Everyday EnlightenmentHardwire Happiness: Rewire Your Mind for Calm, Clarity, and Joy
A weekend of science-based mindfulness and self-compassion practices for building calm, gratitude and connection into daily life.
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Gatherings › Northern California › November 2026
Northern California retreats in November 2026
Skills-focused gatherings starting in November 2026 in Northern California, from short workshops to multi-day retreats. Want more dates? See all Northern California retreats & workshops.
9 upcoming gatherings from 4 organizers, including Center for Spiritual Awareness, Esalen Institute, Mount Madonna Center and more. Listed prices run from $40 to $1,608; 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).
Liberation through Mindfulness and Insight (7-night silent retreat)
A week-long silent Insight Meditation retreat for new and experienced meditators, building mindfulness of body and mind through kind, sustained attention rather than theory.
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Transformative Negotiation: Reimagining Conflict Through Narration and Dream Work
Practical tools for meeting conflict with curiosity: spotting the stories that harden positions and finding new options, through talks and group exercises.
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Moving Men: An Embodied Inquiry
A five-day men's workshop on emotional range, vulnerability, accountability and relational leadership, using movement, reflection and group witnessing.
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Silence Speaks: A Silent Meditation Retreat
A four-day silent retreat in the redwoods above Monterey Bay, with breathing practices, meditation, gentle yoga, chanting and time for quiet reflection, in the yoga tradition of Baba Hari Dass.
$595Details
You Are Not Your Fault: Meeting ADHD with Mindfulness, Wisdom, and Compassion
A weekend on focus, follow-through and emotional sensitivity, pairing mindfulness and compassion practices with practical techniques and less self-blame.
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Mindfulness Retreat: A Spiritual Journey of Peace, Presence & Renewal
A one-day retreat built around five practices (sound bath, guided meditation, prayer, sacred listening and crafts) for quieting the noise and coming back to yourself.
$40Details
Relational Gestalt Practice: Open Seat Intensive
A week of Gestalt group work on spotting old relational patterns, tracking your emotions and sensations, and expressing needs and wants clearly, with an individual open-seat session for each participant.
$1,608Details
The Gift of Loving Awareness: Embracing Life with Wisdom & Kindness
A three-night retreat pairing mindfulness with heart practices to meet stress, uncertainty and difficulty with steadier, more compassionate presence.
$735Details
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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).