Silent Retreat

Our silent retreats are geared toward those with an already existing practice, they include 7 to 8 hours per day of silent sitting. In the early stages of the retreat occasional guidance, reminders and pointers are interspersed through the sits and taper off as the participants deepen into the practice. Kirtan, or devotional chanting, is included occasionally to refresh during longer stretches of sitting. 

This retreat offering differs from the more common Vipassana style retreat in terms of the emphasis of some of the practices that are shared, as well as the length of continuous sits. While breath awareness and presencing are key, we also lead participants into an exploration of the energetics of the subtle body and encourage practices of pranayam, or breath work, that are the true underpinning of classical Raj Yoga. There are four sits lasting 2 hours each, giving enough time for all of the subtle mechanics of the body/mind to deeply settle each time. 

This approach can bring you into a deeply interiorized state of meditation quickly and release the hold that the restless body has upon one’s consciousness.

While our retreats are commonly hosted at our original site, we are working to host these retreats elsewhere and are open to collaboration and invitations to host them at other venues. As with our other Yoga Life Programs, we are available for consultations with those who are interested in developing their own similar retreats.  

Please contact us to find out about upcoming retreats!

 Some feedback from past participants

“I have done countless retreats over the past 10 years, and this was definitely one of the most profound. Jamie has clearly done a lot of internal work and spiritual practice, and is tapped into something very powerful. Because of this, he is able to humbly create a space in which silence and deep internalization arose naturally within me, and I was able to drop into some very potent and healing spaces. His guidance is gentle, direct and clear, and the space he holds is one of the most beautiful that I have had the blessing to sit in. I am looking forward to do another retreat with him in the near future!”

“I had the excellent fortune of being in a silent retreat with Jamie. He provided a tuned, vibrating, safe, clear, space. The tools he gave me were crisp and powerful and guided me much deeper. His otherworldly kirtan singing is still opening my heart.”

“Thank you for reawakening my spirit with incredible doses of wisdom and Light! Thank you for being an inspiration of stillness, compassion and devotion to the infinite. This has been a profound and epiphany-filled living and learning experience which has left me feeling totally transformed and refreshed!”

“Attending the silent retreat changed my life, resulting in a new found energy. I learned tools to access a reservoir of peace – in times of stress I will draw on that plentiful reservoir.”