Who is Dr. Joe Dispenza
Dr. Joe Dispenza is a chiropractor, healer, mystic, corporate consultant, and best-selling author. He specializes in supporting individuals and communities to change and heal in radical ways that often defy current western medicine paradigms about what is possible. For the last decade or more, Dr. Joe has been conducting and publishing research demonstrating the healing properties of meditation, breathwork, and connection to the quantum field. Check out this link here (research) to read more about his most recent research. Dr. Joe is the ultimate optimist. He believes that the human being is fundamentally unlimited and that we can overcome and heal any obstacle, disease or problem getting in the way of living a free and abundant life. The main obstacle? Our thoughts.
What the retreat looked like
On January 4th 2026 I flew to Marco Island, Florida with my sister Kate for a seven-day meditation retreat with Dr. Joe Dispenza at the J.W. Marriot. The retreat started on a Sunday night and hosted roughly 1,500 people. We didn’t get a schedule which the staff does intentionally to support staying in the present moment. In general, we meditated for about 4-5 hours per day and participated in lecture style content for 4-5 hours per day. The energy cultivated by Dr. Joe, his team, and the participants was palpable and powerful. I felt this electric current running through the group throughout the week and most everyone seemed very invested in opening their hearts and connecting to Source to change the field of consciousness in the room. There were several breaks throughout the day to eat food, swim in the ocean, connect with others, and bask in the beautiful sunshine.
What the retreat felt like
Initially I was skeptical. I have previously attended several smaller Vipassana based meditation retreats in Southeast Asia and the U.S. and felt that there was no way I could cultivate a meaningful experience in a J.W. Marriott ballroom with 1500 other people. Almost immediately however I did feel connected and was pleasantly surprised at the energy fostered amidst the large group. The meditations were very kundalini-like. Powerful music accompanied Dr. Joe’s voice guiding participants to connect with various energy centers in the body, the quantum field of infinite abundance, and heart-brain coherence. Throughout the retreat, I noticed a definite shift in my own consciousness, energy, and connection to source.The most powerful aspect of the retreat for me was the Coherence Healing (see below). I left the retreat feeling uplifted, inspired, and energized. Writing these words two weeks post attending I still feel this energy, and have been meditating daily with renewed vigor.
The Quantum Field
Dr. Joe is big on the Quantum Field and uses the language of quantum physics rather than religion to talk about the divine and mystical. The quantum field is an invisible field of energy, frequency, and vibration that is everywhere and transcends space and time. Most of everything in 3D reality is actually empty space, despite our senses telling us the opposite. For example, over 99.99% of an atom is empty space and all material objects are composed of atoms. We have discovered that there are vast stores of energy in this “dark matter” or “empty space,” and during most meditations Dr. Joe invites you to become or tune into this “nothing” or “the void.” When you become more of this nothing and less of you, the possibilities for healing, change, and abundance go up because in the quantum field, all potentials exist. We can manifest specific potentials based on our intention, emotional state, and ability to connect with this field. This “nothing” is pure consciousness – and as human beings, we have the ability to embody pure consciousness and love in service of expansion and growth. Learn more about Quantum Field Theory here.
Aspects of Dr. Joe’s model
Below are some aspects of Dr. Joe Dispenza’s teaching. What I’m writing here is barely the tip of the iceberg regarding his overall methodology and teachings.
You are the creator of your life. We all see things not as they are but how we are. We all have a personality which makes up our personal reality. Our personal reality consists of our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. If we want to change our reality, we must change our personal reality. We think roughly 70,000 thoughts per day. Most of these thoughts and stories center around the familiar past or predictable future. We give our life energy and power away when we are constantly thinking about the past or future, complaining, blaming, judging ect. These familiar thoughts keep us stuck in familiar patterns and block us from accessing our highest potential.
Dr. Joe focuses on brainwave states in regard to change and healing. Most of us go through life in a “beta or high beta” brainwave state. This state has a faster frequency to it and is good for getting stuff done (think analytical mind). If you notice your internal critic yelling at you, you are in a beta brainwave state. During the retreat we practiced certain meditations and breathwork to get down into alpha, theta, and gamma brainwave states. These brain wave states are necessary to gain access into the subconscious programming of our internal world. 95% of our core beliefs about ourselves and the world are locked deep in the unconscious. We can’t change these beliefs by solely being in a beta brainwave state. In alpha and theta we are more suggestable, and can more easily re-wire beliefs we have that lead to suffering. The gamma brainwave state is a very elevated state connected to transcendent and ‘knock your socks off’ mystical experiences.
Coherence healings
One of the highlights of the retreat for me were the Coherence Healings. Towards the end of the retreat, the group engaged in three of these. Before the retreat began you had the option to sign up as a “healee.” Healee’s identify as having a disease or illness (ALS, Alzheimers, PTSD ect.) that has been resistant to other forms of healing. During the Coherence Healing, the healee’s (roughly 100 in this retreat) would enter the main ballroom and lie down on a chair or the floor. They would then be surrounded by 6 ish other participants (3 on each side sitting in chairs).
All together, the participants and healee’s would then be guided by Dr. Joe into a meditative state with the intention of changing the energy in the field to one of love and healing. In this way the participants are not healing the healee’s directly – but are changing the field around and within the healee to promote healing. The first coherence healing I did had me in tears with an open heart I have not felt in years. The woman who was my “healee” was in her 70’s and had Alzheimer’s. We were crying tears of joy throughout the experience and she noted an instant change. Dr. Joe showed countless first person accounts of people healing in profound ways due to these coherence healings (which also happen consistently outside of the retreat setting).
Connection to somatic healing
Dr. Joe goes beyond somatic healing and into the void. He posits that our bodies are holograms that have source code or information based in the quantum field. Our thoughts and feelings impact the source code, which then impact our bodies and 3D life experience. I do appreciate this approach, and find it inspiring and interesting. In my approach to somatic healing, we explore deep bodily presence, and experience sensations//feelings in service of change and transformation. In somatic therapy, there can be invitations to “rest into” the relational field of support or “rest into” the spaciousness of the body. Instead of needing to make this happen via the analytical mind, we can encourage a connection to the body in the present moment, and a letting go into that presence. The void and the quantum field of infinite abundance can indeed be accessed and felt within the body.
Check out my website here (www.focusingwithjosh.com) to learn more about my approach, experience, and availability. Learn more about my technique for healing here. If you are interested in freedom, consciousness, or going deeper into this mystical human experience I would love to hear from you.