Join us for Earth Medicine Magic, a long weekend retreat of movement, breathwork and meditation in the redwoods of Northern California. This retreat is a one of a kind experience – Nicole Smith Levay will lead you through a journey of connecting to the natural world through your body’s senses. Uplift your spirit through conscious practice in communion with nature.

This retreat is designed for womxn who are sensitive, empathic leaders and visionaries who see a better way possible.

It’s time to come out of rest. It’s time to shake the dust off after being in physical isolation. It’s time to learn rituals that keep you vibrating at your healthiest self in a time when disease is prevalent. How will you strengthen yourself in unpredictable times? When you are connected to your inner medicine woman, you always have a safe home.

...when you

• have dedicated time and space to heal 
• reconnect with other empathic spiritual community in a safe place
• know various movement, breathwork, and meditation tools to address energy blocks
• are able to transform pain to pleasure
• have the ability to self-regulate emotional turbulence
• are infused with a sense of peace after so much chaos
• are more aligned with your soul’s purpose and have direction
• return home more engaged with life on all levels

The retreat will take place at the Mount Madonna Center in Watsonville CA on 355 acres of redwood groves, hiking trails, and meadows… all infused with a sense of peace, spaciousness, and heartfelt service. The Center has always been a sacred space, from the early Native American Ohlone days to the Italian stone masons who saw the apparition of the Madonna in the forest. It’s a place of natural magic and power and a place of personal transformation where people can find their authentic selves through practice, study, and community.

Amidst a background of a Redwood forest and grassy knolls, allow nature to be your medicine. The five elements - air, wind, earth, fire, and ether - all have a role to play in your vitality. Prepare to be taken through each element as it relates to your blockages and learn the tools to open up your energy to new possibilities of health. You are invited to reconnect to the disowned parts of yourself, meet the discomfort with courage, and grow and transform through this experience. You will be held as you meet wounds that are holding you back. As your own medicine woman, you can return home and apply the embodied practices we’ll be using to ground you, move you, and light you up when you please.

Mornings: Movement & Meditation

Afternoons: Ecotherapy Adventures

Evenings: Breathwork Circles & Community Time

Limited single rooms with private attached baths. Double rooms with shared baths are available for folks traveling with friends/family, as well as tents for camping and spaces for fully functioning camping vehicles (camping rate applies for vehicles too) with access to outdoor, well-ventilated bathhouses.

All meals are strictly vegetarian. The Center’s kitchen uses fresh, high quality ingredients, incorporating organic and local products whenever possible, in lovingly prepared menus. They can accommodate most special dietary needs and requests. Reverse osmosis filtered water and tea are available 24/7. The Center is well-known as a College of Āyurveda, which informs the menu available to guests.

Due to the unpredictable tides of the COVID-19 pandemic we will strictly follow the California state regulations in place at the time of the retreat. We plan for our yogic practice to take place outdoors (in the event of where outdoor classes would not be possible, an indoor space that is very open with sliding glass doors and windows will be utilized).

If a student needs to cancel the retreat:

• There is a $100 for credit card and processing fee with any cancellation.
• Between 90-30 days prior to departure, there is a cancellation fee of 25% of the original retreat price.
• We, unfortunately, cannot offer a refund or voucher if you have to cancel less than 30 days prior to departure. The only exception is due to COVID-19 (see below).

If a student needs to cancel the retreat due to COVID-19:

• If you are able to present proof of COVID-19 diagnosis for you, someone you are living with, or a recent COVID-19 related death in the family, you will receive a Power Within Healing voucher minus the $100 credit card and processing fees to be used for a future retreat.

If the teacher/retreat leader needs to cancel the retreat:

We reserve the right to make any necessary alterations and substitutions to the program and the itinerary at any time.  All of our retreats, workshops, and events need a minimum number of students in order to take place. If we must cancel the retreat due to low enrollment, a state lockdown or outbreak of a new virus, we will do so at least 30 days prior to the retreat and we will issue a full refund to all enrolled clients as soon as possible.

If unforeseen circumstances beyond our control occur, due to natural disaster or political upheaval, we will issue full refunds minus applicable processing fees. We highly recommend you purchase travel insurance.