There won't be another PhotoReading Retreat for two or maybe three years. It was three years since the last one.
I'd consider my learning style. Some people make much faster progress going straight to a seminar, others with the course and others can do with just the book.
Does it work. The people at the PhotoReading retreat had some great experiences again. Breakthroughs come at different times for everyone and everyone gets it at their own pace.
Yes it works for those who suspend their sscepticism long enough to just try it without expecting anything to happen. That's how I learned. I didn't expect to achieve anything more than finding a way to put little Einstein's into every book I came across. It proved to go well beyond that.
Alex