BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Miranda Macpherson - ECPv6.15.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mirandamacpherson.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Miranda Macpherson REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260627 DTSTAMP:20260530T185210 CREATED:20250721T093539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T180250Z UID:10000066-1782000000-1782518399@mirandamacpherson.com SUMMARY:California Retreat 2026 - The Heart of Spiritual Surrender DESCRIPTION:The Heart of Spiritual Surrender\, \n6-day California Summer Retreat with Miranda Macpherson\nDo you long to get out of your own way and come home to the living Presence within you? Are you ready to release spiritual striving and discover what it truly means to live from unity\, love\, and embodied wisdom in everyday life? \nI invite you into a five-day residential immersion in the heart of spiritual transformation. Together\, we will relax beyond the sense of separation and the conditioned patterns that keep you seeking\, striving\, or holding yourself apart from your true nature. I will share the often-unspoken nuances of going further on the awakening path—and reveal how authentic surrender is not something you do\, but something you learn to allow. This unfolds through direct transmission and the embodied practice I call Ego Relaxation™. \nHeld in a palpable atmosphere of unconditional acceptance\, we will illuminate where you may still be living from the paradigm of separation and what sustains it. As these structures come into the light\, surrender can deepen naturally\, opening stable access to the freedom\, peace\, and wholeness that are your birthright and your offering to this world. I will also guide you to take a deeper inner seat\, so you can meet all of life with presence and respond from an integrated platform of unity. \nEach day weaves together rich teaching and experiential practice—including inquiry\, silent and guided meditation\, mantra\, music\, and some breathwork—designed to nourish\, open\, and stabilize your realization. \nIn a community field where everything is welcome\, you will be supported to: \n\nDiscover what authentic spiritual surrender truly is and what allows it to unfold\nSee through the beliefs\, self-images\, and attachments that sustain separation\nUnderstand why old patterns return\, even when they no longer serve you\nAllow for absorption back into the very Source of your Being\nStabilize realization so you can genuinely live from love and freedom in daily life\nLet your awakening naturally bless your loved ones and our world\n\nSan Damiano Retreat Center – Danville\, CA\n\nWe are delighted to welcome you to our first retreat at San Damiano\, a beautiful Franciscan retreat center nestled in the rolling hills of the San Ramon Valley. Set on over fifty acres of peaceful\, natural beauty\, San Damiano offers a quiet\, prayerful atmosphere that effortlessly supports reflection\, rest\, and inner listening. Many of you hold deep affection for the Mercy Center\, as I do. As you know\, it has now closed to hosting retreats\, and we’ve taken great care in finding a new home that carries a similar spirit of simplicity\, silence\, and sacred presence. San Damiano feels like a wonderful continuation—an oasis of peace where the land itself invites us inward. With private rooms\, garden access\, fountains\, walking paths\, a labyrinth\, and other sacred spaces\, the setting gently holds our time together. The Franciscan greeting\, “Peace and All Good\,” truly lives here—and I look forward to sharing this special place with you. \nClick here to find out more about San Damiano\n \n \n \n \n \n \nClick here to see images of San Damiano\nHow to Get There\nAddress: 710 Highland Dr\, Danville\, CA 94526\n \nRetreat Format & Timings\nWE ASK THAT YOU DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ARRIVE BEFORE SUPPER ON THE 1ST DAY AND TO STAY UNTIL AT LEAST 1PM ON THE FINAL DAY. LATE ARRIVALS AND EARLY DEPARTURES CAUSE DISRUPTION FOR MIRANDA AND THE GROUP.\n(All times are in Pacific Time and may be subject to minor changes closer to the time.)\n \nSUNDAY\, JUNE 21\n2:00 P.M – Onwards – Arrive at San Damiano \n5:30 P.M – Supper \n7:00 P.M – 9:00 P.M – Opening Session \nMONDAY\, JUNE 22 – FRIDAY\, JUNE 26\n7:30 P.M – 8.30 A.M – Breakfast \n8:45 A.M – 12:00 P.M MORNING SESSIONS \nIncludes: \n* morning meditation & mantra practice  \n* teaching session with inquiry practice \n* interactive dialogue together \n12:00 P.M – 3:30 P.M – LUNCH & SELF-CARE TIME with specific deepening and self-nurturing recommendations from Miranda. \n3:30 P.M – 5:30 P.M – AFTERNOON SESSIONS \n5.30 P.M – 6.30 P.M – SUPPER \n7:00 P.M – 9:00 P.M – EVENING SATSANG SESSIONS \nFRIDAY\, JUNE 26\n \nParticipants will have to vacate rooms before the morning session. \n8:45 A.M – 11.45 A.M – CLOSING SESSION \n12:00 P.M – LUNCH \n2:00 P.M – ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST LEAVE SAN DAMIANO \nWHAT PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS SAY​\n Miranda is the best spiritual teacher I have encountered in my 35+ years of searching. Her retreats are balanced between delivering moving and meaningful\, content and experiential exercises.\nMiranda is a master teacher. She is sincere\, generous and thoroughly exemplifies her teachings.\nI would highly recommend her retreats if you are serious about your spiritual growth. If you follow her teachings\, and  put the effort in\, you will grow.\n \n Melanie MurrayTherapist\n If you have worked with Miranda and are looking for a deeper dive into your Being within an illuminated field of deep love\, compassion\, joy and possibility\, in the presence of other soul friends\, give yourself the gift of joining Miranda and experience the deep peace\, grace\, and beauty of that come from her retreats.\n Retreat participant 2022\n Four days with Miranda and her community did more to help me drop my identities\, my fears\, my “I don’t want it”s and “I have to have it”s than a month-long silent meditation retreat. Her guided meditations made the surrender so gentle and sweet as to be nearly unnoticeable – I just suddenly found myself immersed in universal love.  And the community! What joy! I might just laugh my way to enlightenment. Who knew ego relaxation could be so much fun?!\n SantaRetreat participant 2022\n \n \nCOST TO ATTEND​\nThe cost includes room\, board\, and Miranda’s fee for this event. We are offering an early bird set of prices until March 1st and a regular price after March 1st onwards. \nYou can select a price below that includes a single room and one that includes a double room. If you choose a double room you will be emailed about your roommate preference if you have one. \nPlease make sure to discuss this with the person you wish to room with ahead of time.  \nCANCELLATION POLICY\nCancel before April 28th\, you will receive a 95% refund. \nCancel before June 2nd\, you will receive a 50% refund . \nNo refunds available if you cancel on or after June 5th \, if you do not show up\, or if you leave the retreat early for any reason. No exceptions can be made. URL:https://mirandamacpherson.com/event/california-retreat-2026/ LOCATION:San Damiano Retreat Center\, 710 Highland Drive\, Danville\, CA\, 94526\, United States CATEGORIES:Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mirandamacpherson.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/California-Retreat-5.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR