Everyday EnlightenmentThe Natural Clarity of Awareness: Courage, Connection, and Compassion
A four-night silent retreat on restful, non-reactive attention and lovingkindness, and on carrying mindfulness, compassion and wise action into daily life.
$980Details
Gatherings › Northern California › December 2026
Northern California retreats in December 2026
Skills-focused gatherings starting in December 2026 in Northern California, from short workshops to multi-day retreats. Want more dates? See all Northern California retreats & workshops.
5 upcoming gatherings from 4 organizers, including 1440 Multiversity, Cory Muscara, Esalen Institute and more. Listed prices run from $695 to $2,120; many retreats price by lodging, so check each page.
Pre-retreat reading that pairs with self-compassion work, by GatherAligned founder Bill Heinrich.
Links go to Amazon (coming-soon Field Guides link to thealignedlifeseries.com).
Weekend Retreat at Mount Madonna: Drop Beneath the Noise
A three-day retreat for people running on autopilot or stuck in old patterns, mixing mindfulness, Internal Family Systems, somatic release and positive psychology to unwind stress and self-sabotage.
$695Details
Designing Your Life: An Immersive Weekend of Purpose & Possibility
A weekend based on the Designing Your Life method: life-design framework, odyssey planning and prototyping next steps toward a more purposeful life.
$2,120Details
Opening to Insight and Love (6-night silent retreat)
A six-night silent retreat on relaxed, focused attention, softening habits of reactivity and fear, and engaging life from embodied compassion.
$960Details
The Power in Your Hands: Turning from Screens to Souls
A five-day workshop on phone habits and attachment styles, with meditation, reflection and interpersonal practices to swap screen time for real connection, including 72 hours intentionally offline.
$1,608Details
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Keynote & workshop · Southern California
The Power of Energetic AlignmentHow to Shatter Burnout, Fast
Burnout Isn’t a Workload Problem. It’s an Alignment Problem.
Bill Heinrich, author of The Aligned Life Series, offers talks and workshops for Southern California teams, conferences and community groups on why people burn out even when they love their work, and how to get back into flow by realigning energy, values and boundaries.
Pre-workshop reading
Limitless FlowThe Aligned Life Series · Book 6
UnblockedThe Aligned Life Series · Book 4
Seven Levels of TruthBy Bill Heinrich
The Energetic SelfThe Aligned Life Series · Book 2
Links go to Amazon (coming-soon Field Guides link to thealignedlifeseries.com).
Coming soon Two new Aligned Life Field Guides: Stop Sabotaging Your Dreams (Shattered: The Hidden Behaviors That Keep Killing Your Dreams) and Tired of Giving (How to Stop Overgiving, Quit Fixing Everyone, and Feel Whole Again).