The Embodied Heart Retreat
San Clemente, California
Retreat 1 — Aug 27–30 | Retreat 2 — Sep 3–7
This retreat is about feeling
Not talking about your feelings. Not understanding them, categorising them, or “working through” them. But the direct, lived experience of being here - fully, in your body, with what is honest. This is what it means to actually be alive. Not managing life from a distance. Not moving through it on autopilot. But inhabiting it - with all of its depth, its freedom, its extraordinary texture. Without this, we are not living so much as repeating.
Most of us have spent a lifetime becoming very skilled at leaving ourselves. This work is an invitation to return.
Over six days, at West Lexham in Norfolk, we will practice this together. We will slow down. We will stay. Not to fix anything. Not to figure anything out. Just to meet yourself where you are - with honesty, with tenderness, without agenda.
This Retreat Is For You If...
You've done the work - therapy, self-development, healing modalities - and yet something still feels unmet.
You know how to talk about your feelings, but you're not sure you actually feel them.
You notice yourself managing life more than living it.
You're ready to stop performing and start being honest.
You're ready to stop circling and stay.
How This Practice Works
Gradually, lovingly, at your own pace, you build the capacity to be with what is actually happening - in your body, in your heart, in this moment. Not to analyse it. Not to fix it. But to feel.
When you feel, something begins to happen that no amount of understanding could produce. The part of you that has spent a lifetime managing, controlling, filtering - begins to soften. Because you've finally met it with honesty. With kindness. With Love.
Over time, your patterns and habits lose their grip. Not through effort, but through intimacy. You become less driven to control your experience and more available to it. More present. More honest. More yourself.
This is where real compassion, kindness, creativity and freedom are born - not as concepts, but as something you embody.
What You'll Experience
One-on-one time with Bela for personalised guidance.
Nourishing meals - Dinner on the first evening and lunch all other days will be included.
Evening Integration to soften, connect, and let the day land.
A deeply held container for personal exploration
A Tea Ceremony offered as a ritual of slowing down, returning to your body, and deepening into presence.
Daily group sessions where you'll witness and be witnessed.
Locations & Dates
San Clemente, California
Osho Villa | 6 Cresta Del Sol, San Clemente, CA 92673
www.oshovilla.com
Accommodation is not included — we're happy to help you find nearby options.
Retreat 1 — 3½ Days
Thursday Aug 27 – Sunday Aug 30, 2026
Dinner on arrival evening; lunch included daily thereafter.
Investment: $750 USD
Early bird: $690 USD (first 9 to register)
Retreat 2 — 4½ Days
Thursday Sep 3 (evening arrival) – Monday Sep 7, 2026
Dinner on arrival evening; lunch included daily thereafter.
Investment: $950 USD
Early bird: $890 USD (first 9 to register)
✦ Attend both retreats and save 10%
Registration
We keep each retreat intimate - space is limited.
To register or ask a question, reach out directly:
Contact Meera or Marissa at meerakharbanda91@gmail.com or marissa.goldenstein@gmail.com
Venmo, Zelle, or check accepted.
Payment plans available.
Hi, I’m Bela
I offer what I've discovered through my own willingness to meet myself in difficult places. I can only guide you as far as I'm willing to go myself - and I'm devoted to my own practice.
Having worked with hundreds of individuals who, despite extensive traditional therapies and self-help methods, found whole new levels of relief and self-awareness in our work together. My clients often share that, for the first time, they’re meeting themselves with an honesty and vulnerability that transforms not only their relationship with themselves but also with the world around them.
What sets this work apart is its simplicity. We go straight into personal truth, beneath the layers of processing. This process allows us to shed unnecessary layers of identity, confronting our insecurities head-on and staying until we can genuinely embrace ourselves with kindness. This isn't intellectual. It's visceral.
I am here to support you in reconnecting with the wisdom of your own heart and embracing the full spectrum of your human experience, from its intimate emotional facets to its expansive spiritual essence.
“I am so grateful to Bela for teaching me and providing me with the space to grow my self awareness. The insight gained through the Embodied heart have given me what I needed, to be able to embark upon the next stage of my life. I am scared but I feel confident that I am enough to hold myself through this no matter what.”
- Claire Darnell, London
What people are saying about The Embodied Heart
“The work is so profound because it meets you exactly where you are… It’s an in-road to your direct experience.”
Maja
“This work has allowed me to access real deep parts of myself, it’s allowed me to access more of my heart, more of my honesty, more of my vulnerability.”
Jordan
“Bela came in and helped me access the truth that I don’t know that I can’t be loved if I’m not {contributing to something}… And That’s something that i yearn for. I want to be loved here, just as I am.”
Ellee
Scholarships & Payment Plans
We are committed to making this work accessible and inclusive.
• A limited number of partial scholarships are available for those with financial need. Please reach out to inquire and share a bit about your circumstances and intentions.
• Payment plans are available upon request. We are happy to work with you to create a payment structure that feels supportive and manageable.
• A non-refundable deposit of $300 is required to reserve your space. Your spot is not confirmed until the deposit has been received.
To inquire about scholarships, payment plans, or to secure your space, please contact Meera or Marissa directly at meerakharbanda91@gmail.com or marissa.goldenstein@gmail.com
The Embodied Heart Retreat provides you with an immersive group experience that will support you to develop an intimate relationship with your human feeling heart.
