Intuitive Trust
Recognize your own intuitive signals more clearly and develop greater confidence distinguishing inner guidance from fear, doubt, and mental noise.
What if the signs, synchronicities, and intuitive nudges you’ve experienced aren’t as mysterious as they seem? In this immersive three-day retreat with New York Times bestselling author and psychic medium Laura Lynne Jackson, you’ll explore the unique ways your intuition speaks to you and learn to distinguish inner guidance from fear and self-doubt. Through Laura’s grounded, experiential approach, you’ll deepen your awareness of your own energy, explore your connection with what she calls your Team of Light, and discover how intention and gratitude can help you participate more consciously in creating a life filled with meaning, connection, joy, and possibility.
Note Participants are asked to bring 2–3 magazines that resonate with them and can be cut up for an activity, as well as an item that belonged to a loved one who has passed.
Recommended (but not required) Reading Guided, Signs, and The Light Between Us by Laura Lynne Jackson
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Intuitive Trust
Recognize your own intuitive signals more clearly and develop greater confidence distinguishing inner guidance from fear, doubt, and mental noise.
Expanded Perception
Explore the four clairs—clear seeing, hearing, feeling, and knowing—and discover which channels of intuitive perception come most naturally to you.
Spiritual Connection
Explore practices for connecting with your Team of Light and becoming more receptive to signs, synchronicities, and experiences you perceive as guidance.
Conscious Creation
Learn to direct your thoughts, energy, and intentions more deliberately toward meaningful changes and possibilities in your life.
Grateful Living
Use gratitude as a daily practice to shift perspective, recognize possibility, and experience greater joy, presence, and appreciation.
Shared Connection
Experience the uplifting energy of practicing alongside others and leave feeling more connected, supported, and inspired to carry the experience forward.
Recognize the Guidance Around You
This is an opportunity to experience intuition rather than simply learn about it. In a playful, supportive environment, you’ll experiment with different ways of receiving information, notice how intuitive signals register uniquely for you, and practice trusting what arises through direct experience. As the weekend unfolds, you’ll also explore the relationship between your thoughts, energy, gratitude, and intentions—giving you practical ways to engage with life more consciously. Alongside a community of curious participants, you’ll leave with greater confidence in your inner knowing and a personal set of practices for bringing more awareness, connection, and possibility into everyday life.
Experiment with clear seeing, hearing, feeling, and knowing to discover the intuitive channels that may come most naturally to you.
Practice noticing and interpreting the meaningful patterns, intuitive impressions, and experiences you may recognize as guidance in everyday life.
Quiet mental noise, tune into your energy, and create greater space for intuitive awareness through Laura’s guided meditation practices.
Explore energy through playful experiential practices—including Laura’s spoon-bending exercise—and discover firsthand how awareness, focus, and intention interact.
Work with visualization, positive intention, gratitude, and conscious thought to explore how you want to direct your energy toward meaningful change.
Put intuitive awareness into practice with fellow participants through interactive exercises designed to strengthen recognition, discernment, and trust.
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This experiential retreat offers a well-balanced schedule that combines structured educational sessions with flexible time blocks – ensuring you have ample opportunity to engage in learning while also allowing personal time to explore the retreat center, participate in activities, and enjoy moments of reflection and relaxation.
Not at all. This retreat is designed for everyone, from complete beginners to those who have already begun exploring and practicing their intuitive abilities. Laura’s background as a teacher informs her accessible, encouraging approach, and participants will be guided through the concepts and exercises step by step.
No. A central philosophy of the program is that intuition is a natural part of being human. The retreat is about discovering how intuition and energy may uniquely express themselves for you and learning to recognize and trust your own experiences.
No. This is an experiential teaching retreat rather than a live-reading event, so there will be no planned or structured readings. Laura will be sharing the principles, practices, and tools she has developed through her work and teaching participants how to explore and strengthen their own intuitive abilities. If any information happens to come through during the workshop, she will share it.
The four clairs are different ways intuitive information may be experienced: clairvoyance (clear seeing), clairaudience (clear hearing), clairsentience (clear feeling), and claircognizance (clear knowing). Through exercises and guided experiences, participants will have opportunities to explore all four and begin recognizing which may come most naturally to them.
“Team of Light” is Laura’s term for the loving spiritual support and guidance she believes surrounds each of us: God energy, Spirit guides/angels, and loved ones who have crossed. During the retreat, participants will explore practices for opening themselves to that connection and becoming more aware of signs, synchronicities, intuitive impressions, and other experiences they may perceive as guidance.
Manifestation is approached as an intentional practice of becoming more conscious of the thoughts, energy, beliefs, and intentions we bring to our lives. Participants will explore how gratitude, positive thought, visualization, intention, and inspired action can help them focus on what they would like to create and how they would like to live.
The three days will include guided meditations, energy-awareness exercises, intuitive and “clair” exercises, journaling, visualization, intention-setting and manifestation practices, reflection, and partner and group experiences. Together, we will also consciously create a supportive, positive collective group energy that participants can carry with them after the retreat.
Please bring 2-3 magazines that you are willing to cut up for an activity, as well as an object that belonged to someone who has crossed. Come with comfortable clothing, an open mind, curiosity, and a willingness to explore. Participants will receive a journal and handouts outlining key concepts, terminology, and practices, so they will have resources to continue working with what they learn after returning home.
Laura’s intention is that participants leave with a deeper understanding of their own energy and intuitive abilities, greater confidence in trusting their inner guidance, practical tools for connecting with their Team of Light, and practices for working with gratitude, intention, and manifestation. Most of all, the retreat is designed to help participants return home feeling more connected, empowered, and open to the signs, guidance, and possibilities present in their everyday lives.
Laura Lynne Jackson is an international speaker, teacher, practicing psychic medium, and bestselling author of multiple books.
Free activities include
Interactive Nature Hikes
Cooking Demos
Meditation & Movement Classes
Wellness Workshops
Paid activities include
Pottery Classes
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For room reservations, Ayurveda Wellness Retreats, and Art of Living Retreat Center (AOLRC) signature retreats, we have the following cancellation policy:
AOLRC reserves the right to cancel a program at any time. If AOLRC cancels a program, you will receive a full refund. Some programs may have special cancellation policies; see individual workshop descriptions. For all other retreats, please be sure to check the registration page specific to that retreat.
Unless otherwise indicated, our programs are open to participants 18 years of age and older.
To encourage a healthy environment, we ask that guests not consume alcohol or meat in our public spaces. However, guests may enjoy these items in their rooms.
Our property is always smoke-free.
Yes, we ask that guests with food allergies simply inform us so we can communicate those needs to our chef. Typically, we label potential allergens such as gluten, dairy, and nuts. You may email us at info@theartoflivingretreatcenter.kinsta.cloud.
Thanks to the cool climate of the Blue Ridge Mountains, air conditioning is rarely needed. For the occasional warm day, there is a fan in each room to help keep you comfortable.
We do have lodging and event venues that are ADA-compliant. Due to the topography of our mountain campus, some are easier to access than others, so please speak to Guest Services (800.392.6870) prior to registering to ensure we can best accommodate your needs. We also have shuttles that run frequently throughout the campus.
We are committed to the safety of our guests and staff. Our mountaintop location and the surrounding areas are spacious, remote, safe, and secure.
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