EXPANSIVE

RETREATS

You came to the right place.

We are calling on those who are ready to make a big shift in their lives.

This is for the ones who know they have an inner voice but don’t always trust what they hear. For the ones who know their deep connection to the Earth and it’s elements but need tools on how to work with them. For the ones who know their ancestors are watching but wonder how to communicate with them…. In order to heal our families, our communities, and the world, we must start with ourselves.

This is for the women of change.

Yucca Valley

November 1 - 4, 2024

JOIN US THIS FALL

We can all feel it. Change is coming.

There is a large shift occurring in the collective conscious and we are all being asked to step forward in a new way.

Now is the time to prepare for this global change by connecting deeper to your inner voice, your personal dreamscape, and awaken the knowing within.

Join us in the high desert this November at our annual BIG SHIFT retreat. This is the opportunity to connect with your ancestors and dream guides, hear your intuition, and claim your voice.

We’ll work with ceremony, the dream space, and Earth elements throughout the weekend for a collective experience of rediscovering your higher self.

THE EXPERIENCE

Wondering what to expect?

Learn to create your own practice of intuition, ritual, and ceremony to enhance your daily life, family, and community.

Deep dive into where dreams and nightmares come from, what they really mean, and tools for incorporating them.

Co-created ceremony for Samhain and Celebration of the Dead. This is the day when the veil is at its thinnest between realms and marking the transition into fall/winter.

Introduction into ancestral communication and the importance of our lineages.

Creating our own altars to hold deep intention and prayer for what we are honoring or calling into our lives.

Understanding and incorporation of Earth elements to connect with nature and the magnetic field on a cellular level.

Plant knowledge and creation of medicine that is curated to each individual at the phase they are currently in or seeking out.

There will also be daily movement practices, exploration of the desert and surrounding land, song circles, meditative journeys, and more.

THE TEACHERS

Carmen and Gina have built their own personal spiritual practices for many years, and they have both recently completed the 3 year long Arbor Legacy facilitation training with Grandmother Sarah Maclean Bicknell.

The training they received together focuses on dreamwork, ceremony, and constellation. This includes ancestral work, communication with the magnetic field, working with our own spirit guides and higher self, building personal intuition, using song and instruments as tools for shifting energy, various shamanic practices, meditation through journeying, and more.

Carmen and Gina both host women’s circles focusing on new moon and full moon ceremonies, equinox and solstice celebrations, mother and baby blessings, plant intuitive medicine, dream circles, personal channeling sessions, and provide daily ritual building skills.

They have both taught classes at the annual Spirit Weavers Gathering involving dreamwork and plant medicine. In addition to teaching their own classes and workshops, they have hosted multiple retreats together over the past 5 years.

Their teachers include Grandmother Sarah, Vicky Ghosthorse of the Lakota Tribe, Onyandas of the Shipibo lineage in Peru, Marysia Miernowska, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano, Joseph Lee, Bree Melanson, Deborah Hanekamp, and the entire Arbor Legacy.

THE HOUSE

The high desert is a place of beauty and solace. Join us to experience the magic.

Our accomodations include a private yoga room for our ceremonial circles and movement practices, and an outdoor pool and hot tub for moments to unwind.

There is a formal dining room inside the home as well as outside to enjoy the valley and desert views.

There will be gatherings around the outdoor fire pit as well as a place to gaze at the stars in the hammock circle.

This retreat will be equipped with a private chef to provide wholesome and inspiring meals, as well as a retreat photographer to capture the unforgettable moments.

THE FOOD

There will be daily prepared meals carefully crafted and lovingly made by a private chef.

We believe healing starts with the food we put in our bodies. Our meals will be seasonal, high quality nourishing foods that are free of gluten and refined sugars.

Eating clean and fresh food helps create deep focus and clarity of the mind that opens the space for real healing and change to occur.

All meals will be provided starting with dinner on Friday evening to breakfast Monday morning.

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    Dream Work

    Leave with a deeper understanding of your own dreams and nightmares and how to incorpoate them into the waking world.

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    Plant Potions

    Learn about plant allies and create a tincture or essence of your own to take home and use in order to strengthen your bond with the plant world and your inner self.

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    Ceremony

    Commune with nature and the earths elements to understand how ceremony can be held in a small or big way in your daily life.

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    Intuition Building

    Do you always listen to your inner voice? Sit with this voice and learn to listen to it’s guidance in deeper capacity.

SPACE IS LIMITED

Time to take the first step towards your dreams.