Deep Self-Love & Meditation for Inner Healing: A Weekend Retreat for Rest, Clarity & Transformation

March 27-29, 2026

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Arrival: Mar 27th, 2:00 – 5:00 PM

Departure: Mar 29, 5:00 PM

Tuition:
$444+ 2 nights lodging
Combined at checkout

Meals & drinks included
Inc. V, VG, GF

Add extra nights at 50% off
We suggest extending your stay through Sunday evening to allow space to enjoy the evening.

Tuition:
$444 + 2 nights lodging
Combined at checkout
Meals & drinks included

Add extra nights at 50% off

“Blake has helped me overcome the severe anxiety issues I’ve suffered since my teenage years, through his meditation techniques, positive thinking and continuing support. I am now 39 years of age and am looking at life with a lot more confidence, happiness and joy. I sincerely and highly recommend Blake’s approach as he has helped me when I thought there were no further options, and no hope.” – Brad W.

About the Retreat

Join international bestselling author and wisdom teacher Blake D. Bauer in the Colorado mountains for a weekend of deep healing, meditation practice, and self-care that is designed to help you break-through unhealthy patterns that aren’t serving you. Discover why anxiety, overwhelm, depression, self-doubt, addiction, illness, and relationship problems are logical cries from your body, heart and subconscious mind asking you to love, accept, value, forgive, and be true to yourself now, in every situation.

Blake will teach you the seven optimal daily habits that represent exactly how to love yourself, how to reshape your life, how to live in alignment with your true self, and how to create healthy relationships with the people you care about most. From the moment we wake until the moment we sleep, we’re either hurting ourselves with our thoughts and habits, or we’re caring for ourselves. Each of us must master these habits in order to heal, feel worthy, be well, and find lasting peace.

In a culture that encourages high levels of illness-causing stress, you need to understand exactly how to slow down, find your center, regulate your nervous system, and care for your mental, emotional, and physical health in very practical ways.

This retreat will provide the techniques and instruction you need to do this for yourself at home, as well as a safe environment to address your fears, heal old wounds, transform negative thinking, and find clarity on your next steps personally or professionally. 

Set in idyllic natural surroundings, you’ll find both the stillness needed to hear your deeper self, as well as authentic connection and community, all while you shift your habits of self-sabotage, self-rejection, and self-betrayal. You’ll learn two of the most effective forms of self-healing available— mindfulness meditation to train your mind and gentle qi gong exercises— both of which will help unlock the stuck energy, blood, and emotion that is keeping you unhappy, sick, or trapped.

Like it has for thousands of people to date, this healing weekend retreat will support you to stop hurting yourself, to stop allowing yourself to be hurt, to trust yourself, and to strengthen your vital life force energy so you can take your next steps with clarity, worthiness, and self-respect.

“I wholeheartedly recommend working with Blake in any capacity you can. His impact on my life has been so profound that it’s overwhelming to summarize. Thanks to Blake, I’m now happier, even more enthusiastic about life, and more confident in myself and in my romantic relationship. I’ve developed incredible daily routines of self-care, including meditation, qi gong, spending time in nature, and exercise.  I feel more empowered than ever to live my truth through my words and actions. Blake, thank you so much for being the radiant light that you are!” – Dr. Sasha R., LPC

What You Will Learn

  • Identify the root causes of depression, anxiety, insecurity and physical illness
  • Transform self-doubt into strong self-esteem, self-worth and self-trust
  • Overcome guilt, shame, and self-rejection, and stop making yourself wrong
  • Address past wounds, traumas and habits of self-harm
  • Stop pretending to be happy or someone you are not
  • Unlock stuck energy, blood and subconscious emotion that is making you sick, unhappy or frustrated
  • Forgive yourself and others
  • Learn non-violent and mindful communication techniques 
  • Remain present and solution-minded in the face of fear and uncertainty
  • Train your mind and live more fully in the present
  • Transform limiting beliefs
  • Clarify your direction forward
  • Understand your life’s purpose
  • Connect with the source of peace and unconditional love within
  • Revitalize your physical body, life force, and overall health

Why Did Past Participants Love this
Retreat?

