Events
"This retreat was life changing. A pinnacle of my life. It is beyond words. I am changed." - AVATARA retreat participant
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As we approach and move into 2025, humanity has truly entered the fires of a global initiation.
Wars are raging. Riots are breaking out in multiple parts of the world. Our hearts are breaking. Each of the last 12 months has been the hottest since records began. Political polarisation has brought our societies to a tipping point. Authoritarian regimes are spreading. Our economies are reeling. Multiple streams of major existential risk are cascading. The foundations of our civilisation are shaking, with cracks widening.
And simultaneously, through those cracks glimmers of a new light are starting to shine. Hundreds of millions of beings around the world are in a process of transformation, awakening, and embodiment. Many are learning to stand as pillars of a new civilisation.
Some are starting to build new systems sourced in the radical unity of all life rather than in schism and separation.
Finding our place in this shift is more than just a new yoga practice, buying those spiritual books, or an alternative career choice.
It is a path of giving our consent to the process of soul initiation.
To the death of the old structures that no longer serve life.
Of consenting to truly face ourselves in all the vulnerability and fear of that process.
Of finding our tribe and coming home to the remembrance of our heart as wise, our body vibrant and intelligent, our er0s as sacred, our vulnerability as a gift, our soul as ancient, our purpose as needed, and our spirit the fire of the One that lives in the core of all cores.
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AVATARA retreats are for those called to plug their spiritual path into the big picture – of humanity’s awakening, Earth’s awakening, and cosmic awakening – so they can find their right place to show up in the process in this extraordinary time.
AVATARA grew out of Shamballa School, which was founded by Bruce Lyon in 2001, then passed on to Jon Eden Khan in 2011, who expanded it into AVATARA in 2021.
We have our roots in the Trans-Himalayan teachings that have come through Helena Blavatsky and the Theosophical movement, Alice A. Bailey, Helena Roerich, Lucille Cedercrans, and more recently Bruce Lyon. And we integrate teachings and practices from multiple other spiritual pathways and traditions, East and West, ancient and modern.
Our retreats offer rapid acceleration containers dedicated to full spectrum awakening, evolution, and embodiment.
We include land journeys, bodywork, neo-tantra, trauma healing, soul work, purpose work, ceremony and ritual, group soul intimacy, incredible esoteric teachings and cosmology, the esoteric psychology of the seven rays, as well as practices that invite our surrender to the divine darkness at the core of our being, and radical awakening as the one reality at the heart of all creation.
If you sense in your heart and cells that your spiritual path is no longer just about you, but that it is one node of a collective awakening rising out of the ashes of a crumbling civilisation, consider joining one of our retreats. And let’s plant the seeds of that new civilisation together.
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN THIS EVENT
• Teachings and guidance on embodiment practices to activate your animal body
• Dance and movement
• The chance to participate in evening temples dedicated to themes related to matter, soul, spirit and divine Life
• A welcoming of er0s that honours its medicine for the group field while differentiating that from actual engagement
• Teachings and guidance on how we can heal our relationship and commune with the natural world
• Teachings and guidance on how to open to feel and respond to the global crisis without being overwhelmed
• Group sharing circles based on vulnerability, authenticity, and honesty
• Teachings and guidance on how to how to heal your trauma as part of your soul work
• Teachings and meditation guidance on how to connect to and embody your soul and your soul purpose
• Teachings and guidance to support you on the path of soul initiation
• Teachings on the seven rays and guidance to work out your rays
• Teachings and practices that plug us into a truly kosmocentric spirituality that is as psychoactive and filled with wonder and awe as it is grounded, applied, and intellectually rigorous
• Teachings and practices to open us from ‘me to we’ as we tune into the group soul field
• Heart-centred community that is dedicated to awakening, soul initiation, and embodiment
• Teachings and guidance on opening to your dark monadic core
• Teachings and personal guidance on radical awakening as the one ultimate reality
• Support and opportunities to continue your path after the event connected to a field of transformational projects and change-makers
LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATION
AVATARA retreats take place on dedicated land where there is a dedication to living in right relationship with the natural and super-human kingdoms of nature.
This event will happen in Evergreen, Colorado.
*Full address sent when your place is confirmed.
WHO THIS EVENT IS FOR
This event is not for beginners on the path, but is for those who are dedicated to truly wake up to the ground of being, to say a full yes to integrating who they truly are in embodiment, soul, and spirit; who are ready to take their place as part of the group soul that is humanity; and to find their place to participate in our collective evolution.
Specifically, applicants should already have some foundation in their emotional healing journey, soul work, er0tic integration, trauma work, shadow work, and embodiment.
EVENT TIMES
We will start at 3pm on the afternoon of the 16th and end at 1pm lunchtime on the 21st.
The first meal we will have is dinner on the 16th and the last meal will be lunch on the 21st.
TO REGISTER OR APPLY
If you have attended one of our events before, just send a message to Jon via FB messenger or e-mail at: jonathan@synergyforum.org
If you haven’t joined one of our events before, please fill out this form and we’ll be back to you: https://forms.gle/ktT9CBrzQi3jsy1Y6
ACCOMMODATION
The land and temple where will be gathering for this event has a variety of accommodation options. Below is the description and pricing list based on those options. These costs will include food, accommodation, facilitation costs, and contribution to the temple.
