Thursday, June 20, 7:30 PM – Sunday, June 24, 4:00 PM

Retreat formally opens on the morning of June 21st at 9:00 AM(PST) and it ends on June 24th between 3:00-4:00 PM(PST). Please note that there is an optional orientation that you can attend on Thursday night, June 20th, from 7:30- 9:00 PM(PST). 

Accommodations:

The Retreat will be conducted in person and online. Seating at the Port Hueneme compound is limited, and reservations are requested by June 15th. Additionally, you can make your own accommodations at a local hotel or Airbnb. Please contact lightinfo@hardlight.org if you need assistance.

Our Retreat Venue – Port Hueneme Compound, 233 N. 3rd Street, Port Hueneme, CA 93041

Online Portal: https://livestream.com/fourthstate

Meals:

Healthy, delicious meals and snacks are provided daily. Gluten-free, vegetarian, and dairy-free options are available. Please let us know if you have any special dietary restrictions so we can do our best to accommodate you.

Sample Schedule:

5-6 AM: Silent Meditation.

9-12 AM: Morning Session

12-2 PM: Lunch and Afternoon break

2-6 PM Afternoon session

6-8 PM Dinner and Evening break

8-9:30 PM Evening Session

Your Meditation Seat:

Standard wood chairs and simple floor cushions are available. Please bring your own meditation gear for your optimal comfort. 

Facilitators:

Since Mark Griffin’s passing in 2018, senior students Lauren Freiman and Fernando Escobar have facilitated retreats and other Hard Light Center of Awakening events. You can learn more about them here:

Lauren Freiman has been a dedicated student of meditation and the unfoldment of the spirit for two decades since meeting her Guru, Mark Griffin. She had the great fortune to spend many years of intense, close study under him, during which time she received his grace, knowledge, and blessings.

With twenty years of experience helping people transform and rewire their nervous systems, Lauren is a life coach specializing in trauma and emotional health and helping her clients/students create a life of joy and fulfillment. Her teachings stem from Tibetan Buddhism and Kashmir Shaivism, which she has studied over many years through meditation, Yoga, contemplation, and integration with everyday life. Her classes are a fusion of her acquired wisdom and inner realization, spoken through a present-day lens accessible to practitioners of all levels. She offers her teachings to the lotus feet of the Siddha Lineage, the Enlightened Sangha, and most especially her Beloved Guru.

Fernando Escobar began his journey after a powerful spiritual experience led him to search for a teacher who could explain what he had experienced. He found his Guru, Mark Griffin, who taught him Yoga while he underwent the involution process that occurs through meditation. He dedicated the next 13 years to being by his side until he passed in October 2018.

The number one tool he learned was meditation, the goal of which is to bring the mind to a stop and experience the first level of Awakening called Samadhi. As Mark would say, “The Bliss of the World is the Bliss of Samadhi.” From his experience back in 1998 until now, he finds that to be absolutely True.

In addition to teaching meditation, Fernando has spent the past 20 years healing others through massage therapy, acupuncture, and sports medicine.