Testimonials
The Goddess
Your Hosts and Special Guests
Facility and Its Amenities
Accommodations
Optional Healing Services
Arrival & Departure
Transportation to Ojai Valley
Pricing & Reservations
Cancellation & Refund Policy
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Testimonials

Here's what other goddesses had to say about their "Celebrate the Goddess Within" Retreat Experience:

"The Goddess retreat was an overwhelmingly enlightening, nurturing, loving and necessary experience for all beautiful sisters to know their own power and being." ~ Alisa Wright

"The Goddess retreat was the most profound and life-changing event. My mother and I had the most exceptional experience. Each seminar, ceremony and service offered FAR exceeded my expectations!" ~ Jennifer Hnat

"This retreat provided an incredibly transforming experience! The Goddess energy and synergy was like nothing else I have ever experienced. I will most definitely return again and again and again!" ~ Clare Calvo

"This is the place to find serenity in nature. I've been to many retreats and Kerrie Dancing Butterfly's are the most fun and most nurturing to my soul! ~ Talya Meldy

"This was a trip of a lifetime. Come and play and let your Spirit soar!" ~ Nayelli Cardena

Special Guest Annie Jubb on "Radiant Beauty and Vibrant Health"
Maintaining the vitality and longevity of your goddess temple is an essential aspect to your path and purpose on this planet. We are very blessed to have this lovely and vibrant goddess share her proven secrets on radiant beauty, vital energy and longevity. Annie is widely recognized as a world authority on detoxifying the body and cell rejuvenation and is a pioneer in bio-based nutrition and the use of food as natural medicine. Annie has guided thousands of people through Jubb's 14-Day LifeFood Nutritional Fast. This program is enormously successful because it is easy to follow. The healthy person will look years younger after the Fast and the health-challenged individual can begin the necessary regeneration process by providing the vital electrics and nutrition needed. Annie Jubb is the co-author of the LifeFood Recipe Book, Colloidal Biology and Secrets of an Alkaline Body. Annie is known to her clients as a shaman, healer, spiritual leader, amazing speaker, an expert in the body-mind-spirit connection. For more information on Annie Jubb visit www.AnnieJubb.com

“Celebrate the Goddess Within” with Kerrie Dancing Butterfly
Acknowledge, awaken, embrace and share the radiant goddess that you are. In this playshop we will uncover facets of our own essence that have been dormant for far too long. Through this deep and powerful discovery, we embrace and celebrate our true Divine beauty. Learn specific tools to reclaim your power, maintain your energy and radiate joy. Kerrie artfully integrates the fields of self-empowerment, Shamanic teachings, emotional release, spiritual studies, meditation techniques and energy healing. Her core body of work is devoted to assisting people with their personal transformation through the integration of optimal physical, emotional and spiritual health. Learn more about Kerrie’s background, services, retreats and The Light School at www.JourneysfortheSoul.com and www.theLightSchool.com

Transformational Heart-Centered Yoga & Meditation with Erika Faith Hattingh
Sweet, soulful morning yoga sessions will be lovingly guided by this spirited yogini. Erika brings her healing energy, inspiring insights and blissful yoga sequences to the tribe along with beautiful music to begin each day in peace and unity. Her background in vinyasa yoga, combined with yoga therapy, bodywork and transpersonal psychology bring unique elements of magic and alchemy to the practice. Erika has been teaching yoga, leading retreats and training yoga masters since 1995 through her nationally recognized school, Cloud Nine Yoga. She is a world traveling gypsy and a lover of the arts, gardens, animals, extreme sports and simple living. Erika someday hopes to open a retreat center and/or Yoga University somewhere on planet earth. www.cloudnineyoga.com
 

All-Goddess Contemporary Native American Sweat Lodge Ceremony
Together, as sisters, we will prepare the lodge, build the fire, tend the ancient rocks and embrace this deep and profound sacred cleansing, healing and rebirthing gateway. This Ancient ceremony has been utilized by indigenous tribes as a sacred space to heal, cleanse, pray and rebirth. We will embrace this space to facilitate our own transformation by surrendering what no longer serves and anchoring our Divine dreams into reality. During the ceremony we honor the ancient wisdom of the spirit elements: Water, Air, Fire & Earth and the spirit of the West, North, East & South as well as Mother Earth, Father Sky and One Great Spirit. This ceremony invites you to explore your limits, inhibitions and your true potential. Leave behind what does not serve and plant seeds for your dreams to manifest. Connect to the land, to our ancestors and to your true self through this powerfully cleansing and liberating Native American tradition. The contemporary approach to this ancient tradition incorporates teachings, songs and tools from various cultures and spiritual philosophies. You will emerge from this ceremony truly transformed as a new life form ready to take your first steps into manifesting your Divine destiny. Together, we will emerge feeling lighter, brighter, clearer and stronger than EVER before.

Sacred Movement Ceremonies with Samantha Sweetwater
Soul Return - a somatic dance journey of death and re-birth. Isis holds us as we release veils of pain, shame, self-hatred and inauthentic expression. We surrender to our inner knowing and reclaim the love, light and wisdom held within body, heart and spirit.

Extasis Divinitus! - Shake your Shakti and Dance the Freedom of your cellular, energetic and holographic Selves! Breathe, purify and clarify your chakras and your aura, and let the rhythm bring you home to your true bliss as a divine manifestation of the Goddess!

Raw Vegan Cuisine Prepared Lovingly by Master Chef Elaina Love
Goddess Mother Elaina Love is one of the top raw food chefs in the world and has been serving up the most exceptional raw vegan cuisine at retreats and festivals all over the world for the last 6 years. Her food is known for being fabulous because she has a knack for making food that appeals to everyone. The menu in Ojai will utilize the freshest, just- picked organic ingredients grown locally. From Italian, Mexican and Middle Eastern dishes to her high end, outrageous desserts, we will be feasting on the most delicious, love-filled, fairy-blessing, nutrient-rich foods in the world! Visit Elaina at her new restaurant Café Soulstice in San Mateo. Learn more about her classes, recipe books and more at www.purejoyplanet.com

Drumming in the Divine Feminine with Marla Leigh
In this special workshop, we will connect to the ancient lineage of women drummers to create a community of spirited, drumming goddesses. Workshop will include exploring traditional drumming styles and rhythms from around the world, approaches to using drumming for self- healing and mediation, improvising, chanting while drumming and much more. We will be focusing on playing a frame drum, an ancient drum that has traditionally been used by women as early as 5300 BC, for healing rituals in cultures all over the world. Marla Leigh is a Los Angeles based percussionist, flautist, composer and yogi who is fascinated with creating authentic experiences that combine music with spirituality. She teaches drumming retreats and workshops around the world, as well as performs for many kirtans and sacred events. Marla also leads her own world music ensemble and is currently working her debut album, featuring music from an upcoming journey to the Middle East and North Africa. Fore more information, please visit www.marlaleigh.com. 

Tribal Wisdom from around the World with Naturalist Happy Oasis
Happy Oasis has been a lifelong, gentle-but-persistent, cross-cultural environmental, peace, and social activist. Slowly backpacking and entrepreneuring her way around the Earth for more than a decade, Happy abided with numerous now-deceased tribes who adopted her into their families as she sought wisdom as an adventure anthropologist, guiding hikers through the Himalayas, Thailand, Australia, Alaska, India, Sedona, the Grand Canyon and beyond. Raw vegan health consultant and meditation guide in the Orient, Happy also taught intuitive wild edible plants classes called “"Let’s Get Wild!"” in more than a dozen ecosystems around the planet. She is the author of the world’s only wild raw vegan international travelers' adventure poetry book, Uncivilized Ecstasies, a New Zealand best-seller, and Bliss Conscious Communication, an interactive conversational bliss book. Among her many other accomplishments, Happy Oasis is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Raw Spirit Festival. For more on Happy Oasis and the Raw Spirit Festival visit www.rawspiritfest.com

Daily Heart-Centered Yoga
Each morning we will be experiencing yoga from a special goddess. Since our bodies are so unique and our moods and energy level ever-changing, it is most beneficial to explore many forms of Yoga “union” to determine which suits you best in the moment. The morning yoga will be accessible to all levels and will incorporate sound, breath, meditation and movement to begin each day with connection and bliss.

About The Ojai Foundation
Nestled into 40 acres of semi-wilderness at the foot of the Los Padres Mountains, 90 minutes north of Los, Angeles, the Ojai Foundation is a Sanctuary for inner peace, soul healing, spirit awakening and reconnection to nature. They honor the inseparability of learning and living, to heal the split between work in the world and spiritual practice, and to incorporate ancient and emerging wisdom in everyday life.

The Ancient Labyrinth as a Spiritual Tool
Walking the single magical path of a sacred labyrinth is a spiritual tool used to surrender the thinking mind. The exercise of walking the labyrinth without the need to think allows one to connect deeper and reach the center effortlessly.

Accommodations

The sleeping facilities are rustic and simple, in the style of a private camp in a semi-wilderness setting with clean, modern hot showers and restrooms nearby. The quaint canvas domes and yurts usually house 2 to 3 adults comfortably with comfy futons. Bring your own snuggly bed and bath linens.

 

Optional Healing Services

Transformational Empowerment sessions with Kerrie Dancing Butterfly
What is Holding You Back? When you are ready to embrace your true potential, see yourself, others and the world in a whole new light, we'll explore the journey together.

