The Double Helix | ORIGIN
with Kevin Courtney
May 22-29, 2027 | Blue Spirit, Costa Rica
Alison Sinatra | Erin Rose Ward | Julianne Aerhee | Kacey Rodenbush | Karley St. Pierre | Yaniv Zohar
What is The Double Helix?
The Double Helix is an immersive retreat series built on two core pillars of INSIGHT: The Seven Centers and The Seven Bodies. Over seven years, these two strands spiral together like a living DNA ladder, pairing one energy center with one body each year in a progressive journey of activation, embodiment, vitality, and awakening.
Where The Eightfold Path guided us upward through practice, absorption, and samādhi, The Double Helix brings that realization back through the body, center by center, body by body, until what has been realized becomes lived.
The Beginning of a New Arc
From May 22 to 29, 2027, in Nosara, Costa Rica, we begin.
The Double Helix is about DNA activation as a lived experience. It is the awakening of the body's intelligence, one center and one body at a time. Over seven years, we walk this harmonic scale together, illuminating what has been dormant, strengthening what has been weak, and inviting greater coherence between body, energy, mind, heart, soul, and consciousness.
We move through two twin strands as a living spiral of transformation:
The Seven Bodies: physical, energetic, mental, witness, bliss, soul, consciousness
The Seven Centers: root, sacral, solar, heart, throat, third eye, crown
Like the two strands of DNA, these sequences wind together — informing, refining, and awakening one another. Each year, one center and one body are paired, allowing us to enter that layer of being with depth, care, precision, and devotion.
This annual retreat is where what you know becomes what you live.
The Double Helix | ORIGIN
Year One | Physical Body and Root Center
We begin at the foundation — the physical body and the root center. The place of grounding, belonging, survival, trust, structure, and our most immediate relationship to simply being here.
ORIGIN is about restoring that foundation. Rebuilding trust in the body. Reawakening intelligence at the core of the system, so that everything above it can come alive in a more stable and integrated way.
This is a year of return. To the ground, to the body, and to the self in its most present and elemental form.
The Pathway
ORIGIN offers a unique opportunity to step out of the noise and connect with something deeper. It is a week of practice and community supported by the natural world of Nosara, Costa Rica.
Across the week, a carefully sequenced flow of accessible practices gathers the energies of body, breath, and mind into coherence. From that place of gathering, consciousness naturally expands, in its own time at its own depth, for each person.
The week of practices moves through:
Morning Meditation and Pranayama with Kevin — to cultivate stability, spaciousness, and insight
Tantric Hatha Yoga, Restorative Practice, and Yoga Nidra with Kevin — to harmonize energy and ground awareness
INSIGHT Contemplative Sessions with Kevin — to be in dialogue with unique dimensions of self-inquiry
INSIGHT Journaling Sessions with Julianne Aerhee — to play in the realm of creative contemplative writing
The 360 Emergence with Erin Rose Ward — to put it in the body, laugh, sweat, and move from matter to spirit
Crystal Consciousness and Astrology Musings with Nico Grae — to illuminate the cosmic connection
Ceremonial Breathwork with Alison Sinatra — to ignite clarity and inspiration
Sound Alchemy with Kacey Rodenbush — to down-regulate and attune to subtle awareness
Qi Gong with Yaniv Zohar — to awaken and cultivate life force
Storytelling with Karley St. Pierre — to share in each other's stories and hear from the community
A Final Ceremony — to honor and seal our collective passage
All offerings are accessible to seasoned practitioners and those new to the path.
The Invitation
This weeklong journey is a refuge. A sanctuary for crossing perhaps the most sacred threshold there is, the one within.
Come as you are: with your devotion and your questions, your laughter and your tears, your longing and your wonder. All of it belongs here. All of it is part of the alchemy and the subtle forces that draw us inward.
Together, we return to what has always been — the steady light of consciousness within.
Registration is now open. Space is limited.
With love and respect,
Kevin
If you have questions about attending ORIGIN or would like to set up a payment plan in order to attend, please email our retreat producer, Nicola Grae | Nico@thisisinsight.com
New to retreats with Kevin Courtney? Please fill out this request to attend form. This is required to book.
Past attendees, you may go directly to booking.
The Double Helix Creator | Kevin Courtney
Kevin Courtney, founder and facilitator of INSIGHT, is a leader in the field of meditation and embodied consciousness.
With a commitment to lifelong learning, Kevin has spent three decades immersed in the wisdom of Vedanta, Tantra, Jnana Yoga, Taoism, Shamanism, Psychodynamics, and Psychology.
Grounded in these teachings, he founded INSIGHT in 2013 — a one-on-one program designed to sharpen discernment, illuminate, and integrate the body, mind, heart, and spirit.
Kevin lives in Santa Monica, CA, and continues to expand the reach of his teachings through mentorship, online meditations, workshops, and retreats. His work is dedicated to guiding others toward a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them.
Meet Your Guest Teachers
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Alison Sinatra
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Erin Rose Ward
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Julianne Aerhee
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Kacey Rodenbush
Sound Alchemist
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Karley St. Pierre
Storyteller and Moth Maestra
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Yaniv Zohar
Qi Gong Master
New to retreats with Kevin Courtney? Please fill out this request to attend form. This is required to book.
Past attendees, you may go directly to booking.
Blue Spirit | Costa Rica
Blue Spirit is a tropical oasis and one of the foremost world-class yoga and meditation retreat centers in Costa Rica, providing an extraordinary setting to all who are dedicated to spiritual transformation, personal growth, and environmental sustainability.
Perched on a hilltop that overlooks the Pacific Ocean and a three-mile long white sand beach that is protected as a turtle refuge – Blue Spirit offers an extraordinarily beautiful and natural setting on one of Costa Rica’s renowned white sand beaches, supporting retreats, workshops, and trainings to be a deeply nurturing and unforgettable experience.
