Virtual 5-Day Retreat
Led by George Haas, Founding Teacher of Mettagroup
Meditation x Attachment Level Two Immersion
December 29, 2025 - January 2, 2026
On this retreat, you’re going to get everything you would get in the Level Two class. If you haven’t completed Level Two, this is a great place to learn the material. If you have completed Level Two, this is a great place to review what you already know. There will be special emphasis on meditation practice. Oh, and a lot of poetry!
What’s Included
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Retreat Schedule + Theme
Schedule
✔️ 5 days | 8 hours/day of practice opportunities
✔️ 7am-11am PT - Class 2 hours / Sit 2 hours
✔️ 12pm-4pm PT - Class 2 hours / Sit 2 hours
Theme: Meditation x Attachment Level Two
We’ll immersively dive into the curriculum of Level Two, which is the third of seven within the Meditation x Attachment track.You’ll learn an overview of attachment theory, examining the attachment mechanism, the exploration mechanism and the collaborative relationship systems that are necessary for secure functioning.
Walk away with both conceptual and experiential knowledge, integrating meditation practice with theory in this immersive 5-day retreat.
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Daily Live Q&A with George Haas
Get support throughout the retreat. Share your practice reports and ask your questions daily during the Q&A period with George Haas. This space is designed to help you with integration, navigating roadblocks, and deepening your practice.
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Peer-to-Peer Practice Opportunities
Throughout this retreat, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in dyads with fellow students. This is designed to help you get a sense of how your attachment strategy is functioning. Not only that, but this type of connection gives you an opportunity to practice skillful collaboration.
Register for the retreat and receive:
Map #1
Learn how to read people’s responses based on attachment.
Are you confused and frustrated when you talk to your partner, family members, friends or colleagues, boggled by their responses?
Are you tired of feeling misunderstood? Is being protective or defensive starting to feel old?
This Mindful Map will teach you:
How to take people’s responses less personally and understand people better.
By understanding attachment strategies and the common communication patterns associated with each attachment style, you can participate in relationship with more compassion, openness, and equanimity. You can engage with more patience, self-awareness and influence.
How to manage your expectations, and to assess alignment EARLY on in a relationship, so that you don’t make a decision too soon or get too involved too fast. (If you typically rush into intimacy, you’ll LOVE this resource.
Rest assured: it’s not personal. It’s attachment. I’ll walk you through the guide so that you can start to apply this knowledge in your relationships across all areas of your life - both personal and professional.
Where Attachment Theory and Meditation Meet
Understanding attachment theory is the easiest mind blow, and here’s why.
Once you’ve gained an understanding of the concepts and differences between attachment styles, the difficulties you have in past relationships all start to make sense.
We combine the two ingredients of attachment and meditation. With meditation, we offer specific types of practices that guide in the attachment repair process. We then pair that with a psycho-educational approach to attachment theory. This winning combination is what has helped hundreds of our students (including myself) earn secure attachment and end so many of the patterns that once held us back.
Oftentimes, my students can’t believe they’ve waited so long to make these connections.
But the good news is, it’s not too late!
I’m George Haas, and I’m glad you’re here.
I’m Founding Teacher of Mettagroup, an organization committed to helping people heal their attachment injury, be more secure and live a truly meaningful life.
I had a lot of difficulties in my early life, and there was no way to get people to help me with them.
Today, my main drive in offering the Meditation x Attachment program series is simple…
It’s payback. Not the revenge-type. My mission today is to pay it forward, honoring the people who helped me save my life.
Over the last 40 years, I have accumulated this knowledge about how to heal attachment injury (through both learning and experience). My mission in this program (and at Mettagroup at large) is to share this blueprint in a distilled, manageable way so that people don’t need to go through years of confusion and suffering like I did.
Within 40 to 150 sessions, studies show that you can go from insecure attachment to securely attached. That’s profound, swift results (we’re talking ~ 3 years). I spent most of my life (5 decades) exhaustively exploring all the wrong paths, so it’s my true honor to share what’s worked for me and hundreds of my clients, with long-lasting and life-enhancing effects.
Walk away with
✔️ An understanding of the 5 main attachment categories
✔️ Hope: For your future, and for your potential to live a meaningful life
✔️ An understanding of how people with different attachment conditioning can optimally interact with each other.
✔️ Understanding the pattern of relationships that form around attachment combinations. This helps you recognize your own attachment conditioning and relationship patterns, and move them in the direction of more secure, satisfying relationships. (No, you don’t have to only date secure people in order to be satisfied!)
✔️ Understanding the distinction between primary (pursuit of meaning) and secondary exploration (pursuit of resources to support primary exploration). This provides the answer to how to create a fulfilling life. This will help you understand where you’ve been putting your resources, and how to redirect resources of time and energy as needed.
✔️ Understanding the dynamics of collaborative relationship systems, where you’re taken care of in a way that you want to be taken care, and where you can take care other someone else in a way that they want to be taken care of.
What is attachment theory?