You will learn how to feel rather than react to life.
The retreat is curated to support you to honour yourself, and cultivate internal safety to welcome your felt experience.
If we truly seek to know and be ourselves, we have to learn to feel. It is through feeling that we gather, forgive, and love our sleeping parts.
Through feeling we remember who we are.
FAQ
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This retreat is an opportunity to immerse yourself deeply into the intimate space of your own heart. THe main intention of this retreat is to support you to be yourself, and you can expect a space that is held in love and safety so that this can occur. You can expect a space where all of you is welcome.
Structurally, what this looks like is supporting you to drop out of your heart and into your embodied, felt experience. This will be facilitated through group or partnered practices, Bela working with people 1-1 with group witnessing, and other supportive embodiment exercises. We will be assisted by other facilitators who will also offer certain practices that encourage a deepening into honesty and authenticity.
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You will receive more of a schedule when you arrive, however you can expect that:
Each day, there will be morning embodiment practices, daily Embodied Heart sessions, space for integration & rest, and gentle evening activities.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be fully catered for, and there will be opportunities for group or solo nature walks, sauna/pool sessions, and time for socialising/connecting with your fellow participants.
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Even though The Embodied Heart is incredibly effective online, there is always a distinct difference experiencing any kind of embodiment work in person, particularly when in a group environment.
The retreat is different in that we will be completely immersed together in our experience of The Embodied Heart work. Each day we will be in session, delving deep into the practice of feeling, both individually and together.
An immersion is a powerful way to dive deep into your practice without the day-to-day distractions, and to really allow yourself to sink into the work. Being held in a container is incredibly supportive for cultivating safety, which encourages more of us to reveal and unravel.
We will also be graced with the spaciousness of nature and luxurious facilities that will encourage our integration of the work, as well as morning and evening activities to invite a deeper experience of how to really incorporate the practices deeper into your daily life.
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Yes, you can still join. This retreat is available for anyone ready to commit to their own personal transformation, and journey the next step of their emotional evolution and embodiment of authenticity and truth.
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It is preferable that you have experienced some level of embodiment and/or self-development work before coming to the retreat. This includes meditation, breathwork, somatic therapy, archetypal embodiment, temple training, and so on. When you apply, you will have a call with Bela to work out if this retreat is the right experience for you.
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The Embodied Heart retreat is an immersion that is made up of practices and experiences for the purpose of your personal evolution. This is not a training where you will leave with practices to teach other people. It is recommended that the practices we do together on the retreat are not used in your own therapeutic or teaching services. This is for your own personal experience of deepening into your own intimate feeling practice and embodiment.
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It is important to note that the space Bela offers is quite distinct from most therapeutic or self-development spaces/modalities. The Embodied Heart provides you with an immersive group experience that will support you to develop an intimate relationship with your human feeling heart. You will learn how to feel rather than react to life. The experience is curated to support you to honour yourself in ways you haven’t yet known how, and to open into vulnerability while cultivating the internal safety and capacity to truly welcome your honest felt experience.
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Phone reception can be limited in The Pocket, but there is wifi provided for the Main House space which is also accessible from most buildings.
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Journal
Water bottle
Clothes that are comfortable and versatile, for lots of sitting and movement practice
Any personal items you need for six days away
A special item for the altar
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Participants are welcome on-site from 3:30pm on the 9th. We begin the first session at 5:30pm.
On the last day (14th), we all need to be checked out of the venue by 9am. We will have a small closing session in the morning before check out.
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You will be sent a meditation to support your practice in the lead up to the retreat. This is not mandatory, but highly recommended, as it will offer you an insight into the practices that we will be exploring on the retreat, and prepare you to go deeper into your experience.
There will also be a group call one week before the retreat, to support the group connection. This call will be recorded, however it is recommended that you join so we can begin to cultivate intimacy within the group.
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A deposit of $500 is required to secure your place on the retreat, or you can pay in full upfront. From there you can commit to a payment plan which will be secured through Acuity.
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The Embodied Heart retreat is a non-refundable event. If you have committed but are no longer able to attend the event, you may transfer your payment towards another offering with Bela. This includes all Embodied Heart events (online and immersions), astrology readings, and mentorship.
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The Embodied Heart is the next step in your emotional evolution if you have tried various other modalities and feel like nothing ever really changes for you. That you experience the high of “figuring it out” or something new, but really you’re getting lost in an endless web of personal shadow work. It’s for you if you feel like you spend more time managing your reaction to the perceived threat of feeling rather than actually reaching the core.
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You may have noticed that this is something I am very discerning about: that there is a huge difference between emotion and feeling.
Emotion is a reaction to feeling shaped by your ego’s interaction with your felt experiences. These reactions are linked to your beliefs and identity construct.
Authentic feeling is the act of embracing the present moment within your body, as your visceral felt experience arrises. This is separate from any mental interpretations or assigned meanings.
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The easiest way to know is if you are in your head. What this means is you are trying to “figure out” who you are and using your known patterns, ideas, and experiences. When you are not truly feeling, you are moving through life habitually, following patterns and addictions rather than being yourself.
