Half-Day Beach Healing & Wellness Gathering!
Schedule
Sun Aug 24 2025 at 11:30 am to 03:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Montrose Beach | Chicago, IL

About this Event
🌊 Half-Day Beach Healing & Wellness Gathering
A soulful day of movement, healing, and conscious community connection.
This unique half-day event brings together community, purpose, and play through a blend of healing sessions, creative expression, and intentional connection—all rooted in giving back.
This is more than a wellness event—it's a movement. And you’re invited.Join us on Saturday, August 24 from 11:30AM–3:30 PM at Montrose Beach for a one-of-a-kind wellness experience designed to support your whole being—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Whether you're looking to restore your energy, connect with like-hearted souls, or make an impact through service, this gathering is your space to land, exhale, and rise.
You’ll experience:
- A heart-led beach cleanup to honor and protect our waters
- Guided healing sessions: Pilates, Reiki, Breathwork, Sound Healing, Acupuncture & more
- A sacred Water Purification Ceremony
- A soulful conscious networking with local vendors and practitioners
- Creative heartfelt expression with local practitioners
✨ Come for the movement. Stay for the meaning. Leave deeply nourished.
Location: Montrose Beach, Chicago Suggested Arrival: 11:00 AM (to allow time for parking & walking)
This is more than a wellness event—it's a movement. And you’re invited.
🎟️ Tickets: $60 / $40
This is a community event rooted in trust, transparency, and care.
Tickets are $60 per person, or $40 for those in financial need. Choose what works best for you. (Limited Space Only 20 Participants!)
We’ll be raising awareness for Rise Up Together, a local nonprofit committed to supporting mental health access for those facing financial hardship. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to help provide holistic healing and health resources to care for individuals in need of emotional and mental well-being support.
Your presence matters, and we’re so glad you’ll be joining us. 💛

🌟 Meet Our Facilitators & Full Event Schedule
Saturday, August 24 | 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM📍 Montrose Beach, Chicago🕓 Suggested Arrival: 11:00 AM (to allow time for parking & walking)
Join us for a heart-centered half-day experience filled with healing, movement, nourishment, and community connection—all in service to your well-being and the greater good.
đź•’ Event Flow
11:30 AM – Opening Circle with Alicia- Welcome, grounding, and intention setting to open the day.
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM: Pilates with Ang- Awaken and activate your body through mindful core movement and breath.
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM: Somatic Breathwork with Kajal- Drop into your body, clear your energy, and access inner clarity through conscious breath.
12:45 PM – 1:15 PM: Elemental Meditation & Energy Clearing with Victoria- Tune in with the elements and experience a deep energetic reset.
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM: Sound Healing with Candice + Community Acupuncture with Brittany-Receive vibrational healing and calming acupuncture to support emotional release and relaxation.
1:45PM- 2:15PM: Post Session Nourishment - Family Style Picnic "Heart Led Leadership Mixer" led by Alicia ( Social Emotional Heart Opening Circle for Co-Regulation and Meaningful Connections.)
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM: Beach Cleanup- Give back to the Earth and engage in collective care for our sacred shoreline.
2:45 PM – 3 PM: Water Purification Ceremony with Alicia- Close the healing experience in reverence with a heart-centered ritual honoring water, life, and emotional flow.
3PM – 3:30 PM: Closing Circle – Reflections & Gratitude- Share takeaways, connection, and social mixer getting to know each other, what we love to do personally or professionally in our lives, value and are passionate about.
đź’« Our Mission
We are devoted to emotional freedom, embodied connection, and heart-centered community. Our events support co-regulation, social-emotional learning, and meaningful relationship building.
We believe vulnerability reveals our greatest strength—and that your presence, voice, and unique expression matter.
This gathering is a space to move, connect, and share what you love.Come as you are. Lead with your heart. Let your light ripple out.
💛 Meet Your Host – Alicia Buivis
Alicia is a trauma-informed healing facilitator, Reiki Master, Ayurvedic health counselor, and a 1500+ hour certified yoga and somatic teacher. She is the founder of Inspiration Is Life, a movement devoted to guiding individuals back to their hearts through nervous system healing, energy work, spiritual embodiment, and conscious community.
Alicia is a woman who leads with love.
Her passion for healing began from a place of deep emotional burnout, trapped emotions leading to depression and anxiety. In 2016 she took her first step on her self love journey where she had to learn how to reconnect with herself, her body, and the Earth. It was through those moments of personal unraveling that her mission came alive: to create spaces that guide you into pursue your heartfelt expression and passions.
This event was born from her love of the water, her advocacy for those without a voice, and her devotion to collective healing.
The Half-Day Beach Healing & Wellness Gathering isn’t just a wellness event—it’s a reflection of Alicia’s heart. A space where healing meets purpose. Where restoration becomes a ripple effect. And where community is the medicine.
Alicia believes that when we show up for ourselves, we’re better able to show up for each other—and the world. This day is your invitation to do both.

Where is it happening?
Montrose Beach, 4400 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 40.00 to USD 60.00
