PARTICIPANT  APPLICATION
​for Registration
2018 Trillium Awakening TRANSFIGURATION RETREAT
sorry to miss you... registration is now closed
Weds, August 29 - Weds, September 5
at the Gwinwood Retreat Center on Hicks Lake
​near Olympia, WA
All the beauty and power of the well-designed and time-tested IAM Transfiguration Retreat container, hosted this year by the vibrant Olympia Trillium Community

registration is closed

PLEASE fill out this online form to submit your application to register. We will notify you as soon as we're able!

Step 2:  payment

YOUR PAYMENT SECURES YOUR SPOT IN THE RETREAT
We can accept payment in the form of checks, or electronically via PayPal.

Full Tuition: $1,750   (must be paid by August 15)

While we welcome an upfront payment in full, we provide the option to make a $500 deposit to hold your spot. ​

PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP deduction: if you selected "YES" for the honorary partial scholarship in the registration form, above, then please deduct the $100 scholarship from your total tuition payment. [i.e. Earlybird would be $1,450, and Full Tuition would be $1,650]. If you choose to make the $500 deposit, then you'd take the $100 scholarship off of the remaining balance due. 
Payment by PayPal:
​You may  use our convenient Trillium Olympia PayPal page. 

PLEASE include
  • your name
  • 2018 TR
in the "ADD a NOTE" field in PayPal! This will help us better track your payment. 
Refund Policy:
We appreciate that life can bring us unexpected twists and turns! And, it takes a lot of work and expense to create a weeklong event like this. Here's what we can offer you in terms of refunds:
​
  • 100% refund if withdraw on or before June 30
  • 50% refund if withdraw on or before July 31
  • No refund after August 1
I feel utterly changed.  I have found my ground of being in consciousness. 

​It was the skillfulness, container, and wide welcome of every possible part of me - or expression of me - that made it possible. 

I made peace with a fundamental existential angst, distrust, and wounding that I never thought was possible. I've done a lot of workshops and retreats, but this has been the most profoundly healing week of my life. Thank you so much! 
~~ Kirstin Eventyr, WA

details

Registration includes:
  • teacher and mentor contact hours
  • accomodations
  • delicious meals
  • full schedule of offerings
  • "optional" morning and evening special events 

Full Tuition:     $1,750   
prerequisites
The Transfiguration Retreat is a very intimate space where trust is paramount for transformation. In order to create a strong container for the work, we have established prerequisites to help ensure participants are well-equipped for the intensity of this weeklong journey. While teachers are the primary holders of the environment, each person affects the container for the other participants.

Prerequisites for those attending their first Transfiguration Retreat are at least one of the following:
  • a minimum of 5 sessions with a Trillium Awakening teacher
  • attending at least 5 Trillium Awakening sittings (at least 2 sittings were in-person)
  • a weekend Trillium Awakening core-dharma retreat, plus 2 teacher sessions or 2 sittings.  

I you have PARTIALLY met some of the prerequisite options, we will ask you to please describe your experiences with Trillium Awakening so far, and will work with you to come up with a tailored plan to meet the prerequisites prior to the start of the Retreat. There may be additional costs associated with this. 

If you have NOT met ANY of these options, then you must arrange for, and complete, a 5-session phone tutorial with a qualified Trillium teacher, plus attend a sitting (virtual is okay). These must be completed at least two weeks prior to the start of the retreat.

​There is an additional cost for the tutorial and the sitting. The tutorial sessions are discounted 10% off the teacher's normal hourly session rates, and the suggested rate for a sitting is $20. You can choose which of the qualified teachers you prefer to work with.
refund policy
We appreciate how life can bring unexpected twists and turns! And, it takes a lot of work and expense to create a weeklong event like this. Here's what we can offer you in terms of refunds:
​
  • 100% refund if withdraw on or before June 30
  • 50% refund if withdraw on or before July 31
  • No refund after August 1
Food & allergy considerations
We will do our best to provide a healthy, nourishing environment that supports your both your body and spirit.

FOOD:
When you fill out the registration form, there will be an opportunity to indicate your food preferences, including vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. All meals will be provided: from dinner on Weds, August 29, to breakfast on Weds, Sept 5. Some refrigerator space will be available 

ALLERGIES:
We ask that all participants use unscented products so that those of us with chemical sensitivities can participate without getting sick. This includes avoiding essential oils, if at all possible.

