Fall Immersion in Hawaiʻi
November 1 to 22, 2026
Kalapana, Hawaii
Wake into the green quiet of the Big Island and make your own body the first practice of the day.
This Tantra retreat in Hawaiʻi initiates you into the somatic and spiritual lineage I teach
Choose your length—One week, two, or the full three, November 1 through 22, 2026.
This is also for aspiring teachers, each week earns you 25 Living Tantra certification credits, and yoga teachers can get Yoga Alliance continuing education hours (YACEP), so your time on the land advances your path as a practitioner and a teacher.
You may also choose to incorporate a guided detox experience into your stay, with nourishing meals, restorative practices, and time in nature designed to support renewal, cleansing, and deeper connection with yourself. Whether you come for a week or the full immersion, you'll have the opportunity to reset, recharge, and return home feeling refreshed and inspired.
MEET YOUR GUIDES
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MEET YOUR GUIDES 🏵
Choose your week and room type, and join us for a transformational immersion guided by our experienced teaching team.
Week 1 & 2 Lead Teacher: Christine Marie Mason
Christine will guide the first two weeks of the immersion, weaving together Living Tantra teachings, embodiment practices, relational exploration, and devotional pathways.
Week 3 Lead Teacher: Adam Bauer
Adam will lead the final week, offering a deep exploration of nature, the I Ching, and the wisdom of contemplative practice.
Supporting the immersion are Richard Bock, Chef Alissa, Herbalist Kyle Buckley, Vocalist Eva Caperon, and the entire Sundari crew, bringing their unique gifts in healing, nourishment, music, herbal wisdom, and sanctuary support.
Choose the week that calls to you.
Christine Marie Mason is a practitioner and teacher of tantra and devotional practice, a writer, retreat host, and lover of beauty, song, and embodied spirituality.
Over the years, she has created and led retreats and immersions around the world, weaving classical tantric lineages, neuroscience, trauma-informed somatics, and devotional arts.
Throughout the immersion, she is joined by guest teachers and guides whose presence brings even more color and depth to the experience.
Adam Bauer spent years playing bass alongside Krishna Das and studying devotional music at the feet of Shyamdas, two of the most revered figures in the Western Bhakti tradition. Since 2012, he has been leading kirtan and sacred chant programs on three continents, with three critically acclaimed solo albums, one produced by Gaura Vani and two produced with Ben Leinbach.
His three solo chanting albums are Shyam Lila (2014), Wonderville (2017), and Return to the Sacred (2020). His new album, Life + Death, will be released in October 2026.
Adam sings and offers workshops, programs and private sessions worldwide and online.
Adam Bauer on Spotify
Richard Bock has devoted over forty years to meditation, embodied healing, and the cultivation of presence. After fifteen years living in a Bhakti Yoga ashram, he spent twenty-three years at Harbin Hot Springs learning, practicing, and teaching aquatic bodywork (Watsu and WaterDance), while also becoming widely known for facilitating the Quantum Light Breath—a form of embodied breathwork grounded in presence rather than catharsis.
Across decades of work with thousands of people, Richard discovered that healing does not come from method alone, but from the guide’s capacity to remain present—especially when fear, grief, anger, or power arise. Following the 2015 fire that destroyed Harbin Hot Springs and a series of personal reckonings, Richard entered a deep period of trauma-healing work that reshaped his approach. Reverence, nervous-system safety, and unburdened feeling became central to everything he teaches. Quantum Light Breath is the transmission of this lived lineage into a learning
environment.
Kyle Buckley is a transformational guide, somatic-intuitive healer, and ceremonial herbalist who brings a deeply integrative, multi-modality approach to her work. This includes over 17 years of experience across craniosacral therapy and therapeutic touch, somatic counseling, trauma-informed care, menstrual magic and womb-based leadership, plant wisdom, and holistic nervous system resilience.
Kyle meets each client with deep attunement and reverence for the body’s innate intelligence, creating a field of safety where healing unfolds organically and with ease. Whether through bodywork, herbal support, coaching, or integration sessions, Kyle supports clients in restoring balance, cultivating resilience, and powerfully anchoring personal and spiritual transformation into daily life.
Chef Alissa Ferranto creates nourishing, seasonal meals featuring fresh vegetables and fruits from the Sundari Gardens farm. A healthy, vibrant menu is included throughout the retreat, supporting guests’ journey of renewal, connection, and well-being.
For practitioners and committed students who are ready to stand inside the transmission lineage to teach from it.
For those who want to boost their energy, clarity and vitality, and pair daily practice with a full detox.
For those who feel the tradition calling and don't need to know where it leads yet.
Every track runs on the same daily rhythm: morning sadhana and embodied inquiry. Teaching topics and practices with varying levels of depth.
Give it three weeks this November, give yourself this opening into new possibilities.
Who this is for?
Your Program
The Living Tantra Fall Immersion is designed as a deeply embodied experience that balances practice, community connection, personal reflection, and restorative time in nature.
The Flow
Week 1 • Nov 1–7
Bhakti Tantra — Breath & Energy Body
For everyone: breath, the energy body, and a full integrated system reset.
Teacher track: guiding breathing techniques, reading bodies and energy patterns.
Featuring special guest teacher Richard Bock.
Led by Christine with guest teachers. Excursions to the caves and the Temple.
Week 2 • Nov 8–15
Bhakti Tantra — Rasa & Relating
For everyone: rasa, relating, and frequency.
Teacher track: practicum in embodied leadership and spiritual guidance that invites sovereignty.
Led by Christine with guest teachers. Excursions to the Temple of Mu and the lava fields.
