Awaken the HeartEmerge Into Light

Name: Awaken the Heart, Emerge Into Light
Start: 2026-10-05
End: 2026-10-09
Location: Omega Institute

A five-day immersion in healing sound,
self-inquiry, and deep listening

Ashana & James Kawainui

October 5–9, 2026 OmegA INSTITUTERhinebeck, New York

What would it be like to feel steady in yourself when life is anything but?

Stress, judgment, reactivity, and separation are so familiar that we may not notice how much they shape the way we move through our days.

This retreat is a chance to discover who you are when those old patterns are no longer driving the car.

Crystalline sound, deep listening, reflection, breath, and human connection come together in one sustained experience. You’ll leave with a more authentic way to live from your heart.

Most of us already know how to keep going

We breathe. We meditate. We take the walk, book the massage, go to the sound bath, listen to the music, try to set better boundaries. These things can help.

But most of the time, they happen in pieces—an hour here, ten minutes there—and then we go back to our lives.

Five days give you the opportunity to go deeper.

What arises through sound can continue through conversation, wisdom teachings, movement, expression, relationship, or simply through rest. These experiences build on one another.

You begin to notice what is actually happening inside you and make sense of it.

“At the time I didn’t really comprehend the depth of all we covered. I’m still getting insights.”

What happens over five days?

You’ll be immersed in crystalline sound, breath, meditation, deep listening, guided reflection, and simple vocal practices.

Some sessions will be quiet and receptive. Others will invite you to participate more actively, explore your voice, immerse yourself in sound, and sense what is happening in your body and awareness.

What surfaces becomes easier to recognize when you are no longer rushing past it.

Ashana and James guide the retreat in a way that gives you room to relax, receive, and allow your experience to deepen.

Why sound?

There are places thought alone does not always reach.

Healing sound is a very physical experience. It touches the body first.

It can help quiet the mental chatter that keeps you stuck in familiar ways of thinking and feeling. Healing sound can bring you into a vastly expanded experience of yourself.

Throughout the retreat, alchemy crystal singing bowls, harps and angelic sound soothe your nervous system and open you to states of deep listening. This can take you places your thinking mind cannot reach.

In the room with Ashana & James

Ashana has spent more than 25 years working with crystalline sound, meditation, music, and the ways people respond when they are given the time and attention to listen more deeply. Her teaching is highly personal. She watches closely, listens carefully, and often sees what someone needs before they know how to name it themselves.

James Kawainui brings a different kind of wisdom to the retreat. A Native Hawaiian elder and teacher, his offerings center on relationship, energetic boundaries, and the ability to remain grounded in yourself while staying open to others. His presence is woven through the retreat in circle, teaching, conversation, and one-on-one connection.

What participants notice most is the quality of being with them together.

“We could share. We could be vulnerable. We could also play. And you can’t do that with everyone.”

This is for you

You want to feel steady in yourself even when life is anything but.

You already have tools—meditation, breath, sound, yoga, therapy—and you’re open to going deeper.

You want time away from the pressures and responsibilities of daily life to relax deeply, turn inward, and see what shows up when you’re no longer responsible for responding to everything around you.

You want a different experience of yourself inside your own life.

You want to feel fully alive, and to spend these days with people you trust—people you can laugh with, be vulnerable with, and genuinely connect with.

What people say after spending time with Ashana & James

“I just didn’t know that it would actually affect me to the extent that it did.”

“At the time I didn’t really comprehend the depth of all we covered. I’m still getting insights.”

“There was so much joy in that play that I want to stay in it. Like, deep, soft joy.”

Your guides

Ashana

Sacred Vocal Artist · Master Teacher · Creator of Crystal Bowl Mastery®

Ashana has been a musician for more than 55 years. Her recordings have been streamed more than 135 million times, making her the most listened-to crystal singing bowl artist in the world. A recording artist, composer, author, and master teacher, she pioneered the genre of healing music with crystal singing bowls. For listeners, her music is a doorway to the celestial realms and a way to touch the soul.

She is the author of Crystal Singing Bowls: The Angelic Sound of Healing, Relaxation and Spiritual Awakening and creator of Crystal Bowl Mastery®. At Omega, she brings decades of experience as a musician and teacher and a deep commitment to helping students know themselves better through self-awareness and healing sound.

James Kawainui

Native Hawaiian Healer and Elder

James Kawainui is a Native Hawaiian elder, healer, author, and recognized kahuna whose ancestral lineage extends through more than 20 generations. His understanding of healing comes through that lineage, his own life experience, and decades working directly with people facing physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual challenges.

At Omega, James brings his wisdom and experience to the work of self-inquiry, with a deep understanding of the energetic patterns that shape how we experience ourselves and relate to others. He is the author of the forthcoming book What My Ancestors Knew: Ho‘oponopono, A Hawaiian Way of Living, an exploration of the traditional Hawaiian approach to healing conflict and restoring relationship.

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October 5-9, 2026 ·
OMEGA INSTITUTE