Retreat

Intent

The Becoming Retreat is designed to support a gradual, embodied shift in your being.

This journey unfolds within a warm, open-hearted community of fellow travellers – people walking their own inner paths, yet willing to listen, witness, and walk alongside one another. There is space here for self-reflection and quietude, creative conversations and shared inquiry, and learning through lived experience rather than instruction.

Each day holds a gentle rhythm balancing solitude and togetherness, reflection and rest, allowing insight to arise naturally rather than being forced. Within this living container, deep rest, courageous self-inquiry, embodied alignment, and heart-led connection are supported, so your whole system can soften, recalibrate, and remember its own natural intelligence.

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Leader

Leon VanderPol will lead this retreat in person.

The joy of being in Leon’s presence and witnessing what it means to live one’s truth with humility, depth, and love is, in itself, a profound experience.

As a spiritual partner on this journey, Leon serves not as a teacher who prescribes, but as a companion who illuminates – through wisdom, lived experience, laughter, silence, and deep listening.

Participants often speak of:

feeling deeply seen and met
reconnecting with their authentic self
discovering renewed courage and clarity
touching a more spiritually grounded way of living

You will experience Leon’s warmth, astuteness, humour, and humanity, fostering a sense of unity, connection, and shared evolution.

2026 Edition

Retreat Evolution

The Becoming Retreat continues to evolve – not by becoming more, but by becoming more true to what it is here to hold. This 2026 edition reflects a gentle widening of the circle alongside a deepening of the experience.

Open to all
You do not need to have completed any prior program. This retreat is open to anyone who feels the call to pause, listen, and go inward.
Come with a fellow traveller
You are welcome to join with your partner, a close friend, or someone who feels aligned to this inner journey.
Individual accommodation for all
Every participant will have their own private room, allowing for genuine solitude, rest, and integration – alongside shared time in community.
A six-day immersive experience
Five nights and six days offer the spaciousness needed for deeper settling, insight, and embodied change.

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Highlights

The Becoming Retreat is not a getaway. It is an investment in your future self.

Rather than a tight schedule, we work with a rhythm spacious, intentional, and supportive, allowing each day to unfold with ease and presence.

What you may experience over the six days:

safe, non-judgemental space for authentic expression
deep self-inquiry and reflective journaling
sensing what is alive and emerging within you
shared experiences and cross-pollination of insights
unstructured time – walks, conversations, stillness
cultural and nature-based experiences
music, laughter, fireside evenings, and quiet companionship
connections that often become lifelong friendships

Each Cohort brings its own energy, questions, and rhythm, making every Becoming Retreat entirely unique. The retreat remains non-prescriptive and non-restrictive and holds both solitude and togetherness – because transformation needs both. All participants leave with a sense of intense bonding, and the power of the universe beaming through them as they continue their journey of becoming long after the retreat concludes.

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Fern Bambora Fort, Udaipur

Set amidst the ancient Aravalli Hills, The Fern Bambora Fort is a heritage fort where history, silence, and quiet modern comfort meet with grace. Once home to valiant rulers, the fort has been thoughtfully restored, preserving its royal legacy while offering understated elegance and contemporary hospitality.

For the days of the Becoming Retreat, the fort becomes our exclusive retreat space. This exclusivity allows the rhythm of the place to slow, the atmosphere to soften, and the environment to truly support inward attention free from external distractions.

Its stone walls, open courtyards, arches, and towers carry the memory of centuries, inviting you to arrive more fully into yourself. There is a grounded majesty here – spacious rather than imposing, creating a natural container for reflection, rest, and inner work.

This is the setting that truly holds you – in stillness, beauty & perspective. The kind of environment where your nervous system exhales, and something deeper can speak.

INR 1,75,000 + GST 

Spaces are intentionally limited to preserve depth and intimacy, offered on a first-come-first-serve basis. Register & block your seat as soon as you are ready for the adventure.

We will learn to live more consciously and less compulsively and express ourselves fearlessly to create a better, joyful, fulfilling, purposeful and meaningful life full of awe, wonder and miracles for ourselves and the worlds we touch.

This retreat offers a rare opportunity to meet your authentic self and allow healing to unfold at its own pace. While the remote setting means we may not explore the city of Udaipur, the journey inward becomes the true adventure – one that deepens with each passing day, inviting insight, clarity, and quiet transformation.

THIS RETREAT IS FOR YOU IF…
You’ve been carrying a lot – and you’re ready for real replenishment.
You feel a quiet inner nudge that something within wants to realign.
You’re seeking time away from noise, without escaping life.
You long for a community that is warm, conscious, and non-performative.
You’re ready to listen to what is emerging and honour it with honesty and care.

You are welcome to come solo, or with a partner, friend, or fellow traveller who feels aligned to this kind of inward journey.

The Becoming Retreat brings together a thoughtfully curated circle of up to 30 individuals committed to personal mastery, presence, and inner alignment. While each person arrives on their own path, the group is intentionally held to support depth, trust, and genuine connection. In this shared field, participants often become quiet witnesses and steady cheerleaders for one another’s journey of becoming.

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