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Enjoy the benefits of a personalized retreat, whether in a private setting or with close friends. Create your unique healing experience by selecting events, ceremonies, and classes that align with your journey. If you have specific areas you'd like to focus on, we can also build a themed healing journey retreat tailored to your needs.
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Energy Healing | Yoga | Meditation | Sound
Below are some of the most common sessions I offer. For more options, please explore the Events section or Private Offerings to discover additional sessions that could enhance your retreat.
Reiki Sessions
Reiki is a Japanese healing technique that promotes relaxation, reduces stress, and enhances the body's natural healing processes. It involves the transfer of universal life energy through the hands of the practitioner to the recipient.
What to Expect: Participants will receive Reiki sessions during the retreat to help balance their energy, release blockages, and enhance their overall well-being. The sessions are gentle and non-invasive, making them suitable for everyone.
Benefits: Reiki can help reduce anxiety, alleviate pain, improve sleep, and promote emotional clarity and spiritual growth.
Seichem Reiki
Seichem Reiki is an advanced form of energy healing that combines traditional Usui Reiki with the elemental healing energies of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. It originates from ancient Egyptian healing practices and is known for its powerful and transformative effects.
What to Expect: During a Seichem Reiki session, the practitioner channels a combination of Reiki and the elemental energies to the recipient. This holistic approach enhances the healing process on multiple levels, addressing physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs.
Benefits: Seichem Reiki can help release deep-seated emotional blockages, promote physical healing, enhance spiritual growth, and balance the elemental energies within the body. It is particularly effective for those seeking profound transformation and holistic healing.
Oracle Reading
An Oracle Reading is a spiritual practice that uses oracle cards to provide insights, guidance, and clarity on life’s questions. The cards offer intuitive wisdom, helping to connect with higher guidance and personal intuition.
What to Expect: During the retreat, you will receive a personalized Oracle Reading, where we will draws cards to offer insights and advice on specific issues. The session is interactive, fostering a connection with one's inner wisdom.
Benefits: An Oracle Reading provides clarity and direction, helping individuals navigate challenges and make empowered decisions. It supports self-reflection, spiritual growth, and alignment with one’s true purpose.
Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga is a dynamic and powerful form of yoga that combines physical postures, breathwork, meditation, and chanting to awaken the kundalini energy at the base of the spine and promote spiritual enlightenment.
What to Expect: Sessions will involve a combination of kriyas (yoga sets), pranayama (breath control), mantra chanting, and meditation practices. These elements work together to elevate consciousness, enhance vitality, and promote inner peace.
Benefits: Kundalini Yoga can increase energy levels, reduce stress, improve mental clarity, enhance creativity, and support spiritual growth and transformation.
Yin Yoga
Yin Yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga that involves holding postures for extended periods, typically three to five minutes. This practice targets the connective tissues, such as ligaments, tendons, and fascia, promoting flexibility and joint health. It encourages a meditative approach to yoga, fostering a deep sense of relaxation and inner peace.
What to Expect: Engage in Yin Yoga sessions during the retreat, where you will hold poses for longer durations to gently stretch and rehabilitate connective tissues. The sessions are calm and introspective, suitable for all levels of experience, allowing you to explore and deepen their mind-body connection.
Benefits: Yin Yoga helps increase circulation in the joints, improve flexibility, and release tension stored in the body. It supports the balance of the body's energy systems, promotes mindfulness and mental clarity, and enhances overall well-being by fostering a sense of tranquility and relaxation.
Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga is a gentle and deeply relaxing style of yoga that uses props to support the body in restful postures. This practice focuses on passive stretching and long-held poses to promote deep relaxation and recovery, allowing the body and mind to fully unwind and rejuvenate.
What to Expect: You will be guided into supported postures using props like bolsters, blankets, and blocks. Each pose is held for several minutes to encourage a state of complete relaxation and to facilitate the release of tension. The sessions are designed to be calming and nurturing, suitable for all levels of experience.
Benefits: Restorative Yoga helps reduce stress, calm the nervous system, and promote overall well-being. It enhances flexibility, improves circulation, and supports the body's natural healing processes. This practice also encourages mindfulness, deep relaxation, and a sense of inner peace, making it an excellent complement to more active forms of yoga and other physical activities.
Hatha Iyengar Yoga
Hatha Iyengar Yoga is a form of Hatha Yoga that emphasizes precision, alignment, and the use of props to assist in achieving the correct posture. Developed by B.K.S. Iyengar, this practice focuses on the structural integrity of the body, promoting strength, flexibility, and balance through methodical and mindful movements.
What to Expect: Participants will engage in Hatha Iyengar Yoga sessions during the retreat, where they will learn to perform poses with attention to detail and alignment. Props such as belts, blocks, and blankets are often used to help achieve proper form and to accommodate different levels of flexibility and strength. Each session is designed to be accessible to all participants, regardless of experience.
