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With time we noticed that the deeper the spiritual transformation in the client during the three-week retreat, the more profound the healing was on many levels—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. One of the traits we noticed in retreat participants was the existence of a deep, often unconscious, negative emotion that was hidden and had not been dealt with in the past. Commonly this was anger or hurt or some kind of emotional pain.

Practicing yoga intensely over a three-week retreat tends to bring all these emotions to the fore. In order to heal, people have to become aware of the feeling, accept it, feel it, and by the sheer fact of being accepted, such feelings tend to dissolve. But it requires courage to face yourself and your own pain. The small group setting is helpful in supporting each and every participant in their journey—they become a family supporting and watching each other go through difficult transformations. The long-term follow-up with clients also attested to the sustained nature of these shifts. In general, they were able to exercise an increase in objective judgment, take unselfish action, and were willing to accept “what is.”