What No One Can Access Alone

A 7-day immersive retreat at the edge of what becomes possible together.

June 7 – 14

New Eden,
Netherlands

Nov. 16 – 22

The Hideaway,
United States

By Invitation Only

“A simple yet powerful exercise on co-regulation helped me realize that my attempts to connect with my partner through words weren’t enough—what she needed was presence, attuned physical touch, and deep listening beyond words.” – Chris Brawer.

There Are Depths That Open in Shared Presence.

Accelerated Awakening is an immersive field where presence is amplified through shared attention. When awareness is held together, something subtle shifts — perception deepens, emotional range widens, and experience becomes more alive.

Here, what is usually sensed only in fleeting moments begins to stabilise. The heart opens without effort. Insight moves beyond understanding and into lived reality.

What unfolds in this space is not something you strive for or achieve. It emerges naturally, as layers soften and a deeper coherence takes shape — within you, and between you.

“When the rain pours from the heavens, if a thimble is all you hold up, a thimble is all you receive.”

There is a paradox many people recognise, even if they’ve never named it.

Just as life begins to open — in love, creativity, intimacy, or ease — something subtly tightens. A contraction appears. Attention shifts. The moment passes.

It can show up in relationships, where closeness suddenly feels like too much.

In prosperity, where flow arrives and just as quietly recedes.

Or in joy itself, where aliveness is touched and then quickly left behind.

This isn’t failure. And it isn’t pathology.

It’s a question of capacity.

The Rain Is Already Falling

Love, connection, vitality, and intelligence are not scarce. They’re not rewards to be earned. They are more like rain — constantly available, arriving whether we notice or not.

What varies is not the rain, but what we hold up to receive it.

If a thimble is all that’s available, then a thimble is all that can be held — no matter how abundant the downpour. And when experience begins to exceed that capacity, something instinctive happens: we pull back, distract, harden, or shield ourselves.

Most people don’t even realise they’re holding a container at all.

Many learn instead to carry umbrellas — subtle ways of staying defended, busy, stimulated, or self-improving — while the rain continues to fall around them.

Accelerated Awakening is not about calling in more rain.

It’s about expanding what you’re able to receive.

This Is Not About the Past

You don’t expand capacity by analysing your history or endlessly working on what went wrong.

Capacity grows through direct experience — through moments where presence deepens, sensation becomes tolerable, subtlety is allowed, and aliveness is met rather than managed.

Most approaches stop at understanding.

But understanding alone doesn’t widen the vessel.

Without expanding your ability to stay open, even the most profound insights eventually slip through your fingers.

What Happens at Accelerated Awakening

At Accelerated Awakening, the focus is not on fixing or improving the self.

Instead, we work in an amplified field of shared attention — a space where awareness naturally deepens, and receptivity expands without force.

As others open, something in you recognises what’s possible.

As presence stabilises in the room, your own system learns how to stay.

As subtle states become shared, they stop feeling fragile or fleeting.

Over time, the thimble becomes a bucket.

And then something wider still.

What people often discover here is not a new identity, but a new range — a greater ability to remain intimate with life as it moves, loves, challenges, and reveals itself.

Not because they tried harder.

But because they finally stopped turning away.

What Happens Here

There is a particular quality of attention that becomes available when a group of experienced, open people enter shared presence together — and stay. Not for an hour. Not for a session. But across days.

Something shifts in the room that cannot be manufactured by any individual practice. The field begins to amplify what is subtle.

Emotions that have lived beneath the surface for years rise cleanly. Patterns that have resisted years of enquiry become visible — not through analysis, but through the experience of being met inside them.

People often describe what happens at Accelerated Awakening in language they usually reserve for ceremony or peak experience. States of deep release, expanded perception, profound intimacy, and a clarity that settles into the body rather than flickering through the mind.

The difference is that none of this requires substances, techniques, or altered conditions. It arises naturally from a coherent group field, skilled facilitation, and the willingness of each person to remain present with what is actually here.

What most people discover is not a new version of themselves, but access to a range that was always available — and a capacity to stay with it that wasn't.

Why This Lands Differently

If you've done significant inner work, you already know that insight alone doesn't change how you live. You can understand a pattern completely and still find yourself inside it.

This is not a limitation of intelligence. It's a question of what the nervous system has learned to hold.