How does it support you in living a more meaningful life?
Attachment theory is an understanding of the instinctual drive to seek closeness to a caregiver who will provide protection and love, as well as support the development of your natural abilities.
Our 3 Pillar Approach
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With this pillar, we educate about attachment theory, and support our clients with installing a secure functioning model.
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Exploration is the pursuit of anything that one finds authentically meaningful to them. As part of this pillar, we teach mentalizing and emotional regulation skills, which are rooted in a meditative approach.
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Are you interested in truly being collaborative, committed, and reliable in relationships? With this pillar, we teach the skills for skillful collaboration in any type of relationship - familial, platonic, romantic and professional. When you can collaborative skillfully, you can receive the support needed in order to fully explore in life.
“I just want to share, that it's been six years, a big journey, a big journey.
But guess what? I've earned secure. Today I found out that I've earned secure. I know a lot of you won't know what that means, but some of you might. I got my attachment assessment inventory back today and I'm secure. I'm better than I've ever been.”
-Sia, Pop Star
Quote Source
“I found that your teaching provided me with essential tools in my meditation practice: namely the development of sensory clarity, dismantling of self-generated anger, and the development of an equanimity practice.”
“Your teaching style is the perfect balance of profound insight, fascinating science, and extra dry martini humor.”
Scotty Atkinson
What our clients are reporting
Clarity (and a lot of it)
Clients report having a deeper clarity of self, which offers relief, acceptance and feeling understood. Not only that, but they also report having clarity of their attachment disturbances and what triggers them, which allows them to navigate life more intentionally and discontinue the harmful patterns that once ran the show.
Higher Self-Acceptance + Confidence
The capacity to accept oneself for one’s full humanity begins more and more available. This allows for the releasing of perfectionism, seeking validation from others, and proximity seeking behavior that oftentimes holds many people back who are insecurely attached.
More Empowered
With clarity and the tools to skillfully live and relate to others, our clients feel more empowered in their life, relationships and career. They know what situations may trip them up, or what types of behaviors activate their attachment strategies. This results in higher self-agency to make choices that support one’s wellbeing, and meet one’s needs more (all needed in order to live that meaningful life).
More Authentic Self-Expression + Access to Purpose
Our clients feel free to express themselves authentically (and find their own portal of expression). An ALIVENESS is untapped, along with greater energy, inspiration and motivation. They tap into their unique sense of purpose, courageously pursuing it (for some, it’s the first time in their lives!)
Courageously set boundaries
Our clients report that they can now set boundaries, stemming from the self-clarity, self-agency and empowerment they now embody. Saying an aligned ‘no’ is easier to do (without being overcome by guilt, shame, or self-abandoning behavior). They start to choose aligned opportunities more and more, whether that’s a roadtrip that’s been calling out to them, or the new job that truly meets their vision and needs.
Connection + Relationships Thrive
Collaboration becomes easier and more manageable, whether they’re engaging with their team, colleagues, clients, or even family, friends, and romantic partner. Our clients report a sense of ‘belonging’ that becomes available (no longer feeling ‘other’ or outside in relationships). Whether you’re desiring a deeper connection, to be more heart-open, or to be more influential or impact at work, all of these elements enhance.
FAQs
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No.
Are you someone who likes to jump into the deep end of the pool? Or, do you prefer to inch your way into the shallow end?
This retreat may be more than an “incher” can handle.
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This retreat does not include 1.1 sessions. To support you with your questions, reports and integration, George Haas will host a live Q&A daily.
However, at Mettagroup, we do offer private sessions with George Haas and other practitioners.
In 1.1 sessions, you have the opportunity to receive custom support with your meditation practice and attachment repair journey. These are typically offered on a weekly basis. To learn more and apply, please click here to book a brief consult with our team.
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FAQ answer
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Commonly referred to as "mindfulness," Vipassanā meditation is focused on living more peacefully, compassionately and wisely. Derived from the Theravada school of Buddhism, the techniques are widely acknowledged as effective ways to manage pain, stress, compulsiveness and are often used in conjunction with psychotherapy.
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Many of our clients feel this way when they arrive. We invite you to explore the possibilities that live in the Mettagroup approach. If you’re open to practicing meditation and exploring attachment theory more fully, then this is a good fit for you.
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Yes, the retreat talks will be available as replays in the course. The Q&As will not be available, so please attend these LIVE if you’d like to participate.
Note that the retreat talks will be repurposed and available publicly. the Q&As will not be repurposed or available publicly.
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FAQ
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No. We cannot tell you what your attachment strategy is without an Adult Attachment Interview.
This is not included in the retreat, but is available for purchase separately. Click here to reach out and sign up for an Adult Attachment Interview.
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No. This is a meditation-based retreat, so it will not work unless you’re willing to practice for the 5-day period.
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Yes. I’m always in favor of reviewing the material so that you can gain perspective on how well you’ve integrated it into your understanding. Practicing the meditation strategies is always helpful.
And don’t forget the poetry.