Adam Bauer I Ching Immersion: A Week with the Book of Changes | Hawaiʻi

Adam Bauer I Ching immersion Hawaiʻi
November 15–22, 2026
Sundari Farm & Gardens · Kalapana, Big Island of Hawaiʻi

This November, I’ll return to Sundari Farm & Gardens on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi to lead A Week with the Book of Changes, my first-ever in person week-long retreat devoted to the profound and life-changing practice of the I Ching. The I Ching, the ancient Chinese Book of Changes, has been part of my life since I was sixteen. The Book of Changes is indeed a living oracle, but it is also more than that: a living study of change, timing, pattern, and our relationship with the natural order of the world.

During our week together, we’ll explore its foundational teachings and immediately bring them into practice through hands-on readings. We’ll work with the real questions, choices, challenges, and transitions present in our lives—not as abstract exercises, but as openings into greater clarity, wisdom and understanding.

Our study will extend beyond the classroom, as we’ll explore specific hexagrams in the context of the island’s own unique and elemental forces of the land, allowing the natural world to make the teachings even more tangible and alive.

No previous experience with the I Ching is required. By the end of the retreat, you’ll know how to cast and begin interpreting your own readings. More importantly, I hope you’ll leave with a new way of meeting uncertainty, navigating change, and listening more closely, and responding in a more naturally attuned way, to the ever-changing moment you are in.

Part of the Living Tantra Fall Immersion
My retreat is the culminating week of a larger three-week immersion taking place at Sundari from November 1–22. You’re welcome to attend my week on its own, or–even better–combine it with one or both of the preceding weeks. Each week has a distinct focus and flavor, and it will be amazing to experience the entire three-week journey!

Week 1 · November 1–7  Bhakti Tantra: Breath & the Energy Body

Led by Christine Marie Mason with Richard Bock and additional guest teachers, the first week centers on breath, subtle energy, and an integrated reset for the whole system.
The teacher track includes training in guiding breathing practices and developing greater sensitivity to bodies and energy patterns.

Week 2 · November 8–15
Bhakti Tantra: Rasa & Relating
The second week explores rasa, the felt essence or flavor of experience, along with relationship, presence, and the subtle frequencies that shape how we meet one another. The teacher track includes a practicum in embodied leadership, holding a room, and offering spiritual guidance that supports another person’s sovereignty.
Each week earns 25 Living Tantra certification credits, and yoga teachers may receive Yoga Alliance continuing education hours (YACEP).

Participants who register for two or three weeks receive a 10% discount.

Life at Sundari
Sundari Farm & Gardens is a ten-acre retreat sanctuary on the Puna coast of Hawaiʻi Island, surrounded by tropical gardens, a food forest, ponds, walking paths, and the wild landscape where the volcano meets the sea.
The retreat is all-inclusive, with private, shared, and dormitory accommodations; fresh juices and vegetarian meals; and access to the pool, hot tub, sauna, cold plunge, and spa facilities. The week also includes opportunities for excursions, bodywork, restorative time, community, and evening gatherings.

I would be delighted to spend any and all of this powerful learning and practice time with you…whether you feel called to join me for the I Ching week, or to take part in the full three-week arc.

If you may be curious to join us, I’m happy to speak in person to discuss in more detail! Just reach out and we’ll find a time to connect.