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participants attended the retreat to date
of participants learned jhanas on retreat within a week
of participants called the retreat life-changing
Welcome to jhourney
You'll start with foundational techniques — emotional openness, curiosity, and learning to approach your inner experience without resistance.
Jhanas are deep meditative states spanning the range of bliss, joy, love, peace and absorption.
We give you the map and specific step-by-step instructions to learn them.
Accessing jhana doesn't just feel good in the moment.
Participants report lasting shifts: less daily suffering (some participants reporting 50-80% subjective reduction), increased emotional awareness, less reactivity and improved relationships.
You leave with the tools to continue independently.
The practice gets richer over time, not harder. Alumni report continued improvement months after the retreat.
What the jhanas are, why they matter and what our participants say after the retreat
the shift
what does the retreat include
Progressive instructions from basic exercises to long jhana meditations.
Curriculum that was written and re-written like code to meticulously remove all bugs. Tested over 40+ retreats.
125+ pages of instructions. 14+ hours of recorded guided meditations.
2 hours of group sessions every day.
A facilitator who coached dozens of people to jhanas checks in with you daily.
They read your daily journals and prepare personalized advice, helping you design your own experiments to run.
A custom AI trained on our curriculum is there to support you 24-7 throughout the retreat.
Custom interactive voice guided meditations for you produced on command.
Stay in touch with likeminded jhana meditators.
Keep meditating with practice accountability partners, continue learning from each other and attend group events.
Optional continued facilitation after your retreat.
Keep access to the instructions and guided meditations after the retreat.
Who this is for
✓ You've tried meditation but never quite "got" it or you can't quite find the next level to meditation that really works
✓ You think meditation is like vegetables — good for you, but a chore
✓ You want deeper states than mindfulness apps provide
✓ You have a demanding job or life and want tools that work in days, not years
✗ You're looking for relaxation techniques (there are easier ways to relax)
✗ You want a passive experience (this requires active practice and focus)
✗ You can't commit a full week (this is intensive, not a weekend workshop)
✗ You're in acute mental health crisis (this is a practice tool, not therapy)
what people say
It's not really about the intensity. It's about the journey.
Find a retreat
The jhanas are meditative states that bring extraordinary pleasure, like the opposite of a panic attack. Learning to cultivate openhearted joy on tap makes it easier to be the person you aspire to be.
