Retreats
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We currently offer the following residential retreats:
We have held a number of in person retreats since August 2021 and all the recordings from these retreats are available in our shop. Please click here for further details.
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Most of us have a very busy life and finding time to put our spiritual pathway first can be challenging. Attending a retreat is a commitment to your awakening that will benefit you in many ways, including but not limited to:
- Being in contact with like minded people
- A quiet place to meditate
- A reflective place to contemplate or simply sit in silence
- A safe space to allow any unresolved feelings to come to the surface to be released
- Time to focus on yourSelf
Many people who attend retreats report a deepening in their meditation and a greater level of peace both during and after retreat.
Our awakening can be accelerated in many ways by attending a retreat as our inner commitment to the Truth of who we are starts to bear fruit.
Our awakening can be accelerated in many ways by attending a retreat as our inner commitment to the Truth of who we are starts to bear fruit.
Saying yes to retreat means saying yes to your awakening
It is saying that this is the most important thing in your life. After all, time is our greatest commodity and when we give time solely to our pathway our asking is always answered. Being on retreat will deeply change you in a beautiful way, in a way that you perhaps cannot put into words afterwards. But your heart will know the Truth. Remember, going on retreat is not selfish. As we awaken to the Truth, our light shines brighter and we are more able to love those around us in our family, work and social life. Dedicating time for your own self is helping those around you in ways that will unfold more and more.
It does not matter how long you have meditated or what type of spiritual practice you have done. Retreat is open to anyone that is fully committed to their awakening. If you have any questions about retreat and whether you should attend or not please email evolutionofspirit@gmail.com. Please do not attend retreat unless you are ready to wake up; it is not a holiday or "time out" from life; it is a sacred and profound experience to be treasured inside your heart.
Below are Testimonials from students who have attended the retreats
"In November 2023, I attended a retreat led by Helen at the Earth Spirit Centre, near Glastonbury, England. It was my first retreat, and it was a deep, rich self-exploration in a safe and supportive environment. Silent reflection and meditation were the core experiences, supplemented with a thoughtful mix of talks, the unpressured option for individual sharing, and group discussions. The participants came from all over the world, with diverse experiences and backgrounds. Helen oozes wisdom, love, and compassion and is a gifted teacher with the ability to nudge people to see inside themselves more clearly."
- Robert Shackleton
- Robert Shackleton
"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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Michael Gough
"I have just finished my second retreat with Helen and I love these 5 days of silence filled with meditation, satsangs and sharings, all l held within Helens deep yet simple guidance, and her love, grace and generosity. Each time after these days of retreat with Helen I feel myself drop deeper into the peace I know I am, as is happening with all I do with Helen ....through her teachings life becomes evermore delightful."
- Sarah P
- Sarah P
"There are no words to adequately describe the amazing blessings that the retreat at the Earth Spirit centre has given us. Helen’s teachings, delivered with such clarity, depth and passion, could only be described as transformational pointers to Truth. Her unconditional loving presence provided the perfect atmosphere for old limiting patterns to arise and to be experienced again in the vast, loving presence of consciousness. A big thank you also for her team - Maggie, Ian and Claire - who allowed everything to flow so smoothly. We highly recommend Helen’s retreats and will definitely be back!"
- Teresa Mc Bride & Julian Graham
- Teresa Mc Bride & Julian Graham
"Today I am completing a very deep and profound silent retreat offered by Helen Hamilton. She truly is an awakened being that has the gift to guide you to your own awakening experience. I have spent the last 18 months doing online courses with Helen and I treated myself for my 55th birthday by flying to England to participate in her silent retreat. This beautiful retreat center is nestled down a country lane with thatched cottages, rose gardens and roaming farm lands near Glastonbury. The lush greenery, abundant bird life and peaceful setting is transformative in itself. Gently guided with very direct instructions over these past 5 days, a group of us (20 participants) ventured to look behind the curtain of who and what we really are. As the hours passed the intensity has risen and we have all been experiencing real fundamental healing. To really accessing presence. I can see I have been really doing a lot of beautiful spiritual work over my life. Today I finally feel I am being it now. The mind has calmed down and I am still here. It is such a beautiful love, a real safety , a kindness , peace itself. So today I start a new journey realizing more of what I and You actually are. I’m very excited and yet in a very peaceful way. I feel so blessed and grateful."
- Michael Gough
- Michael Gough
"Attending the Earth Spirit Retreat with Helen has been transformational and life changing. I attended virtually from my home in Canada and despite the physical distance between us, I felt intimately connected to everyone attending. I’ve left this retreat feeling more peace, more joy and a deeper, richer and more loving relationship with myself and the beautiful like-minded beings that attended. This would not be possible without the incredibly direct and powerful teachings of Helen Hamilton. She has an amazing gift of meeting people where they are on their path with deep compassion and understanding. At the same time powerfully and directly pointing to truth. She exudes loving kindness and teaches from her own direct experience of awakening. I have a deep, complete and utter respect and love for Helen and highly recommend her teachings to everyone seeking truth. Thank you, dearest Helen, my heart is open, joy is rising and perhaps for the first time ever, I am revelling in the beauty, magnificence and mystery of life itself."
- Melissa Rose
- Melissa Rose
"Helen's presence and words radiate loving kindness so that you can't help but also be kind to yourself. My deepest gratitude go to here uplifting words of encouragement. They come without pressure but are full of excitation to keep listening and exploring the mysteries of the body, mind and the nature of our being."
- Valerie Kumer
- Valerie Kumer