We all long to be happy.
We all long to feel at ease, to be at peace, and to know that we’re okay and we belong. When it feels like the world is on fire, when divisiveness is commonplace, it can seem harder than ever to access such belonging — both personally and collectively.
Most of us are deeply habituated to believe that we are separate — from one another, from the world, and even from ourselves. We are habituated to fall for the story that we must fix ourselves in order to earn and experience deep connection.
We forget that belonging is already seated in the heart of who we are — and that it’s always available if only we look within. When we do, we can transform far more than just our own lives.
Ask yourself these questions:
- Have you ever touched this peace, this contentment, this deep return to belonging but then feared losing this experience?
- Have you ever struggled because you recognized the world around you did not reflect this experience of your true nature?
These questions will guide our time together as we explore how meditation, mindfulness, and contemplative technologies can — and must — be applied collectively. Our guided meditations will serve as a framework onto which we will begin to weave teachings with personal reflections. You will have the opportunity to connect to yourself, others, and the world beyond in solo and group exercises and discussions that inspire us to put our values into action.
Join us in this return to belonging — this remembering of the deepest truth of who we are — with the intention of using this understanding to transform our own lives and the world we share.
Learning Outcomes
- Clarify your understanding of who you truly are versus who you’ve been conditioned to be.
- Recognise your inherent belonging that transcends intellectual understanding of what it means to belong.
- Learn practical tools that can be applied to both personal and collective practice.
Expected Activities
- Meditation
- Journaling
- Inquiry through mindful exercises
- Dyads
- Group discussion
- Walking meditation
- Dharma talks
- Recommended, but not required, reading: The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together
Testimonial
This program doesn’t give you all the answers — it gives you a practical path to get closer to that sense of deep contentment we’re all looking for. It helped me find a new level in cultivating a practice of turning my focus inward, which I believe will make a real difference in my daily life once practiced. I highly recommend it for anyone feeling stuck in the scramble for external happiness.
— Oommen George, The Heart of Who We Are Workshop, Vancouver, BC 2025
Teacher Bio
Named one of 2025’s powerful women of the mindfulness movement, Caverly Morgan is a spiritual teacher, nonprofit founder, speaker, and writer whose practice began in 1995 and has included eight years of training in a silent Zen monastery. She is the author of The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together as well as A Kids Book About Mindfulness.
Caverly is the founder of Peace in Schools, a nonprofit that created the nation’s first for-credit mindfulness class in public high schools. She is also the founder of Realizing Freedom Together, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making practices that lead to liberation for all, accessible to all. Caverly leads meditation retreats, workshops, and online classes internationally. Learn more at caverlymorgan.org.
Questions
For questions about the retreat, please contact registrar@seattleinsight.org.
Registration & Donation
Teacher dana can be made via PayPal @caverlymorganllc or Venmo @caverlymorganllc. Donations to Seattle Insight can be made here. Thank you for your generosity.
