Jhourney

NEW retreats announced for 2026! 🧘 - Online Work-Compatible: Mar 5-15 (2 weekends) - Apr 2-9 at Zephyr Point (Lake Tahoe) - Jul 11-18 at Blue Spirit (Costa Rica) - Aug 28-Sep 4 at Kripalu (MA near NYC & Boston) - Nov 8-15 at Zephyr Point (Lake Tahoe) More online retreats TBA

what your body is probably craving is the deep feeling of relaxation & safety that comes from not having to fight against life anymore the trick is that you can cultivate this feeling in (almost) any conditions

@Apokatastasis11 The full instruction booklet is only available to students on retreat, but we do have a free guide that covers our meditation technique and teaching philosophy: jhourney.io/resources/find…

@jhanatech Could you please publish a workbook explaining your method? So that people could work with it independently?

Focusing on a neutral object (like the breath) during meditation can lead to boredom or tension if you clench down on it. What's more effective is finding a pleasurable aspect of your experience and relaxing into that. More about this in our video: youtu.be/NmrgPEzvN_o

@danielbrottman Definitely can be, but for those who have struggled with the breath they can find heart-centered instructions easier for accessing joy/pleasure. We encourage people to try whatever works for them

(the breath is also often subtly (or not so subtly) pleasant)

The loop of a panic attack looks like: something triggers panic, this generates physical reactions in the body (e.g. hyperventilation), your interoception picks up on these signals and devotes even more attention to them, and the panic amplifies. But did you know you can use this same loop but in the opposite direction to amplify positive experiences like bliss or gratitude? We talk about this in our latest video: youtu.be/NmrgPEzvN_o

New video: the opposite of a panic attack, how to find it, and why "bliss on demand" turns out to be the least interesting part of the story. With a short guided experience for you to test yourself: youtu.be/NmrgPEzvN_o

Our favorite photo from last week's retreat at Tahoe: group meditation by the lake! We'll be back again this November.

@dthorson Thanks Daniel!

This was very well done.

We've put 1,200 people through 40+ meditation retreats over the last 7 years. Overachievers, total skeptics, people who'd been meditating for decades. Many got stuck on the same thing, for the same reason. And the fastest learners were not the ones who tried hardest. Here's a new video on what we found: youtu.be/d4lCrqf_5e8

Learn more and apply at jhourney.io/meditation-ret…

We still have spots for these retreats! Learn the jhanas with us. May 15–22 – Online Full-time July 11–18 – In-Person, Blue Spirit (Costa Rica) Aug 28–Sep 4 – In-Person, Kripalu (MA) Oct 26–Nov 2 – In-Person, The Vedanta (UK) Nov 8–15 – In-Person, Zephyr Point (Lake Tahoe, NV)

Read Pavel's full post here: hornicekpavel.substack.com/p/jhanas-may-a…

Four years ago, Pavel was in the hospital from an incurable, life-threatening condition. When it seemed like the end was near, he had an experience of total surrender. He stopped resisting the pain, or worrying about things outside of his control. What followed was some of the happiest weeks of his life filled with euphoria and gratitude. Miraculously, he lived. But for years after he tried to understand and reproduce that experience without much success – until he found Jhourney. On his online retreat, he was able to systematically enter the jhanas and noticed it was just like his time in the hospital. He gained the ability to enter states of profound peace and love at will, and bring those benefits into his daily life and relationships. He's now interested in how jhanas and emotional well-being can help with chronic illness.

@dkazand One of my fellow Jhourney retreatants said that the only bad thing about how amazing his experience was, was the grief of having spent 25 years meditating without trying it this way.

If you're trying to make super wellbeing accessible at scale, I think there are a limited number of "shots on goal": - genetic engineering - neurotech - custom psychedelics - making the world's wisdom traditions more reliable, accessible, and appealing Most techno-optimists would name the first three if asked. I think the fourth is the most tractable and most overlooked.

@Noodles_Crusher Please DM us your email and first/last name and we’ll get it to you!

@jhanatech Hi, is there any issue with the meditation guide? I signed up with two different emails but didn't get anything in my inbox.

Meditation isn't like other skills (e.g. music, sports) where feedback is externally visible. It struggles with something we call the "guesswork problem." You can waste years with a technique that keeps you stuck. We talk about this in our video: youtu.be/SrsL513JIuE

@chloroblast95 DM us your email, we'll get it to you!

@jhanatech Does it work? Nothing arrived in my inbox :(

We made a free guide to help you find a meditation technique that works for you (with guided audio)! Link below. It covers Jhourney's meditation approach and teaching philosophy. Learn more about the importance of using an effective technique in our vid: youtu.be/SrsL513JIuE

look, it's worth a shot

@teodorio The team and curriculum are the same across in-person retreats. Whichever you prefer!

should I do the jhourney retreat in OG California or do the one in Europe?

Excited to announce our jhana retreat in the UK: Oct 26-Nov 2 at The Vedanta (Lincolnshire)! Spend a week meditating at an Elizabethan estate on 75 acres of woodlands, meadows, and lakes. No experience required. Our weeklong curriculum incorporates everything we've learned after teaching dozens of retreats and 1k+ students. We offer an instruction booklet, group sessions, guided meditations, and 1:1 facilitator support to help you learn the jhanas effectively. Get details and apply at: jhourney.io