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Are you longing to join your song to the collective awakening of Earth and her beings?
You are invited to join us in welcoming the Earth as she awakens from winter slumber. You are invited to pause and honor what has been growing in your heart. You are invited to embrace your unique offerings to the world as it is right now.
This is a moment for rest, for nurturing your body and tapping into community and ancestral care. We are gathering to sing the song of the land, unfurl into our gifts and bloom into our potential as individuals and as family.
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Join with others on this flower path and receive an artisanal gift bundle along with a complimentary set of recorded meditations on Blooming.
This Retreat will include...
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Retreat Guides:
Paola
Many blessings, my name is Paola de la concha Zindel, and I am a Mexican American womyn founder and co director of the sound Alchemy and Ancestral Arts Academy called THE SOUND BODY Xicome. I am a student and curious explorer of life and existence, Consciousness and Creation, Healthy Relations, Mother Nature, Movement, song, art and Love. I live a life of walking the beauty way and a life of ceremony and prayer striving for right relations in the animal plant mineral humyn and spiritual realms. I have been blessed to bring ceremony and the energy of deep presence through the arts, herbalism, sacred song, dance, silence, and meditation, to assist thousands of people in their healing processes in mind, body, and spirit and to support a more joyous and harmonious life for others.
Kara
Is an embodied and playful facilitator. Through her business, Seed & Spiral, she encourages growing our collective imaginations for liberation through body-based, earth-centered, equity offerings. She is deeply influenced by the Buddhist teaching of the interconnectedness of all beings and facilitates Work that Reconnects gatherings as one way to listen to her body and the Earth. With roots on the east coast, she now lives at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, on unceded Osage land that is colonially known as St Louis MO. When she’s not working, she spends her time biking in parks near her home, scouting the next best ice cream place, and reading sci-fi fantasy novels next to her kitty.
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Logistics:
Lodging:
Everyone will be staying at a gorgeous Ozark Retreat Center about an hour and 15 minutes from St Louis MO. There are a combination of rooms and bed configurations. Most people will be sharing rooms with one to three other people. Onsite camping is also an option. Tents can be set up close to one of the lodges for easy access to bathrooms and showers. Once you register, the address and information on lodging will be be shared.
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Food:
We will be serving simple, nourishing dinner on Friday evening, breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday, as well as breakfast on Sunday morning. There will be vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free options. Light snacks and tea will also be provided. If you have specific dietary needs, please be in touch. Each person is welcome to bring their own snacks and extras as desired.
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Timing:
The retreat will begin at 6pm (dinner) / 7pm (opening ceremony) on Friday April 11th and wrap up at 12noon on Sunday April 13th. You are welcome to arrive anytime between 5pm and 6:45pm on the opening evening to get settled in.
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Consent:
Everything at this retreat is optional. You may choose to participate in all the guided sessions or you may choose your own path whenever that is right for you. This might include walking the trails on the property, resting in the hammocks, listening to the trees, and meditating in the moonlight.
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Contact Info:
If you have any questions, please feel to reach out to Kara at info@seedandspiral.com
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Prices includes:
Lodging for two nights at a beautiful Ozark Retreat Center, 5 nourishing meals, a Sound Bath Opening Ceremony, a drumming journey meditation, guided land based ancestral practices, Cacao and Maíz Closing Circle, an artisanal gift bundle, and medicinal herbal infusions.
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Our Commitment to Economic Justice:
As one way to live into our commitment to economic justice and pay everyone a livable wage we are using a sliding scale. We invite you to investigate your current access to financial wealth and income by checking out this guide.
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Scholarship Opportunities:
If the rates above still create a barrier to accessing this retreat, please apply for a full or partial scholarship through the Robin Radford Cross-Class Solidarity Scholarship Fund.​
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Cancellations & Refunds:
Early bird rates are available until: Friday Feb. 21, 2025 at midnight CT and /or after a total of 7 early bird rate spots are taken.
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Registration will be closing on Friday April 4, 2025 at midnight CT.
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Full refunds will be issued on cancellations until Friday March 14, 2025 at midnight CT. No other refunds will be issued after this date.​
