THEÂ SHADOW WORKÂ RETREAT
With Justin Michael Williams
Upcoming Dates
March 11 – 14, 2027 (Los Angeles)
JOIN US & REGISTER HEREABOUT THEÂ RETREAT
Get Personal With Justin: Justin's retreats are typically 60+ people. In this setting, you get an intimate experience in a private home.
Hidden forces often hold us back. These hidden forces are known as your SHADOW—and the shadow can control our lives and prevent us from becoming who we are meant to become. In this intimate retreat with Justin Michael Williams, he will teach you to identify the hidden parts of yourself that unknowingly sabotage your actions and decisions, and discover everything you need to know about shadow work to apply to your life so you can break free from self-limiting patterns.
This retreat will improve your life by implementing science-based techniques and behavioral changes that show real results. Unlock and set free what's been hidden inside—no more holding yourself back.
With a small, intimate group, you’ll receive personalized guidance to dive deep into your shadows. If you want to make your life more meaningful, joyful, confident, and authentic, but you keep feeling stuck from accessing that full potential, this is the retreat that will really help you.
Your Four-Night Experience
THURSDAY
ARRIVE + COME HOME TO YOURSELF
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Arrive in Los Angeles, settle into your accommodations, exhale from the outside world, and join us for our opening evening together.
We’ll begin with grounding, connection, and intention-setting as we create the foundation for the days ahead.
Thursday is intentionally spacious. There’s nothing you need to prove, figure out, or accomplish when you arrive.
You don’t need to arrive ready to transform. You just need to arrive.
FRIDAY
SEE WHAT’S BEEN RUNNING THE SHOW
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Friday is where we begin looking beneath the surface.
Through teaching, guided exercises, meditation, reflection, coaching, and group work, you’ll start identifying the conditioning, stories, emotional protection, beliefs, and patterns influencing the way you move through your life today.
Sometimes the things we call our “problems” make much more sense when we understand what is happening underneath them.
This day is about seeing clearly.
SATURDAY
GO DEEPER
9:30am-7:00pm
Saturday takes us beyond simply recognizing the pattern.
We’ll begin exploring the parts of ourselves that can be harder to access — the emotions we learned not to feel, the truths we’ve been afraid to acknowledge, the desires we learned to hide, and the protective strategies that may have once served us but no longer fit the life we’re creating.
This is where shadow work can become incredibly freeing.
What has felt like self-sabotage can begin to make sense.
What you’ve judged about yourself can begin to soften.
And the energy you’ve spent fighting yourself can become available for something new.
SUNDAY
INTEGRATE + RELEASE
9:30am-7:00pm
Transformation isn’t complete just because you had an insight.
Your body has to come with you.
On our final full day together, we’ll focus on integration — what you are choosing differently, what you are ready to release, and how you want to meet your life when you return home.
Then we’ll leave the retreat room behind and head to the ocean.
Special Somatic Beach Closing Ritual
With the beach as our backdrop, we’ll move through a special embodied closing experience using movement, breath, reflection, intention, and the natural elements around us.
The purpose is to give your body and nervous system space to integrate what you’ve experienced throughout the retreat — and to mark the transition between the work you’ve done here and the life you’re returning to.
It will be part somatic practice, part ritual, part celebration, and part closing.
Not simply: “The retreat is over.”
But: “Something has shifted — and now I get to decide what I do with it.”
MONDAY
RETURN HOME
There is no formal retreat programming scheduled for Monday.
Instead of rushing directly from the beach, deep inner work, and closing ritual onto a flight Sunday evening, you’ll have the night to decompress.
Sleep. Journal. Have dinner. Connect. Take a walk. Let the experience settle.
Then wake up Monday and begin your journey home.
That extra space is intentional.
Our hope is that you don’t leave Los Angeles with only a notebook full of insights.
You leave knowing yourself more deeply — and clearer about how you want to move forward.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Enter your info below to get your application via email.
2. Complete your application. Application deadline:Â February 11, 2027
3. Schedule your interview with a member of our Team.
4. Discover if it’s a good fit, and register for the retreat! 🎉
**The investment in this intimate retreat is $2,195- $3,595 based on the accommodation options you choose; payment plans are available!
Submit Your Interest Here & Get Your Application via Email
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ABOUT YOUR HOST
Called an "Inspirational Powerhouse" by Grammy.com, Justin Michael Williams is a Grammy-nominated recording artist, best-selling author, and award-winning motivational speaker who is on a mission to empower everyone — regardless of age, ethnicity, background, or circumstance — to unlock their greatest potential.
He has captivated audiences at some of the world's most prestigious organizations, such as Forbes, Google, Apple, Bloomberg, Essence, Billboard, SXSW®, and more, and empowers people of all backgrounds with his multigenerational message of hope, unity, and mindfulness.
From growing up with gunshot holes outside of his bedroom window to sharing the stage with luminaries like Marianne Williamson, Justin has dedicated his life to helping people transform their pain into power. With 15 years of teaching experience, and two best-selling books, Justin's global reach spans more than 40 countries.
His transformational masterclasses are accessible for free to those in underserved communities through his nonprofit, The Dream Bigger Foundation, and he is on a mission to make sure everyone of every background has access to the tools they need to change their lives.
To learn more, visit www.justinmichaelwilliams.com
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