The choices of accommodations are as follows:
• Camping/temple dorm- this will be an option to stay/camp inside the temple space in a communal dorm style accommodation with a mattress on the floor. You would roll up your bedding each morning and stow your belongings for the day. There is also a possibility to bring your own camping gear and camp on the land. Note that the Colorado weather in April could be warm enough to camp outside, but it could also still be winter conditions with cold temperatures and snow. If you plan to camp outside and are unable to due to weather, there will be space for you within the temple.
• Bunkhouse- this accommodation features multiple bunks in a shared space. The bunks are in a house with a shared common area/living room.
• Semi-private room- these are rooms with full or queen beds, single double occupancy. There is a limited number of these available and will be booked on a first come, first served basis. Please let us know if you are a couple or desire to share a bed with another participant.
All bathroom facilities will be shared.
PRICING
(we will have a limited number of Early Bird tickets available)
• Early Bird camping/temple dorm : $1,200
• Early Bird bunkhouse: $1,400
• Early Bird semi-private room: $1,600
• Regular camping/temple dorm: $1,400
• Regular bunkhouse: $1,600
• Regular semi-private room: $1,800
Scholarships: In AVATARA we understand that various forms of privilege (racial, gender identity, physiological, socio-economic, financial, generational) can play a role in financial access to our containers. We believe that making our containers accessible is an important aspect of building a transformational journey and we desire to find ways to support people to access our containers who otherwise would struggle to do so. To this end, we are providing some partial scholarships for people who may not otherwise be able to afford the full ticket price. If you would like to apply for a partial scholarship, please fill in the below form:
https://forms.gle/ZhCcUR6u8uw1VsXm7
FACILITATORS
Jon Eden Khan is a transformational leader, mentor, and facilitator, living in his beloved home city of Berlin.
Jon is initiator of Singularity, a transnational political party dedicated to global governance working towards global governance sourced in the one Earth, the one humanity, and the power in the heart of every being by 2050.
He is founder of AVATARA, which is dedicated to the mystery of what it truly means to be human, awakening together at this extraordinary time of global initiation.
And he mentors soul-driven leaders, from top corporate business leaders and FinTech trailblazers, to LGBT rights activists in the Middle East, to some of the most respected facilitators of transformational self-development work in the world.
Between 2016-2018 Jon worked as European Director of the Global Purpose Movement, and in 2014, he co-founded Synergy Forum, an initiative focussed on the integration of spiritual awakening, social innovation and systems transformation.
Between 2012-2015 he worked as part of the leadership team of Zero Point Six in Interlaken, Switzerland, bringing together leaders from government, economics, spirituality, education, culture and the environment from around the world to explore how awakening to our inherent unity can inform efforts toward global transformation.
Jon’s path has allowed him to experience a wide spectrum of the human experience. From dropping out of school at age 13 to attend a centre for troubled youths, to 5 years of homelessness and heroin addiction in his early 20’s to getting clean alone in a room over 6 months. From re-entering education and going on to turn down a PhD with one of the foremost universities in the world, to dedicating himself fully to self-development, healing his traumas and service, to co-leading international projects dedicated to humanity’s collective awakening through new approaches to leadership, power, and purpose.
Learn more about his work at: jonedenkhan.com
Tracy Kelleher is a soul guide, energetic interpreter, group facilitator, and templar of the emerging modern mystery schools. She is given to bridging the connection between spirit and matter in deep devotion to the beauty of Earth and the uniquely exquisite expressions of Love that each of us as humans hold.
In her client work as a soul guide, Tracy listens for the notes of individual souls through deep attunement and energetic fluency to find the places within us that are already vibrating with embodied purpose and love. She is both soul midwife and doula for death - bearing witness and holding the ground for our inherent wholeness as we traverse initiatory thresholds. Tracy’s group work focuses on activating fields of vibratory coherence between humans, igniting group capacity for flow, healing and creativity. She is endlessly passionate about the possibilities in group work for revelation and magic, and cohesion is her greatest turn on.
In 2021, Tracy co-founded Chesapeake Temple, a sanctuary for soul culture on American soil. Since 2017 she has trained and studied with Luminous Awareness Institute, based in Colorado, USA, and currently serves on their healing team. In a previous iteration of life, she spent years in a study of humanity while working in the hospitality industry and first discovered her note of service through those experiences. Currently she is fully given to experimenting with emergent technology focused on how to move, live, and express as a unified group being for the purpose of collective evolution.
Learn more about Tracy’s work here: https://harmonicsoul.one/
Atilla Çıdam is a facilitator and transformational coach who creates permissionary containers for beings to discover and express their soul magic. With his training in tantra, conscious kink, Erotic Blueprints, sacred medicine, dance, and shadow-work, Atilla helps reprogram nervous systems to allow and embody the full range of the ecstatic expression of their life force. He is an ISTA (International School of Temple Arts) faculty apprentice, has a PhD in social psychology, and has spent prior lifetimes designing large scale social programs that empower millions to lead fully aligned lives.
He is a co-founder of Dance Meets Tantra, which invites transformational shadow work and vulnerable intimacy onto the dance floor.
He is a co-founder of Emergence Brotherhood - a mentorship, mastermind, and brotherhood journey to support men in fully embodying their alive, aligned, abundant power while reprogramming their nervous system, alchemizing core wounds, and harnessing their erotic life force.
www.emergence.love
He is also the founder of 'Heal Your Relationship to the Masculine' - containers for women to alchemize the energetic, emotional, mental, somatic, and spiritual blockages in their relationship to men & masculinity.