Identify and clear whatever is holding you back
Heal troubled relationships and infuse them with love
Reunite with your intuitive and spiritual support system

Kerrie Dancing Butterfly artfully integrates the fields of self-empowerment, emotional release, spiritual studies, and languaging in her counseling services. During a private transformational empowerment session she will help you explore emotional issues that keep you from achieving your true potential. It is a journey inward that empowers you to release your fears, love with your heart and claim your power. During these sessions, you are free to express yourself openly in a loving, confidential and safe environment. This process facilitates profound and lasting shifts in perspective and enhances the quality of life in the most amazingly joyful ways. Kerrie’s core body of work is devoted to assisting people with their personal transformation through the integration of proven tools and techniques utilized for optimal physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Each consultation is tailored to address the individual’s current needs and priorities.

There are a limited number of sessions available. Please reserve your appointment in advance.

Goddess Heart - 13 Moon Oracle Card Readings with Samantha Sweetwater
These readings reflect the true love, wisdom and power of your soul, challenge you to release all that holds you apart from your highest purpose, and invite you to embrace ALL with unconditional love and compassion. .

PeaceBody Light Healing Sessions with Samantha Sweetwater
These sessions integrate multidimensional healing, reading and psycho-spiritual counseling, reconnecting the Soul with all aspects of Self and restoring holographic wholeness. PeaceBody Light sessions invite you to live in the grace of the N.O.W. (Natural Order of Wonder) free of karma, limiting beliefs, or depleting connections.

Sacred Drumming or Flute Lessons with Marla Leigh
Marla will be offering private lessons on flute (Western/Non-Western), frame drums (Middle Eastern drum), dgembe (African drum) and tabla (Indian drum). Lessons are open to musicians of all levels and instruments will be provided. We will cover traditional playing techniques with a special focus on tuning into your own inner music and improvising!!

Nutritional and Fasting Counseling Sessions with Annie Jubb
During this private consultation, Annie will utilize various ancient diagnostic and intuitive techniques to customize a specific cleansing, nutrition and fasting programs tailored to your body's current needs for optimal health and vitality.

Integrative Full Body Love Massage by Ojai Goddesses
To fully pamper and recharge your body, various modalities of massage will be offered including Reiki, Swedish, Therapeutic and others.

Check back for more healing services offered by talented Goddesses

Goddess Gallery
For your shopping convenience there will be a showcase of Goddess Gifts, Nutritional Products, Jewelry, Crystals, Essential Oils, Natural Body Care Solutions, Books, Inspirational CD’s, Clothing and more...

Arrival and Departure Information

Retreat begins Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Registration and check-in occurs from 1pm to 4pm
Welcome orientation and introductions start at 5pm

Retreat closes Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Closing circle begins at 10am
Check-out and departure by 12noon

Transportation to the Ojai Valley Foundation
This lovely sanctuary is conveniently located just 90 minutes north of Los Angeles, CA. The City of Ojai is accessible from the Hwy 101 going east on Hwy 33. Los Angeles, Burbank and Santa Barbara are the cities with the nearest airports. Airport shuttles from LA airport are available as are car rentals. We will also do our best to coordinate ridesharing and carpooling options. If you need to make flight or rental car arrangements, please phone our travel agent Dusti at 800.342.4114 for excellent rates and service.

 

Pricing & Reservations

This retreat WILL sell out so make your reservation Today! 50% deposit holds your space. All deposits and payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Investment in Your Health is $995 per goddess for shared accommodations.

For questions contact Goddess Joy at 949.294.2966 or journeysforthesoul@yahoo.com

Take Advantage of Check Payment Discounts
Get a $20 discount per reservation if you pay in full by check. Please address check for $995 payable to Journeys for the Soul, and mail to Journeys for the Soul, 978 Temple Hills Dr, Laguna Beach, CA 92651. Please include in your correspondence the name of the participant(s), address, email, phone number, and the title of the retreat for which you are registering.

Cancellation and Refund Policy
Due to the prepayments required for accommodations, materials, staff and food on behalf of each participant, there are no refunds or credits offered for partial attendance or no shows. This is a firm policy. Deposits and payments made are non-refundable.

WARNING: This experience is for those who take responsibility for themselves and embrace the opportunity to expand their beliefs, dissolve limited thinking and awaken their heart to a perspective of vibrant health and blissful living. Those who tend to complain, blame others and fear life will find this experience to be outside their natural comfort zone.

NOTICE: This retreat is an alcohol and drug free environment. You will be experiencing tremendously joyful all-natural HIGHS just being in nature, feasting on organic live foods, embracing inspirational content, experiencing sacred ceremonies, splashing in healing waters, expanding your spirit and laughing hysterically with others.

Photo Gallery from last Spring's Sedona Goddess Retreat