Refuge 2024 ~ Return to Wholeness

 

A Virtual, 6-Month Immersion of the Pancha Maya Koshas Reclaim, Embody, and Empower all of the layers of you and your wild and wonderful life.

with Meg McCraken

 
 
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Live in wholeness

Experience healing, connection, community, authenticity, empowerment, resilience, inner wisdom, emotional intelligence, ease in your body, clarity in your mind and a sense of deep-seated abiding peace.

Within the simple container of this 6-month course, you will cultivate a sense of ease, clarity, wellbeing and strength that you can integrate into your everyday life.

 
 

Benefits

This immersion will help you:

  • relieve stress and cultivate a sense of wellbeing

  • discover, align with, and integrate qualities like compassion, authenticity, strength, generosity clarity, resilience, trust, contentment, and connection into your life

  • join a conscious community of whole-hearted humans who welcome imperfections and strive for true understanding and authentic connection

  • discover your own rhythm and wisdom through the program’s gentle structure

  • live a life that is genuinely meaningful for you

 
 

Leaning into the many great contemplative traditions—like Yoga, Buddhism, QiGong, and Tantra that have guided my way for 20+ years—we will embark on the inner journey of a lifetime together. 

 
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What to Expect

This engaging, live-streaming (and recorded) online program will include:

  • a safe space for authentic discovery and expression

  • therapeutic movement practices designed to bring resilience to your nervous system

  • meditations for all levels that allow your mind to rest in an atmosphere of clarity and calm

  • informative dharma (spiritual philosophy) talks to inspire deep understanding and true curiosity

  • stimulating discussions for shared wisdom and insight

  • engaging exercises and tools to help integrate the program into your everyday life

  • inspiring poetry, books and essays

  • writing prompts and tools to help unearth deep seeded insights and inspire creativity

  • group/partner practices that cultivate community and connection

 
 

Who It’s For

This immersion is for anyone who is:

  • looking for tools and practices to help: establish a wholehearted experience of being enough, calm the nervous system, generate vitality, inspire insight, uncover a sense of abiding peace and build strength and resilience.

  • longing for conscious community, authentic connection, and meaningful support.

  • interested in exploring the philosophies of the great wisdom traditions and how they can be integrated into the complexities we face in modern-day life to promote personal and collective wellbeing.

  • wanting a gentle structure to support a sense of steadiness and accountability that can create and sustain meaningful change as we navigate through today’s new landscape.

  • looking for authentic clarity and direction in these overwhelming times.

  • looking to infuse their teaching or leadership with fresh perspective, depth and authenticity. (Teacher Training Track Available for those looking for advanced teacher training experience and hours. Details below)

 
 
The training I took with Meg, was one of the best experiences in my life.

Her authenticity, her capacity to transmit, to share all her wisdom and knowledge about yoga from the heart, with such dedication, respect and humility was mind-blowing.

She has such a special way to create a sacred space and leave everything to unfold as it is meant to be, leaving me the space I needed to explore and grow, in my own way.
— Marika McGoldrick
 
 

The 6-month-long program will be a deep-dive into the 5 Koshas, the 5 layers of your embodied existence.

Each month we will pull from a variety of wisdom traditions to help us inhabit each of these layers and integrate a sense of wholeness and sufficiency into our everyday lives.

 
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Format

While we do meet live, every workshop and session will be recorded for you to view again, or at another time, at your convenience.

Join for the whole program or drop-in for the 1st month.

  • The first week of each segment we will gather together virtually for a 4-hour workshop to unpack the month’s reflection.

  • The 3rd week of each segment we will gather together virtually for a 90-minute deepening and integration session.

  • In the 2nd and 4th weeks of the segment, we will meet for ‘Office Hours’ to discuss our experiences of the teachings and explore any questions, insights, concerns, etc. that are arising.

  • Throughout the month you will receive emails with simple practices, tools and inspirations to help you integrate these qualities into your everyday living.

  • Throughout the immersion you will have the opportunity to engage with me and the other members of the program on a private group communications platform. This will be a place for us to share stories, insights, inspirations, resources, questions, concerns, etc, at any time.

Schedule & Dates

The program runs from January - June, 2024

Supporting tools, information and resources will be emailed throughout each month and you will have access to the online Refuge community group.

The following dates and times outline the live online sessions we will have each month. All sessions will be recorded for you to listen to at anytime.

Our ½ day Closing Circle will be June 30, 2024

Join for the whole program or drop-in for the 1st month.

 
 
 
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Session 1: Return to Wholeness

Reclaim and inhabit all of your layers. An overview and experience of the Pancha Maya Koshas. (5 Layers)

Jan. 7th, 9:00am – 1:00pm (PT)

Jan. 24th, 9:00am – 10:30am (PT)

Office Hours: Jan. 16 & 30 Noon-1 (PT)

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Session 3: Tend to Your Energy Well

Cultivate, direct and protect your basic life-force energy so that you can live with vitality.

