We’ll come together — four, perhaps five, kindred spirits —and we will have time in nature and time in circle. We will sink deep, deep down into ourselves so that we can hear the whispers — of our hearts, of the earth, of our ancestors, of our souls – to discern what lives beneath all the noise.

Our days will move slowly and with intention. We’ll gather in sacred circle and have plenty of spaciousness to spend time in nature, rest by the swimming pond, walk the trails across the land or the labyrinth at the top of the hill where you can see for miles in every direction. We’ll eat nourishing organic meals.

Freed from the pressures of everyday life, there’ll be time for morning stillness, evening fires, and space to simply exhale and be.

I can't say what you'll walk away with - that’s the essence of this experience. But I can tell you what I have witnessed again and again: a deep settling, an unshakeableness, the feeling of having been truly seen, and the quiet certainty of knowing more clearly who you are.

That knowing does not arrive because we push for it. It arrives because we finally stop pushing long enough to hear it.

Arrival: Saturday, September 20, 2025

Departure: Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Location: Light on the Hill Retreat Center, Upstate New York

Group size: Four to five kindred spirits

All meals are included — simple, nourishing food prepared with care. Delicious and grounding. Your only task is to arrive.

All the photographs on this page were taken at Light on the Hill. It is a magical location. I've been coming here for years, always around the equinox. I've had many life-changing mystical experiences here and the spiritual energy is potent. I'm not bringing you somewhere I've read about. I'm bringing you somewhere that has a special place in my heart and that I return to because it is a powerful container for transformation.

All guest rooms are on the ground floor.

The Woods Cottage — Nestled in a forest clearing with decks on three sides, a wood stove, and three private bedrooms. Three guests, including Jana, each in her own room, sharing the cottage's common spaces. Cost: $2,200

The Meadow Cottage — Sweeping views of the surrounding hills, a comfortable pull-out couch, a kitchen, and a deck extending on two sides. Open, luminous, held by sky. Comfortable, queen-sized pull-out couch and beds in sleeping loft. We will use the deck and common spaces at the cottage for our circles and eat our meals there. Cost: $2,000

The Healing Hut — An off-grid sanctuary with sliding glass doors, a private deck, and distant views of the hills and the pond. The most elemental of the three spaces — for the person who wants nothing between themselves and the earth. There are steps down to the hut. Cost: $1,800

Come with as much spaciousness as you can create around your arrival and departure. If possible, protect the days on either side of the retreat from heavy obligations or demands. Give yourself time to land and time to integrate.

Come willing to be still. Not performing stillness —actually practicing it, even when it feels uncomfortable or unfamiliar. This is not a silent mediation retreat where you’ll be sitting on a cushion for hours.We’ll gather in sacred circle and stir the pot together with Spirit.

Come with as little agenda as possible. The less you need this experience to look a certain way, the more it will give you.

Come ready to be in genuine sacred community with a small circle of kindred spirits — and ability to witness and listen deeply.

This offering requires a strong container. The stronger the container, the deeper the impact — on our own lives and on the people around us. We ask that before our time together begins, you read and honor these agreements:

1. Full presence for the full duration. Arriving on time and remaining through our closing together matters. This is not a drop-in experience. The container we build together depends on each person's committed presence.
2. Confidentiality. What is shared in circle stays in circle. Always.
3. Phones and devices held lightly. We ask that you minimize screen time and be fully present to the land, the circle, and yourself. Details will be shared upon registration.
4. Honoring the pace. This retreat moves slowly by design. We ask that you trust the spaciousness rather than fill it — resist the impulse to schedule, optimize, or produce.
5. Coming as you are. No performance, no spiritual credentials required. Bring yourself — the full, complicated, tender, unfinished perfect human being that you are. For truly, we can bring no other version and still be authentically present.