Radical Wholeness Residential Deep Dive

With Philip Shepherd and Allyson Woodrooffe

November 15 – 20, 2026

Our culture is so deeply committed to living in the head that the journey anyone faces in uniting with their body’s deeper wisdom requires a patient process that unravels the patterns of thinking and behaving that invisibly bind us. In effect, it is a process that leads you into another way of being – one that isn’t supervised by the relentless, disconnected thinking of the head, but instead unites you with the body’s wisdom and the subtle guidance that appears when you become fully present.

The challenge of that journey is easily underestimated. Our culture has for thousands of years portrayed the head as “the divinest part of us”, as Plato put it, and the body as its “vehicle”. Our very neurology has been shaped by a culture that instructs us to put the head in charge of our lives, to seek success by out-thinking our circumstances, and to mistrust the body. There is no quick fix that enables us to undo the effects of that conditioning. It requires time for purposeful exploration, personal discovery, and a deep surrender that subtly shifts you into new possibility.

The residential Deep Dive offers the perfect environment to support that process. The days are filled with unique practices and rich discussions.

• The practices are gentle and simple – each one created by Philip Shepherd to help us address and open beyond the limitations of our headist culture.
• The discussions are open-ended, spurred by questions and the experiences of the work – bringing clarity to their relevance within the most ordinary events of your everyday life.

What the Deep Dive uniquely offers, then, is the support of a spacious opportunity to explore and deepen into and live with an embodied way of being in the world. We practice together, share together, eat together, and connect anew with the guidance of the natural world around us. The retreat is open to anyone, but if you are new to Philip’s work, feel free to contact us and we’ll help you determine if it’s a good fit.

“I have more awareness of my interactions with others and an enhanced degree of whole-body awareness.”

“After the workshop I felt more of myself with a gentle stillness that helped me cope with the fastness of life.”

Rough Schedule
Sunday
Check-in after 4pm, Dinner 6pm, Training: 7:30 – 9 pm
Monday – Thursday
Training: 10 am – 6:00 pm
Friday
Training 9:30 am – 12:30, Lunch, Check-out after lunch

Program Fee
The retreat fee is $1,425 USD. Accommodations (including meals) are not included and are booked directly with Sanctuary Retreat Center once you’ve registered for the retreat. Prices start at $575 for five nights in the lodge and $825 for five nights in the modular cabins. View lodging options.

Please Note: 

• Transportation to and from the venue is not included but we will help coordinate rides where we can.
• Registration is limited to 22 participants. Some participants in the Deep Dive are going on to complete the year-long Facilitators Training.
• Retreat is led by TEPP co-directors Philip Shepherd and Allyson Woodrooffe.
• For a fuller description of the Deep Dive experience in general, please visit this page.

If you have any questions please send us a note!

Can I Arrive a Day Early or Stay After?
Yes. You have the option to add an additional night before or after the retreat when you book your accommodation. The extra night price includes meals.

ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS

Philip Shepherd
Author, Actor & Embodiment Facilitator
Philip Shepherd is recognized as a leader in the global embodiment movement. He is the founder and co-director of The Embodied Present Process™. Philip’s unique techniques have been developed to transform our disconnected experience of self and world, and are based on the vision articulated in his celebrated books, New Self, New World (2010) and Radical Wholeness (2017). His new book, Deep Fitness, was co-authored with Andrei Yakovenko. He leads workshops around the world, creating a network of people bringing TEPP to their lives.

Allyson Woodrooffe
Certified Coach & Embodiment Facilitator
Allyson Woodrooffe is the co-director of The Embodied Present Process™, and is also certified as a Co-Active Professional Coach. She brings the strengths of both modalities and her natural compassion and embodied intuition to the work she does, which is dedicated to helping women move into an embodied clarity in which anxiety is eased and a grounded resilience discovered.