California August 2025 Retreat

An Invitation to Enlightened Leadership and Self-Mastery

In these poignant times of worldwide chaos, confusion and crisis, there has never been more need, or a louder call from the earth, for the grace of real stewardship. Enlightened leadership is not the domain of politics, but rather of self mastery.  True leadership is not, first and foremost, the ability to direct the lives of others, but most of all to gain sovereignty over the forces of illusion, darkness and fear in one's own life.

Self-mastery, in turn, is not the province of a philosophically sophisticated mind, but rather of a wise and pure heart, soaked in a lived experience of the intrinsic Unity of Life.  And vision, to be worthy of the term, is not the realm of ideas, rather a refined receptivity to the heartbeat of the Eternal and the Timeless.  

To make the heart wise is a project, for we are not soaked in the realm of Cause, the domain of Light from which all manifestation arises.  This project that confers reliable and lasting vision and true inspiration involves the illumination of the intution.  This process, in turn, has two universal pillars, no matter your background, education or favored practice.

On one side, we are invited to open ourselves wholeheartedly and passionately and diligently to the Influence of the Light, the Universal Intelligence that goes by many names - The Unnamable One, to quote the Tao Te Ching.  

On the other side, we are invited to make conscious our negative scripts, our self-judgments, our limiting beliefs about ourselves and the nature of reality, and transmute these into Light, Love and Truth.  

This is a subtle and alchemical process, vaster in scope than mere positive thinking, deeper than new age affirmations, simpler than advanced philosophy and, in its highest possibility, swifter than traditional spiritual practice or psychotherapeutic intervention.  Most of all, the Light must be brought down into our body, where our deepest conditioning lays hidden.  

Retreat with Patrick offers a meticulous and guided process of alchemical intervention, healing and initiation, combined with a container of great potency and great safety, in which it is possible to transmute what has held us back - joyfully, efficiently, gently and inspirationally - and in an atmosphere of Grace, Beauty and unconditional Love.  And finally, as so many of you have remarked, it is impossible to overstate the value and delight of sharing a field of mature intention with other similarly inspired souls.

If you choose, and if you are receiving this and called to join us, you will leave with a palpably upgraded sense of your connection to Universal Intelligence, significantly lighter in your karmic footprint, and a whole lot freer of the walls you have inadvertently set up which have hitherto veiled the Light and made your access to irresistible Joy more tenuous than it can otherwise now be.

The intentions of these retreats are very simple:  The focus here is on releasing, with precision and depth, all the obstacles to Joy and to living fearlessly, unapologetically and exuberantly as the unique being of light that you have come here to be.  On this path of Illumination, your capacity to inspire others, and your ability to live in real love, freedom and abundance, are one.  They are a single path.

Held in a magical setting in nature, retreat provides a unique container for making a giant leap in consciousness and for unwinding, now and forever, the subconscious blocks to living in True Love and Self-Love, Joy, Freedom and Abundance.

May you thrive in these extraordinary times. The heart soaked in the light, and grounded upon the earth, becomes the instrument of fearlessly aligned empowerment and boundless inspiration, and can accomplish literally anything in this world, for the upliftment of beings.

If this invitation resonates in your heart, we welcome you to join us, with great love and joy,

Patrick
May, 2025

To know more about Patrick’s work, please watch these recent dialogues.

Pricing:

• Single room: $4,950

• Single Room 2 Instalments: $ 2,500

• Double room: $4,100

• Double Room 2 Instalments: $2,075

• Commuters: $3,550**

• Online attendance via Zoom: $1111

**Commuters will need to arrange for lodging in Scotts Valley, California.

The In-person Attendance Prices Include:

• Retreat tuition

• Accommodation in 1440 Campus: 6 nights arriving August 17th, and departing August 23rd. All rooms have ensuite bathrooms. Commuters will arrange and pay their own accommodation outside 1440 campus.

• Meals: for guest staying overnight at 1440 all meals are included ( dinner on arrival day the 17th , daily breakfast, lunch and dinner on each subsequent overnight stay, and breakfast on the departure day the 23th). If you have any dietary restrictions, please let us know in advance. Commutters fee includes all lunch and dinners from the 18th till the 22nd.

• Services: Access and use of all campus wellness amenities - fitness center, 4 miles of on-site hiking trails, the outdoor infinity-edge hot tub, and 4.2 miles of trails in the East Glenwood Preserve (a short walk to local entrance off-campus)

• Daily self-parking for overnight participants with approved parking pass – administered upon registration

• All prices are tax-included

• All other services will be arranged directly to 1440.

Don’t hesitate to reach out with any inquiries or concerns by emailing: natacha@sharmada.org