Wintergreen Resort, 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Nellysford, Virginia 22958, USA
Mar 28, 2026
About this Retreat
Your Awakened Mind Trainer, Robin Bernhard, LCSW, M Ed, BCN has over 40 years of experience as a trauma informed psychaotherapist and 20 years of neurofeedback experience including analysis of the EEG. She became an Awakened Mind Practitioner in 2016 and has worked closely under the guidance of Judith Pennington and as an EEG monitor for the Monroe Institute’s Discovery Program. Awakened Mind Meditation Groups are held at the Virginia Center. Robin and Jessica Eure co-founded the Virginia Center for Neurofeedback, Attachment and Trauma in 2004.
Details of this retreat
A one-day experiential retreat
Many people gain insight about their lives but still feel uncertain about whether that clarity is reliable. They understand themselves better, yet question whether what feels right is grounded—or simply imagined, effort-driven, or temporary.
This one-day retreat was created to address that gap.
The day begins with a clear, grounded orientation to Human Design, offering participants a structured way to understand their life patterns, decision-making tendencies, and natural orientation. Rather than using Human Design as a belief system or identity, it is presented as a practical lens for clarity—helping you recognize what is consistent, sustainable, and correct for you over time.
From there, the retreat shifts into direct experience.
Participants are guided through a series of meditations oriented toward the Awakened Mind—a mode of functioning characterized by coherence, reduced effort, and integrated awareness. These meditations are not about achieving special states, performance, or peak experiences. They are designed to allow the system to organize naturally when unnecessary effort drops away.
During these sessions, EEG monitoring is used as an observational tool. The EEG does not train, optimize, or attempt to change brain activity. Instead, it provides a reference point—allowing participants to see how clarity and coherence register physiologically when the system is not forcing or striving. The emphasis is on recognition and confirmation, not diagnosis or proof.
Throughout the day, the focus remains experiential and grounded. There is no pressure to share, perform, or arrive at conclusions. The intention is not transformation, healing, or self-improvement, but orientation: understanding what clarity feels like when it is coherent, stable, and supported by both inner experience and external reference.
This retreat is for those who already sense direction in their lives but want greater confidence in that knowing—without relying solely on belief, interpretation, or effort.