Meditation & Self-Enquiry Retreat 2027 deposit
$1,000.00
July 2 to 13, 2027
Introducing this wonderful new retreat by Padma! We’ll meet for 12 days in July on Vancouver Island, at a gorgeous south-west seaside retreat center. For 12 days, experience still meditations and a unique self-enquiry immersion. This will be a very special experience filled with daily dialogues and reflections of self-Inquiry, including meditations, hatha yoga, and personal philosophy discussions.
Everyone is welcome!
Email PADMA for more info. See below for details.
Save your spot now with the deposit here.
MEDITATION & SELF-ENQUIRY
RETREAT ON VANCOUVER ISLAND!
July 2 to 13, 2027
For 12 days, experience a meditation and self-enquiry immersion on the glorious south coast of Vancouver Island, with Padma. This will be a very special experience filled with daily dialogues of self-Inquiry, meditations, hatha yoga, and personal philosophy discussions.
The second limb of classical Kriya Yoga is Self-Inquiry. In Sanskrit this Self-Enquiry is known as “SwaDhyaya." The inquirer is called a“Jigyasu.” For 25 years, Padma has lead groups and individuals into deeper awareness of who we are, what identity, is and how we find freedom from the suffering of mind and ego.
In this retreat, you'll be guided each day in the time-tested foundational practices of yoga, breathwork and mantra, and also be taken to the sublime and powerful space of self-awareness of who you are, who is present and how always to stay alert and joyful. This is a yoga and meditation retreat along with dialogues, awareness and deep clarification of the philosophy of freedom.
Padma will host and guide you in meditations throughout the 12 days. She will facilitate discussions and explorations about the truth and nature of Self.
The main intent of her teachings and presence is, and has always been, the direct knowledge and immediate experience of the true Self.
We'll stay at the gorgeous Krishnamurti Education Center of Canada, in Metchosin on Vancouver Island, BC. These exquisitely lovely, quiet, seaside, 32-acre grounds will allow you ample time and space for your own self-inquiry and reflections. You'll have an inspiring and yet deeply restful, direct experience of the Self you are.
Padma will offer the daily morning and evening sessions.
Each afternoon as well, you will have the chance to meet altogether with a support-person at the Krishnamurti Center. Next July we have the good fortune of having Mukesh join us during this retreat. Each day, he will sit with us in group meetings of self-enquiry in a Krishnamurti dialogue with awareness style. This will be a wonderful collaboration of guidance, knowledge and meditations with Padma, with the open enquiry of the Krishnamurti support-person.
Rooms are limited at this retreat center. When all rooms are booked, then a Wait List will be started.
Please book your spot early with Padma to save your place in this retreat. When you pay the deposit amount here of $1000, then you are registered for this retreat and your place is secured. Email to Padma to review the rooms and make your tentative selection and consider if you want a private room or are willing to share a room with one other. The exact pricing of the private and double room fees will be posted soon. Both will be around $1200 for 11 nights. In March, 2027, you will pay for your room directly with KECC.
The Early bird Retreat price until March 1, 2027, including all knowledge sessions, yoga classes, meditations, PLUS 11 suppers, and a 1-1 private meeting with Padma, is $3000 Cad.
Pay the $1000+gst deposit by March 1 to save your spot. After saving your spot with the deposit, the balance of $2000 is due by April 1, 2027. You can save the gst on the balance amount by paying in cash.
After March 1, the full Retreat fee with suppers is $4000.
Additionally, there is the accommodation fee of $1200 +8% tax to be paid to the KECC in March, 2027.
Don't miss this rare chance to spend 12 days of immersion in deep practice with Padma.
See the KECC website and see images of the center here: https://krishnamurti-canada.ca/accommodation/
Itinerary:
Arrive in Victoria on July 1 and enjoy the Canada Day Celebrations downtown! Fireworks and a great town vibe!
JULY 2
We can pick you up in Victoria and drive you to the KECC on Friday afternoon. Or make your own way to the center between 2 and 4pm.
Daily Schedule:
JULY 3 TO JULY 12
7am – 8:30. Each morning we’ll start the day with meditation, breathwork, and gentle hatha yoga (all levels welcome).
9am. Make your own breakfast in your kitchen.
10am – 12:30. After Breakfast, we’ll gather to immerse ourselves in Self-Enquiry conversations, dialogues, reflections, study and silence. We will meditate and explore the wisdom philosophy of meditators and enquiring minds.
12 noon. You will make your own lunch in your kitchen.