Most approaches work at the level of understanding — and understanding matters. But capacity grows through a different door. It grows in the moment where presence deepens beyond what is familiar, and instead of contracting, you stay. Not because you're trying to. Because the field is holding you there.

That is what this retreat is designed around. Not more information. Not better strategies. A lived expansion of what you are able to feel, hold, and remain open to — in yourself, in others, and in the spaces between.

For Those Who Hold Space for Others

If your work involves holding space — as a facilitator, therapist, coach, or leader — this retreat offers something that training alone cannot.

You can learn techniques anywhere. What changes here is your own capacity. The depth you can sit with. The intensity you can hold without tightening. The range of expression you can welcome without flinching or rescuing.

This happens not through instruction, but through direct experience of being held inside a high-coherence field — and discovering what becomes available in your own leadership when you are no longer the one managing the room.

Many practitioners find that what shifts at Accelerated Awakening quietly transforms how they work for years afterward. Not because they learned something new, but because something in them deepened.

Is This For You?

Accelerated Awakening is a precise and demanding environment.

This gathering exists slightly apart from the wider Heart iQ ecosystem for a reason. It is the place where I allow myself to work at the edge of my own capacity as a facilitator — to take more risks, to be more direct, and to lead from a place that is both deeply embodied and uncompromisingly honest.

Historically, I’ve learned to temper certain aspects of my leadership in order to remain broadly inclusive. This space is different. It is invitation-only because it gives me permission to lead without muting the parts of me that are penetrative, challenging, and truth-oriented — while remaining deeply attuned, receptive, and responsive to what is actually happening in the room.

What that means in practice is this:

you will be met by a leadership style that blends clear masculine direction with refined feminine listening — confrontation held inside care, precision guided by feeling, and authority informed by presence rather than domination.

Working in an amplified field doesn’t only open what is subtle and beautiful. It also brings unconscious patterns, identities, and defences into view. This work requires a willingness to be met honestly, reflected clearly, and challenged where necessary — without losing curiosity, heart, or self-contact.

This is a guided, led experience. It is not a democracy, a support group, or a space organised around ideological safety. By entering, you are consenting to strong leadership, direct feedback, and moments of confrontation — in service of integration, not performance or collapse.

Please read the following carefully.

This Is For You If…

You are willing to be led, challenged, and reflected by a grounded authority that blends masculine clarity with feminine attunement
You value truth over comfort, and presence over ideological alignment
You have done substantial inner work and are ready to meet what still operates beneath self-concept and self-image
You are open to both unity-based and polarity-based teachings, without needing reality to conform to a single framework
You can hold complexity — allowing multiple truths to coexist — and are willing to notice when defence, collapse, or righteousness arises
You are curious about how you relate to pain, power, and intimacy, rather than committed to a fixed story about them
You welcome clear feedback, even when it disrupts familiar narratives or self-protective strategies

This Is Not For You If…

You are seeking a space that centres consensus, ideological agreement, or identity validation
You feel consistently destabilised by masculine authority, polarity-based work, or being directly reflected
You need your beliefs, language, or worldview to be affirmed rather than questioned
You are looking for a therapeutic, trauma-managed, or emotionally protective environment
You are primarily interested in advocacy, ideological positioning, or social correction rather than inner confrontation
You expect the space to accommodate collapse, blame, or unconscious reactivity without responsibility or inquiry

A Note on Structure and Values

This work includes distinct spaces for men and women and honours the different nervous system dynamics that emerge in those contexts. We do not centre pronoun-sharing or identity discourse, and we do not orient around contemporary political or cultural frameworks.

The orientation here is about becoming more impeccable, not about being perfect — staying present with the question rather than hiding inside answers.

Participants are expected to meet this work as it is, and to take responsibility for how they engage it — not to reshape it to fit personal or ideological preferences.

If this feels activating, uncomfortable, or incompatible with your current orientation, we encourage you to honour that discernment and seek a different space.

VERY SOON THIS COULD BE YOU

Participant Experiences

"Eye-opening is the best way to describe this retreat. I was confronted with difficult truths and shadow aspects of myself, yet in the safety of the field, I was able to face them, move through them, and step into liberation. The experience was deeply transformative, and I’m leaving with so much to carry forward into my life."

Anselm Achberger

"Every Heart iQ retreat leaves me with a full heart and a renewed sense of possibility. It has expanded my capacity to feel, express, and connect more deeply than anything else in my life. The experience is nothing short of magical, and Christian and the team are masterful facilitators who hold the space with unwavering presence."