Benefits: Hatha Iyengar Yoga helps build physical strength, improve posture, and enhance body awareness. It supports joint health, increases flexibility, and fosters mental concentration and relaxation. This practice also promotes a deeper understanding of yoga postures, leading to a more mindful and effective yoga practice.
Intuitive Yoga
Intuitive Yoga is a personalized and adaptive practice that encourages participants to listen to their bodies and move in ways that feel natural and supportive. It blends various yoga styles and techniques based on individual needs and intuition.
What to Expect: Classes will guide participants through a series of gentle stretches, postures, and movements that honor their unique physical and emotional state. The practice focuses on mindfulness, breath awareness, and self-compassion.
Benefits: Intuitive Yoga can improve flexibility, reduce stress, enhance body awareness, and promote emotional healing and self-acceptance.
Kundalini (Ecstatic) Dance
Kundalini (Ecstatic) Dance is a free-form, meditative movement practice designed to awaken and channel Kundalini energy, the powerful life force within. This practice combines rhythmic music with intuitive dance, allowing participants to express themselves freely and enter a state of ecstatic flow.
What to Expect: During the retreat, participants will engage in Kundalini (Ecstatic) Dance sessions, moving to music in a way that feels natural and uninhibited. The experience is deeply personal, encouraging the release of physical and emotional blockages, while fostering joy and liberation.
Benefits: Kundalini (Ecstatic) Dance helps awaken inner energy, enhance self-expression, and promote emotional release. It fosters a deep connection with the body, increases vitality, and induces a state of blissful awareness, making it a powerful tool for transformation and spiritual awakening.
Pranayama (Breathwork)
Pranayama is the practice of controlled breathing techniques that regulate the flow of prana, or life force energy, within the body. It plays a crucial role in yoga, helping to calm the mind, energize the body, and enhance overall well-being.
What to Expect: During the retreat, participants will engage in Pranayama sessions, learning various breathing techniques that promote relaxation, focus, and energy balance. The practice is accessible to all, offering a powerful tool for managing stress and enhancing mental clarity.
Benefits: Pranayama helps reduce stress, increase lung capacity, and improve concentration. It balances the nervous system, supports emotional stability, and fosters a deep sense of inner peace and vitality.
Sound Bath
A sound bath is a meditative experience where participants are "bathed" in sound waves produced by various instruments, including gongs, singing bowls, chimes, and other percussion instruments.
What to Expect: During the sound bath sessions, the resonant tones of the gong will create a deep, immersive experience that promotes relaxation, stress relief, and a sense of inner peace. Participants can lie down or sit comfortably while absorbing the healing vibrations.
Benefits: Sound baths can help reduce stress and anxiety, improve sleep, enhance meditation practices, and promote a sense of deep relaxation and well-being.
Options for Floating Sound Baths Available.
Shamanic Journey
A Shamanic Journey is a meditative practice that involves entering an altered state of consciousness to connect with the spiritual realm. Guided by rhythmic drumming or other percussive sounds, participants embark on an inner journey to seek wisdom, healing, and guidance from spirit guides, power animals, and other spiritual entities.
What to Expect: Participants will engage in Shamanic Journey sessions during the retreat, where they will be guided into a deep meditative state to explore their inner landscape. The sessions are designed to be introspective and transformative, allowing individuals to connect with their higher selves and gain insights into their life's path. The experience is gentle and safe, suitable for everyone.
Benefits: A Shamanic Journey can help individuals access profound spiritual insights, release emotional blockages, and promote healing on a deep level. It enhances self-awareness, fosters a sense of connection with the natural world, and provides clarity and direction in one's life. This practice also supports personal empowerment and spiritual growth.
Combine with additional plant medicines or enjoy as a stand alone ceremony.
Sacred Fire and Plant Medicines
Kambô
Kambô is a traditional Amazonian medicine derived from the secretion of the Phyllomedusa bicolor frog. It is known for its purgative and detoxifying properties.
What to Expect: The Kambô ceremony involves applying small doses of the frog secretion to superficial burns on the skin, allowing the medicine to enter the lymphatic system. This process typically leads to an intense physical and emotional detoxification.
Benefits: Kambô can help cleanse the body of toxins, boost the immune system, enhance physical strength and stamina, and support emotional release and mental clarity.
Psilocybin
A Psilocybin journey is a guided experience involving the consumption of a significant dose of psilocybin mushrooms, known for their profound psychoactive effects. This journey facilitates deep introspection, spiritual exploration, and emotional healing by altering perceptions and consciousness.
