Practitioners Monthly Retreat - January 25th
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 - February 22nd
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.
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.
Practitioners Monthly Retreat - March 29th
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 - April 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.
3-Day Retreat - Becoming One
May 15th-17th, 2025 • 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 - May 24th
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 - June 28th
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.
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?
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.
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.
Lower Lights Sangha- Open House (ONLINE)
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.
Lower Lights Sangha - Open House (ONLINE)
Lower Lights Sangha (Sanskrit for community) gathers once a month in Salt Lake City (Temporarily Online due to COVID). Each month, Thomas hosts the larger community in practices that engage meditative awareness, mindfulness in relationship, and conceptual understanding from the world’s wisdom traditions–touching into the timeless elements of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.
Lower Lights Sangha Monthly Gathering (ONLINE)
Lower Lights Sangha (Sanskrit for community) gathers once a month in Salt Lake City/Provo. Each month, Thomas hosts the larger community in practices that engage meditative awareness, mindfulness in relationship, and conceptual understanding from the world’s wisdom traditions–touching into the timeless elements of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.
Causal Collective: Live Practice Call
Every month Lower Lights hosts a Causal Collective (Live Practice Call) via Zoom. Our intention with this offering is to allow you to deepen your practice and strengthen community, be it near or far. The 60-minute call will include guided meditation, formal instruction, and Q&A with Thomas.
Home Retreat: A Day of Sacred Living
Join us for a 1-day home retreat.
The day will move in a soulful rhythm of formal meditation, movement and nature practice, reading of sacred text, as well as Q&A for support as you reach new depths in your practice.
Causal Collective: Live Practice Call
Every month Lower Lights hosts a Causal Collective (Live Practice Call) via Zoom. Our intention with this offering is to allow you to deepen your practice and strengthen community, be it near or far. The 60-minute call will include guided meditation, formal instruction, and Q&A with Thomas.
Provo Follow-up Meditation and Group Work
For those in Utah County, join a follow-up night on February’s topic, facilitated by Lower Lights council member Jon Ogden.
New Offering: Follow-up Meditation and Group Work
For those in Utah County, join a follow-up night on February’s topic, facilitated by Lower Lights council member Jon Ogden.
Day of Visioning (1-Day Retreat)
For the last several years, Glo, my wife and I have taken a day of retreat to be as intentional and inspired as we can about how to use our precious time and life energy for the coming year. We’ve come to call it the “Day of Visioning”, and starting last year, we’ve invited the community to join us.
SPECTRA Informational Webinar
• Learn more details about the 9-month Journey of Transformation and it is right for you through this 60 minute live Zoom Call.
• Participate in Q&A with Thomas.
• Get a basic overview of the curriculum.
Union: Intimacy with Self, Other and the All (1 -Day Retreat at Spring Farm in Spring City, UT)
Join us for a day of community and practice–with an overnight option–in the historic Spring City, Utah. We will be staying at Spring Farm, a stunning 1.25 acre farm/ranch in the heart of the city. There will be delicious food, soulfully prepared, communion in nature, silent meditation, music, and a curriculum designed to help you navigate your journey of growth and discovery.
Soulcraft: A Day of Deep Living (Spring City, UT)
Join us for a day of community and practice–with an overnight option–in the historic Spring City, Utah on Saturday, April 27th. There will be delicious food, soulfully prepared, communion in nature, silent meditation, music (with the ever-present option of DANCE), and a curriculum designed to help you navigate your journey of growth and discovery.
Causal Collective: Live Practice Call
Every month Lower Lights hosts a Causal Collective (Live Practice Call) via Zoom. Our intention with this offering is to allow you to deepen your practice and strengthen community, be it near or far. The 60-minute call will include guided meditation, formal instruction, and Q&A with Thomas.
NEW! Opening Night for Practitioners
Lower Lights Practitioners (LLP)
For those in the community who would like to invest more time, attention and heart in their practice, we offer an additional place to gather. Once monthly (usually on the 4th Sunday), for practitioners only*, we will hold a space that focuses on more advanced teachings and practices. (90 minutes)
* For opening night we welcome drop-ins! Come check it out.
Want to become a Practitioner? Learn More
Day of Visioning
For the last several years, Glo, my wife and I have taken a day of retreat to be as intentional and inspired as we can about how to use our precious time and life energy for the coming year. We’ve come to call it the “Day of Visioning”, and this year, you’re invited to this 1-Day Retreat.
Find Your Joy: An Introduction to Body- Psychotherapy
This experiential 2-day workshop will give participants the opportunity to experience the basic premises of Somatic Psychotherapy that originated with Wilhelm Reich and now integrates Core Energetics and contemporary approaches including body-oriented approaches and current neurobiology and trauma therapy.
Gospel Meets Dharma: 8-Week Meditation Course
In this new course offered by Lower Lights, we will use the Gospel of Thomas as a foundational resource. The Gospel of Thomas is a powerful, luminous text only recently discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. Since then, these “hidden sayings” have slowly started to reshape the world’s understanding of Christianity’s original intent.
Day of Mindfulness - One Day Retreat in Midway
Join us at the historic Wirthlin cabin Saturday, June 2nd in the beautiful mountains of Midway, Utah for a day of meditation and celebration of life.
3-day Restorative Meditation Retreat - Sundance
Join us in Utah’s beautiful Sundance April 27th-29th to make more room in your life for what truly matters most. In an over-stimulating world, silent retreat is one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal to cultivate insight, compassion, and greater effectiveness in our lives.
Parenting: Mastering the Art of Ongoing Growth
A 3-Day Workshop with Terri O' Fallon & Kim Barta
Lower Lights is excited to offer this unique opportunity to explore the art of parenting in a way you have likely never experienced before.
For anyone interested in helping the children in their life (including adult children) become who they are meant to become, you will not want to miss this experience.