Sasha Langesfeld

"Experiencing Heart IQ Circle Work was nothing short of profound. It felt like stepping into an ancient way of healing—where deep listening, attuned touch, movement, and raw expression replaced the numbing and suppression of modern life. In this masterfully held space, I confronted and embraced parts of myself I had long rejected, receiving imprints of compassion that redefined how I want to live. Witnessing others in their liberation became my own. This wasn’t just personal healing—it was a portal for collective awakening."

Karmen Kovic

“One of the biggest gifts I received from my time with Christian was learning to trust my body as a guide for authentic connection. A simple yet powerful exercise on co-regulation helped me realize that my attempts to connect with my partner through words weren’t enough—what she needed was presence, attuned physical touch, and deep listening beyond words. That night, I simply held her, and like magic, we refound our connection. Since then, this practice has transformed how we relate—bringing more depth, presence, and ease into our relationship. I’m deeply grateful for this unexpected yet life-changing gift."

Chris Brawer

An Invitation

If you've read this far, something is already in motion.

Not urgency. Not obligation. Something quieter than that.

It might be the recognition that you've outgrown the container you've been working in. It might be the sense that there is more range available to you than your current life is asking for. Or it might simply be a pull toward a depth of encounter that doesn't happen easily on your own.

Whatever it is, it doesn't need to be dramatic. It just needs to be honest.

Accelerated Awakening exists for people who are ready to be met at a level that matches what they already sense is possible — and who are willing to remain present while it unfolds.

If this feels like a conversation worth continuing, the next step is below.

How to Join

Accelerated Awakening is offered by invitation only.

This is to ensure the integrity of the field and the depth of work possible within it.

Access is offered in two ways:

To members of the Heart iQ Fellowship, our long-term mentoring container, where participants are already held in ongoing guidance and integration.
To a small number of individuals we personally invite, based on readiness, experience, and alignment with the work.

Fellowship members receive priority access and a Fellowship rate, reflecting the continuity of mentorship before and after the retreat.

A Fully Immersive, All-Inclusive Retreat Experience

Accelerated Awakening — Netherlands
June 7–14 · New Eden

Accommodation	Public Rate	Fellowship Rate
Shared Room · Ensuite	€3,500	€2,250
Private Room · Ensuite	€3,850	€2,600

Accelerated Awakening — United States
November 16–22 · The Hideaway, Colorado

Accommodation	Public Rate	Fellowship Rate
Shared Room · Ensuite	$3,995	$2,495
Private Room · Ensuite	$4,495	$2,995

Fellowship rates honour attendees who are either enrolled in our deep dive mentorship program or are long-term ambassadors of the work.

All prices include full retreat tuition, accommodation, meals, and applicable taxes.

If You Feel Drawn to This Gathering

If neither of the pathways above applies to you — but something on this page has spoken to something real — you're welcome to express your interest here.

Begin the Conversation ->

Our Integrity Commitment

We stand behind the depth and seriousness of this work.

Accelerated Awakening is a demanding, immersive experience. When entered fully, it has the capacity to fundamentally shift how you meet yourself, others, and life. That said, we also recognise that discernment sometimes only becomes clear through direct experience.

If you participate fully in the retreat and, by the end, feel that this work was not aligned for you at this time, we invite you to speak with a member of the team before departing.

Where it’s clear that the work was genuinely engaged and not a fit, we will release you from the financial commitment to the retreat tuition.

Accommodation and food costs are not refundable, as these are incurred on your behalf.

We offer this not as a promise of outcome, but as an expression of integrity and trust in the work — and in your capacity to know what is true for you.

Hi! I'm Christian,

FOUNDER OF HEART IQ AND I'LL BE GUIDING THIS WORK

My focus is not self-improvement or therapy, but the cultivation of depth — in presence, relationship, and lived truth. For over a decade, I’ve worked with individuals, couples, and groups to explore what becomes possible when attention is shared, defences soften, and consciousness is met directly.

The Heart iQ work emerged through lived experience and long-term study, integrating Eastern and Western wisdom traditions with modern understanding of group dynamics, intimacy, and embodiment. At its core is Heart iQ Circle Work — a precise and demanding practice that uses the group field to accelerate insight, integration, and capacity.