What to Expect: The journey typically lasts several hours, during which you may experience vivid visions, heightened sensory perceptions, and profound emotional and spiritual insights. Preparation and integration sessions will be provided to ensure a meaningful and transformative experience.
Benefits: A Psilocybin journey can lead to significant personal growth, emotional healing, and spiritual awakening. It helps release deep-seated traumas, enhances self-awareness, and fosters a sense of interconnectedness with the universe. This practice promotes mental clarity, creativity, and a deeper understanding of one's purpose and path in life, offering a powerful tool for transformation and healing.
Sananga
Sananga is a traditional Amazonian eye drop made from the roots and bark of the Tabernaemontana undulata plant. It is used to enhance vision, both physically and spiritually.
What to Expect: During the Sananga ceremony, participants will receive a few drops of Sananga in their eyes. The initial application may cause a stinging sensation, followed by a deep sense of clarity and focus.
Benefits: Sananga can improve vision, clear energetic blockages, enhance spiritual insight, and aid in the treatment of eye conditions.
Rapé
Rapé is a sacred shamanic snuff made from powdered tobacco and other medicinal plants. It is used in ceremonies for grounding, clearing the mind, and connecting with spirit.
What to Expect: The Rapé ceremony involves blowing the powdered medicine into the nostrils using a special applicator. This process can lead to a deep sense of grounding, clarity, and spiritual connection.
Benefits: Rapé can help clear the mind, enhance focus, release negative energy, and deepen meditation and spiritual practices.
Cacao
Cacao is a powerful plant medicine known for its heart-opening properties. It is traditionally used in ceremonial settings to promote emotional healing and spiritual connection.
What to Expect: The Cacao ceremony involves drinking a specially prepared cacao elixir in a meditative and intentional setting. Participants may experience heightened emotions, a sense of euphoria, and deep personal insights.
Benefits: Cacao can enhance mood, promote emotional healing, improve heart health, and foster a deeper connection with oneself and others.
Egyptian Blue Lotus Tea
Blue Lotus is an ancient Egyptian plant medicine known for its relaxing and euphoric effects. It is often used to enhance meditation, promote relaxation, and induce vivid dreams.
What to Expect: Blue Lotus can be consumed as a tea or in other forms during the ceremony. Participants may experience a gentle, calming effect, heightened awareness, and vivid dream states.
Benefits: Blue Lotus can reduce stress and anxiety, enhance meditation practices, promote relaxation, and support emotional and spiritual exploration.
Theme ideas
Having a theme for your retreat can add an additional element and intention to the outcome you want to achieve. Here are a few examples:
- Self Love
- Gratitude
- Empowerment
- Connection
- Mindfulness
- Embodiment
EXAMPLE RETREAT SCHEDULES
5-days / 4-nights | Kambô
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Day 1
- 4 PM Arrive/Settle-in
- 5 PM Welcome Dinner
- 7 PM Opening Fire Ceremony
- 8 PM Floating Sound Bath (Sananga before and Rapé afterwards.)
- 10 PM Lights-Out
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Day 2
- 6 AM Tea + Intention Setting + Oracle Cards + Journaling
- 8 AM Kundalini Yoga + Sound Bath
- 9 AM Kambô Ceremony
- LUNCH
- Rest
- 3 PM Intuitive Yoga
- 4 PM Group Reiki Session
- 5 PM DINNER
- 8 PM Inner Child Date Night Shamanic Journey (Sananga before and Rapé afterwards.)
