Abiding Awakening: Wisdom in Every Cell
5–day Residential Retreat with Jac
April 18–23, 2023 Elohee Center, GA, USA
**SOLD OUT**
PLEASE NOTE: Elohee is sold out and registration is closed. Contact admin@jac-okeeffe.com to be added to a waitlist.
And check out Jac's upcoming retreat in Hawaii instead! Learn more about this opportunity to connect with nature and nourish your soul in Kauai.
“There will be a day when there's a realization that books and YouTube videos just don’t do it for you any more. Keep reading what you're drawn to until that happens. Whatever brings more clarity—use it. Whatever feels dry and barren, drop it. Otherwise we're just following concepts of the right thing to do, and that’s a path that goes nowhere. This is discernment and cultivation of the inner guru.” –Jac O'Keeffe
I've Had a Spiritual Awakening. Now What?
This deep-dive retreat is for individuals who have an inner felt sense of their true nature and are ready to take their awakening to the next level. You will learn how to integrate your expanded state with your everyday way of being in the world. At this retreat with Jac, you'll gain clarity on where you are living out of alignment and the habitual thought patterns that keep you stagnant in your spiritual evolution and daily life. This is fundamental to maintain shifts in consciousness after the retreat.
During a 5 day period with Jac, you'll have many opportunities to redirect your attention within and strengthen your connection to your innate wisdom. Jac will share spiritual insights and useful, practical skills to empower you in your inner exploration. She will provide guidance, support, and honest reflections—helping you to live an ongoing awakened life.
What Can I Expect from the Retreat?
You'll explore further with guided meditations where Jac will lead you to a direct experience of finer levels of consciousness. There will be practices that compliment these deep-dive meditations so you can bring your wakefulness into your daily life. These practices will help you embody expansive, inner spaciousness while you walk, eat, write, and engage in regular activities of life.
This intensive retreat focuses on advancing your ability to be aware of higher levels of consciousness, and also helping you to normalize these higher level shifts in perception. Often an awakening or spiritual experience happens but the moment passes, and the wisdom gleaned during the experience fades with time. Jac knows the importance of grounding and embodying new levels of perception and wisdom so you maintain these realizations in every cell of your being.
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Take 5 days out of your routine to have time in silence, surrounded by nature in a peaceful setting. You will have the time and support to rest deeply and clear your mind. And you’ll have daily access to a spiritual teacher who is dedicated to empowering all who come to her events to take the next step in their spiritual evolution.
​This Retreat Is All-Inclusive With:
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Five nights accommodations (including all fees & program tuition).
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Bed sheets, towels, and bath amenities (soap, shampoo, conditioner) are provided for all rooms.
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Meal service is provided from arrival day dinner through departure day lunch and is included in the price of the room. All meals are prepared by local chefs using nutritious and delicious fresh ingredients.
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Tea house is open 24 hours a day.
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Bonfire (weather permitting).
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Access to great hiking trails, waterfalls, and a natural reflection pool.
Registration:
Elohee is sold out and registration is closed. Contact admin@jac-okeeffe.com to be added to a waitlist. And check out Jac's upcoming retreat in Hawaii instead! Learn more about this opportunity to connect with nature and nourish your soul in Kauai.
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We are happy to arrange shuttle rides from the Atlanta airport (at 3pm) to the Elohee Center and back at the close of the retreat (at 1pm). If you will need a ride please email us at admin@jac-okeeffe.com and we will coordinate shared rides to make it as affordable as possible for you.
Program Schedule
With the exception of meetings and chanting, the retreat will be held in silence to encourage participants to focus within.
Day 1
Check in: 3:00–4:00pm*
Dinner: 6:00–7:00
Welcome talk, orientation and meeting: 7:00–8:30pm
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Day 2
Morning meditation: 7:15–8:00am (optional—TBA)
Breakfast: 8:00–9:00am
Meditation/healing/embodiment practices led by Jac: 9:30–10:30am
Support and dialogue with Jac: 10:30–11:30am
Lunch: 12:00–1:00pm
Meeting Q&A with Jac: 3.00–4:30pm
Dinner: 6:00–7:00pm
Chanting: 7:30–8:15pm
Day 3
Morning meditation: 7:15–8:00am (optional—TBA)
Breakfast: 8:00–9:00am
Meditation/healing/embodiment practices led by Jac: 9:30–10:30am
Support and dialogue with Jac: 10:30–11:30am
Lunch: 12:00–1:00pm
Meeting Q&A with Jac: 3.00–4:30pm
Dinner: 6:00–7:00pm
Chanting: 7:30–8:15pm
Day 4 Integration/ Contemplation Day
Morning meditation: 7:15–8:00am (optional–TBA)
Breakfast: 8:00–9:00am
Optional: Massage appointments may become available
Lunch 12:00–1:00pm
Dinner 6:00–7:00pm
Chanting: 7:00–7:45pm
Day 5
Morning meditation: 7:15–8:00am (optional—TBA)
Breakfast: 8:00–9:00am
Meditation/healing/embodiment practices led by Jac: 9:30–10:30am
Support and dialogue with Jac: 10:30–11:30am
Lunch: 12:00–1:00pm
Meeting Q&A with Jac: 3.00–4:30pm
Dinner: 6:00–7:00pm
Evening Chanting by the Fire ring: 7:30–8:45pm
Day 6—Closing of the Retreat
Morning meditation: 7:15–8:00am (optional—TBA)
Breakfast: 8:00–9:00am
Meeting with Jac: 9:30–11:30am
Lunch: 12:00–1:00pm
Check out: 1:00pm
If a retreat participant would like to offer yoga, we have set aside time for that activity before dinner.
Additional Information about the Elohee Center:
1. *Cars are not parked near our buildings so keep in mind that coming and going to your car isn't possible without prior arrangement with Elohee. Elohee provides a shuttle between the gated car park and the venue on the arrival day from 3–4 pm and again at the closing of our retreat. There are no cars near the buildings in order to keep the air pristine, for your health, healing, and well being.
2. Meals: chicken, turkey or seafood are offered with seasonal veggies. Vegan and GF are available on request.
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3. No wi-fi available on site. Take it as a wonderful opportunity to totally disconnect from technology!
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4. There is a fridge and a microwave if you need it for medical or special food items.
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5. Please note all retreat events are recorded. By your attendance at the Elohee Retreat with Jac, April 2023 you consent to be recorded and agree that Jac reserves all rights to this material and its dissemination in any form.
Pictured below is a waterfall at the Elohee Retreat Center. See you soon!
Elohee Retreat Center Location:
251 Elohee Dr, Sautee Nacoochee, GA 30571
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Nearest airport:
Elohee is about a 2-hour drive from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport