Back to the Garden - Soul Family Retreat

Back to the Garden ~ Soul Family Gathering is designed as a Spiritual & Ceremonial Retreat - a journey through the chakras balancing yin and yang, Sacred Feminine and Sacred Masculine. Within this Balance, we find Peace, Love & Harmony, that manifests more of this energy. When we Raise our Vibrations, we are able to raise those energies around us. Our layout is designed to Honor the Empowerment of each BEing as the Goddess & God that we ARE. Camping & Ceremonial areas are held Lakeside at the Goddess Den, Communal Peninsula, Man Cave and we also have a Tranquil Healing Area and Kids Zone. The Goddess Gathering portion of Ceremony will be on the Left of Space to Honor the Divine Feminine. The God Gathering will be held on the Right to Honor the Divine Masculine. Center will be the Communal Area, with full Communal kitchen & gathering space. Our Healing Area is designated for Healers of all kind to provide modalities of healing such as Reiki & Massage. Goddess Gathering: Friday&Saturday (Chakras 1-3) Here we provide a space to Honor the Divine Feminine, the Goddess. This BEautiful space has been Created to work with female energies through Self-empowerment, Self-Love and Tribal Communion. Our Ceremonies are for women, yet men may come to hold space and to Honor the Divine Feminine. The Goddess Den Area will provide women's Ceremony & activities designed to Balance these energies until Saturday evening. God Gathering: Friday & Saturday (Chakras 1-3) Here we provide a space to Honor the Divine Masculine, the God. This space has been Created to work with male energies. Our Ceremonies are for men, yet women may come to hold space and to Honor the Divine Masculine. The Man Cave Area will provide men's Ceremony & activities designed to Balance these energies until Saturday evening. The Merge: Heart Chakra Activation, Saturday Evening we will Honor the Merge, a Celebration where men & women gather together in the Heart Space. Beyond the merge, all workshops are designed to Honor the Balance between Sacred Feminine & Sacred Masculine, as a Unified Tribe. Communal Gathering: This space has been created to Honor both Men & Women throughout the weekend. This Area will hold the Communal Kitchen and workshops that are active in both Sacred Feminine & Sacred Masculine at all times. Here we can gather freely Friday & Saturday during individual Ceremonies. Included is a BEautiful lounge area to rest & gather. Workshops: Throughout the weekend, we will be focusing on balancing self-work & play into a beautiful spiral of transformation. Our workshops have been created to honor each chakra, moving from Root to Crown over the weekend. Friday night we will honor the Root Chakra, Saturday we will focus on Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart & Throat Chakras, and Sunday we will honor Third Eye & Crown Chakras. These workshops include Sunrise Meditations, Yoga, and a multitude of Ceremonies to Honor & Re-Connect with our selves, as well as those around us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome Co-creators, Welcome Back to the Garden! In our original DNA blue print, we are designed for Love, Joy, Peace and Sacred Play with honor and reverence for all life. NOW is the time to step back into our true nature of divinity as a collective. Honoring our innate gifts and abilities of our true nature, we are being called back to the garden as co-creators with the heavens and as stewards of the Earth. We welcome you to be apart of the return process. Through sacred ceremony, music, yoga, healing, creative play time and communing with nature, we bring into alignment the Divinity within each of us so that it may take root and grow within the consciousness of humanity. We invite each of you to share your Laughter, Creativity, Joy and Love with us as we play in the realms of the Garden over a 3 day camping retreat nestled on the sacred land of the Alabama Coushatta Indian Reservation on beautiful Lake Tombigbee. (near Livingston Tx) We are holding lots of space and have plenty of room to roam. WE HAVE: *Jam sessions! – bring your instruments! Lets play! We are having drum& chanting circles on Friday & Saturday *Communal Meals- there will be a communal kitchen onsite for cooking. All participants are asked to bring enough food to survive and some food to share. Communal meals are Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning. Pot luck style *Sunset Ceremony - designed to activate the heart chakra and balance the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine. This Ceremony will be held on an ISLAND in lake Tombigbee- followed by jam session, the band Enloom and drumming, dancing celebration through out the evening!*** *Various workshops!- chakra balancing, Hooping, Reiki circle, see complete schedule posted! ****there are separate workshops/ spaces for men and women on fri/sat *Ecstatic Dancing in the woods!--- tribal dancing encouraged! (all dance encouraged) *Drum circles! – making music together, singing, and dancing is always welcomed *Healing Spaces- 24 hr meditation station - open air lounge ( all are welcome to bring extra pillows and blankets to create more lounge area) *Yoga- Kundalini, Tantra and Hatha... see the schedule! *Medicine Wheel/Mandalas/ Group Alters- all are invited to add your sacred objects to the alters/ medicine wheel – bring your crystals and sacred objects to co-create these *Group Mandala – co creative art station *Making Personal Prayer Flags- string up your prayers---let your devotion float into the breeze…let your freak flag fly *Zen Lounge-there will be comfy spaces provided for your decompression *Chanting / Kirtan – sing to the Divine with us! *Massage,- tables will be open- for trade barter or hire – or just hop on and ask your friend to rub on you….its easy *Sound Healing Sunday –crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, gongs, diggerydoos, ect activating your Sunday … you are welcome to bring your toys too… *Other acitives include star gazing, fire spinning, bon fires, joke / story telling, trail hiking, card readings, various games, book swap, henna, body painting, tree hugging group hugs and cuddle puddles to name a few MANY MORE IDEAS COMING! Share yours! We invite you to be a participator in this adventure. There are no spectators! This is a co creative process. We ask all to help where we can. If you are interested in helping through volunteering, vending, providing workshops, sharing your talents let us know! The more you participate the more awesome it will be for everyone. $20.00 Full Weekend pass - per person $10 Saturday / Sunday pass- per person children 12 and under FREE Volunteers and performers are FREE. (please contact a host if you are interested in performing / volunteering / vending) PASSES DO NOT INCLUDE CAMPING FEES : camp fees are $12 ( section D -w/out electric ) or $17(section C w/ electric and water) - TWO CARS per site. -(carpool if you can- its cheaper per person) - all camp sites are large with lake side views, include picnic tables, fire ring, bbq pit, trash cans and lots of shade.- wood also is sold onsite We are super excited to Welcome you back to The Garden! Journey with us in returning to JOY, LOVE and PEACE as our original state of BEing!!!!