The first miracle of meditation is the discovery that as soon as we let go, spiritually transformative energies rush in to move us into a state of deep peace and inner freedom. Genuine spiritual growth does not happen through effort or control. Growth is a natural process. We do not make it happen, we allow it to happen through us, as soon as we stop interfering.
During this retreat, you will be guided to discover how to give up control at the deepest levels of your being. This is not merely a psychological release, but an existential one. You will be supported to let go so completely that it ignites an authentic liberation of your spirit. When we let go at this depth, something extraordinary occurs. We completely and utterly stop. We stop trying. We stop worrying. We stop managing ourselves and our experience. We come to absolute and complete rest.
In this depth of rest, your seeking comes to an end. You experience a profound sense of fulfillment and quiet joy that requires nothing more. There is no sense of lack, no impulse to become something else, no need to reach beyond the moment. You are free from striving and free from needing more.
At one level, your spiritual work comes to an end. You are home. You are done. There is a deep recognition of completeness and wholeness that needs no validation. Few people ever experience this level of existential release, but those who do, the miracle of spiritual transformation that arises not through effort, but through surrender.
Once we have fallen into complete rest and release, we naturally become available for the deeper energies of awakening to move through us. As you settle peacefully in the quiet bliss of spiritual freedom, you may begin to feel yourself being gently moved from within.
Often, this begins as a subtle yet unmistakable sensation of energy entering the heart, mind, and body. The quality of this energy can feel mysterious, delightful, even exhilarating. During this retreat, you will learn how to remain peacefully at rest as these energies gain access to your being. You remain easefully relaxed and receptive, as an energetic movement naturally expands and intensifies.
You will be guided to do nothing more than rest, remain quiet, and allow the mysterious energies of awakening to do their work. From that point onward, the unfolding of the journey is unique for each person and shaped by your own history, temperament, and karma.
Some participants may experience a series of energetic openings that gently dissolve long-held blockages and obstacles to growth. Others may find themselves carried into higher realms of experience and perhaps encountering nonmaterial presences, symbolic visions, or subtle intelligences offering wisdom or love.
For some, spiritual energy brings profound insights about their lives, their purpose, and the ways their highest spiritual potential is seeking expression. For others, the experience may be far simpler yet equally meaningful as they learn to rest in stillness while gentle waves of contentment and well-being flow through the body and heart.
Over the course of a two-day retreat, many people experience a combination of movements within. The key to navigating this inner journey is remaining anchored in a state of existential release as you become more fully absorbed in the immediacy of experience.
In this state of surrender, the intelligence of awakening knows exactly how to meet you.
These retreats offer you the time necessary to not only discover, but sink into depths of trust and surrender that will begin to transform you from the inside. At the same time they are convenient enough to fit into even a busy lifestyle. Please don’t underestimate the potential of these retreats. There is no limit to what can happen in two-days. It doesn’t matter if you are new to my work or have been working with me for many years, the potential is equally unlimited.
When you register for this retreat you will receive simple guidance for how to organize your experience to optimize the outcome. You will learn how to create a sacred container for your practice and once your space is ready, you will prepare your heart and mind for the experience of existential release and wholehearted surrender that will take place during the weekend.
These virtual retreats are conducted live with Jeff Carreira for 8-hours each day. The format is simple, (and remember all sessions are recorded so you don’t have to attend live). Each day will consist of two 3-hour sessions plus a 2-hour break where you can have a meal, go for a walk, write in a journal, contemplate individually.
The morning session will be held in satsanga, or truth community. It will start with a teaching to explore the subtleties of meditation and awakening, followed by sitting in silence together. If any questions arise, you are invited to submit them via the Zoom chat so Jeff can address them during the session. This is a format that I’ve been exploring this year and it is proving to be remarkably powerful. The afternoon session will consist of three 45-minute periods of formal meditation practice with two 15-minute breaks and a short time for Jeff to offer concluding thoughts before the day ends.
Recordings Audio recordings will be made available to retreat participants in the online portal.
- 10:00am to 1:00pm: Satsanga
- 1:00pm to 3:00pm: Long Break
- 3:00pm to 3:45pm: Formal Meditation Practice
- 3:45pm to 4:00pm: Break
- 4:00pm to 4:45pm: Formal Meditation Practice
- 4:45pm to 5:00pm: Break
- 5:00pm to 5:45pm: Formal Meditation Practice
- 5:45pm to 6:00pm: Concluding Remarks
"We were able to only do three days of this event. But the impact for me was most profound. On our day 4, integration day an awareness of the Truth arose in me and left me totally flummoxed. Just what I have been working for, for so many years. I am truly a different person than the one who started the retreat last Friday. Profound gratitude to Jeff and the team."
~ W. Francis.
"The daily teaching, Q&A's and and meditation sessions were so powerful , they brought such calm and flow to me and in turn to my family. Jeff's teaching enabled me reach greater depth in my meditations as each day passed."
~ T. Bird.
"The retreat was eye opening and life-changing, giving me a new understanding of me as a soul, and deepening my relationship with it. Giving all day to meditation for a few days, rather than an hour a day for a prolonged period, has brought changes in me that are indescribable. I did not want it end!"
~ J. Aebi.
"This retreat was a wonderful and profound experience of sinking into the depth of Being. Experiencing blissful happiness and liberation, just abiding there, without needing anything. Even in the face of challenges from outside, like a noisy neighourhood."
~ J. van den Bogaard.
"The retreat came at the perfect time in my life. It was the calm at the end of an internal and external storm that led to deep insights and deepening Awareness of my True Self. Jeff has an ability to transmit deep truths that find a home in soul."
~ M. Earlenbaugh.
"Jeff’s instructions and felt his passion to lead us into a available view of the world and ourselves. My life is so completely different. I’m looking out with Cosmic Eyes now... Wow So simple and so wonderful. Thank you Jeff"
~ N. Torrence.
Register for all 4 retreats for just $800. (Purchased individually they are $250). Offer ends midnight March 6th, 2026.
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