A man on a quest for spiritual self-discovery can appear to be a lone wolf – journeying into the wilds of spirituality, searching for truth

Two Pillars of Awakening - Sept 15 -17, 2023

Are you weary of feeling the need to armor up, to push through, to be streetwise and strategic?
Are you drained of life force from being afraid, insecure and ashamed?
The truth of who you are is original innocence and essential goodness, a wise, loving and spacious aware presence. The natural state of your body and mind is deeply open, relaxed and at peace. To discover this for yourself, join retreat facilitator and spiritual counselor, Dayna Dunbar, who has discovered and is living these truths after decades of trauma, illness, and seeking. Dayna’s path has been messy, humbling, and full of most of the drama in this human experience, but through the practices and teachings she will share in this weekend of grace, her life is now filled with joy, peace, health and incredible energy.
In this retreat, you are invited to come out of your normal reality and enter the absolute Reality of your loving heart. Let us not run from the shadows but treat the pain as a teacher and the cave we fear the most as the place that holds our greatest treasure.
Dayna will share practices of deep compassion for our humanity and the intensity of this experience of incarnation. She will also teach a non-dual perspective about this reality, a perennial wisdom that has been at the core of all mystical traditions for thousands of years, that will profoundly support you in lightening up your heart and freeing your mind.
In addition, this retreat will include:
Polyvagal Breathwork that will relax your nervous system, a prerequisite for true healing on
every level.
A ceremonial entering into the quantum field, the shamanic realm that is at the core of who
you are and is the true healer of body and mind.
Inspiration Breathwork: This powerful exercise, which is done in dyads, evokes an altered state
of consciousness in which you will be able to drop into the truth of who you are and share with
others from that place. In addition to accessing your inner wisdom, this also creates the
experience of opening your heart fully and dropping your defenses.
Yoga for clearing the lower chakras and opening the heart and third eye.
Trauma release through dancing and other somatic practices.
Forest bathing, a healing practice that feeds the soul and revivifies the body, in the gorgeous woods and meadows where the retreat center is located.

What you can expect:

Deep connection with yourself and the other attendees
Breathwork you can take home and add to your tool box
New knowledge and insight for your emerging path to wholeness, peace and joy
A refreshed spirit
New friends

join us in September

OUR RESIDENCE FOR THE WEEKEND

enLiven at the Green River
Sandgate, Vermont

Our venue...

https://www.enlivenvermont.com/#/enLiven@ The Green River; Step into the River of Change
Transformative experiences in a hidden oasis. – you have arrived at enliven at the Green River. Soak up all things that nature has to offer – start to feel your body relax and take a moment for true learning and self-exploration, and a possible new beginning.

We believe that self-care doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, our goal is to simplify. And through our holistic wellness approach, creative space, and thoughtful planning, we’re excited to offer you a place to rest, work, play, and transform. For those who have long-awaited a retreat experience, you can now enjoy one closer to home. Whether you are celebrating some much-needed self-care, a long-awaited gathering of friends and family or a celebration – Enliven at the Green River is a magical place – where transformation and connection are
common.

/www.enlivenvermont.com/#/

ITINERARY:

Friday Arrival
4:00 PM Arrival
5:00 Welcome and Introduction to spiritual psychology and the two pinnacles of awakening
6:00 Yoga and breathwork to regulate the nervous system and ground in Presence
7:00 PM Dinner
8:30 PM Shamanic bonfire ceremony

Saturday
7:30 AM morning bite
8:30 AM Yoga and breathwork—preparing the body/mind for meditation and healing processes
9:30 AM Guided Meditation
10:30 AM breakfast
12 pm - 5 pm Healing and awakening teaching and experiential practices including intensive breathwork, inner child retrieval, dyads, journaling, Q and A, and group sharing
5:00 PM restorative yoga or free time
7:00 PM dinner
8:00 PM Meditation

Sunday
7:00 AM bite
8:00 AM yoga, meditation, Q and A
10:00 AM breakfast
11:00 AM Final Closing, group sharing
Noon departures

Concluding that you experienced the best weekend for you, your spiritual path and ultimate wellbeing.

Your Guides:
DAYNA DUNBAR

Dayna is an award-winning spiritual novelist published by Ballantine Books. Her visionary storytelling, as illustrated in her latest book, Awake: The Legacy of Akara, offers entertaining, fast-paced adventure and a vision of what we may become if we choose the path of conscious evolution. With a master’s degree in spiritual psychology from the University of Santa Monica, Dayna is also a spiritual counselor and teacher, offering her clients and students the alchemy that occurs when we meet our humanity fully in love while we also do the waking up work offered by deep wisdom. In this way, she supports the shift in identity from a separate self structure to the knowing of our true nature and our oneness in Spirit.

https://awakethenovel.com/