About the PROGRAM
Join Dr. Bonnie Bright and Dr. Christophe Morin for AI and the Soul, our newest transformational program in the Soul, Cosmos, and Consciousness™ My Soul’s Journey series, tailored especially to support those on a path toward more consciousness and spiritual awakening.
Through dialogue, ritual, shadow work, and nature-based practices, we will explore three core themes:
Creativity: Is AI enhancing imagination and inspiration? How do we tap into exciting new innovation for ourselves and the world around us?
Culture: What cultural myths are we projecting onto machines, and how is culture going to change?
Consciousness: Can we use AI to deepen awareness—or are we losing ourselves in virtual reality and simulation?
Educational lectures, guided meditations, and experiential soul-centered modalities will help participants remember what is sacred, awaken to what is possible, and reclaim the soul at the center of our evolution.
AI and Consciousness
Dialogue with the Oracle of the Future, or the Mirror of your Soul
Each day blends experiential learning with soul work. Highlights include:
Morning rituals grounded in neuroscience and ancestral traditions
Lectures on AI’s cultural impact using Jungian archetypes, myth, and narrative science
Explorations of AI and creativity—what happens when machines mimic imagination?
Perspectives on digital ethics and consciousness: Can AI become sentient—or are we projecting? Are we in a simulation?
Experiential sessions on tech-induced dissociation and the neuroplastic cost of screen culture
AI & archetype decoding: A look at how LLMs (Large Language Models) replicate, distort, or amplify ancient and modern myths
Hands on use of AI to expand your consciousness and uncover your soul’s blueprint
Silent nature immersions and optional ceremonies to restore presence and ground embodiment
*We believe in small groups so everyone has space, but can get to know one another throughout the retreat.
As a result, this event will have a maximum of 12 participants and a minimum of 6.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Bonnie Bright, Ph.D., Founder of the Institute for Soul-Centered Coaching and Psychology™, visionary depth psychologist and soul-centered coach
Christophe Morin, Ph.D., Professor of AI at Johns Hopkins University, expert in neuropsychology, communication, and decision-making in the digital age.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
My Soul's Journey™ Intensives are for you if you are....
PREPARATION: WHAT TO EXPECT BEFORE THE GATHERING
The MY SOUL’S JOURNEY™ series begins with answering the call. If you find yourself drawn by this opportunity to further your path to awakening to the true nature of your being, contact us now. Space is limited to 12 participants
Readings and Multimedia: The curriculum begins as soon as your application is accepted and you make payment for your retreat. You will be given some carefully curated introductory materials to read, watch or listen to that will help you get your bearings as you put your foot on the path. This preliminary material will give you an overview of our unique, soul-centered approach and proven process to help you awaken to new truths about who you really are.
One-on-One online Personal Coaching Session with Dr. Bright and/or Dr. Morin to help identify where you are from a psycho-spiritual perspective, where you want to go, and what tools and resources are available to you to help you transform.
Online Group Gathering and Process: In the weeks before the retreat, you will have the opportunity to attend an online session with other retreat participants to start sharing insights and discovering tools that are emerging for your journey.
Personality and Plasticity Assessment Tools: Receive a customized report on your core personality traits, coping mechanisms, and plasticity habits
WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THE GATHERING*
LECTURES steeped in neuroscience; depth, transpersonal, and other soul-centered psychologies; personality models including the Enneagram and Big Five; consciousness; neuroplasticity, quantum physics; mystical traditions; shamanism; and other psycho-spiritual themes.
EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES such as sound bath, dreamwork breathwork, forest bathing, cacao ceremony, shamanic journeying, ancestral connection, ritual, meditative processes, writing, and creative arts, all designed to help you access powerful insights and awakening.
SOUL-CENTERED COACHING and group process grounded in ancient and modern psychological and scientific perspectives.
