An Invitation to you Divine Being~

“I am worth of my roots. My past strengthens my present.”

The Hierophant card illuminates wisdom and knowledge: you are the student and also the teacher. Only until we honor the ancients, can we truly know who we are and pursue a life we love. This is an invitation to dig deeper, connect and embrace the wisdom of the ages that is lying dormant within us. This potent message asks us to remember our worth by studying or reconnecting with our past.

Who has contributed to who you are, both physically in this life and before you arrived?

How can I open up to connecting with my roots?

How can my past strengthen my present and energize my future?

- Mariza Ryca Aparicio-Tovar, The Gentle Tarot, The Hierophant

We are sacred, infinite being with many facets, dimensions and layers that make up our whole being. Let us explore and bring curiosity to our roots and origins; the wisdom and medicine of our ancestors, our stories and core beliefs, patterns, connections and relationships.

Our ninth edition of Embody Retreats will take place in the forested realms of Eagle Fern, Oregon

Alton L. Collins Retreat Center

April 11th-13th 2024.

The Alton L. Collins Retreat Center is nestled in 68 acres of Pacific northwestern forest surrounded by majestic, moss-covered cedar, spruce, fir, hemlock and bigleaf maple. The natural environment supports ferns, trillium, and salmonberry bushes covering the forest floor. Trails take you through the woods and along the streams that meander around the grounds. Enjoy a sweet meditative herb labyrinth, or grab a book and nestle into the cozy library. This beautiful nature setting, combined with the comfort and convenience of a commercial facility in a metropolitan area, creates the perfect environment for our magical retreat. Breakfast, lunch and dinner provided by holistic chefs devoted to nourishing your mind and body.

Reconnect to your authentic self.

Enjoy a weekend of vibrant offerings!

We are sacred, infinite being with many facets, dimensions and layers that make up our whole being. Let us explore and bring curiosity to our roots and origins; the wisdom and medicine of our ancestors, our stories and core beliefs, patterns, connections and relationships.

Come play, move, dance, energize, heal, hike, magic, explore, honor, breathe, learn and create sacred space with us!  This is a brave and supportive space for all backgrounds, comfort and experience levels. Embody is rooted in love, consent and sacred reciprocity. Please refer to our values and agreements for more clarity and information about our containers.

What calls to you? Solo-time or group activities? You choose what is right in every moment.

Embody is a place to call in our trust, to listen to the wisdom of our intuition. 

Let us find new space and opportunity to shed old layers, stories, and beliefs that may no longer be in service to our path, our health and wellbeing. May we remember who we truly are, our callings and gifts are needed in this time, on this earth.  

Embody is created with deeply intentional care.

Offerings designed as an invitation to connect and communicate with the wisdom of our body, mind/heart, energy, spirit, community and earth. We are seeds of a new way of being, a new earth. May we honor the deeper calls to be in service and sacred reciprocity.

Experience a variety of offerings ~

• Sound & Energy Healing

• Pranayama Yoga (Active Breath Work for deep healing)

• Journeying for Collective/Earth Healing and Spiritual Growth

• Authentic Relating and Connection

• Ecstatic Dance

• Nature Exploration, Honoring and Communicating with the Land

• Ancestral connection

• Plant and Flower Medicine (these allies are all non psychoactive)

• All levels Yoga and other Healing Movement

• Ceremony

• Music

• Somatic Awareness

• Altar and devotional space

• Down time for hiking, resting and connecting with Embody Community

• Farm to Table Catering (dietary restrictions honored)

• Community Offerings: Step into Your Light (bring a practice, art or teaching you’d like to share)

• Magical Gifts!

Schedule:

This schedule is fluid and living. We may shift based on the needs and inspiration within the container.

A Note About Community Offerings

At Embody, we invite attendees to bring an offering for the group!  Whether it’s a healing practice, art, sound, song, poem, ancestral practice, meditation, movement, or dance.  All expressions are welcome!  Community offerings will take place Saturday night.  

Friday, April 11th

4-5pm:  Room check in

6-7pm:  Dinner (in house farm to table catering for every meal)

7:30-8:30pm:  Opening Circle

8:30-9:30pm:  Feeling into our Roots: Ecstatic Dance

9:30-9:45pm: Journey to invite support

Saturday, April 12th

7:30am: Invigorating Breath Work for Deeper Connection

8-9am:  Breakfast

9:30am:  Forest bathing, Earth

10:00-10:30:  Therapeutic shaking, Gentle Movement and Self Massage

10:30-12pm:  Origins: Authentic Relating 

12:30-1:30pm:  Lunch

1:40-2:45:  Plant Spirit Aspen, Ancestral/Past Life Journey

2:45-3:15pm:  Grounding yoga

3:30-5:30pm: Revealing Patterns and Stories: Breath Work, Sound and Energy healing

5:30-6pm:  Integration in Nature/Down Time

6pm-7pm:  Dinner

7:30-9pm:  Community offerings, open mic/stage, music 

Sunday, April 13th

7:30am: Nature connection

8-9am: Breakfast

9-10am:  Check out of sleeping rooms

10-12pm:  Honoring our Roots: closing ceremony

12:30-1:30pm:  Lunch

1:30pm-2:00pm:  Fare thee well!

Recommended/optional integration time: community or solo hike at Eagle Fern Park.