The Journey — Level I
You Can't Always Change What's Around You.
You Can Change What's Within You.
For more than 25 years, Journey 1 has helped people break free from limiting beliefs, heal old patterns, and reconnect with who they truly are. Because lasting transformation is deeply personal, Journey 1 is intentionally limited in size, creating an immersive five-day experience where every participant receives personalized guidance, individual support, and the opportunity to be truly seen and heard. You’ll gain practical tools and powerful insights that help you move through life with greater peace, confidence, resilience, and ease.
25+ Years · 1,000+ Graduates · Small Groups Only · San Bernardino Mountains, CA · Application Required
Sound familiar?
You're Not Broken.
You're Just Stuck in Survival Mode.
If you’ve been quietly searching for something on google
- “why do I feel stuck?”
- “How do I reconnect with myself?”
- “What’s actually wrong with me?”
You’re not alone, and you’re not failing.
Maybe you’ve done years of therapy. Maybe you’ve read every self-help book, tried the apps, the journals, the retreats. And maybe some of it helped a little. But something is still missing. You’re still waiting to feel different.
That’s because real change doesn’t happen in your head. It happens in your body, your nervous system, your patterns, the parts of you that talk therapy alone can’t always reach.
What The Journey Is
Five Days. Real Transformation.
A Different Way of Experiencing Your Life.
The Journey is a five-day, immersive experience designed to create lasting change-not through lectures or passive learning, but through guided, experiential work. For more than 25 years, it has helped people uncover the beliefs, emotional patterns, and survival strategies that quietly shape how they think, feel, communicate, and respond to life’s challenges.
In an intentionally small group, you’ll receive personalized guidance, meaningful one-on-one support, and the space to do the work at a pace that allows real transformation to take root. Rather than simply understanding yourself differently, you’ll begin experiencing yourself-and your life-in a new way.
Many graduates describe leaving with greater peace, stronger relationships, more confidence, and an ability to navigate life’s challenges with a sense of clarity, resilience, and ease they hadn’t experienced before.
“I’ve attended other transformational programs, but nothing compared to The Journey. The level of personal attention, the process, and the lasting impact made it unlike anything I’d experienced.“
Why The Journey Works
It Creates Lasting Change, Not Temporary Relief
Many personal growth experiences offer inspiration or new techniques. The Journey is designed to help you uncover and transform the underlying beliefs, emotional patterns, and survival strategies that shape how you experience life-creating change that extends far beyond the five days.
You Gain More Than Insight-You Gain a New Way Forward
Understanding why you think or react a certain way is only the beginning. Through practical tools and powerful experiences, you’ll develop greater self-awareness and a framework you can continue using to navigate relationships, challenges, and everyday life with more clarity, resilience, and confidence.
The Journey Begins Here-It Doesn't End Here
Transformation isn’t a single moment-it’s an ongoing practice. The Journey opens the door by giving you the awareness, tools, and foundation to create meaningful change. What you build from there is yours to continue, supported by the choices you make every day.
What’s Included
Five Days of Real Work
This is a bootcamp. It’s not easy. It’s also unlike anything you’ve done before.
You breathe over 23,000 times a day, and how you breathe shapes how you live. Through guided breathwork, you’ll shift your body out of fight-or-flight and into a state of calm, safety, and healing.
Meditation helps regulate the nervous system, improve focus, reduce stress, and build the mental resilience needed to navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity and ease.
Using gongs and crystal singing bowls, sound healing sessions support deep relaxation and release on a physical, emotional, and energetic level.
Stay in beautiful, all-inclusive accommodations nestled in the San Bernardino mountains, a peaceful setting designed to support your inner work
We will provide a very specific dietary regimen, superfood meals, snacks, and functional beverages. You are welcome to bring your own snacks as well. If you have any questions around special dietary needs, please contact us with questions.
