Enlightenment Intensive Retreats

Facilitator: Johanne Robitaille and Ian Goudie

Are you longing to be touched by something deeper? Do you sense that there is something more to life than what you’ve experienced so far? Most of us have heard people mention that they have found who they truly are, but what does that really mean?
 
It takes a certain wildness to slip beyond the surface of ordinary perception and touch the realms hidden beneath. To taste the deeper mystery moving through this world, we must be willing to step past the borders of comfort…beyond the teachings we inherited, beyond the maps we’ve trusted…into the luminous unknown. It is in these wild inner territories, untouched by convention, that the presence of spirit begins to shimmer through.
 
Most people enter this terrain when life cracks them open. We cling to our beliefs as if they were anchors, holding us steady in familiar waters. But when illness, heartbreak, or loss shakes the ground beneath us, a fissure appears in the mind’s certainty. Through that crack, something vast may pour in…a glimpse of majesty, a whisper from the deeper world, a sense of being held by something far greater than ourselves.
 
The mystery dwells in these hidden sanctuaries, along paths no one else can walk for us…quiet thresholds where the soul recognizes itself and steps forward.
 
Enlightenment Intensives open a doorway to that threshold: the meeting place between the known and the unknowable, where the veil thins and something ancient and alive touches the center of our being.

June 18 to 22, 2026

An Invitation to Join Us

We invite you to share this retreat with friends who may be interested—there is still space available for more participants.

By Donation

Participation is offered on a donation basis. You are welcome to contribute what you can, and each participant is also asked to bring a vegetarian meal or food item to share.

Litha Enlightenment Intensive

We invite you to join us at Tree of Life for our next Enlightenment Intensive retreat during Litha, the Summer Solstice

This sacred gathering will take place from June 18 – 22, 2026 offering four days of immersion in Truth, silence, and awakening.

To walk this path is to take a courageous step into the unknown—to pierce through the surface of thought, emotion, and belief, and see beyond the conventions that shape ordinary life. In this space of stillness and inquiry, Spirit reveals itself.

You are invited to surrender the noise of the world, rest deeply in the present moment, and discover the aliveness that has always been within you. It takes both wildness and devotion to engage in this work—and yet, what awaits is beyond measure: the remembrance of who you truly are.

 

Retreat Details

  • Dates: June 18 – 22, 2026

  • Arrival: Thursday, June 18 by 5:30 PM

  • Conclusion: Monday, June 22, by noon (optional shared lunch from 12:30–1:30 PM)

September 17 to 21, 2026

An Invitation to Join Us

We invite you to share this retreat with friends who may be interested—there is still space available for more participants.

By Donation

Participation is offered on a donation basis. You are welcome to contribute what you can, and each participant is also asked to bring a vegetarian meal or food item to share.

Mabon Enlightenment Intensive

We invite you to join us at Tree of Life for our next Enlightenment Intensive retreat during Yule, the Winter Solstice.

This sacred gathering will take place from September 17 to 21, 2026 offering four days of immersion in Truth, silence, and awakening.

To walk this path is to take a courageous step into the unknown—to pierce through the surface of thought, emotion, and belief, and see beyond the conventions that shape ordinary life. In this space of stillness and inquiry, Spirit reveals itself.

You are invited to surrender the noise of the world, rest deeply in the present moment, and discover the aliveness that has always been within you. It takes both wildness and devotion to engage in this work—and yet, what awaits is beyond measure: the remembrance of who you truly are.

 

Retreat Details

  • Dates: September 17 – 21, 2026

  • Arrival: Thursday, September 17 by 5:30 PM

  • Conclusion: Monday, September 21, by noon (optional shared lunch from 12:30–1:30 PM)

An Invitation to Join Us

We invite you to share this retreat with friends who may be interested—there is still space available for more participants.

By Donation

Participation is offered on a donation basis. You are welcome to contribute what you can, and each participant is also asked to bring a vegetarian meal or food item to share.

December 17 to 21, 2026

Yule Enlightenment Intensive

We invite you to join us at Tree of Life for our next Enlightenment Intensive retreat during Yule, the Winter Solstice.

This sacred gathering will take place from December 17 to 21, 2026, offering four days of immersion in Truth, silence, and awakening.

To walk this path is to take a courageous step into the unknown—to pierce through the surface of thought, emotion, and belief, and see beyond the conventions that shape ordinary life. In this space of stillness and inquiry, Spirit reveals itself.

You are invited to surrender the noise of the world, rest deeply in the present moment, and discover the aliveness that has always been within you. It takes both wildness and devotion to engage in this work—and yet, what awaits is beyond measure: the remembrance of who you truly are.

 

Retreat Details

  • Dates: December 17–21, 2026

  • Arrival: Thursday, December 17 by 5:30 PM

  • Conclusion: Monday, December 21 by noon (optional shared lunch from 12:30–1:30 PM)

If you feel called to this journey, reach out to join us. It would be our honour to hold space with you as we gather in stillness, devotion, and truth.

The door to Truth is open—will you step through?
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TO REGISTER

Please email Ian at [email protected] or by text or phone to Johanne at: 709-697-2996.

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