March 3rd, 9:00am – 1:00pm (PT)

March 20th, 9:00am – 10:30am (PT)

Office Hours: Mar. 12 & 26 Noon-1 (PT)

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Session 5: Empowered Wisdom & Intuition

Dive deep into the wisdom within you and develop a deep trust with your innate intelligence.

May 5th, 9:00am – 1:00pm (PT)

May 22nd, 9:00am – 10:30am (PT)

Office Hours: May 14 & 28 Noon-1 (PT)

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Session 7: Embodied Wholeness, Empowered Life

Celebrate all of who you are, the fullness of who you’ve become, and everything that you are yet to be. Honor the community to which you belong and are a unique and powerful blessing.

June 30th, 9:00am - 1:00pm (PT)

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Session 2: Honor the Skin that You’re In

Explore, experience and honor the unique expression of your physical body.

Feb. 4th, 9:00am – 1:00pm (PT)

Feb. 21st, 9:00am – 10:30am (PT)

Office Hours: Feb. 13 &27 Noon-1 (PT)

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Session 4: Mental and Emotional Wellness

Harness the power of your mind and embrace the life of your emotions in a transformative and empowering way.

April 7th, 9:00am – 1:00pm (PT)

April 24th, 9:00am – 10:30am (PT)

Office Hours: April 16 & 30 Noon-1 (PT)

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Session 6: Connection to the Whole

Experience a connection to and cultivate your relationship with that which is greater than you.

June 2nd, 9:00am – 1:00pm (PT)

June 19th, 9:00am – 10:30am (PT)

Office Hours: June 11 & 25 Noon-1 (PT)

 
Ways to Engage
 
  1. General Public Full Immersion

Sign up for the entire immersion, which includes lifetime access to all of the materials and practices from the course.

Includes:

  • Seven 4-Hour Sunday Sessions to unpack, explore and experience the teachings

  • Six 90-Minute Integration Sessions to deepen your understanding and experience of the teachings

  • 2 Office Hour Sessions per month to integrate the teachings into your everyday life, ask questions and share insights

  • access to a private online forum to share resources, experiences, insights, comments and simply connect

  • lifetime access to recordings of all of the sessions

  • email support throughout the program

Tuition for Full Immersion: $950

Pay in Full or reserve your spot with a $200 non-refundable deposit. Final payments due by Dec. 15th. (please contact us at admin@experiencealaya.com if you are in need of a payment plan or financial assistance)

REGISTER FOR FULL IMMERSION
 

2. First Month Only

Join us for the 1st month of the immersion and get an overview of the Koshas, an experience of your innate wholeness, and a taste of the full-immersion experience. Receive:

  • One 4-Hour Sunday Session to unpack, explore and experience the initial overview of the Pancha Maya Koshas (5 Layers of Embodied Existence)

  • One 90-Minute Integration Session

  • Two 60-Minute Office Hour Sessions

  • Access to recordings of 1st month’s sessions for 30 days

  • Access to private forum for 30 days

Tuition for 1st Month Only: $175 (please register by January 5th)

REGISTER FOR 1ST MONTH ONLY
 

3. Teacher Training Track

Experience the Koshas and learn to teach from a place of authenticity and wholeness

Includes:

  • All aspects of the Full Immersion as listed above

  • Seven Extra 90-Minute Teacher Training Sessions

  • One-on-one private session with Meg to provide feedback on final project and answer any final questions

  • 75 Hours Towards Experience Alaya Advanced Teacher Certification or continuing education

Tuition for Teacher Training Track: $1450

Reserve your spot with a $200 non-refundable deposit. Final payments due December 15th. If you need a payment plan please email admin@experiencealaya.com

REGISTER NOW FOR TEACHER TRAINING TRACK
 

Questions?

Contact us.

If the cost of tuition is a stretch for you, please email me and we can work together to find a way to support your participation in the program.

 

Kind words from students

 
Meg teaches from a place steeped in timeless wisdom; she leads from a place rooted in unwavering equanimity; she listens from a place of boundless curiosity; she hears from a place of unfaltering understanding; and she holds each being in her life with the power and tenderness of unconditional love.
— Lauri Glenn
I have never trusted a teacher more than I have, her. She makes me feel seen and capable. She shows up in a powerful, creative, loving, wise way. I see her as a woman who has made it to the other side, who has been initiated by life and because of this, offers wisdom from a deep, powerful, and loving place. She is a gifted guide and loving teacher.
— Jennifer Shields
 
 
I signed up for Meg’s training not having a single clue as to “why”. I just felt a calling at that time in my life to take a deeper dive into something that I was curious about learning more of.

What an incredible decision it turned out to be! Meg has an innate teaching ability to make the training feel that it is entirely catered exactly to what YOU need in your life.

I learned things that I didn’t know I needed to learn, felt things deeply that I didn’t know could be felt, and rejoiced in the overall experience.
— Bridget Brown