The Land Celebration Retreat, Washington DC
17th to 22nd July 2023
This retreat will be held at The Land Celebration centre in Gore, Virginia, USA. The centre is at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in a true nature preserve. On the site there are ponds, wandering nature trails, various spiritual grottos and meditation areas. The land also features three stone-lined walking labyrinths to deepen the experience of those who visit the Land.
This retreat  is for attending in person only and is not available online. This is a unique opportunity to share time deepening your awakening with Helen. This will change your life profoundly, to experience more peace, love and joy. 
​Please click here for further details regarding the centre.
The price for attending the retreat in person includes accommodation, meals and teaching fees. Each person is responsible for their own travel arrangements and expenses. We will be looking at arranging shared transport from the airports to the retreat centre closer to the time, this will be an additional cost to the retreat fee. Please click here for further details on travelling to the centre.
There is the option to stay at the retreat centre the night prior to the retreat, however, there will be no meals provided until the retreat commences. The cost of the accommodation is payable separately, there will be access to cooking facilities and an informal meeting in the evening. Please contact us for further details.
The accommodation is based on shared rooms as private rooms are not available. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis, in separate male or female shared rooms. Please click here for further details of the retreat fees.​
We are offering scholarships to attend this retreat in person, either a partial or full scholarship. Recipients of these scholarships are responsible for travel costs to and from the retreat. The deadline for scholarships for this event has passed.​
We held a wonderful retreat here in October 2022, please click here to see a gallery showing all the wonders of the retreat.
Please note you MUST see the terms, conditions and refund policies click here before you commit to this retreat. 
Retreat Schedule
 ​The schedule of daily activities includes sessions of Guided Meditations, Guided Self-Inquiry,  Silent Sittings, Satsangs (with questions and answers) and Talks. ​
​Below are testimonials from students who have attended this retreat:
"For some reason I felt drawn to sign up for the October retreat in Virginia with Helen Hamilton.  I spontaneously signed up and then my mind started its old pattern of worry. Could I handle the long drive alone?  Would it be worth my time? I am so glad I followed my heart, ignored my mind’s chatter and attended the retreat. What a wonderful six days spent surrounded by Helen Hamilton’s words of wisdom and guidance. Helen was always  present to us She had morning coffee with us, hugged us in joy and sadness, laughed with us, ate all meals with us, led us in meditation and silence, answered our questions with love and kindness. For six days Helen gently, lovingly guided us in experiences that helped us discover our Higher Self. I was also surrounded by twenty seven other people who came into my life as strangers and over those six days became my family. What power there is in being with others who are searching for truth! It was refreshing to be vulnerable and honest with others and to really open my heart and to experience love ! I came away from the retreat with a clearer understanding of who I really am and what love is!!! I will carry this understanding with me forever. I am grateful!!!!! "
- Dory Deisenroth
"I have always suspected that my lifelong addiction to sugar was some kind of compensation for not feeling loved. Now, returning from the retreat with Helen. I discover that this addiction seems to have disappeared.  And even more mysterious is the fact that I wake each morning without the familiar feeling of lack, a vague sense that something is missing that has lurked at the centre of my being ever since I can remember.  I feel like a new person and it is hard to find the words to describe how profound and transformative this retreat experience was."
- Gillian Pederson-Krag
"Eureka!  Helen Hamilton showed me I am that by being that herself. She created a safe, loving environment at a rural retreat center in northern Virginia.  With Qigong we built the chi and worked out the kinks with gentle movement.  We spent time in silent sitting. We had guided meditation and satsang.  We transformed individually, and as a group, as the week progressed.  It was a true love fest by the final day.  Other team members rounded out this coordinated effort to give us space to dissolve our obstacles. Words fall short of how wonderful this experience was.  Helen is truly love itself."
- Al Cedarholm
"Helen’s retreat at the beautiful Land Celebration was an unforgettable experience for me, and now that I’m home I continue to experience this profound transformation. It was a gradual unfolding each day with Helen and her loving and supportive team. Watching my fellow retreaters and myself melt into Awareness, we shed our fears and feelings of unworthiness. We became one loving family. Helen was always there for each of us, literally holding our hands and holding us when we needed her. I’ve never experienced anything like this as the unreal dissolved and I deeply realized who I truly am. My eyes have softened and my heart has opened. If you want to merge into Awareness and live as your true Self, I encourage you to experience a retreat with dearest Helen."
- Lynn Cedarholm
"As a gay man I found this retreat to be extremely healing . It was a safe space to explore who I really am . I found the deepest knowing of me . The one love that is in everyone and everything. This identify as a separate person with a gay man’s identity is so loved , so equally loved and blessed . It has left me with a sense of equanimity with all beings and everything. I am deeply grateful for this beautiful retreat and this dear beloved beautiful being called Helen , that loved without conditions.  This was a deep dive into a week of unconditional love.Thank you Helen and everyone."
- Michael Gough