the future of nervous system training
Increase your baseline happiness in one week
Learn to train your nervous system by accessing states of profound joy, peace, and wellbeing on demand.
No experience required.
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“I’m speechless…I had one of the most intense experiences in my life, but I think it still might be secondary to the “ancillary” stuff I learned on the way.”
— Mathieu Lue
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Welcome to jhourney
What is a Jhourney retreat?
Your nervous system runs the show — how you handle stress, how you relate to others, how fulfilled you feel. Turns out, it's trainable.
Jhourney retreats teach jhanas — profound meditative states ranging from full-body bliss to deep peace that can durably reset your emotional defaults.
Our approach combines insights from meditative traditions, daily 1-on-1 facilitation and a modern evidence-based pedagogy. Traditionally jhanas were thought to take years of practice to master. 60% of our participants access them within a week, many with no prior meditation practice.
1. Learn to work with your nervous system
You'll start with foundational techniques — emotional openness, curiosity, and learning to approach your inner experience without resistance.
2. Train access to jhana states
Jhanas are deep meditative states spanning the range of bliss, joy, love, peace and absorption.
We give you the map and specific step-by-step instructions to learn them.
3. Deep states shift your defaults
Accessing jhana doesn't just feel good in the moment.
Participants report lasting shifts: less daily suffering (some participants reporting 50-80% subjective reduction), increased emotional awareness, less reactivity and improved relationships.
4. Leave with a practice that grows
You leave with the tools to continue independently.
The practice gets richer over time, not harder. Alumni report continued improvement months after the retreat.
Want to learn more?
Attend a free live workshop with the co-founder of Jhourney on Wednesday 25th March
WORKSHOP BONUS: Free 7-day meditation challenge
We're featured in
Jhanas are an escalating pleasure loop, the intensity of which is comparable — depending on whom you ask — to an orgasm, an MDMA-induced cuddle puddle, or the thrill of new love.
Nadia Asparouhova
Mindfulness is one thing. Jhāna meditation is stranger, stronger, and going mainstream.
Oshan Jarow
It strikes me that jhanas could be something of a cheat code for life, one that’s long gone unnoticed in our culture.
Claudia Canavan
The mainstreaming of the jhanas may represent the next frontier of the mindfulness movement...as with falling in love, ordinary speech doesn’t seem to do them justice.
Naina Bajekal
Jhana bliss...is not like the little uptick in well-being that comes with mindfulness meditation. It is not like a runner’s high. 'This stuff is really powerful,' says the director of the Meditation Research Program at Harvard Medical School... tears of joy will sometimes stream down a meditator’s face.
Ross Andersen
Your questions answered
Our method gives you specific states to target, a sequence to follow, and a facilitator who can tell you what to do next.
That's why most of our participants access jhana states within the first week.
What if I've never meditated?
Many of our participants had less than 15 minutes of lifetime meditation experience before the retreat and still learned the jhanas.
The method is designed for beginners. Your facilitator will meet you where you're at and build the practice up together with you.
Will I get personal attention?
You will have 1-on-1 sessions with a facilitator who coached dozens of people to jhanas.
They will go deep on your practice, answer all your questions and suggest concrete next step.
What if I can't learn the jhanas?
Most participants report that the skills of working with their nervous system taught on retreat are invaluable in their daily life regardless of jhanas.
60%+ learn jhanas within the week, but those who don't leave with a practice that feels deeply enjoyable and nourishing.
What if I can't take a week off?
While most of our retreats require a full week off work, we also offer work-compatible retreats which only require taking two days off work.
You'd commit two back-to-back long weekends (Fri-Sun) to meditation, but you can continue working Monday-Thursday between them.
What if I don't want to change my beliefs?
You don't have to. Our curriculum teaches a technique and a skill, not a belief system. We show you the experiments you can run in your own meditation and discuss phenomenology.
You don't need to change your ontology or epistemology.
What is the expected investment?
Our retreats start from $1,695 and pricing depend on the format and venue. We offer scholarships for those who need them.
Talk to one of our team members to discover what format suits you best.
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Guarantee
Try it for 2 full days.
If it's not worth it, you pay nothing.
Attend every group and 1-on-1 session for the first two days.
If by the end of day 2, you don't feel this is worth the investment, email us and we'll refund you in full.
