5 days of Ease, Comfort, Play, Dolphins & Turtles at a true Remnant of Paradise - located in “The Healing Triangle” on the BigIsland of Hawaii. With sunset meditations and Full Moon Walks at “The Place of Refuge”, Kona
Next Retreat Dates:
May 1 - 5, 2009*
Oct 22-26, 2009*
5 full days - Book Early - small groups
*PRIVATE RETREAT available for your group only-4 or more people and we can customize dates for your group
"Tobias's considerate approach and insightful guidance allowed for the magic to happen again in my life. I felt reconnected in that uplifting atmosphere of the Big Island's sacred places of beauty. So if you are on a quest for true spirituality I highly recommend a SpiriTravel Adenture." -- Valery B. Sao Paolo, Brazil
"[My best friend] asked how my trip to Hawaii was... and I replied to her that I don't remember the last time I felt that much and laughed & cried that much and that I felt like I went through a whole 'purification' both physically and emotionally." --Sonoyo O.- Tokyo, Japan
"When you re-connect to a free (not domesticated) animal - when you connect with their spirit - they will help re-awaken that part in yourself - your freedom, your energy, your Spirit, your connection to all Life. And at the same time you will help that animal's collective spirit and support the larger Eco sphere of our planet."
Tobias Lars - BS, MBA, Mensa - founder and Director of SpiriTravel.com
We are doing 2 Dolphin Healing Retreats each year& Custom Dates for small groups - 4 people is enough to customize dates for your group.
See below for details.
Group size will be limited to under 10 participants.
...Kayaking out to dolphins & Sunset from balcony...
Interacting With The Dolphins
The Dolphins are a 'Totem' Spirit - they ARE a way of being - a particular 'frequency' if you like - that is helpful to humans by helping us to be able to 'let go', relax, enjoy, 'play', and just be. There are many stories of Dolphins interceding in emergency or critical times for humans. Often this takes the form of someone having reached a point of 'end of their rope', - and the Dolphin Spirit somehow reaches in and assist in 'lightening up' the situation. This 'frequency' of the Dolphins is available in many forms - you could simply sit and meditate & telepathically tune in to their frequency. Or you could Kayak next to them and watch and feel what they are and do. Or you could sit on shore and see them leap, spin and play, or you could swim with them. All these ways are great to feel and experience the Dolphin's Spirit.
Note: we have several options to be with the dolphins, we swim & snorkel out to them, kayak, or observe from land - whatever is preferable and comfortable for each participant.
Our first day down at Place of Refuge, we saw the dolphins leap and spin out in the protected cove. Our last day a large pod of dolphins showed up, this time with babies jumping and 'spinning' for us. We got in the water and spent about 1 1/2 hrs swimming with them. We could hear them 'talking' under water and they made a special show and acknowledgment of swimming by and playfully touching flowers we tossed to them. During our retreat we will have 3 excursions to be with the dolphins.
...Dolphins in the bay where we'll be...
Fun YouTube video of dolphins playing with bubbles - though in the video these are captive dolphins and we have our encounters with wild spinner dolphins - this video shows the amazing intelligence and consciousness of dolphins
The Kona Green Gecko (that is 'luck' according to Hawaiian legend) showed up for us all week. The first day of the course we had a baby green gecko greet us. Here's a picture of one that visited us later in the week. Look at that tail!
some of us under the Bhodi Tree...& Kona Green Gecko
We met in the Palm Grove of the 'Secret Garden' and one day under the Bhodi Tree. Our 'lei' of plumeria flowers that we placed on the palm tree stump in our 'Secret Garden', mysteriously did not decay like the other flower lei's. We all noticed and commented on it.
During our 'Laughter Yoga' session the day after our visit to the Volcano, we must have had a visit from what Pila Chiles calls:
"...the second chemical reaction, said to be more powerful than all the healing agents known to Man. It comes 'out of the blue' with the power of a jackhammer, shattering the seriousness of the entire human estate. A power instantly freeing and balancing to all the body's chemistry. This is the power of laughter. When it comes in this manner, it comes through the 'na'au' (gut level) and will pierce the hopelessness of any situation or attitude. It is not a power to be taken lightly, for the Ancient Hawaiians say it holds the chemistry of immortality and will instantly heal any terminal disease. It is said to be the 'laughter of God' which shatters the ridiculousness of hopelessness."
