Testimonials -- Fairfield Trillium Awakening Retreats
 

Sanji Hills
London, England

Coming to the Fairfield Retreat was my first experience of a large group of Trillium Awakening people, teachers and mentors all together in one place. I come from England where so far there are only a few of us, and teachers only visit occasionally.

 

Everyone was so welcoming – I stayed with Toni (one of the mentors) who immediately made me feel at home. I loved how close everything was and being able to walk everywhere through the leafy streets. And I loved trying out cafés in town, which were easy to find with the maps and information provided. The Retreat house was beautiful, with its own special energy.

 

The Retreat itself – what to say? Thrilling, challenging, eye opening, loving, all-embracing, magical, confirming...and very, very real…my first full immersion in the powerful field that can be created in mutuality. I also loved the feeling of being part of a living community that is Fairfield, meeting its several teachers and mentors in their own homes, as well as the opportunity to meet teachers and participants from elsewhere.

All that, and my second birth - it really was everything I could have wanted.

 

Paul Lancaster
Fairfield, Iowa

I usually speak only for myself in these situations, but I’ve been on three of these Fairfield Retreats now and have seen too much to pretend that my experience is unique. So if you haven’t attended one yet, I can confidently predict that you will experience a blaze of transmission that will catapult your evolutionary process into levels you didn’t even suspect were in your vicinity.  (I could also predict a similar result for those who have been on one of these, but that could be preaching to the choir.)

 

Pat Parisi
Toronto, Canada

The Fairfield Trillium Awakening Retreat offers a beautiful and gentle opening that is initiated by Being and supported by the community in mutuality. It’s a rare opportunity to sink into the delicious warmth of souls communing together with beloved friends and teachers. The work itself is gently clarifying, offering a real-time experience of Trust in Being. The discerning heart will easily know that Trillium Awakening is the real thing: the transmission is powerful and lasting. Because Fairfield itself is the seat of more than 30 years of thousands of TM meditation practitioners, the retreat is tenderly cradled within a larger field of Being. The combination of Trillium Awakening and Fairfield makes this a remarkable retreat.

 

John Pielemeier
Fairfield, Iowa

For about a year I seemed to be rotting out of just about everything, Trillium Awakening included. Come fall though I couldn't quite let the Fairfield Retreat slip by.  On the course, my small group's needs were very diverse, and my teacher equally flexible. In seeing this, I realized how open and responsive I yearned to be with myself. Since then I've been surprised by how much more uniquely I can feel and serve my life.

 

Margi Showman
Redmond, Washington

The Fairfield Transformation Retreat—Wow! This precious gift is mutuality in action. The Fairfield teachers and many local students put their hearts and souls into creating and hosting this impeccable retreat experience. The McElhinney House provides two large, lovely rooms for gatherings of the whole group, and teacher’s homes offer comfortable, intimate sanctuaries for small group gatherings, making it easy to connect deeply with others. My first two Fairfield TRs were engaging and fruitful for me. They helped me deeply explore both who I am as a person and Who I AM as consciousness. Almost ten months after last fall’s Transformation Retreat, I’m still experiencing its sweet effects, and I’m eagerly anticipating my third Transformation Retreat this October. What a blessing!

 

Ruthie Hutchings
Fairfield, Iowa

After each Fairfield Transformation Retreat (I’ve attended all of them), I watch myself stepping up to a challenge I have not been able to take on before. I have some gnarly encounter with self or other, but this time, I embody myself more, speak more authentically, and come forward in some new way. After the interchange, I am struck by how I seemed both different and more myself. I think of my Trillium work and realize that nothing in my usual experience is as big a change-maker as the blast of transmission I get on this Retreat. I am gradually coming home.