We can offer this because we've done this enough times to know what happens when people actually show up and engage.
BONUS: free 7-day meditation challenge
Attend a free live workshop to learn more
Wednesday, March 25 11:00PT
What will the workshop cover?
○ What are the jhanas and why they matter
○ What happens on the Jhourney retreat
○ Q&A with a co-founder of Jhourney
○ Exercises and guided meditations
○ A 7-day meditation challenge
○ A special bonus
After the workshop, we will send you a 7-day meditation challenge with daily 15-minute guided meditations so you can experience the method before committing to anything.
Already know you want to attend?
the shift
This isn't about altered states. It's about how they alter your traits.
These are patterns we've observed across hundreds of participants — not promises, but what tends to shift when people train their nervous system consistently.
Before the retreat
○ Meditation feels unclear — hard to tell if it's working or if you're just sitting there
○ Stress accumulates faster than you can process it
○ You notice yourself reacting in ways that don't match who you want to be
○ There's a gap between what you know you should do and what you actually do
○ You've invested in external optimization but haven't found a reliable internal practice
After the retreat
○ You have a practice that produces unmistakable repeatable states
○ Your baseline shifts with more access to calm, even under pressure
○ You are able to align yourself to who you want to be with more ease
○ The gap between knowing and doing narrows: better behavior requires less effort
○ You have a tool that compounds over time. The practice gets richer and easier
What changes when you learn these states
Four things we've observed across 1,300+ participants
Peak states are trainable
Jhanas are not mystical, random, or personality-dependent.
They're learnable — like playing an instrument.
We teach the specific conditions that produce it, reliably, in days. This shifts meditation from aspiration to training.
Altered states alter traits
Temporary experiences produce durable change. Accessing deep states shifts your emotional defaults to less reactivity and more steadiness in ways that persist long after the retreat.
This isn't about chasing peak experiences. It's about what they leave behind.
Better behavior gets easier
When your nervous system stops fighting you, the gap between knowing and doing narrows.
Decisions, relationships, showing up the way you want to takes less effort. This is leverage, not willpower.
Calm scales to people around
Participants consistently report that other people notice the shift first.
When you're regulated internally, the people around you feel it. Their nervous systems feel more at peace around you.
How it works
Five steps.
Real guidance.
Measurable results.
Ask us questions
Register for the live workshop led by one of our founders, Alex. Come and ask us any questions. Or get on a call with one of the team — we'll help you figure out if this is the right fit. No pitch, no pressure.
Try the free 7-day challenge
After the workshop, we will send you 7 guided meditations — one per day, 15 minutes each. Experience the method before you commit to anything.
Attend the retreat
Six days. 1-on-1 time with experienced facilitators. Group sessions, guided meditations, AI tools. You get individual attention and real-time feedback, not a one-size-fits-all self-paced course.
Experience the shift
Over 60% of participants learn the jhanas during the retreat. The states are unmistakable—you'll know it when it happens. There's no ambiguity. 40%+ of participants call the retreat life-changing.
Leave with a practice that compounds
This isn't a one-time peak experience. The mechanism of learning the jhanas applies across your whole life. Emotional regulation, decision-making, relationships.
You leave with the tools and understanding to continue on your own and a practice that gets richer over time, not harder.
what does the retreat include
The future of meditation education
Over 40+ retreats, we refined our curriculum and approach over and over again.
Our method gives you specific states to target, a sequence to follow, and a facilitator who can tell you what to do next.
That's why most of our participants access jhana states within the first week.
6 days of guided instruction
Progressive instructions from basic exercises to long jhana meditations.
Curriculum that was written and re-written like code to meticulously remove all bugs. Tested over 40+ retreats.
125+ pages of instructions. 14+ hours of recorded guided meditations.
2 hours of group sessions every day.
1-on-1
facilitation
A facilitator who coached dozens of people to jhanas checks in with you daily.
They read your daily journals and prepare personalized advice, helping you design your own experiments to run.
AI facilitator available 24-7
A custom AI trained on our curriculum is there to support you 24-7 throughout the retreat.
Custom interactive voice guided meditations for you produced on command.
Alumni community
Stay in touch with likeminded jhana meditators.
Keep meditating with practice accountability partners, continue learning from each other and attend group events.
Post-retreat integration
Optional continued facilitation after your retreat.
