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An immersion in collective coherence

Most people arrive through word of mouth, acknowledging they couldn’t fully understand their friend’s description of what exactly happens. After the experience, they say the same thing: “I still can’t describe what we did here.”

Retreat circle seen from above on an open lawn
“Human beings are wired for this. Social coherence is the better party. We’ve simply forgotten.”

From inner coherence to collective coherence

Many of us understand meditation retreats — they are an immersion in inner coherence. You sit in stillness, you find alignment within. It is a deeply individual experience.

Moved By Love retreats are designed for something different: what does it feel like to fall into a deep, coherent state with other human beings?

HeartMath research shows that when one person enters coherence, their heart’s electromagnetic signal — sixty times greater in amplitude than the brain’s — can be registered in the brainwaves of another person nearby. When two people hold hands, the signal amplifies tenfold. Coherence doesn’t stop at your skin. It becomes a shared field.

We believe social coherence is preferred to disconnection, polarization, transaction, exploitation. It lies latent in our bones. In our heart of hearts. And it is remarkably simple to reawaken — to remind each other of it.

What it is not

Not an echo chamber where everyone agrees and feels good

Not just belonging — “I’m there for you, you’re there for me”

Not networking, not dating, not making friends in the traditional way

Not coming together to launch projects or multiply impact

Not a wellness retreat, a leadership summit, or a conference with a save-the-world agenda

What it is

A space to remember the deep truth of our fundamental interconnection — at the level of Me, We, and Us

Agents of service together, agents of emergence together

A laboratory for the law of love — offered entirely in the spirit of gift, powered by volunteers, with no agenda to change anyone

A Möbius loop of giving and receiving — you come in, you dip, you practice, you experience. Then you go deeper. Then you express it in the world.

The better party. Not a fix. A remembering.

The rhythm of a typical day

Each day weaves together questions instead of answers, embodied practices that evoke inner wisdom, and deep listening. The schedule holds a gentle arc — but the real curriculum is what happens between the lines.

  • 7 am Morning practices — optional stillness, movement, or walking
  • 8 am Breakfast — farm-to-table, prepared with love and intention
  • 9 am Morning circles — deep questions, holding paradoxes, stories of transformation
  • 1 pm Lunch & rest — unhurried conversations, tea, quiet time
  • 4 pm Afternoon immersions — outdoor practices, small acts of kindness, embodied engagement
  • 8 pm Silent dinner & heart circle — under the stars, with candles lining the path
  • 10 pm Rest — and small gifts waiting on your pillow
Silent dinner illuminated by candlelight
“Any form of retreat can be fused with the MBL spirit. A qigong retreat can include silent dinner. A cooking retreat can run on gift. Dharma is entirely interoperable.”

What makes it come alive

The retreat breathes at the intersection of these elements — none sufficient alone, all essential together.

The Volunteers

Twenty people gathered with nothing but the wish to serve. Creating a caring environment through hundreds of creative, invisible acts of kindness. Not strategy — love in action.

The Participants

This is the main thing. Sincere people asking deep questions, wanting to lead with love, show up. When people come together with open hearts — the whole becomes greater than the sum of parts.

Everyday Heroes

Inspiring people with uncommon lived journeys. Not celebrities or experts — but those whose deepcast efforts are vividly felt by the world, even when invisible to it.

The Space

Any place can create magic if the other elements align. But a safe space and a brave space — together they spark uncommon positive deviance for greater love and compassion.

“It is not about what we did here. It is about how we gathered — not for agenda, not for outcomes, but for love.”

Over 80% of participants report it as one of the most transformative experiences of their lives — across cultures, across continents, across every kind of divide. And yet it remains, beautifully, a mystery.

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