Passionate Ease Seattle Live Retreat, Woodinville WA

This Passionate Ease weekend retreat in Woodinville, Washington, is led by Dr. Lawrence Conlan, a Consciousness Advisor, Transformational Coach and Retreat Facilitator. It is the first part of the Seattle live retreat, held at the home of Akash and Constance Vineyard, and it suits meditators and seekers interested in working with the nervous system through gentle, repetitive, non-competitive practice.

What to Expect

Dr. Conlan's Passionate Ease Retreats focus on the primitive brain and how it can be integrated into the conscious nervous system. The approach is tender toward human limitation, and the methods are repetitive and non-competitive, so there is nothing to win and no one to keep up with. The weekends combine mindfulness or breath meditation with what he calls navigation at the "Sacred Edge."

Part 1 runs across a full weekend, and the days are long and well filled. Friday runs from 2:15 to 9:30 in the evening. Saturday and Sunday each begin at 7:45 in the morning and finish at 9 at night. Expect to be immersed in the work for most of each day rather than dipping in and out.

A second, separate day follows the weekend on the Monday, running from 9am to 6:30pm at the same home. It is booked on its own, so you can choose whether to add it.

About Dr. Lawrence Conlan

Dr. Lawrence Conlan is a Doctor of Chiropractic, graduating with honors from Cleveland Chiropractic College in 1983, and a Naturopathic Physician. His site lists 54 years as a meditator, 35 years as a yoga instructor, and 40 years as a meditation teacher and Kriya instructor, including many years teaching Transcendental Meditation.

He has practiced Network Spinal Analysis since 1987 and taught it from 1989 to 2009, spending twenty years teaching alongside its founder, Dr. Donald Epstein. That long background in meditation, yoga and body-centered work shapes the Passionate Ease retreats he now facilitates.

The Setting

The retreat is held at the home of Akash and Constance Vineyard in Woodinville, Washington, in the Seattle area. Both Part 1 and the optional Part 2 take place at this same address, so there is no travel between sessions.

Before You Go

If this is your first Passionate Ease retreat, you will need four coaching sessions before registering. These are held over Zoom, and a free consultation with Lawrence is the way to find out whether the retreat is a good fit and to begin. Registration for new participants closes five weeks before the retreat to leave time for those sessions. If it has been more than a year since your last retreat, you are asked to book a Zoom session as well.

Because of the long days, plan to be available for the full schedule from Friday afternoon through Sunday night.