I have spent the past year working on meditation and healing content. So I thought that, if you just read about most programs, you could guess the flow. But the “Inner Revolution That Brings Success and Growth” workshop held at Ondaesam in the deep mountains of Chungju was a time that can’t be understood at all without experiencing it firsthand. I took part in the program led by CEO Ra Hyeong and returned, experiencing it directly through the perspective of the Healing News publisher.
Who is Ra Hyeong, the CEO who created the “Inner Revolution”?
Ra Hyeong, the CEO who leads the workshop, is a businessman and meditation practitioner who built three companies in Gangnam, Seoul, from 1990 to 2021. He founded Po-do Asset and People Who Make Hope, among others, and served as CEO. In 2010, he was selected as a leading social service company by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. On the outside, he was a successful executive, but inside, there was a period when intense suffering was piling up. After experiencing a moment when his consciousness awakened during meditation, he developed the Success Camp program based on that experience. He delivered lectures at major companies such as LG, Hyundai, POSCO, and KEPCO, as well as medical institutions such as the Gangnam Medical Association and Korean Medicine Association. He also appeared on MBC and SBS. After opening the O2 Hill resort in Jeju in 2019 and starting to operate workshops there, he teamed up this time with Ondaesam in the deep mountains of Chungju. This year marks his sixth year running the Inner Revolution workshop.
When you move your body, your mind opens — Inside the workshop
Before arriving, I thought it would be just another meditation program. But from the first session, my expectations were completely shattered. The centerpiece of the program was not a static meditation where you sit still and fine-tune your breathing. It was active meditation: shaking your body to music and dancing.
At first, it felt awkward. Dancing in front of people you just met, as if you had lost your mind, was also embarrassing. But as time went on, something strange happened. The more the movement of the body grew, the more the emotions that had been held inside began to come loose together. The mind that had been closed in everyday life—and the preconceived notions and defensive barriers that even he had been building up without realizing—were peeled away little by little as the body moved. After fully loosening up the body, CEO Ra Hyeong’s lecture continued. The talk about meditation grounded in neuroscience—such as the standards of success, the difference between conscious and unconscious minds, and neuroplasticity—entered not only my head but my already-unlocked body and mind.
This flow repeated all day. Move, release; listen to the lecture, then move again. By the time the day was done, I was so exhausted that I couldn’t even wash my face and just fell asleep. And yet, oddly enough, my body felt heavy, but my mind felt light. It felt like there was looseness left in the place where something had slipped out.
On the second day, the tears burst out
The next day followed the same flow. A lecture alternated with active meditation, covering the “Dead Time” concept revealed by Harvard researchers and looking into the three layers of life—Having, Doing, and Being. Then, in the final session, the atmosphere changed completely during the sequence in which participants looked into one another’s eyes.
In that moment—when people who had been strangers the day before were facing each other, smiling, hugging, and matching their fingers—tears began to spring up everywhere. Without anyone even knowing who started first, almost everyone was crying. The inner selves that had been tightly shut layer upon layer over the course of the two days and one night had opened wide, and the rising emotions could no longer be held back. The person sitting next to me, the person I met for the first time, and everyone who had endured the same time together all cried with the same expression. Watching that scene from the side, I finally understood why this program is called “Inner Revolution.”
A space called Ondaesam, and a table of food that saves people
The meals provided between sessions were also an invaluable experience you couldn’t miss. “A table that saves people” at Ondaesam in the deep mountains is a natural meal that uses only natural seasonings. A healthy meal you receive after fully moving your body and pouring out your mind was more than just food—it offered comfort. Midway through the meal, a paper bell rings. The instant people hear the bell, they stop whatever they’re doing and meditate. A few seconds later, when the bell rings again, they resume their meal. It’s one of the practices meant to realize being fully “present.”
Located in Noeun-myeon, Chungju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, this place is a meditation and healing center operated by the Go-do-won Morning Letter Cultural Foundation. It is designated as a wellness tourism site by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The green house accommodations built using the Stro-bale construction method, as well as a spa where you can do hot and cold baths, and the environment surrounded by a forest and birdsong, became another backdrop for the workshop.
The Inner Revolution workshops will be held once every month in the second half of 2026. The next workshop schedules are three rounds: July 4-5, August 1-2, October 3-4, November 7-8, and December 5-6. Each cohort has a capacity of 30 people, and the lodging is based on a two-person room in the green house ondol room.
Wrapping up — Things you can only know by experiencing them with your body
Even from the perspective of someone who has handled meditation and healing content, this workshop was the program where the difference between what can be explained in writing and what you experience firsthand was felt the most. I once again realized that closed doors aren’t opened by your head; you have to knock on them with your body. If your life feels heavy right now—or if you’ve been living with the door to your mind tightly shut without even realizing it—setting everything down in the mountains of Chungju and entrusting your body and mind to the process could be a good place to start.
Workshop applications and inquiries: 1644-8421
https://godowoncenter.com/program/program_detail.goc?p_id=pid_innerrevolution
