DR JOE DISPENZA'S ADVANCED STUDENT RETREAT: SHARING A LITTLE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE
What is it like to attend a Dr. Joe Dispenza advanced student retreat?
I've seen myself there in my meditations, learning directly from Dr. Joe many times but what I actually got was an experience which was so much more profound and life-changing than what I’d envisioned.
I attended the Dr. Joe Dispenza Cancun, Mexico retreat in January 2022. I knew I loved Dr. Joe Dispenza's work; I knew I would have loved his retreat; I saw in one of my visualisations that the key to my healing was to learn the tools from him on how to heal myself through the power of the mind. However, I never expected what was about to come next.

I was blessed with the opportunity to attend this event on a scholarship from the Give 2 Give Foundation - check them out as they do amazing work not only supporting people to attend these events, but also working in Mexican female prisons and fundraising to drive research! When I arrived in sunny Mexico a day early to ensure I could settle in, I was greeted into a paradise hotel. The excitement of what I was going to learn from Dr. Joe himself kept me up on the first night. Maybe it was the jet lag mixed with anticipation. After waking up a few times only to find it was still the middle of the night, 6 am finally came around, a reasonable time to wake up.
Still pitch black outside you could see the stars, as the sunrise would be in less than an hour. I got myself ready with my book, bathing suit and all the necessities for a morning meditation, swim and/or an adventure. I wasn’t sure what to bring. I was just excited and wanted to start my day strong with meditation.
I was looking forward to some quiet, me time to start. As I got closer to the beach I saw some people. The closer I got to the shore, the more and more people I saw. I guess I was not the only one with this brilliant idea to meditate before the training started! I noticed many of them were standing, with earphones in, arms out to the side with palms opened or on their heart and they all were in a state of bliss. They all looked like they were in a trance. I kind of wanted to ask what they were listening to? Had I already missed something for the course?
It was a quiet space and clearly not appropriate to interrupt so I just stood for a few moments whilst trying to figure out what to do. To make myself feel better, I told myself that's probably his team and volunteers during a pre course warm up meditation to juice themselves up for strong vibes to share (Eventually I found out that was exactly what was happening!). I walked to the front of the beach on the right side for some space and a non obstructed view of the sunrise.
I had planned to sit and go for my regular meditation but something told me I should stay standing up like everyone else. I put my bag down next to a palm tree, opened my feet hip width and started grounding through the soles of my feet into the sand. Boy did the warmth of the sand between my toes feel good.
