Soul Growth Retreat, Exploring: Death As An Ally TWO DAY RETREAT.

Soul Growth Retreat, Exploring: Death as an Allywith Abby Leach and Rachel Chase

Saturday and Sunday March 29 & 30, 2025
Begins 11:00am Saturday, Completes 2:30pm Sunday

A Nurturing Weekend of Self Exploration
and Joyful Community Connections.

Options for sliding-scale pricing are below.

Details and Registration, reach out via email:
[email protected] or [email protected]

Location: SerpentSong Sanctuary, 1070 E Sunset Hill Rd, Shelton, WA 98584

The Retreat Experience:

Immerse in a consciousness expanding journey of honoring and creating community around the topic of death. An experiential growth opportunity, mindfully curated to be deeply healing and life-enriching. This is not a training or grief therapy group. More-so, a sacred space to dream and create a new way of relating with death together, as our life-affirming friend rather than foe, and celebrate the beauty of living.

Enter a spacious, safe container for sharing our stories and hearts through compassionate group exploration and support. Immerse in the magic of the sanctuary’s beauty and lush natural surroundings, a short walk to the water. Relax and restore with body-centered practices, vibrational healing, healthy food, breath awareness, and guided meditations.

Experiences (details below):

Guided Sharing Circles / Altar Co-Creation Ceremony / Nature Walks & Evening Fire / Sound Healing & Mantra / Guided Meditations and Mindfulness Practices / Dancing / Overnight Stay / Three Meals Served.

WHAT TO BRING:

Journal or notebook and pen

Altar offerings – sacred object(s) that carries meaning for you

Yoga mat if you have one (if not, we will provide)

Comfortable relaxed clothing and outdoor wear

Water bottle, preferred snacks

Overnight clothing, bedding if needed, personal necessities

Outdoor boots, may be muddy on our walk to the water

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Guided Sharing Circles

Compassionate and supportive community conversation, validating the human experience including death and dying.

Mindful listening and reflective dialogue. Moments of mindfulness, journaling, introspection and integration.

Centered on befriending death with empathy, as part of life. Witnessing each other and ourselves with open hearts and open minds.

Nature

Commune with the elements and spirits of nature for deeper connection and insight. Special attention will be given to awareness of body, breath, energy restoration, grounding, and peacefulness. Community fire on Saturday night.

Sacred Meditations

Mindful centering meditation, breath awareness, shamanic meditations, and prayerful honoring are our touchstones throughout the weekend.

Gentle Movement and Dance:

Guided stretching, energy work for self-healing, breathing for relaxation, ecstatic dance. Gentle healing for all bodies.
Sound Healing, Breathing, & Mantra

During the sound bath, experience the vibrations of gong, singing bowls, and other sacred instruments; guided meditation to deepen your connection with heart energy; breathing to connect with the infinite flow of life. Chanting together creates peaceful harmonious energy inside and out.

Three Meals
Saturday Lunch and Dinner, Sunday Brunch. (Food sensitivities honored)

Overnight Stay (Max 13 participants):
Registration includes overnight stay and meals.
$50 deposit holds your spot.
Full payment by March 19th

Sliding-scale choices:

Private rooms:
queen bed, 4 available:
$ 261 – 342 per person, one occupant
$234 - $315 per person, two occupants

Shared spaces:
$216 - $297 bedding provided by sanctuary / 4 available
$207 - $288 byo bedding indoors or camp on the land

Email to register: [email protected] or [email protected]

About the Facilitators:

Abby Leach, Counselor and Guide
www.AbbyLeach.com

For over 30 years, Abby has assisted individuals in healing and becoming more aligned with their inner truth and wisdom. She has studied and trained extensively in shamanic traditions, spiritual and mental health counseling. By weaving together philosophies of western psychology, mysticism and practical shamanic and earth-based cosmologies, Abby witnesses the awakening and accessing of one’s inner resources and wellspring of potential. Abby finds offering retreats, ceremonies and earth-based growth experiences to be exhilarating! She believes individual growth and transformation help create a more kind, loving, respectful and sustainable global community.

Rachel Chase,
Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher, Intuitive Life Coach, Spiritual Guide
www.RachelChase.com
Rachel’s conscious growth work began after an intense healing crisis and awakening in 2002, when a dance student of hers introduced her to reiki. That was the gateway to her journey of becoming a healer. As an artist, she expresses the stories of her transformation and the journey of the heart. She guides her clients and students in that process too. Her teacher, Ram Dass opened her to a deeper way of living. In 2007 she dedicated her life and work to serving the intuitive guidance of Unconditional Love. This energy has propelled her into unexpected and beautiful ways to discover the joys of being a healing presence for others.

Rachel holds a BFA in studio art and an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She is a Certified Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Teacher, Certified Reiki Master Teacher, Certified Mindfulness Life Coach, ordained minister, and Certified BQH Practitioner (Quantum Healing Hypnosis). She has led hundreds of in-person workshops, classes and circles as well as various retreats, festivals and personal development groups. Rachel's healing and coaching practice operates remotely from her home.

Host or Publisher Rachel Chase