This work is not gentle by default, nor is it designed to confirm existing narratives. It is guided, confrontive when necessary, and oriented toward what is real rather than what is comfortable.

I hold these spaces with care, clarity, and strong leadership — not to provide answers, but to create the conditions where truth can be encountered and embodied.

If you’re here, you’re not looking for reassurance.

You’re ready to meet something deeper.

"Christian Pankhurst is a profound source of wisdom and depth."

NEALE DONALD WALSH (2003), NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD

Hi! I'm Sumir,

CERTIFIED HEART IQ FACILITATOR AND FOUNDER OF THE GOLDEN PATH

I'll be co-facilitating Accelerated Awakening alongside Christian — and if you knew how much this work has shaped my life, you'd understand why that feels like both a privilege and a homecoming.

I've been immersed in Heart iQ since 2014. Not as a student who found a course, but as someone whose life became inseparable from the work itself. I was there when we found New Eden and turned a piece of the Frisian countryside into a retreat centre. I co-designed and built the Heart iQ Academy 90-Day Challenge with Christian in 2020. And for the last seven years, I've been co-facilitating the Heart iQ men's and women's work events, alongside Christian — that ask people to meet themselves at a level most spaces don't dare to hold.

My particular passion lives in the feminine. I created Feminine Rising as a space for women to access the depth of Heart iQ through their own embodied experience, and my latest creation, The Golden Path, continues that thread. I also work as a Heart iQ relationship coach, supporting couples in the kind of honest, felt intimacy that only becomes possible when both people are willing to stop performing and start arriving.

The way I facilitate comes through devotion. There is a quality of the mother — a fierce, tender, unwavering presence — that I allow to move through me in this work. It's not a technique. It's a direct, channelled quality of holding that people feel in the room before I say a word.

I'm deeply excited to be holding this container with Christian. We've shared a long journey together — as collaborators, as co-creators, and as two people who have been refined by this work in ways neither of us could have predicted. That shared history lives in how we hold space together. It's not choreographed. It's lived.

If you're coming to Accelerated Awakening, I want you to know: you will be held. Fully. By both of us.

How This Work is Held

Beyond the two of us, each Accelerated Awakening retreat is supported by a carefully selected team of experienced space-holders.

These are people chosen not for visibility or personality, but for their capacity to hold depth, regulate intensity, and support the integrity of the field — particularly in the moments where the work moves beyond what any one facilitator can track alone.

The team is resourced according to each location and the specific needs of the group. You won't need to manage or navigate who is doing what.

The container is designed so you can enter the experience fully, knowing it is held from more than one place.

Hear From Those Who’ve Experienced It

Watch as past participants share how Accelerated Awakening has transformed their lives—deep healing, profound breakthroughs, and a sense of belonging like never before.

Where This Takes Place.

Each Accelerated Awakening gathering takes place in a secluded, purpose-built environment designed to support depth, focus, and privacy.

The Netherlands retreat is held at New Eden, a private retreat centre in the Frisian countryside, created specifically for immersive group work.

The United States retreat takes place at The Hideaway in Colorado Springs — a private retreat centre in the foothills that supports extended periods of presence, reflection, and collective practice.

Both locations are chosen not for spectacle, but for their capacity to hold intensity, stillness, and uninterrupted attention. You won’t be navigating a hotel, a public venue, or external distractions.

The environment exists in service of the work.

A First Encounter With Heart iQ

Accelerated Awakening is not designed as an introduction.

For those who feel drawn to this work but sense that a seven-day, invitation-only deep dive immersion is not the right entry point, the Heart iQ Academy - 90 Day Challenge offers a grounded way to begin.

This program is a 90-day initiation into the core principles and practices of the work. It unfolds online through guided transmissions, live group sessions, and a series of virtual retreats that introduce Circle Work, shared presence, relational depth, and embodied leadership.

As part of the journey, participants are also invited into a live 3 day Heart iQ Experience — an in-person gathering where the field can be felt directly. These take place in both Europe and the United States and are included within the programme.

The Heart iQ Academy - 90 Day Challenge is offered through a contribution-based model, allowing participants to meet the work with integrity while honouring their current capacity.

For many, this is where the relationship with Heart iQ begins — not as a lesser experience, but as a coherent initiation that lets discernment unfold naturally over time.

If this feels like the right place to start, you’re welcome to explore the program further.