGISTRATION CLOSED

Registration Closes on September 2nd at 5pm ET

Scholarship Opportunities

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