“I made the decision to see Blake after I saw the changes he had made to a friend’s life. I had been in “funks” before but this time I just couldn’t get myself out of it and didn’t know what to do. Blake changed my life. I would recommend Blake and his work to anyone who is questioning their place in this world, their purpose in life. If you’ve lost the ability to laugh every day, if you feel like happiness evades you, if you’re struggling to let go of the past for whatever reason – make contact.” Narelle H.

“I have been to many different therapists over a long period, but always felt like there was something missing in their teachings. When I started seeing Blake, he began teaching me about how to love myself unconditionally (all of me, no judgment only acceptance, love, compassion and forgiveness for myself) and it reached so deeply into my soul, and it made sense. If you are looking for guidance or seeking a teacher, I would strongly recommend that you try Blake. Thank you so much Blake for reminding me of who I am and how to love and forgive myself.” Gemma V.

“Blake reminds me it is ok to love myself, in fact it is more than ok, it changes everything, and I deserve that. If you are looking for any level of guidance Blake will take you to places you were only dreaming of in a very short period of time. Thank you Blake for all that you have done.” Natalie A.

Is Retreat Experience Required?

The topics covered in this retreat are similar to the Beyond Suffering & Deep Healing Retreats, however this program allows guests more space for Meditation & Qi Gong practice. Anyone who has done a Beyond Suffering or Deep Healing retreat in the past is also welcome to attend the Deep Self-Love program, however past attendance is not a requirement. All of Blake’s retreats are suitable for new retreat goers, including first-time retreatants! No prior experience required, all you need is an open mind and a desire to heal. 

Writings from Blake

Want to learn more about Blake and what to expect on retreat? Read a few of Blake’s offerings to the Drala Mountain blog:

Healthy Selfishness and Healing Guilt, Shame, and Insecurity both discuss ways to reframe your approach to life, overcome societal challenges to happiness and personal fulfillment.

Life as a Free and Full Expression of Who You Are explores giving yourself permission to live as your truest self.

Functional Sanity explores the space between normality and sanity, the choices we make in pursuit of the former at the cost of the later, and the power of self-acceptance.

Retreat Faculty

Blake D. Bauer

Blake D. Bauer is the author of the international bestselling book You Were Not Born To Suffer. He has helped thousands of people around the world who could not find lasting solutions from conventional medicine, psychiatry, or coaching. Blake has an extensive background in psychology, neuroscience, alternative medicine, nutrition, traditional healing, mindfulness meditation, qi gong, [...]

Lodging

We have several accommodations to choose from during checkout.
All options include our healthy meals and drinks. Inc V, VG, GF.

Dormitories
Rooms with beds for up to 7-8 people. Gender-segregated with men in their own dorm and women in another. The dorms use a shared bathroom down the hall, which is also equipped with shower stalls.

Monk Rooms
A cost-effective option for participants looking for indoor, solitary lodging, but who don’t mind using a shared bathroom or are looking for a more affordable retreat solution. These rooms are in the same hall as the Ridgen Dormitories, but offer more privacy than the dorms. In addition to a bed, bedding, a private room and closet, the monk rooms also have a large window and a desk and desk chair for added comfort.

Single and Double Rooms
The perfect choice for a retreat where you want both your own space and your own bathroom. Each room offers a little more space, a dresser and closet, and a 3/4s bathroom (toilet, sink, and shower, no bathtub) attached to each room.

Extend Your Stay
This program ends at 5pm on Sunday. Dinner is included. We suggest extending your stay through Sunday evening to allow space to enjoy the evening.
To book extra lodging, select “add extra nights” below the selected lodging accommodation on the registration page.

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