REST & RENEW
Conscious Health Immersion (CHI)
Blue Mountain Retreat Center
Knoxville, MD
Friday, August 16 – Monday, August 19
2024
Slow Down to Attune
Immerse yourself in a journey of self-reflection, authentic connection, and deep rest, nestled among the serene beauty of nature in Harper’s Ferry.
Rest into Intuition
Rest into expansive feeling states, access inner resources, and listen deeply to your body’s wisdom and the exquisite messages your intuition has to share.
Renew your Life Force
Renew yourself with creative inspiration fresh insights, ideas, and patterns. Gather the inner heart-centered soulful courage to express and co-create the better future that wants to emerge.
NATURE CONNECTION + EARTHING
AWAKEN YOUR INNER NATURE.
You’ll access the beautiful grounds of Blue Mountain Retreat Center to connect directly to the earth and the elements every day.
There will also be opportunities for guided nature inquiries to cultivate insights from the more than human world.
A connection to the Earth through grounding naturally promotes regulated body systems. Notice improvements in your nervous system as you tune into the wonder of life on this planet.
You may experience improved sleep, regulated appetite, reduction in pain, uplifted mood, and more.
SOMATIC + RESTORATIVE YOGA
FEEL YOURSELF FROM THE INSIDE.
Engage in twice daily yoga practices, which are designed to get you in touch with your felt sense of inner wisdom deep within the soma.
With morning Somatic Yoga, expect to reset your nervous system, realign your musculoskeletal system, and feel really grounded, peaceful and energized for the day.
Evening Restorative Yoga classes focus on relaxation, rest, and inner space to support healthy posture, boost healing and recovery, and leave you feeling whole, expanded and ready to receive the intuitive guidance of your wise spirit.
GUIDED BREATHWORK
TAP INTO YOUR LIFE FORCE.
Powerful guided breathwork journeys will help you release blocks in the physical, emotional, mental and energetic bodies.
As you let go of these layers, you can embrace the love, beauty and truth of your vibrant spirit.
Let yourself move through and let go of structural conditioning so that you can access the wisdom of your deep self to feel confident and free.
MUSIC AS MEDICINE
LIBERATE YOUR SELF-EXPRESSION.
In the evenings, we will gather by the fire to sing healing songs, just as our ancestors did.
As a comm-unity, we will dream ourselves into a remembrance of the healing power of music, rhythm, song, and connection.
Sacred Fire gives us a chance to burn away and clear ourselves of dense energies that we pick up in daily life. As the warmth and connection nourishes us, we remember our place in the wheel of life.
SOUND BATH
HARMONIZE YOUR WHOLE BEING.
Drop into the frequencies of crystal and brass sound healing bowls to experience a synchronization of your personal energy field with the synthesis of vibrational infused healing tones.
GROUP SYNERGY + MAGIC
SYNCHRONIZE WITH THE FIELD.
What happens when a group of conscious humans comes together to practice, breathe, grow and learn? Everything happens!
Get ready to remember that you deeply belong, you are seen, heard, welcomed, wanted, and you matter.
Expect authentic moments of connection, creativity, relating from the heart, laughter, and a remembering of your deepest gifts, talents and abilities.
Our Gift Economy Model
A Revolutionary Approach to Reciprocal Exchange
We trust in the power of your heartfelt contributions to support our Guides and the continuation of their vital work in the world.
Why Choose a Gift Economy?
Compassion and Generosity
The gift economy fosters a culture of giving and receiving, where each contribution is an act of love and support. It allows you to offer what you can, based on your personal circumstances and the value you’ve received.
Sustainability
Your donations directly support our teachers, enabling them to continue their life-changing work and reach more people. This sustainable model ensures that we can keep offering these retreats and expand our community of healing and growth.
A Better Future
By participating in a gift economy, you are contributing to a shift towards a more compassionate and interconnected world. Your generosity helps build a future where support and kindness are the cornerstones of our interactions.
In alignment with the values of compassion and generosity, we are proud to implement a gift economy as the foundation of our financial exchange for the immersion.
This means there is no set fee to participate beyond the hard costs to cover expenses for the immersion to happen. Instead, we trust in the power of your heartfelt contributions to support our facilitators and the continuation of their vital work.
Choose Your Adventure
Customize your experience with a choice of options, ranging from our all-inclusive full immersion to individual day passes and private healing sessions.
OPTION 1
3-Night All-Inclusive Conscious Health Immersion
Treat yourself to an incredible, yet affordable, holistic health experience within the sacred container of our living community ecosystem.
Here’s what’s included in your stay.
Includes all lodging, meals, workshops, classes and scheduled activities!
Community Meals
Self-serve breakfast items provided.
Delicious plant-based lunch and dinner prepared fresh daily by Beth, the retreat owner.
Lodging
Single, double, triple and quadruple occupancy rooms with single beds. Shared bathrooms.
If you prefer camping, contact Lorien for your options. Campers will have access to house bathrooms and community meals.
Daily Yoga & Meditation Classes
Be guided twice daily through yoga and meditation classes with Lorien as a core part of the immersion.
Experiential Workshops with Guest Presenters
Participate in daily experiential workshops with guest presenters who bring a range of wisdom and expertise in conscious healing and development.
Outdoor Activities
Hike down the mountain to the canal, or hop in your car and drive to another spot to access the Appalachian trail. Feel free to bring your bike and climbing gear.
Nightly Community Fire
Weather permitting, fires will be offered Friday, Saturday and Sunday night to gather, sing, make music, and LOVE.