Everyone in the group had a great Laugh and it felt like lifetimes of stress and worry were released from us.
On our day trip to the Volcano we 'appreciated' the Ferns by connecting with a 15 foot tall one as we entered the rainforest, feeling the softness of its golden 'hair' and then on our walk we all noticed and felt the spirit of the ferns. We left our offerings for Pele`in a Like Like ceremony of 'letting go of the old' and walked across a caldera. As we were finishing our walk across the black lava, a cool wind, the Pu'ulena wind of Pele (we learned later) came and cooled and reinvigorated us for the climb out of the volcano's caldera.
...by one of the large steam vents... & one of our Fern friends...
Last evening Sunset at Place of Refuge...
Truly a week in Paradise, with gentle healing and movement for all of us.
5 days of Ease, Comfort, Play, Dolphins & Turtles at a true Remnant of Paradise - located in “The Healing Triangle” on the BigIsland of Hawaii. With sunset meditations and Full Moon Walks at “The Place of Refuge”
To read more about Pu'uhonua o Honaunau - "The Place of Refuge" where we will be doing our Sunset Meditations, Full Moon walks and Dolphin Communions click the following links.
The Sacred Birthing Pools, The Secret Garden, Royal Grounds of the "Ali'i", & Turtles
The Keauhou Beach Resort has the best location on the Kona coast. The grounds are sacred grounds. The Resort has managed to stay imbued with the energy of this sacred place. We have visited the newer resorts farther up the coast, and we felt more of the Ohana (family) feeling, Peace, and Mana (Spiritual essence) here than at any other site. Hawaiian women would come to sacred pools on these ancient grounds to give birth. There are remnants of three sacred "Heiau's" - stone structures that served as ancient temples here as well. The grounds are imbued with 'Mana' - spiritual power. These were royal grounds for the Ali'i or Chiefs. We will be holding our 'Sanctuary for Souls' seminar outdoors in 'The Secret Garden'-- a private palm grove near the turtle pools on grass just steps from the ocean.
The tide pools right in front and under! the resort are favorite spots for turtles.
Nowhere else in the Hawaiian islands is it so easy to wade into oceanfront tide pools to visit with colorful reef fish and gentle sea turtles. A stroll through the gardens is a lesson in native trees -- ulu (breadfruit), kukui (candlenut), hala (pandanus) -- and an encounter with fragrant plumeria and brillant heliconia. Meander the walking paths and journey through tales and legends of Hawaii's past. The peaceful atmosphere will revive your senses and restore your spirit.
Kahuluu Bay Beachadjoins the resort and is the easiest snorkeling on the Big Island. An untouched, wild, free and hardly ever used beach is on the other side of the resort just beyond the tide pools.
It's the Best of All Worlds -- a full resort, with 3 peaceful comfortable restaurants - when we've stayed before we loved having breakfast each morning in the open air restaurant -- a pool, spa, fitness center, two beaches, turtles in private tide pools, a sacred palm grove for our use, lush tropical foliage gardens, restful hammocks slung between palm trees...and the Ocean steps away.
We recommend you stay right at the Keauhou Beach Resort where we are holding the seminar. Pleasant Holidays usually has specials including for air-hotel- car
We want to make the workshop available to all travel budgets so if you wish to attend the workshop and don't want to spend all your money on a resort, here's a hotel that's a 'secret', run by several generations of a Japanese family and wonderful atmosphere.
"When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator"
(Mahatma Gandhi)
Couples Special-- 50% off for second person when attending as a couple.
Scholarships - a limited # of matching funds scholarships are available. Please inquiry for details. info@SpiriTravel.com
Meals: There are three quiet, peaceful restaurants at the resort, wonderful vegetarian meals available. A short ride up Ali'i drive there are a large variety of restaurants.
Dolphin communions, kayaking & snorkeling will all be expertly guided for your ease. If you've never snorkeled or kayaked before we will gently assist you and make it fun and easy to learn. The bay where we will be snorkeling, kayaking and communing with the dolphins and turtles is calm & protected, locals bring their children there for swimming.
Stay a few extra days before or after the healing retreat to explore the rest of 'The Big Island' of Hawaii -- Kohala coast, thermal springs, waterfalls, Waipio Valley, etc. while you are here.
