ENLIGHTENMENT INTENSIVES
Facilitator: Meranda Squires
An Enlightenment Intensive (EI) is a retreat that brings together western psychotherapy and eastern meditative contemplation to help participants achieve a direct experience of who we really are. This is called an Enlightenment Experience or a direct experience of Truth! Using a technique called a ‘dyad’, you inquire into WHO YOU ARE in a safe nourishing environment! A 3.5 day Intensive is an opportunity to experience deeper aspects of who and what we really are. It is a simple pure life. You experience and share whatever arises as contemplation deepens day after day after day. You are supported and nourished by the structure and fellowship of the intensive. Your only concern is to open to the Truth and to express it. You find this practice is in harmony with your deepest self. It is goodness itself.
Meranda Squires, daughter of renowned artist Gerald Squires, grew up at the Ferryland lighthouse in Newfoundland. From an early age, she sought spiritual enlightenment, leading her to the Himalayas, where she studied under Swami Shyam at the International Meditation Institute in India. She immersed herself in meditation, yoga, and Vedanta philosophy, staying for 17 years before returning to Canada in 2000.
Upon her return, she founded The Lotus Centre in St. John’s, where she has since guided students in yoga, meditation, and spiritual growth. Her teachings include group sessions, private mind-clearing work, and specialized retreats such as Enlightenment Intensives and Laya Yoga Meditation retreats.
In 2007, Meranda co-founded The Tree of Life Sustainability Retreat Centre in Salmonier, Newfoundland. This off-grid sanctuary, nestled in a boreal rainforest, integrates sustainable living with spiritual practice, offering a serene space for deep meditation and self-discovery.
5 DAYS
- May 22 – 26, 2025
- October 16-20, 2025
(Thursday 4pm to Monday 12noon.)
Cost: $650 CAN includes vegan meals and accommodation and airport pickup and departure. If you are local and can contribute 1 vegan meal, contact Meranda for a discount.
8 DAYS
- July 17- 25, 2025
(Thursday 4pm to Friday 12noon.)
Cost: $850 CAN includes vegan meals and accommodation and airport pickup and departure. If you are local and can contribute 2 vegan meals, contact Meranda for a discount.
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