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS ON-SITE EVENT
—Transportation to and from KOA airport within 1 day of start/end (upon request)
—All food and sleeping arrangements during the event
—All lectures and activities
—One off-site excursion/vision quest (circumstances permitting)
—Coffee, tea, water, snacks, and your very own Manta Soul™ eyemask and journal
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED
—Airfare to KOA (Kona) airport}
—Extra nights at Manta Soul™ before or after the retreat (as available)
PROPOSED AGENDA: IN-PERSON GATHERING AT MANTA SOUL™ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII
DAY 1: Diving In: Arrival and Entering your Soulscape
(Begins at 3pm: If flying in the same day, please book your flight to arrive no later than 12:30 pm)
DAY 2: Storienting™: Revealing your Soul’s Code Through the Stories that Shape You
Focus: Identifying and Decoding Biographical, Perinatal, Ancestral, Archetypal, and Transpersonal stories
DAY 3: SoulScrying™: Using your Soul’s Code as Blueprint and Mapping your Path to Greater Consciousness
Focus: Finding insights through Somatic, Symbolic, and Shamanic techniques
DAY 4: Stepping into the Fire: Re-Kindling Your Connection to Soul and Re-Programming your Life
Focus: Turning toward the Infinite Alchemical Possibilities of your Soul’s Journey for Consciousness, Creativity, and Transformation
Excursion: Honoring the Hawaiian Goddess, Pele: Nature Vision Quest (weather and circumstances permitting)
DAY 5: Celebrating the Journey
Focus: Sharing, Integration, and Preparing for your Return
(includes lunch; ends by 2pm)
Potential Experiential Modalities: Dreamwork, Cacao Ceremony, Shamanic Soul Retrieval Journey, Breathwork, Ancestral work, Working with Archetypes and Transpersonal perspectives, Guided Visualizations, Soul Collage, Working with Altars, Creative Arts and Expression
Optional Evening Activities: Sound Bath, Manta Ray Snorkel/Dive or Viewing with the Group (weather and circumstances permitting), Soul-Fire Chat/Hangout at the Firepit, Documentary Film
Ready to Heal Old Wounds and Limiting Patterns and Beliefs
to Access Greater Freedom, Joy, and Creativity in Life?
about the facilitators
Dr. Bonnie Bright holds M.A. degrees in Psychology from Sonoma State University, and in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she also completed her doctorate degree.
She is a certified Archetypal Pattern Analyst™, a certified Transpersonal Soul-Centered Coach, and a Consciousness Researcher. Drawing on archetypal and shamanic perspectives, she helps clients navigate spiritual awakening; integrate breathwork, meditative, psychedelic, or other non-ordinary experiences; overcome creative blockages; and open their lives to joy and transcendence.
Bonnie is accredited through IACTM—the International Association of Coaches, Therapists, & Mentors. She has trained extensively in dreamwork; in Holotropic Breathwork, a process developed by transpersonal pioneers, Stan and Christina Grof; and in the Enneagram, a psycho-spiritual personality map for transformation. Bonnie also completed a 2-year training in Indigenous African Spiritual Technologies with initiated African elder, Malidoma Somé, traveling to Somé’s native Burkina Faso in Africa where she studied ritual medicine with the Dagara people. She has also spent time with members of the Shipibo tribe in the jungles of Peru, and with other honored elders and shamans on four continents.
Bonnie created and served as the Executive Editor of Depth Insights™ scholarly journal for six years, and is the Founder and Director Emerita of Depth Psychology Alliance™, an online organization with nearly 6,000 members. She has conducted over 100 audio and video interview/podcasts on depth psychology, and is the editor of Earth, Climate, Dreams: Dialogues with Depth Psychologists in the Age of the Anthropocene (2019), and Depth Psychology and the Digital Age(2016).
Bonnie’s path to soul began with a life-changing spontaneous mystical experience in 2006, and she continues her quest for awakening each day with a sense of joy, freedom, and gratitude at the magic afoot in the world. She seeks to live into her gift and calling by helping others find their path to soul, and to learn to do the same for others.
Dr. Christophe Morin holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in Media Psychology with a concentration in Neuropsychology (non-clinical), making him a pioneer in connecting the science of the mind with emotional resilience, spiritual growth, and personal transformation.
Christophe serves as an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches neuroscience and artificial intelligence, bridging cutting-edge research with practical applications that empower individuals to understand and harness the brain’s potential for change.
