2026 Full · 2027 Dates Now Open
A Pilgrimage Through Land, Lineage, and the Gobi Desert
A small-group journey through Mongolia’s Buddhist landscape from remote meditation caves to the sacred energy center of Shambhala.
The 2026 journey is now full.
The next Gobi Pilgrimage is scheduled for July 27 – August 4, 2027.
Not a Tour. A Pilgrimage.
It is a guided journey into relationship — with land, with tradition, and with your own internal landscape.
A form of pilgrimage shaped through movement, practice, and presence.
The Experience
This journey is designed as a small, immersive container.
- Time in active meditation sites with local lamas
- Teachings and contemplative practice in remote settings
- Travel across vast desert landscapes
- Encounters with nomadic culture and ways of life
- Time with Mongolia’s Poet Laureate
- Daily somatic work and group integration
How the Journey Unfolds
Rather than following a fixed itinerary, this experience moves through a carefully held arc.
Shaped by the land, the conditions, and the group.
We begin in places that invite stillness and attention, before gradually expanding outward into the vastness of the Gobi. Each phase builds on the last, creating space for both exploration and integration.
A Different Rhythm
There is a natural movement between structure and openness.
Some days are guided, with teachings, practice, and shared experience.
Others open into space: to walk, to sit, to take in the scale and silence of the landscape.
This rhythm allows the journey to be more than something you move through — it becomes something you begin to relate to.
Highlights
- Teachings with a Venerable Lama
- Meditation retreat at a remote cave site
- Tantric meditation instruction (Vajrayana Gelugpa lineage)
- Exploration of the Shambhala energy center
- Camel trek with nomadic herding families
- Pilgrimage to the sacred Black Mountain
- Time with Mongolia’s Poet Laureate
- Small-group container (max 10)
Facilitators
Led by Brandt Miller
Somatic Experiencing® practitioner and facilitator of transformational group work.
Brandt weaves together embodied practice, cultural immersion, and relational awareness into each journey.
Mongolia is a place he has spent significant time in, building relationships and returning to year after year.
In Collaboration With…
local guides, elders, and community members.
The Land as Facilitator
The land is not a backdrop. It actively shapes the experience — in a slower, quieter, and deeply relational way.
What’s Included
- Accommodation (traditional Mongolian gers and local stays)
- Ground transportation within Mongolia
- Most meals throughout the journey
- Guided experiences and teachings
- Cultural encounters and local facilitation
- Daily group sessions and integration work
Flights to/from Mongolia not included
Some meals in Ulaanbaatar may be at your own expense
What People Are Saying
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The 2026 Gobi Pilgrimage is full, and interest is now open for July 27 – August 4, 2027.
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