Living AWAKE Summer Retreat

From Thinking to Being

Date: Sunday, June 14, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM MST
Location: Church of the Transfiguration (Douglas Hall)
27640 CO-74, Evergreen, Colorado

SAVE THE DATE:

• Autumn Retreat: Sunday Sep., 20, 2026.

A summer day to pause, feel, and come back to being.

Summer brings energy, movement, and fullness. Life expands outward.

This retreat is an invitation to gently pause in the middle of it all —
to step out of the momentum of doing and reconnect with the simplicity of being.

Together, we’ll explore what it means to shift from thinking to direct experience…
from managing life to actually living it.

Guided by Erik and Brittany, this day blends mindfulness, somatic awareness, and embodied movement to help you reconnect with your body, your breath, and the present moment.

A Living Practice

Yoga offers us a kind of live laboratory — a space to practice one of the most essential skills we can develop:

The ability to shift from thinking to being.

Through movement, breath, and awareness, we’ll work with the body as a doorway into presence.

As Brittany shares:

“We will move energy through the body to create space for new ways of experiencing yourself and your life. Through asana, breath, focused attention, and self-reflection, we practice noticing the ego’s voice and returning to what is real in the present moment.”

This integrates seamlessly with the Living AWAKE approach — learning how to stay with experience as it is, without needing to fix, avoid, or control it.

What You’ll Experience

The flow of the day is intentionally spacious, grounded, and accessible — designed to support all levels of experience.

• Guided meditation and breath practices to regulate the nervous system and deepen awareness

• Gentle yoga and mindful movement to shift from thinking into embodied presence

• Somatic practices to help you stay with sensations, emotions, and inner experience without overwhelm

• Periods of silence and reflection to support integration

• Seasonal inquiry: What helps you feel truly alive right now? What is asking for your attention?

• Shared community meal and connection

This is not about performance or getting it “right.”
It’s about learning to listen, feel, and be.

Space is limited to 20 participants to preserve the depth and quality of the experience.

Investment

This retreat follows our accessible 3-tier model:

Supported Tier — $108
Limited spots available.

Standard Tier — $154

Supporter Tier — $198
(Helps sustain this work and expand accessibility.)

Choose the tier that feels aligned with your current season. We don't want finances to get in the way of your practice, please reach out re. scholarship and volunteer opportunities at [email protected]. 

Please Bring

• A simple gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian dish to share (we send a sign up form to make it easy prior to retreat)
• A journal and pen. 
• meditation cushion and/or blanket
• Yoga mat 
• Chairs Provided
• Comfortable clothing (including layers in case we go outside) for movement and meditation.

Meet your loving guides...

Erik Vienneau, LPC, MA, RYT-200

Brittany Hopkins Switlick, E-RYT 500, #1 New Release Author 

Testimonials...