The Burning of Sorrows Half-Day Online Retreat- December 28th, 2024
Half-Day Online Retreat, December 28th, 2024 | 7am-11am MT
For many years now, we’ve gathered at year’s end to reflect on all the life we have lived, all the joys and sorrows we’ve experienced. Members of the Lower Lights community have found it to be an especially powerful ritual for encountering and metabolizing the year’s disappointments and heartbreaks.
We invite you to join us this year for the Burn—to burn your sorrow, to illuminate your joy, to add to the glow and heat of the Flame that renew us all.
Level 2: 7-Day Silent Retreat with Intensive Training in Integral Polarity Practice (Hillsboro, Oregon)
This retreat is a continuation of the curriculum from our 7-day Intensive Training in Integral Polarity Practice. Only students who have completed at least one weeklong IPP training and have a consistent personal practice are invited to join.
3-Day Retreat - Becoming One
December 5th-7th, 2024 • Wasatch Retreat Center • Salt Lake City, UT
In the sacred traditions of the world, humans have discovered independently—across time and space—that we are capable of joining ourselves with the Fullness of all that is. Some have called this spiritual reality awakening, others liberation. In the Christian tradition, perhaps surprisingly, a powerful concept pointing to this divine union is at-one-ment.
But how can we translate these beautiful concepts of Oneness into a lived, embodied reality? When we feel separate and estranged from ourselves and the Divine, what can we do to thin the veil and return to a state of Creative Flow and Grace?
Practitioners Monthly Retreat - November 23rd
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: This monthly retreat, meditation instruction and developmental coaching, priority registration for events, and discounts on our offerings. Drop-in’s are also welcome.
Practitioners Monthly Retreat - October 26th
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: This monthly retreat, meditation instruction and developmental coaching, priority registration for events, and discounts on our offerings. Drop-in’s are also welcome.
7-Day Silent Retreat with Intensive Training in Integral Polarity Practice (Hillsboro, Oregon)
Join us this summer in the idyllic, rolling hills of Hillsboro, Oregon at Scholls Valley Lodge, for a deep dive into Integral Polarity Practice (IPP). IPP is a “Mindfulness+”, integrating all of the wisdom of the mindfulness tradition, but evolving it in significant ways. IPP draws from the deep wisdom patterns of Christianity and Buddhism, but also from modern modalities including developmental psychology and Integral Theory.
3-Day IPP Facilitation Training (SLC, UT)
Integral Polarity Practice (IPP) is designed to support a person in “waking up” and “growing up” as well as in developing a healthy integration of body, emotions, mind, and Spirit. IPP also provides a framework for interrelating and integrating deeper internal awareness with more inspired, passionate, and creative action in the world: “showing up.” It provides strategies for working productively with polarities in relational and organizational settings. In short, IPP is a practice that supports human thriving.
3-Day Retreat - The Art & Practice of Becoming One
May 30th-June 1st, 2024 • Wasatch Retreat Center • Salt Lake City, UT
In the sacred traditions of the world, humans have discovered independently—across time and space—that we are capable of joining ourselves with the Fullness of all that is. Some have called this spiritual reality awakening, others liberation. In the Christian tradition, perhaps surprisingly, a powerful concept pointing to this divine union is at-one-ment.
But how can we translate these beautiful concepts of Oneness into a lived, embodied reality? When we feel separate and estranged from ourselves and the Divine, what can we do to thin the veil and return to a state of Creative Flow and Grace?
7-Day Silent Retreat with Intensive Training in Integral Polarity Practice (Hillsboro, Oregon)
Join us this spring in the idyllic, rolling hills of Hillsboro, Oregon at Scholls Valley Lodge, for a deep dive into Integral Polarity Practice (IPP). IPP is a “Mindfulness+”, integrating all of the wisdom of the mindfulness tradition, but evolving it in significant ways. IPP draws from the deep wisdom patterns of Christianity and Buddhism, but also from modern modalities including developmental psychology and Integral Theory.
