The Body as a Gateway to Peace
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About Whidbey Institute
One of the many sacred spaces held by the Whidbey Institute's forest
Our time together will be held in the container of the Whidbey Institute. Nestled amongst a 106-acre conservation forest campus on South Whidbey Island, WA, the Whidbey Institute is dedicated to nurturing the conditions for transformational learning and growth.
Our home for the week will be a community of farm houses and cabins dotting the meadow and forest, with delicious organic meals prepared especially for our group by the Institute’s chef. Our daily rhythm will include meditation, community discussion, and individual sessions with Caverly. The retreat will include daily periods of silence. Our time together will also be deeply enhanced by embodied movement practices.
TESTIMONIALS
“Caverly Morgan is bold and unapologetic, of a deep love for humanity and a full understanding of the power of authentic harmony & evolution. I couldn’t recommend her retreats more highly. If you’re longing to awaken, in courage grounded grace & joy, in a space where you’re held in such true depth and connection.”
—Sunshine, Public Speaker
"I wanted to express sincere gratitude and appreciation for all the time Jess has shared with me. I’ve felt comfortable and safe in our sessions and I was able to go to some new places in my consciousness that I’ve been resisting for a long time. It was liberating and illuminating, and it was a bit of a breakthrough that I was not expecting."
— E.D.
"A beautiful magician of the soul."
—Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat Pray Love on Davin Youngs
Who You'll Practice With
About Caverly Morgan
After eight years as a Zen monk, Caverly Morgan discovered something unexpected: nothing was missing. The freedom she'd been searching for was already here.
Named one of 2025's powerful women of the mindfulness movement, Caverly is a teacher of awakening, nonprofit founder, speaker, and author who blends the original spirit of Zen with a modern nondual and relational approach.
Caverly supports others in remembering our true nature—not through more techniques or self-improvement strategies, but through presence, inquiry, and togetherness.
She is the author of The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together and A Kids Book About Mindfulness. As founder of the nonprofits Peace in Schools (the nation's first for-credit mindfulness program in U.S. public high schools) and Realizing Freedom Together, she has pioneered ways for communities to awaken collectively, making teachings that lead to liberation accessible to all.
About Sam Hammer
Sam is a highly trained bodyworker and craniosacral therapist, his work is based on safe and attuned therapeutic relationship; cultivated presence; mindful and precise contact; and a deep trust in the innate intelligence and healing capacities of our bodies and beings when supported with the environments and optimal inputs that we need.
In over 10,000 client sessions since 2014, he’s cultivated the art of listening with my hands and energetic sensitivity to the unique needs and qualities of each client.
While his professional practice focuses on manual therapy, his learning and personal passions include somatic meditation, qi gong, functional strength and mobility training, and metabolic health practices.
About Jess Harris
Jess Jarris (she/they) is a Somatic Psychotherapist, Yoga Therapist and Embodiment Coach. In her private practice, she blends together Somatic Experiencing, mindfulness, Polyvagal Theory, parts work and embodiment practices.
Jess began their personal exploration of contemplative practices in 2004 and since 2012 has journeyed alongside others in exploring how movement, mindfulness and somatic awareness can help to reconnect us with the innate wisdom of our bodies. She offers individual sessions, a quarterly group series called Embodied Homecoming, and workshops.
About Davin Youngs
New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert describes Davin Youngs as a "beautiful magician of the soul." The singer and sound healing artist has proved himself to be a true musical innovator who believes wholeheartedly in the transformational power of singing, voice and sound.
He is the creator of The RESET, an immersive sound healing experience that he has brought to iconic spaces and stages like The Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall, Chicago's famed Orchestra Hall, Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Finney Chapel at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the roof of Ace Hotel. This experience features Davin using improvisational singing through looping devices as well as overtone-emitting instruments to create a sonic container for restoration and healing. What makes this experience truly unique is the subtle integration of electronic beats and the emergence of improvised music that reflects the wonder and beauty of each person present.
Davin is a featured teacher on the Insight Timer meditation app where his extensive library of recorded meditations and immersive sound experiences are available for streaming. Additionally, Davin hosts the highly rated Becoming Sound podcast and works with some of today’s most influential singers, performers and leaders on finding more freedom, authenticity and ease with their voice.
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