Cancellation Policy: While we would love to keep it absolutely flexible and be able to let people cancel at anytime - because of small groups and occasionally having to turn people away these are the policies we believe are fair.
90+ days out: full refund minus $100 re booking fee which is applicable to any of our future SpiriTravel Eco Adventures.
60-90 days out: 1/2 refund and other half applicable to any of our SpiriTravel Eco Adventures.
0-60 Days out: full credit applicable for future SpiriTravel Eco Adventures.
Note: if you or we find a replacement to take your space we will give you a full refund minus $100 handling fee at any time.
Imagine -- waking up to a gentle breeze through the treetops of the 100 year old monkey pod trees outside, you notice the iridescent green gecko outside your window, step out on your balcony and see the ocean. You have some fruit, something to drink while you let this Place of Paradise, sacred to the ancient Hawaiians, and a place of refuge left on the planet for our healing, fill you with relaxation, peace, enjoyment...And a shiver of comfort kisses you from inside, your mind stops, and your inner and outer worlds melt and merge into pure en-join-ment.
This is what the 'Place of Refuge' Sanctuary for Souls Healing Retreat is all about. We as humans have come to believe through the centuries in the idea that growth, healing, progress has to be painful. This is not necessarily so. Real progress, real healing, real spiritual awakening occurs when we finally let go and allow our natural energies to heal us. Like an air bubble trapped under water finally set free to rise to the surface. How many stories have you heard of people finally reaching their 'breaking point' and giving up. And in that giving up somehow a whole new life has emerged for them? We don't need to reach these crises (cries for 'ease'), these emergencies (emerge-and-sees) in order for us to finally let go and to grow. There is an easier way. If we feel and believe through our collective programming that we need to 'struggle', 'work hard', that it has to be 'no pain, no gain' then so it is...for us. But not for Masters, not for God, not for awake beings. The Universe grows through ease, through enjoyment, through pleasure. The Origin of the Uni-Verse was a pleasurable 'Big Bang' for Source-God-Consciousness. Trees, grass, volcanoes, star-suns all propagate and grow themselves through pleasure, through ease, through exploration of something new. It is our human minds, thought patterns and ideas that have created the current 'diffi-cult' situation on Earth. And therefore through new ideas and thought patterns we can un-create, dissolve these seeming 'difficulties' we are faced with and allow in an easier model for life on Earth.
"It's in our Pleasure we find the true Treasure, ('No Pain, No Gain' is the long, slow road)"
This healing retreat is dedicated to those who are ready to let back in this Original Plan for Earth of ease, play, enjoyment, comfort, pleasure as a Divine roadway to true Awakening and let it be a conscious service to the Human Race. Isn't it time we started to be done with struggle? Have you had enough stress & worry yet? Are we ready to let go and let Love?
There was a time on Earth, in the Land of Pan(gea) where we lived in 'Paradise'. All cultures creation stories on the planet speak of this original time of ease, plenty, freedom, peace, enjoyment. There are still a few places on earth that have been kept by God-Goddess-Source as 'Sacred Sanctuaries' as a reminder of what the original Earth experience was like. Think of these as places on earth where the energies of the original Paradise still touches down on earth, physically. These are places kept in order to be a 'wake up call' for us in order to remind us of the real Original Plan for Earth.
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau 'The place of Refuge' in Hawaii that we will be visiting and meeting with dolphins is one of those places.
In all my visits to this place in the last few years, every time I am imbued, amazed, infused, filled, awe struck by the palpable, almost physical energy of Peace, power, pleasure, ease that exists in this place. The mind relaxes, the body finally truly exhales and settles down, the spirit starts re-membering. It is no accident that this place has been preserved. This place was a 'sanctuary' for the ancient Hawaiians. Anyone breaking 'kapu' (taboo) was granted forgiveness at this place through cleansing rituals by the Kahuna priests if they could reach this sanctified, holy ground. No blood was ever allowed to be spilled on this sanctuary. It was revered and honored by everyone in the ancient Hawaiian culture.
With our visits to this place, through meditation, come-union, and peaceful allowing, including evening walks, we will not only be re-awakening this powerful presence of Peace and pleasure in us personally, in our very cells, but we will also automatically be helping to anchor this original plan of living back onto the planet itself.
