India 2026 Retreat with Patrick Connor
10 Day Kaivalaya Marga Liberation Retreat in Tiruvannamalai, South India
January 6th - 15th, 2026
(Travel days: recommended arrival in Tiru January 4th & departure not before January 17th)
The Village of Light
Shantimalai Environmental Care Campus
The Village of Light
A sacred invitation to Arunachala.
There are places on Earth that are not merely locations. They are portals.
Arunachala is such a place.
The Mountain of Fire, the still point of the turning world.
The embodiment of Lord Shiva Himself .
Arunachala is the crown chakra of the Earth, and the axis of alchemy around which the New Civilization can most naturally take form.
In January 2026, we will gather there, not as seekers, but as flame-bearers, to build a Village of Light on sacred land gifted by the stewards of the Shanti Malai Trust, in partnership with the Tamil elders, inside the inner ring of the Girivalam path, a place no gathering like this has ever been held.
✧ This is not a retreat.
It is a Field of Activation, Initiation and Planetary Restoration.
For 10 days of retreat and 2 weeks of luminous gathering, we will construct a temporary constellation of tented temples: spaces of initiation, nourishment, play, silence, music, transmission, and grace.
This will be a living scroll — written by those who remember why they came to Earth.
We will not come to teach or to be seen.
We come:
To restore coherence to the planetary nervous system
To re-pattern the karmic architecture of humanity
To walk as living pillars of Light
To seed new codes of stewardship, sovereignty, and sacred embodiment
To claim the energy of Fire, misused since ancient times, and return it to the earth as fully embodied, grounded Light.
What we build will disappear in form.
But the frequency will remain.
The Mountain will remember.
The Earth will ripple.
The field will multiply.
The codes we receive will become foundations for the new time.
You are not being invited to a program.
You are being called by the Flame.
This is a coming of age moment at a poignant hour in the history of the earth plane.
You are being invited to come as one who no longer seeks, but who walks as Light.
“For narrow is the Path,
And straight is the Gate,
That leadeth unto Life,
And few there be that find it.”
— Yeshua, Jesus of Nazareth
“Follow your bliss,
And the Universe will open doors
Where previously there were only walls.”
— Joseph Campbell
Kaivalya Marga means the Path of Liberation, which points to the Great Way trodden by the most advanced adepts and masters who have ever walked the earth.
In this retreat Patrick will provide experiential and direct guided clearing and healing focused in depth and detail on traversing the terrain of 'the upper 20% of the mountain’. This represents the inner territory that one must cross to completely rend the veil that normally hides the glory of God within, the Light of Reality, the Radiance of Unity Consciousness, in order to unfold and to bring forth what is possible in this body, in this lifetime.
As such, the retreat will have a two-fold focus: It will be a profound process of mystical initiation and further activation into the vast dimensions, capacities and ways of the Divine Light, under the Grace of the Siddhas and the Forces of the Light who are dedicated to the complete illumination of those whose hearts are ready to answer the call of the hour at this profound inflection point in human history. This will be a time of opening more completely than ever to our multidimensional being.
In parallel, we will be directly focused on the comprehensive healing and releasing of the karmic imprints of the past, in particular the most difficult-to-see veils and subtle subconscious dynamics that still hold the vibration of separation, scarcity and fear, and which stand in the way of embodying and grounding the Light of the Divine Love, Light, Joy, Abundance, Beauty, and Unity in one’s being, in this world.
“Oh my God, and then I saw...
I was the veil
That hid the face of my Beloved!”
— Khvaja Mir Dard
For those who have a genuine and deep connection to the Light of Spirit, this will be a time of clearing the deepest karma, the core of which is pre-verbal. Comprehensively deprogramming the subconscious mind is essential to illumination, and even more essential to living joyfully here and to truly enjoying the world. For those who are already exceptionally functional on the earth plane, and very well grounded, this will be a time to become profoundly aligned to the Light. Without illumination, we live out our unconscious karmic imprints and our unexamined limiting beliefs. In the atmosphere of a comprehensive and integrated process of illumination, it becomes possible to be EXTRAORDINARILY grounded on the Earth plane, and to live inspirationally and fully here, FROM the Light.
“I do not need to shave my head,
For I have shaved my mind.”
— Kabir
In this way, if we are willing to give ourselves to the adventure and to the project of complete development, we become able to live out our highest Divine Destiny.
In such a one, the life moves in an integrated symbiosis between the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine archetypes of Divine Power, Purpose, Light and Love.
We become magnetic to the River of irresistible Divine Assistance.
Our body becomes a lighthouse of healing.
The polarity between spiritual and material, inner and outer, dissolves, and it becomes possible to live joyfully and fearlessly in the midst of even the most troubled times and the most toxic environments.
By healing the subtlest depths of our own heart, our relationships flourish.
In this mature field of intention, the power of Grace ripens us quickly, enabling us to clear lifetimes of karma in a time frame not available to the less committed, and rapidly activates our capacity to serve life.
And finally, our very being becomes a blessing and a gift to all whose lives we touch, and our hearts a much needed refuge and an example of fearless service to the highest ideals of Beauty, Love and Truth in this world. This is our Purpose here.
“This Silence is more vast and more emphatic
Than all the scriptures put together.”
— Ramana Maharshi
To know more about Patrick’s work, please watch these recent video introductions and dialogues
These 10 days will provide a container for very rapid soul expansion, and the opportunity to make a massive leap in consciousness.
This will be a time of deep rest, restoration and renewal, and Divine Self-Care. It will be a time of preparing in the highest possible way for living in your magic, and bringing forth what you are most deeply here for, in the most expansive way possible today. You will leave substantially and permanently lighter and freer than you have ever been.
If this message is resonating, it is because you are among the yogis, guides, healers, spiritual teachers, light workers, creators and leaders who have the capacity, maturity and depth of soul intention to make a difference in this world, and to hold the Flame of Light here on the earth at this extraordinary and powerful time in the history of human civilization.
This retreat will be a foundational preparation for the highest service you can possibly bring to this life and world.
“A Jew (any person) who doesn’t believe in miracles is not a realist.”
— David Ben Gurion
“What the ego cannot lift with all its might, is like a feather to the Grace of God.”
— David R. Hawkins
We wish you love and joy at this special time, and look forward very much to being together in India, for those who can join us.
For further questions please contact natacha@sharmada.org or belen@sharmada.org