Seven Day Retreat in Taos, New Mexico

Sunday through Sunday, August 3-10, 2025

Historic San Geronimo Lodge

1101 Witt Rd Taos, New Mexico, United States

Host: Salvadore Poe

Organizer: Vanessa Morgan

Join us in beautiful Taos New Mexico as Salvadore Poe skillfully guides us through inquiries and experiments that create a genuine paradigm shift, which will bring peace, love, compassion, freedom and ease of being into your everyday life.

Immerse yourself with a Community of like-minded people who have come to the end of all seeking. Join us if you are truly ready to wake up, to be finished with your spiritual path and begin living a life of freedom NOW.

After the retreat you will be invited to join The Lions Den, The Lions Den Community, and the Lions Meet Whatsapp Group:

The Lions Den meets twice monthly on Saturdays on Zoom with Sal to support you in living the freedom you have come to know.
The Lions Community is a place to connect with other Lions who are living freedom. They hold meetings each Monday to support each other in freedom and be together. Sal does not attend these meetings. You can also connect with new friends in your area.
The Lions Meet Whatsapp Group is for people to connect with other Lions. This can also be used to arrange joint travel to this retreat. (You will be invited to this group once you have paid your fee.)

Information and Sign Up

Retreat Description

On the first day we will arrive in the afternoon from 3:00 pm onwards. We will have an introduction meeting and Holiday Meditation at 6:00 pm, followed by dinner. Each day there will be two meetings with Sal – one two-hour inquiry session and a one-hour Q&A session. There will also be two sessions each day where you will be listening to the recordings of the previous session. Sal will also be there and available to meet privately.

As this is an intensive, you will be required to be in the hall from 9 am-1 pm and again from 3 pm-5 pm. There will be a two-hour lunch break from 1-3 pm. Before 9 am, during lunch and after 5pm you can enjoy the beautiful grounds, lush nature or swimming pool. You will also have the option to book a massage, if you like. (Massage is not included in the intensive fee.)

Required: Please bring a listening device and earphones. A smart phone or tablet is fine. After each session the audios will be quickly uploaded so that you can download them to your device for listening. It is also recommended to listen again before going to sleep at night.

Listening to the audios is an important part of the process as you will be hearing things you did not hear the first time and you will continue to immerse yourself in the recognition of freedom. For one week you will be immersed in freedom so that it will become doubtless for you.

Our thoughtfully curated retreat includes:

Accommodation, 3 delicious meals, (both veg and non-veg), and a quiet, relaxing location in a natural setting.

Retreat Schedule

Arrival Day

Sunday, August 3

Check in 3 pm-6 pm

Departure Day

Sunday, August 10

1 pm Check out

Daily Schedule	Time	Details
Sunday, August 3	6:00 – 7:30 pm	Info Meeting and Holiday
	7:30 pm onward	Dinner
Monday - Saturday	7:30 – 8:45 am	Breakfast
	9:00 – 11:00 am	Listening Session
	11:00 am – 1:00 pm	Inquiry Session with Sal
	1:00 – 3:00 pm	Lunch and Relaxation
	3:00 – 4:00 pm	Listening Session
	4:00 – 5:00 pm	Q&A with Sal
	5:00 pm	Enjoy the rest of your evening
	7:00 pm	Dinner
Sunday, August 10	9:00 – 11:00 am	Final Q&A with Sal
	11:00 am	Intensive is finished

Pricing and Accommodations

Participants have options which will determine the total cost of the retreat. Room costs vary based on single-occupancy, shared rooms, room size and amenities.

Shared Room: $2,425-$2,688 / person

Description: Shared room with full meal plan

Private Room: $3,265-$3,440 / person

Description: Private room with full meal plan

Commuter Rate: $1,975 / person

Description: Lodging off-site and lunch-only meal plan

Deposit: $300 (non-refundable)

Once you have paid your deposit you will be contacted to make your room selection. Your room will be confirmed when you make your final payment. We strongly suggest that you finalize your payment as soon as possible to secure your room option. Rooms are reserved on a first come first served basis.

The final balance will be due by May 3, 2025

Cancellation Policy: 50% of balance refundable if cancelled before June 3, 2025

No refund will be given after June 3, 2025

Information and Sign Up

About the Venue

Hyperslow Retreat Center at the Historic San Geronimo Lodge

Nestled in the heart of Taos, New Mexico, the San Geronimo Lodge is a serene sanctuary where you can rest, reflect, and rejuvenate. Just 2 miles from Taos Plaza and the scenic Kit Carson National Park, this historic retreat center is surrounded by stunning natural beauty. Each day begins with the sun rising over the foothills and concludes with breathtaking sunset.

Retreat Highlights

Studio Space: spacious 1,800 sq. ft. studio.
Delicious Dining Options: Meals will be prepared by a local chef insuring nourishing and delicious food.
Nature & Outdoor Relaxation: You will have access to two beautifully maintained yards – one shaded by ancient trees and the other in full sun, a walking meditation path, labyrinth and fruiting trees.
Relaxation & Recreation: The property also includes a swimming pool, hot tub and sauna.

The Intensive

There are four basic parts to the intensive:

A PARADIGM SHIFT

Immerse in the undeniable knowing of your free essential being and know the eternal peace that is your ground of being.

TRUE BAKTHI

Come to know what is needed to resolve all doubts and liberate your mind through devotion to and love of your essential being. This is living freedom.

THE QUESTION OF FREE WILL

Resolve the question of free will and doership and come to know true compassion, love and ease of being in your life.

TRUE NON-DUALITY

Finally come full circle, to realize that it is YOU, exactly as you are right now, that you have been seeking.

Seeking is finished. You have found.

Your spiritual path will be over and you will begin living freedom, no longer seeking it, but BEING it.

What does freedom bring? 

- Ease of being 

- More love for yourself and others 

- Far less contraction and resistance to life 

- Far less, or no, judgement of yourself and others 

- Much more compassion for yourself, your loved ones and everyone else 

- Less, or no, need to control yourself or life  

- Far less fear, worry and concern 

- More love and harmony in your life and relationships  

- The end of seeking in the world or in spirituality for peace and relief  

- The end of the need for meaning, and just simply living this life, as it is 

- Less, or no, arguing with yourself or the world  

- The peace that passes understanding, but that can be known, by you.

The intensive was just brilliant. The message was simple, but so powerful. There is no need to seek anything outside of me anymore. Now there is just freedom to be. Sal's way to teach is very down-to-earth and full of humor. Just loved it! – MINNA

Your 2021 intensive was the gift to me of my lifetime, the pinnacle of 25 years of practice and multiple retreats with good teachers. For me, your teachings surpass them all, go way beyond. Instead of teaching us about awakening as others do, your passion for our knowing it for ourselves has led you to create an ingenious structure in which you begin by guiding us in the “holidays” to experience how we are already awake. I have known who and what I am by experiencing it firsthand in the first intensive and every time I’ve taken a “holiday” since then. My seeking has ended. I need no other teacher, book, retreat. I am done, and look forward to being with you in the Lion’s Den and wherever else I find you. My gratitude overflows. Thank you, Sal, thank you! - SHARRY