YOUR TOTAL SUGGESTED GIFT EXCHANGE
$750-$950
Food, Lodging, Incidentals, Workshop Presenters
HARD COSTS- These are the actual out of pocket expenses required to host the immersion. Everything you will partake in during the event, including the workshops with Saffhi and Nicholas, must be paid regardless. The total event expenses are $4,000, and we aim to have 10 attendees to cover these expenses.
Program Development, Administration, Tuition
PEOPLE COSTS- This program requires a great deal of time, skills, energy, and effort to produce. Preparation, on-site facilitation, and post-event requirements are significant. Your contribution at the end of the event, will pay Lorien and Nicole for their tremendous efforts and skills to bring this beautiful event to the community.
PAYMENT PLAN
$200 Deposit
$200 30-Days Out
$350-550 at the end of the Immersion
You are required to complete an application, and schedule a call with Lorien to ensure this immersion is a good fit.
Once approved, a $200 non-refundable deposit is due to hold your space.
Another $200 is due 30-days prior to the start date to help cover our expenses.
At the end of the immersion, you will be invited to offer a sliding scale gift to pay for the remainder of the program. The invitation is to provide payment that is a stretch but not a burden. This payment will go directly to Lorien and Nicole for their efforts to produce and facilitate all the beautiful details.
Individualized payment options are available on request.
OPTION 2
Single Day Pass
Saturday or Sunday
$180
Here’s what’s included in your Day Pass.
Lunch & Dinner
Delicious plant-based lunch and dinner prepared fresh daily by Beth, the retreat owner.
Yoga & Meditation
You’ll have the option to participate in one or both of the yoga & meditation sessions offered by Lorien that day.
Experiential Workshops
You’ll have the opportunity to participate in two experiential workshops offered during the day.
Nightly Community Fire
Weather permitting, fires will be offered Friday, Saturday and Sunday night to gather, sing, make music, and LOVE.
Enhance Your Experience
ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES
Paid Direct to Service Provider – not included.
Outdoor Gear Rental
Local bike rental services are available in Harper’s Ferry.
If you are interested in rafting/kayaking, you’ll need to organize with a local river guiding service, or if you are experienced and have gear, you know what to do!
PRIVATE SOMATIC + JOURNEY BODY HEALING SESSIONS
in the Dream Body Temple
with Nicole Lilly, MA, LMBT
Receive deeper healing and processing with an individual session.
Nicole, one of our guest healing artists, will have her beautifully appointed 13-foot canvas bell tent on-site to offer private healing sessions.
Affectionately known as the Dream Body Temple, this is a shamanic sanctuary where you can come to learn, feel, receive, and release through hands-on healing sessions.
Nicole attunes to each person’s individual needs and offers a combination of guided inquiry, bodywork and energywork, shamanic healing, and sensory engagement. No two sessions are alike.
1-hour sessions offered on a sliding scale of $100-$150
Meet Your Guides
LORIEN NEMEC
Lorien is a tantrik yogini, nature lover, musician, artist, and Projector in human-design. She has been walking the path of consciousness awakening for many years and is thrilled to share this path with you.
As a well-respected teacher in the Baltimore area since 2005, she is attuned to emergent needs within the community and is committed to being in right relations with all who enter her sacred container. Her mission is to empower humans to express their most authentic selves across all aspects of their lives through mindfulness, embodiment, and shared values.
Her vision is one of conscious community, meaningful healing, inspiration, and action to leave the planet better than how we found it, to walk in an aligned way and leave our legacy as good ancestors to this Earth.
NICOLE LILLY
Nicole Lilly, a transformative guide and multi-disciplinary healing arts professional with over 13 years of experience, is dedicated to helping individuals navigate major life changes.
With specializations in Somatic Healing, Inner Navigation, and personalized Embodied Soul Journey Intensives, Nicole blends experiential practices with ceremony and ritual, bridging modern psychology and spiritual healing.
She holds a Master’s in Body Psychotherapy from Naropa University and is also a licensed massage therapist, somatic movement therapist, and shamanic minister. Influenced by tantric yoga, Buddhism, and shamanism, Nicole customizes transformative experiences to guide you toward your true self. She offers individual sessions, multi-day immersions, and online courses. Schedule a consultation at nicolelilly.com to begin your journey.
SAHFFI LYNNE
Sahffi Lynne (they/she) is an international medicine musician, vocal coach, and sacred plant facilitator offering their music, meditations, and teachings as medicine to illuminate our connection.
Sahffi’s channeled original music and spirit-inspired performances have taken their melodies around the world, from Peru to Zimbabwe. As a private vocal coach, Sahffi teaches those interested in deepening their relationship with their voice using their own “Vocal Ladder” method of teaching.
Sahffi will be providing us original music medicine to accompany our cacao ceremony.
NICHOLAS TOMASKOVIC-DEVEY
Nicholas Tomaskovic-Devey is our Founder and the visionary creator of the AcuSoundBath model and the
He is an Acupuncturist, Sound and Light Healer, Vocalist, Musician, Chinese Clinical Herbalist, Body Worker, and certified Katonah Yoga Teacher. It is his great joy to work for collective and individual Harmony on Planet Earth.
He offer his medicine through Harmony Works in Baltimore. A place he aspires will serve the next 7 generations, honors the ancestors, build a world where wellness and vibrational medicine is highly accessible and affordable to all people, everywhere.
Nicholas will be providing his signature AcuSoundBath experience, combining ear acupuncture and sound healing.
Please apply for the immersion and then we’ll book a call.
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