Week 3 • Nov 16–22
Nature & the I Ching
A deep dive into the ecospirituality of the I Ching, immersed in the land itself.
Led by Adam Bauer with support from Christine.
Each week earns 25 Living Tantra certification credits, and yoga teachers can earn Yoga Alliance continuing education hours (YACEP).
Daily Rhythm
Classes are held daily:
Morning Practice: 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Midday Session: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Teacher Training Session (Teacher Candidates): 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Sunday Session: Meditation, song circle, optional dance, and rest.
Three evenings each week include special programs, workshops, ceremonies, or guest teacher offerings.
Special Experiences
-Weekly Ecstatic Dance (Wednesday evenings)
-Weekly Song Circle (Sunday mornings)
-Guest Teachers and Special Presentations throughout the immersion
-Curated Field Trips each week
-Optional beach time before morning practice or during lunch breaks
Teacher Candidate Experience
Participants enrolled as Teacher Candidates receive additional leadership and facilitation opportunities as part of their training.
Teacher Candidates will:
-Participate in dedicated teacher training sessions
-Co-teach once each week
-Share Pujari (ceremonial support) responsibilities
-Develop practical skills in holding space, facilitating group experiences, and embodying the teachings
At this time, there is no additional tuition fee for the Teacher Candidate track. However, candidates are asked to submit a commitment statement.
Wellness & Self-Care
Participants are encouraged to support their learning through rest and rejuvenation. During breaks, optional wellness services will be available, including bodywork, massage, colon hydrotherapy, and other holistic offerings arranged independently.
THE PLACE
Our host property encompasses 10 fecund acres in Kalapana, on the Puna coast of Hawaiʻi Island (also known as the Big Island). There are more than 70 unique tropical gardens, including a farm garden and food forest, plus two ponds and a 1⁄2 mile walking trail loop. Guests are lodged in one of three houses or private cabins that host retreat guests, plus an open air yoga shala, a treatment room, massage room and 3,600 sq ft pool and spa.
Kalapana enjoys a tropical, continuously wet climate that’s warm year-round. Daytime highs stay comfortably between 75°F and 82°F, with nighttime lows hovering around 64°F to 72°F—rarely dropping below 60°F or exceeding the low 80s. Rainfall occurs throughout the year, averaging around 2–4 inches monthly, with the wettest period in winter (October through April) and a slightly drier window in summer (May to September). Cloud cover is frequent, and trade winds bring breezy conditions, especially in summer. Kalapana offers a steady, mild tropical climate with consistent warmth, humidity, and a lush green landscape.
Kalapana's wild beauty is amplified by a blend of rare birds — we have a giant flock of the little yellow-green ʻAmakihi that call the land home, and frequent hawk visitations. Local marine life, giant sea turtles, dolphins and much more make Hawai’i Island unique in the world.
Throughout the year in Kalapana, there are approximatrely 12 hours of daylight (11 at peak of winter, and 13 hours at peak summer). We are early to rise, and 9 pm is also known as “Puna midnight”. This equanimous sun makes for healthy and balanced rest.
Hawaiian indigenous religion, rooted in a deep reverence for nature and ancestral spirits, honors a pantheon of gods and goddesses—such as the volcano goddess Pele —and is expressed through chants, hula, rituals, and the concept of mana, or spiritual power. For those interested in connecting with the spirit of Aloha, we offer that oppportunity during your stay. Kalapana is also a meaningful local hub within the wider indigenous kingdom movement.
We are off-grid in the tropics so we do sometimes have to deal with bugs, wild bores, power outages, or tropical weather.
Investment
A 21-day immersive retreat designed for deep rest, renewal, and transformation. Your investment includes accommodations, nourishing meals, and guided retreat experiences.
Single Occupancy: $4,700 (1-Week Accommodation Rate)
Double Occupancy: $4,000 (1-Week Accommodation Rate)
Dormitory: $2,750 (1-Week Accommodation Rate)
Reserve a Spot: $1,000
Stay longer, go deeper. Receive 10% off 2 or 3-week registrations. Use code “RESET10” at checkout.
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SINGLE OCCUPANCY
$4,700
DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
$4,000
DORMITORY
$2,750
RESERVE
A SPOT
$1,000
Frequently Asked questions
Arrive: Hilo International Airport (ITO) or Kona International Airport (KOA)
Location: Big Island, Hawai’i
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Fly to Hilo International Airport (ITO) or Kona International Airport (KOA)
The retreat location is 45 minutes from Hilo Airport and 2.5 hours from Kona Airport.
To get an Uber from either place is expensive. Transportation for guests are available at a per trip price. With enough notice we can often find you a ride, but a discounted rate for that is $180/Kona and $80/Hilo trip.
Closest grocery store (both basic and natural food store) is 20 minutes away and on the way from the airport.
The closest beach is 10-15 minutes away
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The only content offered both online and in person is Tantric Breath—a four-week immersion in breathwork, from basic pranayama to advanced energy practices, co-taught by Christine Marie Mason and Richard Bock. (Date and time to be announced soon)
All other Living Tantra teachings—including daily practices, mentorship, rituals, community experiences, excursions, and the Teacher Candidate program—are available exclusively during the Hawaiʻi immersion.
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Living Tantra is rooted in Bhakti Tantra and traditional yogic teachings focused on devotion, meditation, embodiment, breath, consciousness, relationship, and spiritual practice.
This is not a Neo-Tantra or sexuality-focused retreat.
Any partner exercises emphasize presence, communication, connection, consent, and awareness—not sexual practices.
Heartfelt Reflections
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