About this Event
BEYOND THE STORY
A Two-Day Journey into Forgiveness, Freedom & Self-Realization
Release what you're carrying. Remember who you ARE.
What if the next chapter of your life isn't about becoming someone new... but finally being FREE to be who you ARE?
You've done the work. Read the books. Taken the courses.
Explored your childhood, your wounds, your beliefs and your patterns.
You understand SO much about yourself.
And yet you, still find yourself:
- Reacting to things you thought you'd healed.
- Carrying resentment toward someone who may never apologize.
- Questioning your worth.
- Repeating familiar relationship patterns.
- Holding onto guilt, shame or regrets that belong to a chapter of your life that's already over.
- Or perhaps you've reached a point where the person you've always believed yourself to be simply doesn't fit anymore.
And beneath all of that...
Who ARE you, really?
Not your history.
Not your personality.
Not your roles, relationships, accomplishments or wounds.
Who are you when you stop identifying with everything you've learned to believe about yourself?
This is the invitation.
Two extraordinary days of deep inner exploration, emotional clearing, forgiveness and direct self-inquiry.
Not another weekend of information.
An opportunity to EXPERIENCE something beyond what you already know.
❤️ DAY ONE — SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5
SACRED RESET: The Freedom to Let Go
A Full-Day Immersion in Forgiveness, Clearing & Divine Love
We can understand our wounds, have compassion for those who hurt us, and even say, "I've forgiven them."
But understanding isn't always the same as freedom.
Imagine what becomes possible when...
- You can remember the past without being pulled into the same emotional reaction.
- You begin to release resentment toward someone who may never give you the apology you deserved.
- You soften the guilt, shame and self-judgment that have kept you feeling not enough.
- You recognize old relationship patterns without automatically repeating them.
- You become more available to intimacy, connection and LOVE.
- You stop spending so much energy fighting what has already happened.
Forgiveness isn't about changing what happened. It's about changing your relationship with what happened so it no longer has to define how you live and love.
Through Ho'oponopono, guided forgiveness processes, dyads, meditation and embodied practices, we'll create space to meet and begin releasing what you've been carrying.
You don't have to keep carrying yesterday's pain into tomorrow's possibilities.
This is your invitation to experience the freedom of forgiveness, not just as an idea, but as something you can begin to feel and embody.
✨ DAY TWO — SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6
GNOSTIC / ENLIGHTENMENT INTENSIVE
Beyond the Story: The Direct Experience of Who You ARE
Who are you... without your story?
Not your name, or your profession, relationships or accomplishments, or your wounds, or even the spiritual identity you've worked so hard to create.
Who are YOU beneath everything you've learned to believe about yourself?
Most of us spend our lives trying to figure out who we are.
We analyze ourselves, define ourselves, improve ourselves and create new identities to live up to.
But what if who you truly are cannot be found through more thinking?
What if you could stop trying to understand yourself... and simply EXPERIENCE yourself?
Inspired by the Enlightenment Intensive tradition, this full-day Gnostic Intensive uses the powerful practice of dyads - structured self-inquiry with another person offering their full, uninterrupted presence.
At the heart of our exploration is a simple yet profound invitation:
"Feel who you are."
Rather than searching for an intellectual answer, you'll be guided into direct inquiry, contemplation, stillness and conscious witnessing.
What might become possible?
- Experience moments of deeper presence and connection with yourself.
- Loosen your identification with roles, labels and limiting beliefs.
- Discover a greater sense of inner freedom beyond the need to prove or perform.
- Deepen your connection with your own inner knowing.
- Experience what it's like to be fully witnessed without judgment.
- Open to profound insights about who you are beyond your familiar self-image.
- Reconnect with a sense of wholeness, peace and BEING.
This isn't about promising enlightenment in a day.
It's about creating the conditions for a potentially profound experience of self-discovery.
Perhaps you don't need to become more. Perhaps you need to remember what has always been here.
🌿 WHY THESE TWO DAYS TOGETHER?
Because sometimes we can't see beyond our stories while we're still so deeply entangled in them.
Day One is about RELEASE.
Releasing the resentment, shame, guilt, emotional wounds and stories that continue to shape how we see ourselves and the world.
Day Two is about REMEMBRANCE.
Exploring who we are beneath those stories through direct experience rather than intellectual understanding.
One day creates space.
The next invites us to explore what remains.
Two days. Two powerful experiences. One journey toward greater freedom.
❤️ THIS EXPERIENCE IS FOR YOU IF...
You've done years of personal or spiritual growth, but still feel caught in familiar patterns.
You're tired of understanding your wounds without feeling truly free of them.
You're navigating a transition in your relationship, career, identity or life direction.
You're ready to stop carrying resentment, guilt or self-judgment into the next chapter of your life.
You long to trust yourself more deeply and feel less controlled by fear.
You're curious about experiencing who you are beyond your thoughts, roles and beliefs.
You want more than another workshop filled with information.
You want to FEEL the shift.
You want to be more present.
More open.
More connected.
More at peace with yourself and Life.
More FREE to live and love fully.
💜 YOUR INVESTMENT
Full Two-Day Immersion: $497
Early-Bird Investment: $444 (until Nov. 21st)
Dec. 5th only* - Full Day Forgiveness Immersion $247
Sunday lunch included *dietary preferences can be accommodated
*Spaces are limited to preserve the intimacy and depth of the experience.
FACILITATED by Jeri Tourand & Mark Kennedy
Jeri Tourand is a Self-Love and Relationship Coach, Soul Connection Guide, and founder of Living from Heart Center. Known as “The Love Mentor” and “Dark Night of the Soul Doula,” Jeri guides individuals through powerful inner transformation, helping them integrate all parts of themselves, light and shadow, so they can live from their truest, highest self.
Drawing on her expertise in Zen Trilotherapy, Ho’oponopono, breathwork, and conscious communication, she leads retreats, programs, and private coaching that awaken love, trust, and purpose. Her clients, often change-makers and visionaries, are ready to release outdated patterns, deepen self-love, and lead from the heart in their families and communities.
Whether in Guatemala, Mexico, or online, Jeri’s work activates remembrance, inspires awakening, and empowers people to live in harmony with themselves, others, and the universe - creating ripples of transformation worldwide.
Mark Kennedy's journey from computer engineer to spiritual guide began with a simple but profound question: “Who are you?”
After nearly 20 years working in technology in Holland and Canada, Mark attended a five-day Enlightenment Intensive in 2008 that sparked a spiritual awakening and transformed the direction of his life.
Since then, he has devoted himself to personal growth, conscious relationships, self-inquiry, and spiritual awakening. He facilitated a men's group for 12 years, studied with teachers internationally, and completed his Master’s training in 2011, when he began leading Enlightenment Intensives in the Edmonton area.
Through retreats, relationship workshops, coaching, and experiential practices, Mark creates opportunities for people to discover deeper truths about themselves and others.
Today, his passion is helping people move beyond limiting beliefs, reconnect with their authentic selves, and cultivate greater presence, understanding, and connection in an increasingly divided world.
Event venue & nearby stays
Roots On Whyte (Community Building), 8135 102 Street Northwest, Edmonton, Canada
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