​ENVIRONMENT:
  • Mosquitoes: it is likely there will be some mosquitoes outdoors in the evening. If you can find an unscented bug spray, that'd be fabulous.
  • Poison Oak: although rare, poison oak does show up in Western Washington. There will be people on-site who can help you identify and avoid this plant. 
Lodging
The 2018 Transfiguration Retreat will be held at the Westwood Retreat Center - a separate retreat facility situated behind the main Gwinwood Lodge and grounds. Residents will have access to WiFi, and a clothes washer and dryer. 

All rooms at Westwood are offered as doubles, on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Note: All doubles are now full.

A nearby duplex-style "bunkhouse" nestled in the woods is available when the rooms are filled. The bunkhouse has a separate men's and women's wings, dormatory-style bathrooms, and a central meeting room. 

In order to maintain the potency of the retreat setting, we strongly encourage participants to stay on-site at the Gwinwood Retreat Center if at all possible.

For those with greater privacy needs: 
Tent Camping is available on a grassy lawn near the Westwood Retreat Center building. Tent campers can use bath facilities at the Bunkhouse.

There are two RV hookups adjacent to the Bunkhouse. Additional RV and camper units can park on the driveway to the Westwood Center. 

Also there are a few Trillium Olympia community members who are willing to host out-of-town guests (hosts may charge a nominal fee). 

THERE IS NO DISCOUNT for camping or for staying off-campus.
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Double room in the Westwood Retreat Center. Yes, there will be linens and blankets for you!
Informed consent
Because this event can be so highly catalytic, we request registrants read and agree to our Informed Consent agreement. It is important for you to be aware of the potential risks involved in engaging this work for such an extended period of time, and that you have resources in place to help you navigate and integrate what may arise by participating. 
payment options
YOUR PAYMENT SECURES YOUR SPOT IN THE RETREAT

We can accept payment in the form of checks, or electronically via PayPal.

All registrations after August 15 must be paid in full.

Earlybird:       $1,550 paid on or by June 30  

Full Tuition:   $1,750 paid on or after July 1 (balance must be paid by August 15)

While we welcome an upfront payment in full, we provide the option to make a $500 deposit to hold your spot. 
scholarships
In resonance with Trillium Awakening's intent to catalyze collective awakening and liberation, and in recognition of the historical and systemic impacts of oppression in the US of minoritized groups, the Olympia Trillium Community is offering honorary scholarships as reparation to people who are assigned minoritized rank due to age, disability, religion, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, indigenous heritage, national origin (immigrant), and gender. ​

We have set aside funds for 10 honorary scholarships of $100 each, which will be awarded on a first-come, first served basis.

It is up to you to determine whether the criteria applies to you or not - we trust and honor your judgment. Only one  scholarship will be awarded per person. ​

Definition of Minoritized 
"A social group that is devalued in society. This devaluing encompasses how the group is represented, what degree of access to resources it is granted, and how the unequal access is rationalized. The term "minoritized" (rather than minority) is used to indicate that the group's lower position is a function of active socially constructed dynamics, rather than its numbers in society." (R DiAngelo, What Does it Mean to be White?) 

​Look for this option on the Registration Form.
Creative Expression night
One of the much-anticipated traditions of Transfiguration Retreats is the Creative Expression Night where we share and celebrate our unique talents, expressions, and interests.

Of course, participation is optional, and we encourage you to consider daring to share a song, a poem or piece of writing, some music, a movement, some artwork, or whatever else your Being feels moved to bring into the light of loving receptivity. 

Look for this on the Registration Form...
Gwinwood Retreat Center ​on Hicks Lake
The Gwinwood Camp, conveniently located in Lacey, WA is a beautiful 29-acre retreat center which includes roughly 18 acres of forested land, 4 acres of open meadows, and 7 acres of undisturbed wetlands. WiFi is available on-site.

Since its founding, Gwinwood has always welcomed people of all ages, beliefs and life experiences.  No matter who you are, no matter where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!
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This retreat has been the most meaningful work I've ever done - ever.

It not only brought me to my most precious resting place in being - it also connected me to a community of other trusting, loving, waking beings.
~~ Andrew Ward, Germany