Dr. Morin is the author of the acclaimed books OPEN: The Neurospiritual Guide to Living a Life of Flow (2025), OPEN UP: The Neurospiritual Guide to Your Enneagram Type (2025) and The Serenity Code: A Neuroscientific Approach to Overcoming Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma (2021), The Persuasion Code (2018), Neuromarketing (2007)
In his most recent work, OPEN and OPEN UP, Christophe explores the powerful interplay between neuroplasticity, personality neuroscience and spirituality, offering a roadmap for raising consciousness, rewriting personal narratives, and cultivating rituals that foster resilience and joy. These groundbreaking books reflect his decades of research and his commitment to helping others achieve greater fulfillment.
With international experience leading thousands of transformative retreats and workshops, Dr. Morin combines his academic expertise with his extensive learnings from travels to more than 40 countries. His work draws from neuroscience, spiritual traditions, and personal growth methodologies to create deeply impactful experiences.
Dr. Morin provides retreat participants with cutting-edge assessment tools he developped to explore their inner worlds, let go of limiting beliefs, and embrace transformative change in safe and inspiring settings. As a retreat leader, educator, and author, Dr. Morin’s mission is to empower individuals to unlock their highest potential and live a life of flow, balance, and joy, leaving a lasting impact on those seeking deeper self-awareness and transformation.
about the LOCATION
MANTA SOUL
Mauli Ola O Ka Hāhālua
Set on the slopes of an ancient volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii on sacred land long inhabited by native Hawaiians, Manta Soul™ offers a restful jungle retreat to renew and restore deep connections with nature and self.
Decades ago, the verdant vegetation was cultivated as a macadamia nut farm, and a variety of animals and tropical plants still thrive in the current ecosystem, including lots of birds, mongoose, rabbits, chickens, and wild pigs. Coqui frogs, though new to the island in recent decades, offer you your own personal symphony every night as the sun drops below the horizon into the clear blue Pacific.
Our affinity for the stunning, otherworldly creatures we know as manta rays provides a powerful metaphor for personal growth and transformation, the mission and vision of Manta Soul retreats. The capacity to dive into the depths of one’s psyche—while also being able to transcend the surface of one’s reality and leap into a different dimension—allows for new perspectives. In the Hawaiian language, Manta Soul can be translated as Mauli Ola O Ka Hāhālua, meaning “breath of life & powerful healing of the manta ray.”
Manta Soul is owned and operated by Dr. Bonnie Bright and Dr. Christophe Morin, who honor the land as sacred, and who have tirelessly poured themselves into the project to reclaim the land from wildly invasive flora and jungle overgrowth and to coax it back to its inherent beauty and soul.
CAPTAIN COOK | KEALAKEKUA | BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII
Less than two miles as the crow flies, magical Kealakekua Bay awaits, home to pods of spinner dolphins that thrive in its warm protected waters. Kealakekua means “path of the gods.” Art galleries, restaurants, and shops dot the main road, just 15 minutes from Kona, an old harbor town with tons of charm. The world-famous Captain Cook trail is just a few minutes walking distance from Manta Soul™. It’s magnificent views and crystalline waters at the bottom of the trail, accessible only by boat or on foot, make every moment a memorable and inspiring experience.
The Big Island is also one of a tiny handful of locations in the world where you can snorkel or scuba dive with actual manta rays, incredible otherworldly creatures that represent such soulful freedom and inspire incredible awe.
Whether you prefer to kayak, swim, scuba dive, or surf; to hike, explore art galleries, or visit one of the world’s only live volcanos less than 2 hours away; or whether you opt to stay close to the land—working, writing, making art, or delving into the depths of yourself in your own private space in a natural setting—a multitude of options for recreation and relaxation are available.
PRICING & REGISTRATION
General registration is $3,999 for public retreats, or $2,999 for all students and grads in good standing with the Institute for Soul-Centered Psychology and Coaching™.
All of our retreats may be offered as private experiences for 1-4 people. Rates depend on the number of people and length of retreat.
If you are longing to dive into this work but are financially challenged, some partial scholarships may be available.
NOTE: All retreats are subject to change or cancellation one month before the start date. Assumes a minimum of 6 registrants, and a maximum of 12.
UPCOMING RETREATS IN 2025
September 14-18, 2025: Find Your Soul On The Island of Hawai’i
September 28-October 2, 2025: AI and Your Soul* [THIS ONE]
These programs are produced by the
Institute for SoulCentered Psychology and Coaching™.
Themes, activities, and pricing may vary for each program.