Open Heart School
Immersive retreats practicing the law of one
in Asheville, NC
and TOTOH headquarters
Howdy, friends!
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Join us in immersive retreat settings to practice the many flavors of opening our hearts together.
Karin and BJ
Retreat Facilitators,
Longtime Friends
Welcome
students of the wisdom of the heart
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Come retreat at TOTOH headquarters where we're practicing embodying Law of One principles as a community.
Many seekers and wanderers find themselves isolated in their practice, relying solely on their personal strength. TOTOH's mission is Sacred Gathering. Here, we offer a transformative experience by coming together. Discover the powerful magnification of spiritual growth that occurs when we practice as a unified community. Embrace the support, connection, and collective energy that amplify your journey of positive evolution towards Oneness.
• retreat • lush surroundings  • renew • come home to your beautiful self • heal • build spiritual community • study • investigate the truth of Oneness with fellow seekers • restore • play in nature • rest • beautiful and comfortable accommodations • nurture • flowing Swannanoa river • ground • ancient Appalachian mountains • savor • nestled within an intentional community setting • explore • less than 10 minutes from downtown Asheville •
Get to Know Us
Meet your facilitators and learn about our retreats. ♡
Offerings
Rest and Renewal Weekend
Ready to slow down, ground, and foster wellbeing? It's time to deeply nourish yourself to uplift your spiritual path. Join us to unwind, rejuvenate, and elevate your spirit through intentional rest and holistic renewal.
Community Immersion Weekend
CANCELLED due to necessary recovery from Hurricane Helene. We're currently focusing our community immersion skills on our local area. Stay tuned for upcoming opportunities to grow in community with us! // Discover the transformative power of community on your spiritual journey. Engage in safe, deep, meaningful connections with others committed to practicing presence. Experience the amplification of collective energy and support.
Healing Intensive
Your desire to dig deeper and experience long lasting healing meets our expertise to hold and guide you into new states of being and expression.Â
"Healing occurs when a mind/body/spirit complex realizes, deep within itself, the Law of One; that is, that there is no disharmony, no imperfection; that all is complete and whole and perfect. Thus, the intelligent infinity within this mind/body/spirit complex re-forms the illusion of body, mind, or spirit to a form congruent with the Law of One." - Ra
Evolutionary Partnerships
Merge your spiritual practice and your partnership to experience magnified growth. Learn to harvest the benefits of relationship catalyst through our easy to use tools and practices for the conscious couple.Â
"... [T]here is some ... contamination even of the sexual, this showing mostly in your own culture as the various predispositions to adversary relationships — or, as you call them, marriages — rather than the free giving one to another in the love and the light of the Infinite Creator." - Ra
Meditative Self-Inquiry
Meditative self-inquiry is a simple yet profound way of turning our attention towards the truth of reality, balancing apparent paradoxes. It's a practice that returns us to the heart of ourselves, to deep stillness, powerful knowing, and inner peace.
"To begin to master the concept of mental discipline it is necessary to examine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized. ... The mind contains all things. Therefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself." - Ra
Internal Family Systems
Finally holding all the parts of you that cry out for your attention is a masterful love song. Learning to embrace all your parts is a profound approach to trauma healing. Learn to do this in group, taking home practical tools.
"So when you are working at self-forgiveness and self-acceptance, you are working on the mental body, the spiritual body, the emotional body, and as the shadow passes the sun, the physical body as well. Never doubt, when you are doing this work, that it is a good work." - Q'uo
What to Expect
Crew
Retreat Theme
Group Support
Private Sessions
All Levels Welcome
Law of Two Feet
River Access
Accommodations
Who this is for
... you're a good fit for these immersive experiences if you ...
Respect
1 Cultivate respect for your fellow human beings. (We can learn from everyone. Practice seeing your other selves as Creator.)
Self Responsible
2 Share space well with others. (This requires us to own our own feelings and stories, freeing us from projecting on others.)
Graceful
3 Practice grace and kindness with others and yourself. (Psst: When we're kind with ourselves it's easier to find kindness for others.)
Curious
4 Are ready to grow from where you are, open to input. (With deep respect for every step of your journey along the way.)
Considerate
5 Are able to and interested in stepping up and stepping back. (This often looks like speaking more or less to create equitable airtime for all.)
Harmonize
6 Are able to harmonize in shared space. (Sharing kitchens and bathrooms with others is a special opportunity to practice flexibility and generosity.)
Connecting
7 Wish to connect and be authentic. (This is a group experience. Share generously. Your experience may be what someone needs to hear today.)
Honor
8 Agree to hold what arises with respect and confidentiality. (Sometimes sensitive issues arise within the group. Keep it in our retreat container.)
Ready
9 Are ready to lean in, ready to show up. (Get the most out of our time together by bringing your full self to the experience.)
Facilitators
Karin Petersen
I come alive in holding space for groups. I just plain love it! Even more so now that I'm home in my own skin, more embodied and present.Â
As a teacher, facilitator, student, and community organizer, I advocate for embodied presence.Â
My background is in Non Violent Communication, Somatic Meditation, Internal Family Systems, attachment styles, conflict resolution, and a practice of radical self-love. I am also a student of the Law of One. Juicy stuff!
BJ Harden Jones
I'm here to serve humanity with a vision of peace. With kindness, patience, a fierce dedication to unconditional love, and a radical confidence in our innate freedom from suffering.Â
Facilitating group retreats (with Karin!) is one of my favorite ways to uplift others.
My background is in Meditative Self-Inquiry in the styles of The Work of Byron Katie and the Direct Path, and studying the Law of One through the teachings of Ra.
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Returning to the truth of Love
... a guiding light for Open Heart School ...
"If you see anything except the face of love, you are having difficulties with perception. ... For each entity has as its core reality the face of the Creator, the heart of Christ, the mind of love. If you do not see that in your enemy, your mate, or the earth and sky itself, then you must polish your glasses and set yourself to study silence again." - Q'uo
