In-Person Retreat
San Rafael, CA
If you’ve been in the sacred space, experienced the breathwork… and you’re ready for an immersive deep dive into Effiji—this is for you.
March 12-15, 2026
Release Your Trauma and
Step Into the Effortless Flow of Life
When you are born, you have a unique configuration that is perfect. This configuration is set up for you to manifest the life you are meant to live and to experience your full potential. When you experience trauma (big or small), your unique configuration changes and so does the direction of your life, making it more challenging for you to fulfill your life’s purpose.
Releasing trauma matters.
When it’s released, you’ll return to your perfect, unique configuration and the true beauty of who you are will be effortlessly expressed. When you are free of the limiting effects of trauma, the manifestation of your true life’s purpose will come easy to you.
In this retreat, you’ll leave with profound life-changing information on how this process works, receiving practical tools for bringing your true self fully into your day-to-day life. You’ll also experience first-hand what it’s like to release trauma from your physical, mental, and emotional bodies.
Release Trauma
Clear Your mind
Effiji Breathwork
Live Your Purpose
Expect three days of sacred practice, deep release, and lasting clarity.
This retreat is open to those who have already worked with us—whether through a past Intensive, private work, or deep exposure to the Effiji system.
It’s a rare opportunity to enter the deeper current with Sarah and Elijah in person, surrounded by committed community, in the powerful landscape of Northern California.
Important details
PRICE : Early Bird $1000, After January 1, 2026, $1500
Dates : March 12-15, 2026
Location : San Rafael, CA
What’s Included:
- Participate in multiple guided Effiji Breathwork sessions, working directly with the breath to release stored patterns and access deeper states of awareness
- Engage in daily movement practice focused on retraining habitual patterns in the body and learning how to access and harness your qi
- Work directly with Elijah and Sarah in personal dialogue, receiving clear, precise feedback on your life direction and what is blocking its expression
- Share breakfast and lunch together each day, supporting continuity and integration throughout the retreat
- Leave with copies of Elijah’s books The Trauma Code and From Realization to Manifestation, to continue the work after the retreat
Expect three days of sacred practice, deep release, and lasting clarity.
This retreat is open to those who have already worked with us—whether through a past Intensive, private work, or deep exposure to the Effiji system.
It’s a rare opportunity to enter the deeper current with Sarah and Elijah in person, surrounded by committed community, in the powerful landscape of Northern California.
Important details
PRICE : Early Bird $1000, After January 1, 2026, $1500
Dates : March 12-15, 2026
Location : San Rafael, CA
What’s Included :
- Participate in multiple guided Effiji Breathwork sessions, working directly with the breath to release stored patterns and access deeper states of awareness
- Engage in daily movement practice focused on retraining habitual patterns in the body and learning how to access and harness your qi
- Work directly with Elijah and Sarah in personal dialogue, receiving clear, precise feedback on your life direction and what is blocking its expression
- Share breakfast and lunch together each day, supporting continuity and integration throughout the retreat
- Leave with copies of Elijah’s books The Trauma Code and From Realization to Manifestation, to continue the work after the retreat
From the Trauma Code :
Your life purpose wants to happen at every moment. You are wired for it. But there is a uniquely configured obstacle that keeps most people from living that purpose or even knowing what it is.
The obstacle is what we call trauma. Trauma is created by events you couldn’t make peace with at the time. The result is that energetic parts of you get locked up until you learn the lesson that is required to unlock those parts.
Trauma exists within your field in a configuration that is completely unique to you. This is why I describe it as being a “code.” Everyone has one. Everyone’s code is unique.
Here's the paradox of this puzzle :
Trauma is necessary for you to learn the lessons, but the effects of trauma keep you from learning that lesson. The invisible effects of trauma skew our perception and make us risk averse and unable to tolerate our own feelings.
Unlocking the Trauma Code is taking the worst things that have happened in your life and turning into the medicine that heal your wounds and fulfills your life purpose.
With your registration, you'll receive a free copy of THE TRAUMA CODE on the day of the event.
From the Trauma Code :
Your life purpose wants to happen at every moment. You are wired for it. But there is a uniquely configured obstacle that keeps most people from living that purpose or even knowing what it is.
The obstacle is what we call trauma. Trauma is created by events you couldn’t make peace with at the time. The result is that energetic parts of you get locked up until you learn the lesson that is required to unlock those parts.
Trauma exists within your field in a configuration that is completely unique to you. This is why I describe it as being a “code.” Everyone has one. Everyone’s code is unique.
Here's the paradox of this puzzle :
Trauma is necessary for you to learn the lessons, but the effects of trauma keep you from learning that lesson. The invisible effects of trauma skew our perception and make us risk averse and unable to tolerate our own feelings.
Unlocking the Trauma Code is taking the worst things that have happened in your life and turning into the medicine that heal your wounds and fulfills your life purpose.
Elijah Nisenboim
Elijah is the founder of Effiji Breath; sharing his work with tens of thousands of people for 30+ years. He has a unique method for guiding people using Effiji breathwork and Sacred Taoist Movement to reveal the “Trauma Code” that unlocks the map to one’s life’s purpose.
He has composed, created, and recorded eighteen volumes of music created specifically for Effiji Breathwork and 6 volumes specifically related to the 6 stages of Effiji Breath which can be found on all streaming services.
He is also the author of three books: The Trauma Code; Uncover the Hidden Map to Your Life’s True Purpose, A Liberated Life ; Effiji Breathwork and the process of freeing your mind (2021) and What’s In Your Roots; Making the Unconscious Conscious (2012).
Elijah Nisenboim
Elijah is the founder of Effiji Breath; sharing his work with tens of thousands of people for 30+ years. He has a unique method for guiding people using Effiji breathwork and Sacred Taoist Movement to reveal the “Trauma Code” that unlocks the map to one’s life’s purpose.
He has composed, created, and recorded eighteen volumes of music created specifically for Effiji Breathwork and 6 volumes specifically related to the 6 stages of Effiji Breath which can be found on all streaming services.
He is also the author of three books: The Trauma Code; Uncover the Hidden Map to Your Life’s True Purpose, A Liberated Life ; Effiji Breathwork and the process of freeing your mind (2021) and What’s In Your Roots; Making the Unconscious Conscious (2012).
Sarah Charmoli
In 2012, Sarah was living in Los Angeles, chasing her dream as an actress while running a dog-walking business for some pretty well-known clients. When things didn’t pan out as she hoped, she found herself in the Bay Area, helping a friend of Elijah Nisenboim’s, founder of Effiji Breathwork, who was a student of his at the time. Within a month, she was diving into the admin side of Effiji, and before long, she was running the whole show. Little did she know, this journey would take her around the world over the next eight years, transform her into a guide and teacher for thousands.
Fast forward to late 2019: on a train from Beijing to Shanghai, Sarah and Elijah made the decision to become 50/50 business partners and co-teachers at Effiji. We were ready to tackle the ups and downs of the wellness world together—just in time for Covid to throw a wrench in our plans.
In Human Design, Sarah embodies what’s known as “the vessel of love.” She creates an atmosphere filled with unconditional love, engaging with others passionately and from the heart. She skillfully handles the admin and business side of Effiji, allowing others to explore their true selves in a nurturing environment, as well as offering her own sessions monthly in Louisville, Lexington, and Southern Indiana.