After Lunch, you’ll have the afternoon to rest, explore, walk, swim, bike, have private time and fun. On one day there will be a group outings to a nearby lake for a hike and swim.
4pm to 5pm each day, you will meet as a group with the Krishnamurti Support-person, MUKESH, who is joining us for the whole retreat. He is a wonderful yogi and an excellent facilitator of the Krishnamurti Self-Inquiry method.
6pm. Eleven delicious dinners are included, catered by Aakaash Catering.
7:30pm -8:30pm. Gentle Yoga and evening meditation and sublime Sanskrit mantra chanting.
JULY 13, We will have one last time to meet, and then pack up and leave by noon. You can pre-book to have a ride back to Victoria.
Everyone is welcome to this adventure.
Join us! Save your place in this incredible retreat.
Please email Padma to inquire.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
• Single rooms or double rooms. There are some queen rooms and others with 2 single beds.
• Welcome Package, including all 26 BLISSFUL LIVING episodes
• Daily wisdom talks and meditations with Padma
. Daily Self-Inquiry meetings with Mukesh
• Daily Yoga, breathwork and mantra lessons with Padma
• A Private 1-1 Session with Padma
. A 1-1 with Mukesh
• 11 vegetarian suppers deliciously catered by Aakaash Catering.
If you like, every few days, you can give your preferred shopping list to Aakaash, who will go do all the grocery shopping for your breakfast and lunch food. You can select what you want to have for breakfasts and lunches and make these yourself in the kitchens, that are shared with one or two others. This way you can also budget what you’d like to spend for breakfasts and lunches. You will then pay your final grocery bill to Aakaash at the end of the retreat.
FEES DO NOT INCLUDE
• Flights
• Travel Insurance
• Extra snacks/extra meals outside of the resorts
• Meals not specified: Suppers are included.
• Cost to obtain valid passport
• Cancellation, Flight or Medical Insurance
• Any items of a personal nature such as laundry, drinks and telephone calls
. Groceries for breakfasts, lunches and snacks
• Any item that is not specifically detailed or in the final retreat itinerary
WHAT TO DO TO JOIN US:
• Pay the DEPOSIT fee now to save your place. There are limited spots available.
• If you’re coming from outside of Canada, then get a valid Passport that is valid until well after the trip dates.
* BONUS GIFT! You’ll receive all 26 episodes of the Blissful Living series by Padma. Before the Retreat, it is suggested to watch the series called BLISSFUL LIVING, by Padma. You will receive a digital copy of all of these episodes when you register!
*It is also recommended to read the book by Krishnamurti called “Freedom from the Known.” (available online)
The total early bird fee until March 1, 2027, for this retreat is $3000 Cad + 5% GST tax.
There is also an accommodation fee at the KECC of $1200 Cad + 8% accommodation tax.
Therefore the total comes to $3000 + $1200 = $4200 + taxes.
Pay the $1000 deposit now to Padma Meditation and have your spot saved. In March pay the Balance $2000 to Padma Meditation, plus pay the $1200 accommodation fee for the KECC retreat center.
STEPS:
1. Pay the Deposit $1000+gst to Padma Meditation now and reserve your place in this limited size retreat. You can also let us know your room preference at this time.
2. Pay the balance of the Tuition and Catering of $2000 by April 1, 2027 to Padma Meditation.
You can save the gst on the balance amount if you pay cash.
3. In March, pay $1200 + 8% tax, directly to the KECC for the accommodations fee. No worries, we will help you out with this step at that time!
CANCELLATION POLICY
The $1000 deposit is NON-refundable.
Up until April 1, the $2000 retreat balance can be refunded 50%
After April 1, no refunds.
After April 1, full retreat (tuitions + suppers) price is $4000.
For years I’ve wanted to host a retreat on Vancouver Island, in BC, my beloved home land! I am really happy to have the good fortune to be able to offer this retreat at the most beautiful place I’ve ever found on the west coast. This oak-savannah acreage by the sea has a blessed spiritual quality to it, wth a power of natural peace. Giant ancient oak trees, like grandmothers, stand majestically on the land. Eagles and ravens live here and it’s common to see sealions or orcas in the ocean. There’s a lovely private pebble beach where you can sleep, read, swim or go for a paddleboard. Walk through the old forests.
You can bring a bike and explore on the Galloping Goose trail nearby.
This will be an amazing start to your summer. You’ll leave with strength, bliss and a deeper awareness of who you know yourself to be.