The 'Sanctuary for Souls' Course
We will be using some of the following easy, enjoyable, simple, proven and true exercises used by Masters and Teachers over the centuries--
These are enjoyable, simple to learn ways of allowing in healing, abundance, pleasure, enjoyment that you will be able to easily incorporate into your life after the retreat. You will come away from the course with a seed that will grow into a permanent shift-awakening for you.
Calming the Mind – In this exercise which usually turns into fun and laughter, we will be letting our thoughts and our mindtalk free so that they can be released. It’s like we are taking the lid off a pressure cooker and allowing it to relax and find it’s own level. After a while of using this method we find our thoughts and minds coming to rest in a peaceful, balanced, harmonious place. Many people find that with just this one exercise they have a major shift in feeling more peaceful, joyful and powerfully centered.
Inner Body Awakening – An enjoyable, easy and comforting method for becoming more aware of our Inner Body. The Inner Body also known as the Etheric Body is an exact duplicate of our ideal physical body. This Etheric Body is what leaves our physical bodies when we have an out of body experience or pass on to our next existance. The Inner Body is what creates, feeds, and heals our physical bodies. Contacting and truly feeling and inhabiting this Inner Body assists in us being comfortable in and being able to relax & enjoy our bodies. People have reported whole new relationships and healings with their bodies by doing just this simple method.
Physical Energy Awakening – As most of us know nowadays, our bodies end up carrying most of our stress and there is gathering evidence that almost all of our dis-eases are rooted in stressing our bodies. The body knows innately how to release these stuck, held back, pent up energies. Animals do this freely, easily and automatically. Watch how dogs will shake their heads and bodies to feel better and more aligned. See how the ducks flap their wings to release pent up energy and then settle down, see how cats stretch and ‘vibrate’ their bodies filling themselves with energy, see how birds ‘puff’ their feathers out and re-energize themselves etc.
This exercise is designed to let our bodies naturally and easily realign themselves, and free themselves of any unwanted, stuck or uncomfortable energies they’ve been carrying. This is where we help the Inner Body-Etheric Body to re-integrate and connect with our physical bodies.
Simple Connected Breathing - 'The Breath of Life' has been called Prana by the Hindus, ki by the Japanese, Chi by the Chinese, Ruahk by the Greeks. This is the Living Soul Breath Word of God. With this method we connect with and allow the Life Force to re-fill us, re-set our etheric, mental, emotional and physical bodies. Amazing clearings, awakenings, rejuvenations occur during this simple exercise.
Laughter Yoga -Pure Laughter & Merriment – We have all heard it said that-- “Laughter is the best medicine.” Dr. Bernie Siegel cured his cancer using only laughter by watching funny movies. There are hundreds of cases of laughter healing supposedly terminally ill patients.
Watch this video and try not to laugh! Click Here: Pure Laughter
With this enjoyable technique we let laughter wash over and through us…usually there are a few people who have truly tearspilling, gut busting healing laughter occur during this playful exercise.
Love – The “My Cup Runneth Over” Exercise- God is Love, The Power of Love is the strongest power in the Universe, though often in the current model of civilization on Earth we have come to believe that Mind and thinking are more powerful.
In this exercise we will activate the Energy of Love into our hearts, minds and bodies in a strong physical way. Besides being one of the most enjoyable feelings and energy, Love also heals us on every level.
Of course everything is optional. Participate if it feels right for you or you may simply prefer to relax on the beach.
And The Best for Last!
We will be learning one of the simplest methods on the planet, a method incorporating Jesus's forgiveness, the empty mind techniques of the Buddha & Zen masters and the Bhakta heart devotion of ancient India...all in one simple technique the ancient Hawaiians discovered...called:
Ho`oponopono
This is an ancient Hawaiian technique that we will be learning and using to heal our selves, those around us, and our civilization during our retreat. Simple, easy, incredibly effective and powerful. Please read how one doctor healed patients at a psychiatric institution by using this ancient Hawaiian method by following the link below.
In thispowerful25 min MP3 Tobias Lars BS, MBA - will guide you through thisactivating, simple method for trulyAwakening the Inner Body- our Etheric Body, our Energy Body, our'Heavenly Body'. Easy to download. Click Here
"Tobias, how on earth did you manage to get this power into this book?! I think every time I've picked it up I've had some sort of peak experience. Just amazed so far. Thank you." Slade Hall - actor
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