MOON LODGE RETREAT -
HOT SPRINGS
Join us for a weekend of Restoration, Relaxation, Rejuvenation, Magic, Release, Elevation, and Manifestation !
Friday, April 9th - Sunday, April 11th - 2021
The purpose and intent of this Moon Lodge weekend retreat at the Hot Springs is to take space to reset and release at the physical, mental, and emotional levels.
OFFERINGS:
KUNDALINI YOGA
Energize your body, release toxins, deepen your breath, focus your mind, elevate your vibration through the ancient and powerful practice of Kundalini yoga. Kundalini yoga uses pranayama (breath work), asana, and mental focus through the use of mantras. This practice is optimal for allowing flow of life giving energy into our body, mind, and elevate the spirit.
NEW MOON CEREMONY RITUAL
Our retreat has been intentionally timed to take place precisely on the April 2021 new Moon. Cherish Peacewalker has been leading Red Tent New Moon ceremonies, and on this special evening, we will delve deep into a magical new moon ceremony.
MEDITATION
Each morning we will tune in to the stillness of the Universe during the Amrit Vela hours. Meditation has a wide range of benefits. Amongst them, releasing all that we are not and accessing the Self.
Restore your innate power
CRYSTAL HEALING
Take the time to tune into the selfless, compassionate, loving energies of one of our greatest allies, the Crystal Family. Maria Sat Prakash will guide us through a group crystal healing session. Restore your physical, spiritual, emotional balance and harmony by allowing these magical beings to harmonize your being.
SELF-LOVE TANTRA WORKSHOP
During this workshop, we’ll use body movement, dance, to root deep into ourselves, connecting to our sexual energy through basic and deep tantra techniques such as breathing, sounds, and movement. This allows the movement of energy, release of blockages, allowance of the creative energy to flow, and closing with a self-love ritual.
PEACE WALK
Mercy Hot Springs is a location with many trails. We will, as a group, tune in to the stillness and beauty of mother Earth by connecting and grounding to her.
“She is a wild, tangled forest with temples and treasures concealed within.”
― John Mark Green
MERCY HOT SPRINGS:
Located in the northwest corner of Fresno County approximately 13 miles west of I-5 on Little Panoche Rd. (A.k.a. J1). Little Panoche Rd. was originally a stage coach route used by many of the early California pioneers in particular those people that were doing business with the nearby, New Idria (Quicksilver) mine.
BENEFITS OF MINERAL HOT SPRINGS:
Soaking in the healing waters of mineral Hot Springs is beneficial for health due in large part to the 15 dissolved minerals found in the geothermal water and a process called transdermal absorption.
Before science could prove it, people—even animals—instinctively knew that spending time immersed in a mineral hot spring made you feel better, and they’ve been revered by cultures around the world. In Japan, hot springs have always been prized real estate. Frequented by today’s globe-trotting wellness travelers—and the famed snow monkeys of Nagano—Japanese onsens once welcomed elite military commanders, samurai and shoguns. Closer to home, the Ute Indians of Western Colorado considered the hot springs sacred, incorporating soaking as part of their tribal rituals. It was not uncommon for the Utes to bathe themselves and their horses in the hot springs in preparation for battle with other tribes. People (and animals) have always understood the efficacy of hot springs long before science discovered the nuances of cellular biology and biochemistry.
Science, however, can help us understand the details of why hot springs are healing. Our skin, the body’s largest organ, functions as armor, protecting our fragile insides from all manner of hazards. It does an amazing job of keeping the deleterious stuff out; so how do the minerals from a hot spring get in to work their medicinal magic? Two words: transdermal absorption.
Even though skin is a formidable barrier, it’s also permeable and porous, allowing trace amounts of minerals to pass through. Glenwood Hot Springs’ geothermal water contains 15 different minerals—boron, calcium, chloride, sodium, sulfate, lithium, potassium, magnesium, manganese, iron, silica, zinc, fluoride, phosphate and nitrogen—each one possessing unique healing qualities. When you soak in the geothermal springs, you receive a small, healthful, safe dose of this mineral cocktail.
But even if your body didn’t absorb any minerals transdermally, you would still reap a prescription’s worth of healing. Simply soaking in the mineral hot springs is naturally detoxifying and a gentle remedy for skin ailments including acne, eczema and psoriasis.
In addition to the mineral content of the water, the heat of the hot springs water is also beneficial and helps to alleviate the sensation of pain. According to the North American Journal of American Sciences, heat, along with the pressure of the water, dulls our perception of pain by blocking pain receptors in the body. That’s why if you suffer from arthritis, fibromyalgia or joint pain, you feel so much better after a dip in a hot spring.
Retreats
“A priestess is a woman who helps others connect to the divine so they can heal and/or actualize their soul's unique path.”
― Jalaja Bonheim
JOIN OTHER PRIESTESSES ON THIS UNIQUE TIME OFF / TUNE IN RETREAT!
Limited to 10 women ONLY!
*Bring a friend and receive a discount for the retreat.
MEET THE FACILITATORS:
Cherish Peacewalker
Cherish is an Activator Body Worker who spends her time connecting to communities of all races. This encourages her to deepen all women g non-bionary to be in a body, mind and spirit experience with her Touch Therapy. With over 14 years of holding sacred space, her sessions are one of a kind. She is highly knowledgable in the Sacred Feminine, holding workshops and classes on the Birth Journey, Sacred Self Care & Postpartum Healing for Couples & other healers. Her mission is to hold space for Women & Royal Beings alike who truly wish to experience "their experience" by talking, breathing, feeling & releasing through their transitions into safety.
Maria Sat Prakash Kaur
Maria is a yogini, meditator, healing crystal jewelry designer. She has been on a path of awakening for over 11 years. In 2009, through a series of manifesting dreams and events, she was led into the path of yoga. In 2009 forward, she become a certified Kundalini Yoga instructor, then a Prenatal /Postnatal yoga instructor, Access Bars practitioner, level 2 Reiki practitioner, Hands of Light therapist, and through her own experiential practice, a crystal healing therapist as well as a vipassana meditator. Today, her practice is that of connecting to the Self, though whichever means. She has facilitated woman’s circles and retreats in the past with the intent to bring forth educational and elevating experiences for women at all levels of life.
Diana M Pérez
Diana M Pérez is a life coach and co-founder of ALAS Empowering Institute with a vision of having a fulfilling life through imparting workshops, retreats and personal sessions. She has spent more than ten years in the holistic world traveling different paths that have led her to meet Tantra, integrating it in her life and accompanying women and men on this path of self-discovery and self-love.
“Who is She? She is your power, your Feminine source. Big Mama. The Goddess. The Great Mystery. The web-weaver. The life force. The first time, the twentieth time you may not recognize her. Or pretend not to hear. As she fills your body with ripples of terror and delight.
But when she calls you will know you’ve been called. Then it is up to you to decide if you will answer.”
― Lucy H. Pearce, Burning Woman