Immersion Retreat Day 2025: Awaken Your Inner Peace and Joy
Sep
20
10:00 AM10:00

Immersion Retreat Day 2025: Awaken Your Inner Peace and Joy

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Join us for a transformative day of deep connection, healing, and aliveness
Saturday, September 20, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
St. Brigid’s Villa, Ignatius Jesuit Centre, Guelph, Ontario

Imagine a day where you step away from the noise of life and rediscover the peace, joy, and aliveness already within you.

Nestled in the serene forest of St. Brigid’s Villa, just outside Guelph, Ontario, this one-day Immersion Retreat invites you to experience a profound shift in how you live and feel. Guided by Dr. Sara Joy O’Neill, you’ll dive into the transformative wisdom of the Three Principles and melt into the restorative power of relaxing healing bodywork. This is your chance to awaken to a life filled with ease, clarity, and deep fulfilment.

What You’ll Experience

In this sacred, nurturing space, we’ll journey together to:

  • Rest in Deep Peace: Discover the quiet stillness at the core of who you are through the gentle wisdom of the Three Principles.

  • Embrace Effortless Flow: Learn to move through life with grace and ease, guided by your innate wisdom.

  • Rejuvenate Body and Soul: Surrender to healing bodywork that soothes your nervous system and restores your vitality.

  • Ignite Your Aliveness: Uncover the joy and love within you, opening the door to fresh insights and a life you truly adore.

This isn’t just a retreat—it’s a turning point. You’ll leave feeling lighter, inspired, and empowered to live with purpose and radiance.

Why This Day Matters

The Immersion Retreat is a rare opportunity to pause, reconnect, and awaken to the beauty of your own existence. As Joseph Campbell said, “What we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences resonate within our innermost being.” This day is designed to help you feel that rapture of being alive, with effects that ripple through your life long after the retreat ends.

Through the Three Principles, you’ll uncover the simplicity of living in alignment with your true nature. Paired with nurturing bodywork, you’ll release tension and open to a renewed sense of possibility. This is for anyone ready to step into a life they love—one filled with peace, joy, and authentic connection.

Event Details

  • Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025

  • Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

  • Location: St. Brigid’s Villa, Ignatius Jesuit Centre, 5420 Hwy 6 N, Guelph, ON N1H 6J2

  • Investment: $350 per person (includes retreat, gourmet lunch, coffee/tea/water, and free parking)

  • Early Bird Rate: June 9 to 30 - save $50 per person

  • Space is Limited: Secure your spot by emailing Nancy at Immersion Retreat Registration

Let’s come together in the beauty of St. Brigid’s Villa to celebrate the gift of being alive. We can’t wait to share this transformative day with you!

Register Now: Email Nancy at Immersion Retreat Registration to reserve your spot.

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Apr
9
6:00 PM18:00

TEDx-style Talk Audition Taping

JOIN US FOR DR. SARA’S TEDx-STYLE AUDITION TAPE!

Be Part of the Live Audience – In-Person or Online

 

When: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Duration: 12-Minute Talk

Where: 6 Downey St., Kitchener & Online option

 

Space is limited for the in-person audience. An online option is available.

Register with Nancy by calling 519-880-0003 or by email frontdesk@drsaraoneill.com

To join online click here: Zoom

 

Don’t miss this chance to witness Dr. Sara’s inspiring message live!

Your presence will make it unforgettable.

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Immersion Retreat 2024
Sep
14
10:00 AM10:00

Immersion Retreat 2024

Join Dr. Sara Joy O’Neill on Saturday, September 14, 2024 for the Immersion Retreat!

Deeper feelings of peace, joy, and love (accessible to everyone) open us up to fresh, new insight and our own wisdom with which to navigate our lives. Wake up to a life you absolutely love to live, each day.

In a beautiful forest at St. Brigid’s Villa just outside of Guelph, Ontario you can join us to experience a whole new way of being in the world.  

Come and marvel at the beauty and the utter simplicity of how we are designed as humans. You’ll leave with a renewed sense of purpose and a joy for life.

Space is limited. To register or learn more, email Nancy at Immersion Retreat Registration or call 519-880-0003

Once a year Dr. Sara Joy O’Neill holds the Immersion Retreat. An experiential day to rest in peace, go deeper, and to actually know your own alive sense of life within you. 

During our time together, we’ll be looking at: 

  • Tapping into the silence before thought at the heart of creation

  • Living without fear, stress, or our conditioned habits

  • Delighting in the peace and unlimited love at the heart of ourselves

  • Being our true selves in the world

The effects of the Immersion Retreat last and last in your life, allowing you to step into your vision for yourself and the world around you. This day is for those who wish to feel the rapture of being alive.  

“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.”  - Joseph Campbell

Cost: $300 per person payable upon registration. Price includes the retreat, lunch & snacks, tea & water.

Your Host: Dr. Sara Joy O'Neill
Network Spinal Care
Certified Advanced Transformative Coach
Catalyst for Foundational Change

Please note: This is an educational day. As such it cannot be part of any insurance plan or income tax receipt. It is not a part of any treatment plan offered in our office.

How to get there

Flying in: You can fly into Pearson International Airport, Toronto or Region of Waterloo International Airport

Driving: Google Map link

Follow the signs posted along the Ignatius Jesuit Centre (IJC) laneway to St. Brigid’s Villa

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