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Sustainability Project, Building community, nurtured by nature and inspired by spirit. Eco Lodge, Retreat Centre. http://www.treeoflifenl.com/

The Tree of Life (TOL) is an eco-community based in Salmonier Line, St. Mary’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. It’s designed by and for its members to help connect people, nature and spiritual practice through the cooperative development and management of a self-sufficient intentional community.

10/28/2025

We would like to describe our passion for Enlightenment Intensives (EI). We intend on writing a series of posts. We are driven to share with you this unbelievable approach that has truly helped our lives. Ian and Johanne have more recently both chosen to also co-master EI retreats to support you, seeing you through what keeps you locked into your stories and through your suffering.

So why should we be interested or attend an Enlightenment Intensive?

Who we think we are is the tip of an iceberg which is only 5 % of what is actually there. We don’t realize how we are responsible for much of the pain and suffering in our lives. We don’t know why we react to certain things like loud sounds, arguing, why we keep getting into the wrong relationships etc. What we see is truth veiled by our minds with its beliefs and conditioning.
What Enlightenment Intensives do, is help us see through the delusion of what we keep telling ourselves, of what we believe or what we identify with. It helps us see reality for what it actually is.

When we have direct contact with absolute Truth, we experience a shift from ourselves as a separate person to something greater that unifies us all. We shift from seeing ourselves as a limited, isolated, separated person, to realizing we are so much more.

Enlightenment Intensives offers us an invitation to live out the radiance that’s revealed when we have the courage to step beyond anything and everything that separates us.

Here is a list of dates for The Tree of Life Enlightenment Intensives in 2026:
May 14 to 18, 2026 - mastered by Meranda Squires
June 18 to22, 2026 - co-mastered by Johanne and Ian
July 23 to 31, 2026 - mastered by Meranda Squires
Sept 17 to 21, 2026 - co-mastered by Johanne and Ian
October 8 to 12, 2026 - mastered by Meranda Squires
December 18 to 21, 2026 - co-mastered by Johanne and Ian

09/30/2025

It takes some wildness and risk to pe*****te through the surface of our thoughts, emotions and beliefs and see beyond convention. It also takes courage to open to the unknown, far beyond what most people would allow themselves to go. 🙏
We are reaching out to invite you to two new Enlightenment Intensives all happening at the Tree Of Life this fall and winter.

- From October 16 to 20, 2025, a 4 day enlightenment Intensive led by Meranda Squires. The cost is $400 plus vegan meal contribution. If you are interested, you can reach Meranda by email at: merandasquires@thelocuscentre.ca; or by phone at: 709-739-4429; Her website is: www.thelotuscentre.ca.

- From Dec 18 to 22, a 4 day enlightenment Intensive on Yule, December Solstice, led by Ian and Johanne. We can be reached by phone or text at: 709-697-2996 for more details. We welcome a vegan meal contribution. Our website is: www.treeoflifenl.com;

Do you feel compelled to cross the edge of the unknown into a new~a real life, a life of vitality, a life of meaning-a life without certainty?
Society prepared us for the life it wanted us to lead; it prepared us for the role that it wanted us to have.
But the Spirit within, is compelling us to lead a true life, a significant life full of the vitality of Spirit.

Are you ready to know that you don’t know who, what you are, what life is or what another is?
Are you ready to truly know your true nature?

If you feel called for this journey, join any of these two retreats by emailing us at: merandasquires@thelotuscentre.ca or by text or phone to Johanne at: 709-697-2996.

09/25/2025

Our enlightenment Intensive last weekend was powerful, intimate and deep! We were seeking direct contact with absolute Truth, all together, sitting in Dyads (groups of two’s). Like two guitars in resonance, the sound waves moving through the air causing the strings to vibrate on the second guitar.
We surrendered, our minds emptied and our hearts opened.
In sacred communion, Divine transmission takes place.
When spirit fills you, you see the reality of your true Being. You no longer identify yourself with who you thought you were in your struggles and challenges of every day life. You realize you are divine Being. This is what Enlightenment Intensive retreats are all about and it’s “au naturel”.
Come join us at The Tree Of Life, for our next retreat on YULE, also known as the winter solstice from Dec 18 to 21st, 2025.

09/15/2025

“After a chaotic summer on the island, many of us are craving stillness.

The Nourished Soul Retreat is a three-day, intimate experience for just six people a chance to slow down, connect, and nourish yourself on every level.

Each morning begins with meditation to guide us into the stillness of fall and winter. Between our hands-on time in the kitchen learning the art of sourdough& spulful cooking, we’ll ground into nature and into the sacred space of Tree of Life, left untouched this summer, still lush and beautiful, connecting us back to a season of healing for our island.

We’ll close each evening with yoga nidra and sound baths to calm the nervous system and help us reset after a long season.

Now offering a personal Spinal energetics session for each participant. This is a beautiful modality that resets the nervous system and releases stress and trauma held in the body.

Today, only three spots remain, and registration closes September 22nd.
This is your invitation to come home to yourself — will one of those spots be yours?”

09/08/2025

The universe has aligned and Johanne and Ian are freshly back from Spirithorse in Wales where they completed their Enlightenment Intensive Masters Training. They both have a long ~20 year history as participants in Enlightenment Intensives as well as monitors and support staff to EIs under other masters.

In 1968, Charles Berner, a spiritual teacher in California, had a vision of a technique to combine eastern Zen teachings with western psychology that resulted in a format that vastly increases the possibility of participants having direct experiences of Absolute Truth. Truth can also be termed the Divine or God, and can only be experienced directly. In this format, that we call au naturel, we attain direct union with That. All spiritual and religious practices are serving this end. Enlightenment Intensives have since expanded all over the world.

Ian and Johanne have decided to co-master their first Enlightenment Intensive. Its a huge commitment for them. Many of you, may be new to this type of spiritual work, which is great because it is recommended that their first intensive have a high proportion of newcomers. May you become troopers like us because experiences of Truth are infinite, and bring us as close to freedom as is possible in this earthly form!
September 18 to 22, 2025

An Invitation to Join Us

As this is our first Enlightenment Intensive, participation is offered on a donation basis. You are welcome to contribute what you can, and each participant is also asked to bring a vegetarian meal or food item to share.
Come celebrate the Fall Equinox at Tree of Life

We are offering a 3.5 Day Enlightenment Intensive Retreat to mark the Fall Equinox:
Dates: September 18–22, 2025
Arrival: Thursday, September 18 by 5:30 PM
Conclusion: Monday, September 22 by noon. A lunch will be served from 12:30pm to 1:30pm for the people that would like to stay a little longer.

TO REGISTER
Please email Johanne at johannerobitaille@live.ca or Ian at treeoflifenl11@gmail.com.
For more details, please visit our website: treeoflifenl.com

07/18/2025

Come join Charlie and Johanne for this amazing deep retreat called: “THE NOURISHED SOUL” from September 26 to 28, 2025.
Have you often wondered how you could make your own sourdough bread, and didn’t dare to do it by yourself? Would you like to learn how to create fresh meals that feel like medicine for your body and spirit?
Have you ever wondered what is the SOUL? Have you noticed how soul is missing in today’s modern culture? Did you know that soul is the glue of the world and it’s absent when people move away from each other? Soul is what links us back together…all it wants is to make life into an act of love, into a deep song, into a creative dance!
Come, come, let’s rekindle SOUL together!
To register, please write to Charlie at: shadowmoon0101@outlook.com
Don’t forget to look up our website at: treeoflifenl.com

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Tree Of Life, Salmonier Line
Mount Pearl, NL
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