Yoga Vacation ProgramMarch 29 — April 2, 2026
2026 Spiritual Awakening Symposium
A Gathering of Seekers
Miranda Macpherson, Craig Holliday, and Mary Reed
In a time of profound global and personal transformation, how do we navigate spiritual awakening while remaining fully engaged in our everyday lives?
This symposium brings together three esteemed presenters who offer deep wisdom, practical guidance, and direct energetic transmission to support your awakening journey.
Instead of seeking refuge from life’s challenges, we explore what it truly means to be spiritually awake—right here, in the midst of careers, relationships, family, illness, transitions, and all the complexities of being human. Through Satsang, meditation, and guided inquiry, we will examine the psychological and emotional forces that obscure our divinity and learn how to meet them with love, courage, and compassion.
This program is designed for modern yogis—those who seek not an escape, but a fearless path to freedom. Together, we will uncover the beauty and divinity of our hearts, embrace our humanity, and step into a greater, more empowered potential.
Key Benefits of Attending:
- Experience the deep love and oneness that arises from the True Spiritual Heart.
- Learn to heal, transform, and compassionately embrace your wounds, shadows, and human self with love.
- Learn how to navigate the pitfalls and challenges of the awakening process
- Realize you are not alone— Gain clarity, hope, and excitement about the shifts happening within you and humanity.
- Understand how to navigate ever-evolving higher energy states with greater ease and joy.
- Discover the unifying freedom of True Nature.
Learn how to live fully in the world with a courageous and open heart.
Join us for this powerful exploration of what it means to be awake – not apart from life, but through it.
March 29-April 2: Miranda Macpherson
If ever there was a time to stay spiritually connected, so we can remain open-hearted, clear and capable of wise response, its now. How can we to find calm amidst the chaos, deepen in our fundamental unity, and navigate the challenges we face personally and collectively with grace and wisdom? Through transmission, eloquent teachings and potent practices, Miranda invites you to ground yourself more substantially in Grace, Trust the Mystery, Awaken Equanimity and come from Loving Awareness as we navigate these enormous times. Instead of merely retreating from the world, Miranda will share how we can embracing everything we grapple with as fuel that can ultimately propel us further on the path of awakening. Together, let us become the most grounded, wise and graceful human beings we can be, and that our world needs us to be – now.
March 30-April 2: Mary Reed
Mary will share her perspectives as a mystic and teacher on the range of shifts happening individually and collectively in our global spiritual awakening, and offer guidance on how to navigate it all, manage the confusion, and harness our greater potential.
March 31-April 2: Craig Holliday
Craig will offer Satsang, Meditation and Guided Inquiry and lead an exploration into the very human and psychological forces that veil our divinity. Together we will meet our humanity with great love and compassion,freeing ourselves from these veils that obstruct the beauty and divinity of our hearts. It is only through a path based in a fearless and courageous Love that we will come to know true freedom here on Earth.
April 2: Concludes with a 90-minute panel discussion and Q&A
Offered as 3 satsangs and 8 satsangs (subject to change).
The presentations associated with this Yoga Vacation Program begin with an 8pm satsang on the first day of the program and conclude with a 90-minute 2pm workshop on the last day of the program. Click here to read more about the Yoga Vacation Program details and view the ashram schedule for yoga classes and meals during your stay. We suggest you arrive at least one day prior to the start of your program for the optimal experience.
Miranda Macpherson is a contemporary spiritual teacher and author of The Way of Grace: The Transforming Power of Ego Relaxation. Miranda has been teaching internationally since 1995, and is known for her depth of presence, clarity, and refined capacity to guide people into direct experience of the sacred.
Miranda’s work is a synthesis of self-inquiry, spiritual psychology, devotion, and meditation practice offered with feminine grace that embraces our everyday human experience as a gateway into the depths of our true nature. Through a blend of silent transmission and articulate teaching, she leads ongoing programs oriented to guiding people into direct spiritual experience while providing a practical map for actualizing our realization into daily life.
Drawing from the ancient lineages of Advaita and mystical Christianity, as well as from more recent wisdom teachings such as A Course In Miracles, Miranda leads from the ground of unconditional love and compassion for our humanity, emphasizing receptivity, discrimination, and surrender.
She is founder of One Spirit Interfaith Foundation in London, where she trained and ordained over 600 ministers. Today, Miranda leads the Living Grace Global Sangha and holds retreats in the United States and internationally.
Miranda’s books include The Way of Grace: the Transforming Power of Ego Relaxation (Sounds True), Boundless Love (Rider) and Meditations on Boundless Love (Sounds True). She is a kirtan musician with 2 mantra albums – Streams of Grace and The Heart of Being. Miranda is also the author/creator of the Cultivating Grace Card Deck.
Miranda lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Bob Duchmann, a teacher of the Diamond Approach (A.H. Almaas’ Ridhwan School).
Craig Holliday is a renowned meditation and spiritual teacher, blending the wisdom of both Yogic and Buddhist traditions to guide seekers toward profound awakening. As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), he brings a unique depth to his work, integrating mindfulness-based therapy and nondual healing to support individuals on their spiritual journey.
A founding member of the Association for Spiritual Integrity, Craig is deeply committed to fostering authentic, heart-centered awakening. He leads weekly online Satsangs, meditation groups, and a Kundalini support group, offering practical guidance for integrating deep spiritual insights into everyday life. He also travels extensively, sharing Nondual Meditation Workshops, Retreats, and Satsangs that invite participants into the direct experience of freedom and wholeness.
Craig’s teachings are both grounded and transcendent, offering a rare blend of psychological insight and spiritual wisdom. Join him to discover the limitless peace, love, and clarity that are already within you.
Mary Reed’s journey from a skeptical healthcare executive to a profound mystic is nothing short of extraordinary. In December 2000, while living in Washington, DC, she unexpectedly began venturing into otherworldly realms in the company of Divine masters—an experience that shattered her agnostic worldview. When her “normal” life could no longer contain these powerful revelations, she sought refuge in a Buddhist nunnery in the Himalayas, where she learned to embrace and understand her extraordinary abilities.
Now a revered wisdom guide and conscious channel, Mary offers a road map to the Divine wisdom we all hold within. Through her teachings and deep energetic transmissions, she helps others navigate the grand, often bewildering journey of spiritual awakening.
She is the author of four books on spiritual awakening, including the award-winning memoir Unwitting Mystic.
Mary’s presence is an invitation into the profound mysteries of awakening—both exhilarating and deeply transformative. Are you ready to explore the depths of your own Divine nature?
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