 The Radiance of Being
A Private 4-Day New Year's Retreat
In-Person
with Darananda and Sami
North East Connecticut
December 30th, 2026 - January 2nd, 2027
 About the Retreat
Spend the turning of the year in an intimate collective of like-minded practitioners deepening into the radiance of Being.Â
Darananda and Sami will guide four days of transmission, meditation, and conversation in a peaceful, private rural setting. Rituals, land honoring, embodiment practice, and shared meals will complete our encounter.
Each day a deep reflection.
Each day a quiet celebration.
Throughout the four days, you're invited to join us at the venue for an on-time start and to stay for the duration of the scheduled programming. Lodging is arranged by participants for this non-residential retreat.
Ashley Waverley and Samara Valentina are supporting this retreat every step of the way. They are available if you have questions or would like to speak to someone who has spent deep time in person and in the field with Sami and Dara.
A Collective Field of Presence-LivelinessÂ
The nondual field of being is vast, luminous, peaceful, and radiant. This compassionate and connected, Divine Reality is none other than your own true nature. It is already so.
When we sit together, engage in conversation, and participate with the world from this truth, suffering is diminished, confusion is clarified, and new potentials are enlivened. Rather than stuck inside the small, separate self, we awaken to and live from our boundless and interdependent nature. Shedding layers and layers of confinement each step of the way.
Sami and Dara offer each of you a warm welcome into this field, a Buddha field of simplicity, remembrance, and warmth, where the clear light of Reality shines forth as each of us, everyday.
In referencing their own experiences of awakening and realization, drawing on multiple traditions, and deeply honoring the relational healing we need as Westerners, Dara and Sami offer a grounded, interpersonal style of pointing-out and direct embrace of true nature.
The Details
A Group Space for Individual Deepening
*sample itinerary, subject to shift
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Wednesday December 30th:
- Arrival: 1:00pm
- Opening session: 2:00pm
- Dinner: 5:30pm
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Thursday December 31st & Friday January 1st
- Arrival & tea service: 8:00am
- Morning session: 9:00am
- Lunch: 12:00pm
- Afternoon session: 1:45pm
- Dinner: 5:30pm
- Optional midnight circle (December 31st)
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Saturday January 2nd
- Arrival & tea service: 8:00am
- Closing session: 9:00am
- Lunch: 12:00pm
Healthy lunches and dinners made with local and organic ingredients, prepared and served on-site are included with your registration fee. Upon registration and before the retreat, we will contact you about any dietary restrictions.Â
This is a non-residential gathering. Participants arrange their own lodging and travel arrangements with the information provided upon registration.