- 10 PM Lights-Out
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Day 3
- 6 AM Tea + Intention Setting + Oracle Cards + Journaling
- 8 AM Kundalini Yoga + Sound Bath
- 9 AM Kambô Ceremony
- LUNCH
- Rest
- 3 PM Group Reiki Session
- 4 PM Rapé Ceremony
- 5 PM DINNER
- 8 PM Seichem Reiki (Ancient Egyptian lineage) Blue Lotus Tea Ceremony + Sound Bath
- 10 PM Lights-Out
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Day 4
- 6 AM Tea + Intention Setting + Oracle Cards + Journaling
- 8 AM Kundalini Yoga + Sound Bath
- 9 AM Kambô Ceremony
- LUNCH
- Rest
- 3 PM Group Reiki Session
- 4 PM Rapé Ceremony
- 5 PM DINNER
- 8 PM Cacao Ceremony
- 10 PM Lights-Out
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Day 5
- 6 AM Tea + Intention Setting + Oracle Cards + Journaling
- 8 AM Intuitive Yoga
- 9 AM BRUNCH
- 11 AM Group Reiki Session
- 12 PM Meditation + Cacao Ceremony + Sound Bath + Share Circle
- 2 PM Check-Out
3 days / 2 nights | Kambô + Psilocybin
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Day 1
- 5 PM Welcome Dinner
- 8 PM Opening Fire Ceremony
- 10 PM Lights-Out
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Day 2
- 6 AM Tea
- 8 AM Kundalini Yoga + Sound Bath
- 10 AM Kambô Ceremony
- BRUNCH
- Rest/Reflection
- 5 PM DINNER
- 7 PM Psilocybin Ceremony
(expect up to 7 hours journeying depending on dose)
- 3 AM SNACKS
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Day 3
- 11 AM Yin Yoga + Sound Bath
- 12:30 PM BRUNCH
- 2 PM Share Circle
- 3 PM Closing Ceremony
- 4 PM Check-Out
3 days/2 nights | Kambô
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Day 1
- 5 PM Welcome Dinner
- 8 PM Opening Fire Ceremony
- 10 PM Lights-Out
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Day 2
- 6 AM Tea
- 8 AM Kundalini Yoga + Sound Bath
- 10 AM Kambô Ceremony
- BRUNCH
- Rest
- 3 PM Intuitive Yoga
- 4 PM Group Reiki Session
- 5 PM DINNER
- 8 PM Evening Ceremony
- 10 PM Lights-Out
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Day 3
- 6 AM Tea
- 8 AM Kundalini Yoga
- 9:30 AM BRUNCH
- 11:00 AM Meditation + Cacao Ceremony + Sound Bath
- 2 PM Share Circle
- 3 PM Closing Ceremony
- 4 PM Check-Out
2 days / 1 night | Psilocybin
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Day 1
- 5 PM Welcome Dinner
- 7 PM Opening Fire Ceremony
- 8 PM Psilocybin Ceremony
- 3 AM Snacks
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Day 2
- 11 AM Yin Yoga + Sound Bath
- 12:30 PM BRUNCH
- 2 PM Share Circle
- 3 PM Closing Ceremony
- 4 PM Check-Out
What is included?
The retreats include all sacred fire and plant medicines used during the ceremonies, such as Kambô, Sananga, Rapé, Cacao, and Blue Lotus.
All healing sessions and activities, including Yoga, Sound Baths, and Usui Tibetan Seichem Reiki sessions will be included in the total retreat costs. Throughout the retreat, you will receive continuous support from an experienced practitioner. Additionally, all materials and supplies needed for the various activities and ceremonies are provided, ensuring you can fully immerse yourself in this transformative experience.
Accommodations
Accommodations may be arranged but can not be guaranteed. For groups over 4 and for retreats over 3 nights of stay, accommodations can be arranged for an additional cost.
We have coordinations with a beautiful home in Lake Havasu City that can accommodate 4-6 people. There are 3 bedrooms. 1 room has 2 Queen beds and shares the hall bathroom. 1 rooms has a King bed and also shares the hall bathroom. The remaining bedroom has a King size bed with a private bathroom. If you would like to share one of the King beds with a friend, there is an option to reserve a double occupancy King Bed.
Meals
We will be offering delicious and nourishing vegetarian meals that will fuel your body and soul throughout your stay. Our meals are thoughtfully crafted to provide you with the perfect balance of nutrients, ensuring you feel energized and well-fed. Expect an array of hearty dishes and fresh fruits that are both satisfying and wholesome. Our meals are designed to support your retreat experience, focusing on abundance and comfort. You’ll enjoy a variety of options that cater to different tastes and dietary needs, all while maintaining the integrity of vegetarian cuisine.
What is NOT included
Participants are responsible for booking and covering the cost of their own flights to and from the retreat location.
Ground transportation to and from the retreat venue is not included. However, if flying into Las Vegas Airport, at an additional cost we may be able to assist you.
Accommodations can not be guaranteed.
Energy Exchange Breakdowns
Starting around $444-$1111 Sliding Scale per person.
Please note that prices will vary based on which energy healing spaces you would like to partake in and which sacred fire and plant medicines you wish to work with.
$250 non-refundable deposit due when reserving your space.
Deposit is applied towards the total retreat cost.
Remaining balance is due 2 weeks prior to retreat check-in.
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Meet your Practitioner
Bonni Sue brings a wealth of experience and passion to her role. Since officially beginning her journey in 2008, she has developed expertise as a 500+ hour Certified Yoga Teacher, Usui, Tibetan, Seichem, and Kundalini Reiki Master/Teacher, Kambo Practitioner, Shamanic Life Coach, and Sound Healing.
Driven by her own personal healing journey, Bonni Sue is dedicated to empowering others to embrace their own paths of transformation. Her deep belief in the power of sacred fire medicines and holistic healing guides her approach, creating a nurturing environment for profound personal growth. Throughout the retreat, Bonni Sue will be fully present to support and hold space for each participant, weaving together her diverse skills and experiences to offer a truly transformative experience.