About

With Caverly Morgan, Davin Youngs, Jess “Jay” Jarris and Sam Hammer

December 7 - 12, 2026
Whidbey Institute, WA

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The body knows things the mind has forgotten. Our experience of the body changes when we stop perceiving it as something we possess— as solid, dense, simply made of matter. When this perception shifts, our experience of reality shifts with it.

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Here's what becomes possible: We can drop our attention from the racing mind into the body. And from there, we can go even deeper—into the heart of awareness itself.

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The body isn't just a tool or a vessel. It's a doorway. When we move past our conditioned ideas about the body and meet it as it actually is, we discover something unchanging. Something that was never born and will never die. Something free from the stories we've been telling.

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This is where peace lives. Not in perfecting the body. Not in controlling it. But in resting in its true nature.

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A Glimpse Into Your Days

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These days are intentionally designed to balance teaching, nature, community, and rest, so that what you came for can be lived rather than simply learned.

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December 7: Arrival

• Arrive in the afternoon and settle into the land.

• Join our welcome gathering

• In the evening, we will enjoy a shared dinner, and an opening practice with Caverly.

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December 8–11

• Mornings begin gently, with movement led by Jay, followed by a nourishing breakfast.

• Late morning brings meditation and group practice with Caverly.

• Midday opens into a shared lunch and spacious free time to rest, walk the land, or simply be.

• Afternoons offer movement and a session with Davin.

• Optional craniosacral bodywork with Sam available for scheduling at an additional cost.

• Evenings bring a shared dinner together, and on some nights, the group gathers again for evening meditation and practice with Caverly.

• Silence is held overnight, from the close of evening practice through breakfast and into the morning.

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December 12: Departure

• The final morning invites you to move slowly.

• Wake gently, share a last breakfast together, and begin the quiet work of gathering your things.

• A time for integration, for soft goodbyes and lingering conversations, and for honoring what has settled within you over these days together.

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What is Possible on Retreat

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• Moments of real stillness

• A relaxed nervous system remembering what it feels like to not be on guard

• A different relationship to your body — like coming home to yourself

• The kind of rest that actually restores

• Unexpected clarity that surfaces in the silence between sessions

• An embodied sense (not just an intellectual understanding) that you are not separate from what you’re longing for

• Connection with others that goes deeper than small talk

• Leaving with something you can’t quite name but won’t forget

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Join us for this special meditation retreat exploring embodiment with:

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Caverly Morgan — Teacher of awakening, offering guided meditations and dharma discussions on the true nature of the body as a pathway beyond a limited sense of self
 

Davin Youngs — Sound healing artist and vocalist, offering sound healing sessions, guided meditation, and voice and embodiment practices to expand awareness and reconnect to our natural state of well-being

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Jess "Jay" Jarris — Somatic psychotherapist, offering mindful movement and somatic practices as pathways for deepening connection to the innate wisdom of our bodies and embodying a home within ourselves

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Sam Hammer — Bodyworker, offering optional individual hands-on sessions weaving craniosacral and light myofascial work as an invitation to deepen awareness into the body. Note these sessions are not included in the retreat tuition and Sam will be handling payments directly.

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Testimonials:

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“Caverly Morgan is bold and unapologetic, of a deep love for humanity and a full understanding of the power of authentic harmony & evolution. I couldn’t recommend her retreats more highly. If you’re longing to awaken, in courage grounded grace & joy, in a space where you’re held in such true depth and connection.”
—Sunshine, Public Speaker

"I wanted to express sincere gratitude and appreciation for all the time Jess has shared with me. I’ve felt comfortable and safe in our sessions and I was able to go to some new places in my consciousness that I’ve been resisting for a long time. It was liberating and illuminating, and it was a bit of a breakthrough that I was not expecting." 
— E.D.

"A beautiful magician of the soul."
—Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat Pray Love on Davin Youngs

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About the Whidbey Institute

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​The Whidbey Institute is a retreat and learning center set on 106 forested acres on the south end of Whidbey Island. The campus includes four miles of woodland trails, meadows and gardens, an outdoor labyrinth, and quiet spaces for reflection. Retreat participants gather in welcoming communal spaces and stay in simple cabins tucked into the forest. Nourishing Pacific Northwest–inspired meals are prepared on site, with ingredients supported in part by the Institute’s culinary and herb gardens. Together, the forests, trails, gathering spaces, and intimate accommodations create an environment especially suited to slowing down, settling into the body, and deepening connection with oneself, others, and the living world. Please click here for more information.

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