“We are needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide us, and we will know them when they appear.”
September 20th - 22nd, 2024
Souls on Deck: In-Person Retreat
Each of us has contribution a to make. YOU have something precious and necessary to contribute to your life, your community and the world. Every step you take towards remembering the wholeness of your True Self strengthens it.
The journey home to ourselves, and to our precious contribution, can feel daunting, exhausting and lonely. It requires us to look into the shadowy aspects of ourselves, to heal the places that feel broken, and provision our hearts for the long road.
And it also feels exhilarating, liberating and joyful, to be welcomed back to a home that remembers us, deep within all along.
There is a space inside of you that remembers how to remain balanced, grounded and whole. A space that is rooted into the fertile ground of your True Self, reaching out spaciously from this space in service to the common good, and deeply connected to the web of Life that sustains all of us.
I call this space our HeartScape, the often invisible aspects of Self that make us who we are. Tending the landscape of our hearts is sacred work. It requires integration between the many parts of us, because our hearts cannot thrive in isolation.
In her inspirational and courageous essay We Were Made for These Times, Clairssa Pinkola Estes lays out in vivid prose a vision for what it looks and feels like to root into ourselves and our purpose, and to then shine the beacon of our True Selves into the difficulties and challenges of the world to call to us our courageous community. During our retreat time, this essay will form the metaphoric and inspirational container to guide us into our HeartScape, and home to each other.
“Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able crafts in the waters than there are right now across the world. And they are fully provisioned and able to signal one another as never before in the history of humankind.”
This multi-day in-person retreat offers a deep, nourishing space to connect deeply with our soul's contribution to the world, and to the profound resources of Self and Community when living our contribution in challenging times.
Structured around a seamless blend of Reiki, SoulCollage & Restorative Yoga, and inspired by the writings of Clarissa Pinkola Estes, this retreat will open us to greater courage and deeper awareness of just how resourced we are.
YOUR RETREAT INCLUDES
3 days, 2 nights at a private cabin overlooking Tomales Bay, CA
All meals: simple breakfast & lunch options laid out for you, and two hearty dinners, cooked communally
A deep, experiential and soul-touching journey with We Were Made for These Times, an inspirational essay written by Clarissa Pinkola Estes that serves as the metaphoric container and guide for our work
Reiki-based meditations and practices that support our journey to live Rooted, Spacious and Connected lives
Three SoulCollage sessions, an intuitive collage practice of self-discovery and community, to help us know and deepen our relationship with the aspects of ourselves that reflect or resist living Rooted, Spacious and Connected
Daily Restorative Yoga & movement sessions
One 30-minute private Reiki session under the trees
Time spent in nature, our first and greatest teacher and healer
The Home That Holds The Magic:
We’ll stay in a beautiful Marin County cabin with plenty of privacy and stunning views of Tomales Bay. This home is built on the ancestral lands of the Coast Miwok people. As holders of sacred space on land that is not our own, we will create space to acknowledge, learn about, and contribute to the people of this land. A portion of retreat fees will be donated to the vibrant, living indigenous communities of the San Francisco Bay Area through the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, an urban Indigenous women-led land trust based in the San Francisco Bay Area that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people..
The space
The cabin is a warm and loving space that will make you feel right at home the moment you walk in. As a space that regularly hosts soul-nourishing retreats, this home is well-tuned to hold the magic we are getting up to.
The living room, equipped with a cozy gas fireplace, looks out directly over gorgeous Tomales Bay, where we can cast our stories and visions of journeys we are on.
We will prepare dinners communally, and so the kitchen is equipped with plenty of dishes, pots, pans and utensils. And the wrap-around deck provides space for relaxation, ceremony, and alternative sleeping options (see below for all available accommodations) There is no doubt that you will love your stay at the cabin and all of its surrounding beauty.
Sleeping Accommodations
This intimate and flexible space offers a few sleeping space options. There are three bedrooms, each with a queen size bed, which can be chosen as either private or shared rooms. As a more rustic and economical option, there is room for up to [5] tents to camp on the deck or grounds. Choose that option that is best for you:
Bedroom 1, 2 & 3:
Option to reserve as a shared or private room. If shared, you can register with a friend/partner you’d like to share the room with, or indicate willingness to share with any other participant (either sharing the queen size bed, or using a sleeping cot. You’ll have the option to bring your own or borrow one).
*Cost for shared room: $900
*Cost for private room: $1,200
*Includes everything: lodging, meals, snacks, and limitless magic
Camping:
Option to pitch a tent on either the deck or on the surrounding grounds. Bring your own tent and sleeping cot, or request a loaner (limited supply). Up to 4 available.
*Cost for camping: $700
*Includes everything: lodging, meals, snacks, and limitless magic
Travel:
Participants are asked to arrive between 11:00-12:00 on Friday, September 20th. If you are traveling to the retreat by car, we encourage you to carpool with other participants. If you’d like to try this option, there will be a place to indicate it during registration. We will connect folks together to make carpooling arrangements, if travel trajectories work out. We cannot guarantee there will be rides for everyone, but we’ll do our best!
If you are flying in the closest airports are Oakland and San Francisco International Airports. We may be able to provide a ride from the airport, scheduling permitting.