Logistics
What to Expect
We intentionally don’t give you a minute-by-minute schedule; part of the work is arriving open. What we can tell you:
- You'll arrive Sunday morning and depart Thursday afternoon
- Private retreat location in the San Bernardino Mountains, full details after your application call
- Small group, shared accommodations; sleeping and eating areas are assigned
- All meals provided; bring personal snacks if needed
- A detailed packing list and full instructions sent before arrival
See What’s Possible
See What's Possible in Five Days
Hear directly from graduates about what changed for them, and what’s possible for you.
Your Guide
Kerry Smith
Lead Facilitator · The Awakening Trainings
Kerry and Colin believe in our innate power to heal from within. They witnessed this gift when their son was born with physical and mental challenges. This has propelled them, to relentlessly uplevel their growth and have become renowned in their field of expertise. They have traveled and studied in India and trained professionally with spiritual and thought leaders including Brendon Burchard, Roger Love, Judith Kravitz, Michael Singer, Robbins-Mandanes Training, Senuri Zavala, and the works of Yogananda to bring different powerful modalities to assist you to have enhanced and powerful outcomes in your life from our trainings.
Married happily for 25 years, they are both powerhouses in high performance living in their daily lives and works constantly to be living examples of everything they teach. Together they also own multifaceted businesses in the restaurant, marina, and the oil industries in San Diego where they live with their two sons.
- Breath Expert & Analysis Practitioner
- Yogacharini
- Time Line Therapy
- Certified High Performance Coach
- Relationship Coach
- Best Selling Author
- Kriyaban
- Reiki II healer
- Sound Healer
- Yoga instructor
- BA, Public Speaking
- D1 Soccer Player
What Our Graduates Say
The Work Speaks for Itself
Join Us
We're Now Accepting Applications
Because The Journey is held in small groups, space is limited, and we want to make sure it’s the right fit for you, too.
Upcoming Dates
November 8–12, 2026
San Bernardino Mountains, CA · All-inclusive
How It Works
- Submit your application, takes about 5 minutes
- Schedule a short call with Kerry to talk through your goals and ask questions
- If it's a fit for both of us, secure your spot
No commitment required to have the conversation.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
The Journey isn’t talk-based, it’s experiential. Instead of just discussing your patterns, you’ll work through them in your body and nervous system, using breathwork, sound healing, and guided group work. Many graduates came to us after years of therapy that helped some, but didn’t create the lasting shift they were looking for.
Level I (The Journey) is a 5-day immersive focused on clearing limiting beliefs and patterns, and reconnecting with your true self. Level II is a deeper continuation for graduates ready to go further. Most participants start with Level I.
The Journey draws on universal practices like meditation, breathwork, and mindfulness; it’s not tied to any specific religion. People from all spiritual backgrounds (and none) have found it deeply meaningful.
No experience is necessary. Everything is guided, and the work is designed to meet you wherever you are.
The Journey includes movement like yoga and breathwork, but it’s accessible for most fitness levels. If you have specific physical considerations, let us know during your application call.
Meals and lodging are included. After The Journey, you’ll also have access to group coaching sessions, a private coaching session, guided meditations, and ongoing community support.
You’ll be invited to schedule a short call with Kerry. This is a chance to learn about your goals, ask any questions, and confirm The Journey is the right fit before you commit.
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After The Journey
The Work Doesn't End When The Journey Does
Every graduate receives:
Group Coaching
Community
Guided Meditations
Stay connected and supported as you integrate what you’ve learned.
Join a community of people doing this work alongside you.
A private library of meditations tailored to your specific needs.
1:1 Coaching
Daily Practices
Optional individual sessions with Kerry or the support staff.
Tool to carry the work into your everyday life.
Stay Connected
Insights for the inner work you're already doing.
Upcoming Journey dates, articles, and resources from Kerry, sent when there’s something worth saying. No spam. Ever.
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Life Will Keep Moving.
How You See It Is About to Change.
You can’t control what happens next. But you can change how you meet it. Applications are open, space is limited.