3-Day Retreat - The Art & Practice of Becoming One
January 5-7th, 2024 • Wasatch Retreat Center • Salt Lake City, UT
In the sacred traditions of the world, humans have discovered independently—across time and space—that we are capable of joining ourselves with the Fullness of all that is. Some have called this spiritual reality awakening, others liberation. In the Christian tradition, perhaps surprisingly, a powerful concept pointing to this divine union is at-one-ment.
But how can we translate these beautiful concepts of Oneness into a lived, embodied reality? When we feel separate and estranged from ourselves and the Divine, what can we do to thin the veil and return to a state of Creative Flow and Grace?
The Burning of Sorrows Half-Day Online Retreat- December 31st, 2023
Half-Day Online Retreat, December 31st, 2023 | 7am-11am MT
For many years now, we’ve gathered at year’s end to reflect on all the life we have lived, all the joys and sorrows we’ve experienced. Members of the Lower Lights community have found it to be an especially powerful ritual for encountering and metabolizing the year’s disappointments and heartbreaks.
We invite you to join us this year for the Burn—to burn your sorrow, to illuminate your joy, to add to the glow and heat of the Flame that renew us all.
At-One-Ment Book Launch (SLC, UT)
Come join us for an evening of celebration and contemplative practice. Thomas will guide guests through some of his practices that are found in his latest book, At-One-Ment: Embodying the Fullness of Human-Divinity.
FRIDAY, December 8th 2023
7PM-8:30PM | Bell Hall (389 E 1st Ave)
*Note: Due to limited space, we are requiring registration for this gathering.
3-Day Transformations of Faith Retreat (Hillsboro, Oregon)
Faith is a kind of free fall. Because we cannot fully know the truth of who we are and what life ultimately means, we must act based on our limited understanding in a spirit of trust. Not knowing exactly how to live our one precious life, at a certain level, terrifies us.
And yet, when we bring our full awareness and open heart to the question of faith, we invariably discover new aspects of the self we did not realize were there—new possibilities in life waiting to be lived. To transcend our limited conception of self and come to express something truer and more beautiful is joy itself.
In this spirit, Lower Lights will host a three-day retreat to explore the soul’s terrain in the company of good friends. Engaging wisdom from both ancient and modern traditions, as well as styles of faith from both East and West, our intention is to live more abundantly and allow something new to be born through us all.
Though the journey can be harrowing, we trust that Love is ultimately on our side.
Monthly Meditation Hub (Practice Call for Practitioners)
The Practitioners Gathering and Meditation Hub are more intimate offerings where we can go deeper as a smaller, more committed group. If you want to take your relationship with Lower Lights beyond flirting and your meditation practice beyond stress reduction, this is your place.
Practitioners Gathering (In-Person w/ streaming option available)
Lower Lights Practitioners
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.
Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: Three monthly gatherings, meditation instruction and developmental coaching in small groups, priority registration for events, discounts on all our offerings, and more.
* You must be a registered Practitioner to be able to attend this event.
Want to become a Practitioner? Learn More
1-Day Retreat: Living the Contemplative Life (Sundance, Utah)
Come join us for a day of contemplation. We will be staying at a beautiful private cabin in Sundance, about 5-7 minutes from the Sundance Lodge.
Lower Lights Sangha- Quarterly Open House
During our 90-minute session we will practice meditation, explore different aspects of the world's Wisdom Traditions, and hope to send you away with a teaching that brings greater joy and freedom to your life.
For those who would like to continue to practice with us, consider becoming practitioner.
Burning of the Sorrows: A New Year's Ritual
Well friends, we are nearing the end of 2020, and for many of us, there is much to burn.
For many years now at Lower Lights, we’ve held a ritual on New Year’s Eve: to fully let into our hearts the events of the past year, and to let anything that is incomplete or unresolved burn. It is a simple and healing gathering. Through meditation, reflective writing, and the open flame, we support each other in fully encountering anything that has left a residue this past year, making way for the new year to come.
Monthly Meditation Hub (Practice Call for Practitioners)
The Practitioners Gathering and Meditation Hub are more intimate offerings where we can go deeper as a smaller, more committed group. If you want to take your relationship with Lower Lights beyond flirting and your meditation practice beyond stress reduction, this is your place.
Practitioners Gathering (In-Person w/ streaming option available)
Lower Lights Practitioners
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.
Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: Three monthly gatherings, meditation instruction and developmental coaching in small groups, priority registration for events, discounts on all our offerings, and more.
* You must be a registered Practitioner to be able to attend this event.
Want to become a Practitioner? Learn More
Monthly Meditation Hub (Practice Call for Practitioners)
The Practitioners Gathering and Meditation Hub are more intimate offerings where we can go deeper as a smaller, more committed group. If you want to take your relationship with Lower Lights beyond flirting and your meditation practice beyond stress reduction, this is your place.
Practitioners Gathering (In-Person w/ streaming option available)
Lower Lights Practitioners
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.
Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: Three monthly gatherings, meditation instruction and developmental coaching in small groups, priority registration for events, discounts on all our offerings, and more.
* You must be a registered Practitioner to be able to attend this event.
Want to become a Practitioner? Learn More
Practitioners Gathering (In-Person w/ streaming option available)
Lower Lights Practitioners
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.
Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: Three monthly gatherings, meditation instruction and developmental coaching in small groups, priority registration for events, discounts on all our offerings, and more.
* You must be a registered Practitioner to be able to attend this event.
Want to become a Practitioner? Learn More
Monthly Meditation Hub (Practice Call for Practitioners)
The Practitioners Gathering and Meditation Hub are more intimate offerings where we can go deeper as a smaller, more committed group. If you want to take your relationship with Lower Lights beyond flirting and your meditation practice beyond stress reduction, this is your place.
Lower Lights Sangha- Quarterly Open House
Each quarter, we hold Lower Lights Sangha Open House for those interested in getting a taste of the practice community. During our 90-minute session we will practice meditation, explore different aspects of the world's Wisdom Traditions, and hope to send you away with a teaching that brings greater joy and freedom to your life.
For those who would like to continue to practice with us, consider becoming practitioner.
Practitioners Gathering (In-Person w/ streaming option available)
Lower Lights Practitioners
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.
Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: Three monthly gatherings, meditation instruction and developmental coaching in small groups, priority registration for events, discounts on all our offerings, and more.
* You must be a registered Practitioner to be able to attend this event.
Want to become a Practitioner? Learn More
Monthly Meditation Hub (Practice Call for Practitioners)
The Practitioners Gathering and Meditation Hub are more intimate offerings where we can go deeper as a smaller, more committed group. If you want to take your relationship with Lower Lights beyond flirting and your meditation practice beyond stress reduction, this is your place.
Practitioners Gathering (In-Person w/ streaming option available)
Lower Lights Practitioners
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.
Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: Three monthly gatherings, meditation instruction and developmental coaching in small groups, priority registration for events, discounts on all our offerings, and more.
* You must be a registered Practitioner to be able to attend this event.
Want to become a Practitioner? Learn More
Practitioners Gathering (In-Person w/ streaming option available)
Lower Lights Practitioners
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.
Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: Three monthly gatherings, meditation instruction and developmental coaching in small groups, priority registration for events, discounts on all our offerings, and more.
* You must be a registered Practitioner to be able to attend this event.
Want to become a Practitioner? Learn More
Monthly Meditation Hub (Practice Call for Practitioners)
The Practitioners Gathering and Meditation Hub are more intimate offerings where we can go deeper as a smaller, more committed group. If you want to take your relationship with Lower Lights beyond flirting and your meditation practice beyond stress reduction, this is your place.
Practitioners Gathering
Lower Lights Practitioners
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.
Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: Three monthly gatherings, meditation instruction and developmental coaching in small groups, priority registration for events, discounts on all our offerings, and more.
* You must be a registered Practitioner to be able to attend this event.
Want to become a Practitioner? Learn More
Practitioners Gathering (In-Person w/ streaming option available)
Lower Lights Practitioners
Becoming a practitioner, in essence, is an increased commitment to come to know yourself at the deepest level. Next, it is an intention to share your freedom and compassion with the world in the way that only you can.
Practitioners enjoy a number of benefits at Lower Lights: Three monthly gatherings, meditation instruction and developmental coaching in small groups, priority registration for events, discounts on all our offerings, and more.
* You must be a registered Practitioner to be able to attend this event.
Want to become a Practitioner? Learn More