Keep access to the instructions and guided meditations after the retreat.
what people say
It's not really about the intensity. It's about the journey.
Probably one of the nicest things that's ever happened to me, like up there with beautiful events like marriage.
David Phelan
Songwriter for Zayn, Sia, and BLACKPINK
Absolutely amazing. A secret nobody is talking about, and I’ve never felt anything like it. I’m so grateful; I’m a better and happier person.
Francisco Larrain
CTO of Topsort, ex-VP of Engineering Groupon, investor in SpaceX, Lyft
To know there’s this infinite resource within me that’s accessible without external conditions…it’s just crazy. You can’t unsee that.
Zach Lauzon
Google software engineer
This experience was the best thing that’s happened to me this year. I had no idea how enjoyable meditation could be.
Ruby Yu
Founder of YC-backed 10 Lives, formerly at UCSF & Harvard
Why would I have a second piece of chocolate cake when I know I can beat that by 100x in 10 minutes with my eyes closed?
Nick Cammarata
AI Safety Researcher & former founder
The jhanas may be the single most important thing on the planet right now. You may think it’s superintelligence or longevity. That’s nothing without wellbeing.
Shamil Chandaria
Oxford neuroscientist, ex-DeepMind
Who this is for
Is this the right fit?
This retreat is for you if:
✓ You've tried meditation but never quite "got" it
✓ You think meditation is like vegetables — good for you, but a chore
✓ You want deeper states than mindfulness apps provide
✓ You're curious about consciousness but skeptical of woo-woo
✓ You have a demanding job or life and want tools that work in days, not years
✓ You feel like there's a next level to meditation you haven't found yet
This retreat is not for you if:
✗ You're looking for relaxation techniques (there are easier ways to relax)
✗ You want a passive experience (this requires active practice and focus)
✗ You can't commit a full week (this is intensive, not a weekend workshop)
✗ You're in acute mental health crisis (this is a practice tool, not therapy)
Start today
Start with a live workshop and 7 free meditations
Fill out the form above and you get the first meditation immediately.
No call required. No commitment. Just 15 minutes and an open mind.
I just finished a @jhanatech retreat. I can now conjure up feelings of immense happiness on-demand, not conditioned on any achievements. Most impactful meditation I've ever learned. Can't recommend it enough:
The retreat I just completed with @jhanatech was my 8th meditation retreat. 6 out of 7 other retreats were great experiences, but I feel like this Jhourney retreat was 5x more effective at levelling me up as a meditator in ways I can take home moving forward.
Ever since my @jhanatech retreat a couple weeks ago, any time I either sit or go dancing, I eventually get to a place where I find a profound and infinite sense of love for the universe. Im kinda shocked because I am not even trying!
I attended the in-person @jhanatech retreat last month and had a mind-blowing experience! I accessed several jhanic states and this caused a massive update to my world model.I will write a long-form piece to summarize but in the meantime if you're curious AMA.
so far my experience with @jhanatech is: a field of green flags
there’s so much i like and respect about the work, approach, team, the atmosphere and their integrity
one of the clearest and cleanest (read: unconflicted) experiences i’ve had with a retreat/course so far
just chatted with Judah, my teacher on the Jhourney retreat a couple weeks ago. extremely fun to chat with him, and i really believe in him as a teacher. this is another plug for @jhanatech retreats. you don't have to be into jhanas or whatever, it's just good practice
began day with 120 min jhana sit led by Judah from @jhanatech stress levels plummet almost immediately upon grounding the positive impact of a metta + concentration practice is not pseudoscience. With today’s sensors, we can see the impact objectively
@jhanatech @stephen_zerfas & @nickcammarata are the two resident jhana experts, but I know @jhanatech have been getting something like 60% of their beginner meditators into jhana states (i.e. evoking tears of joy + mdma-like states) from a week long retreat.
Also increasingly promising…
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the gatekeeping around these states def prevented me from exploring them early on. wild that you can just learn 'em in a week at a twim or @jhanatech retreat
i’d highly recommend doing specifically a jhana retreat (hard to find) bc i don’t think i could’ve learned them on just a regular retreat (shout out to @jhanatech)
So I was on a Jhana retreat with @jhanatech until about a week ago – it was great – and I feel like I've learned something about the Jhanas: They're all about collectedness.
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