Only One Retreat – The Extraordinary Ordinary; July 18-20
Only One – natural being
A profound invitation to timeless boundlessness, presence and love
Energetic transmission
July 18-20, 2026
If ‘you’ love What Is beyond the personal self– or long to love What Is – join us at this retreat.
The gatherings are intimate, tender, and dissolve the habitual identities, roles, thought and feeling trances and stories – all that isn’t natural truth.
In five of the eight sessions during this retreat, you bathe in pure non-dual transmission. Joy will talk and there is free flow Q & A throughout. This is radical. The song of songs nourishes, inspires and heals, whether the grace of liberation is, or is not. Conditioned limitations may seem to veil that grace, yet for brave hearts these are easily and naturally dissolved through simple enquiry and the transmission of unconditioned freedom. …
You can ask Joy anything and explore one-to-one with Joy, if desired.
In three entirely separate sessions, you explore a very powerful awakening practice unique to Only One (alone, in pairs and whole group) which cultivate Direct Seeing, and heal your own painful material, without any need to talk about it.
Join a warm, open intentional community.
I am so grateful for your loving support & for open windows of radiant truth, it feels just as intimate being with a group online, especially in the current challenges I and my loved ones are living ~ Nick, Cirencester
I have spent 15 years at events and reading about spiritual awakening. Yet in these few days with you, the truth of it unfolded for the first time. And life is so much better now! Thank you is inadequate ~ Sally Meadows, Guildford
Massive thanks Joy… The awakening session I had with you a few days ago was so, so simple, gentle and the most powerful thing I’ve experienced in all my 25 years of exploring life. What a relief to see! Being awake is so natural, and coming back from falling asleep again more and more effortless. I was so serious when our session started! Mostly, now, just chuckling …no me ~ Rod, Manchester
Thank you for naming the dishonesty in ‘spiritual seekers’. To hear this named without judgement was very freeing ~ Surahbhi McMellahn
Love it! Thank you so much, dearest Joy. And I have been meaning to say what an utterly beautiful video you sent us – exquisite! Have listened to it several times already ~ Rachel Irvine-Fortescue, Minchinhampton
An assumption that there’s someone kinda located somewhere inside my brain… just an assumption, but with a lot of habitual endorsement… almost feels real, but doesn’t want to be gazed at, becomes hazy…A cartoon character by the name of Stephen – somewhere in my imagination… imagined. A fondness for this character – experienced as a gentleness in my chest and a warmth upon my cheeks and something akin to pleasure – but don’t quite know what I mean by pleasure, or who or what is labelling this as pleasure. A sense of all of this within some sort of gentle ocean… possibly an experience? possibly an interpretation? Gentleness and welcome in the air. A sort of silence ~ Stephen Hancock, Buxton
Whilst I have moments of mind doubt & skepticism, this seems to contain the devastating and liberating ‘truth’ which I like to hear, feel, ponder. For a while ‘I’ had a huge sense of perspective and a simple joy in life, in everyday ordinary and extraordinary things. Joy has a unique combination of clarity, a lightness of touch, a lightness about life with a tremendous strength about challenging when it is necessary. As well as imparting what feel like ‘universal truths’ she is ordinary, vulnerable & fun loving. Joy has an extraordinary capacity for love ~ Hettie P., Stroud
It feels like a reset and seeing the warm and friendly faces of the participants feels like coming home. By the end, somehow, something inside of me is rebalanced and the great, wonderful thing is that I don’t have to work anything out. There is just this magical unfolding that happens all by itself. A great gift especially in the current times we are living in. Thank you so much❤️ ~ Kim Rossi, Notts
This is the perfect complement to all Secret Garden exploration; this dance on the edge of what it is to be utterly human, with a heart that endlessly breaks open, whilst living a life that is true, awake and free.
- Profound energetic transmission in 3 purely non-dual talks and q & a explorations
- Bathe in the unconditional, impersonal intelligence of life’s empty fullness.
- In three of the total of eight sessions, you explore awakening practices working with your own material which cultivate Direct Seeing.
- Enjoy Silence and Nature
- Give your being the sweet delight of authentic community & connection.
- Be surprised by the clarity & focus of actions and intentions borne from beingness.
- Enjoy your beautiful retreat space in a peaceful valley surrounded by vibrant nature
It was beautiful to watch you and hear you talk. And to see (& hear) everyone else too. And today the paired exercise has been coming back to me as I’ve gone about my day. Some of the time…thoughts and feelings…dissolve ~ Anne F., Wales
thank you, as always, for everything you bring to this life…YES! I would miss these circles so much if you had to stop! There are no adequate words to convey how it is. The learning to let go of “me” and rest in being, in life happening just as it is, in this moment, has been an invaluable gift, growing stronger each day – and has equipped me to be with the current times in a way I couldn’t have imagined ten years ago. Just sitting in the energy of these circles is a truly transformational experience ~ Rachel Irvine-Fortescue, Glos.
Joy’s gatherings are sublime; she combines a gentle presence with a fierce love which sees through delusions and speaks the truth….deep wisdom without dogma. Joy’s clarity is a powerful catalyst for change. The most difficult words to hear were the ones I needed the most, the deepest revelations ~ Liz Kendall
The whole illusion of a personal ‘you’ may dissolve…welcome everything, reject nothing, give up fight, and surrender to what is…..
being fully human, fully natural. All there is is a heart singing, for no reason…….
Are you ready to awaken to & deeply live the truth that all that is real is the love and empty fullness that ‘you’ are?
Are you ready to build expertise in the practices that facilitate the awakeness of Direct Seeing?
… then the Only One retreat is for you!
Whether you are a curious beginner or an advanced seeker of truth, a man, woman, you are so very welcome!
….the sessions have a rebalancing effect on my whole being. I love the kinship of people in the group which creates a beautiful holding. They also leave me feeling a tremendous gratitude for this gift of life…. quite magical. Thank you so much Joy ~ Kim Rossi, Notts
Course Fees
Add your course place to your basket, below. Please also use the drop down box for your dietary information and to add your catering fee. Please bring food to share for Saturday lunch and one or more baked potato/sweet potato + toppings for the Sunday evening meal.
Recommend a friend new to this Secret Garden & receive £19 credit pp. If you book along with another person for the two people discount, you must still book and pay for each of you separately. If you book on a partner’s or friend’s behalf, you MUST log in with their name and password to make their booking. Then make their confirming payment (with their name as reference) from your own account or from theirs.
This is a non-residential course. If you wish to book very good value b & b (with hot tub & beautiful views!) just select that option at the dropdown box. Course fee if there are places left and you book & pay before June 19th
Additional information
| Accommodation per person Mayfaire 2 nights | £0 No Accomodation, £50 Camping, £50 Campervan, £60 Dorm with Mats, £62 Twin with Mats, £76 Single with Mats, £92 Single Bed Attic, £92 Single Bed downstairs, £96 Double with Bed |
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