The Gathering Ground
The Gathering Ground A 5-part Movement Retreat
Tending to the Earth of Our Bodies
I wholeHEARTedly invite you to join me for a deep nourishment reset: The Gathering Ground, a 5-part retreat series designed to reconnect you with your body, spirit, and life force through ritual, dance, creativity, and deep listening.
So much of our attention is forced outward in these wild times on the planet. Most of us are desperately missing listening and attending to what is quietly stirring within us. For 5 Fridays leading into the winter months, let’s intentionally step out of the fast-paced hustle of our daily lives and enter into ceremony together, time out of time, earth time and redirect our attention inward.
Together, we will reconnect with our hearts and bodies, listen to what is calling our attention, move stagnant energy, and reclaim vitality.
Each week, we’ll dive into our precious inner landscape, our emotions and how they are held in the body, and our relationship with our elemental guides: earth, water, fire, air, and spirit. Through a guided dance practice followed by a shamanic journey with live drumming, we’ll open the channels of connection.
This is a space for slowing down, for reMEMBERing. A space to listen, and to be listened to. A space to nourish, ground, tend, and transform.
Each session includes:
Opening ritual & community connection
One hour guided dance practice
Guided shamanic journey with drumming
Journaling and creative integration
Council practice of sharing and witnessing one another
Nourishing seasonal snacks and teas
No dance experience necessary, come just as you are but ready to dance!
Limited to 12 participants for an intimate experience.
This is an invitation to return to your center — to gather what has been scattered, and to remember yourself whole.
Financial Commitment:
Payment Option 1: Pay it Forward: $650
Payment Option 2: Retreat Cost: $575
Payment Option 3: Reduced Cost: $500
*Includes materials fee, tea, snacks, and herbal treats
Please select the option on the scale that best fits with your financial situation. I trust you to choose the amount that is in integrity for you.
Commitment to the full series is required. Payment in advance is preferred, with an option to pay per session if needed.
Registration is complete once payment has been received.
Dates and Location:
November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 11
10-12:30am
Heartseed Homestead
372 Lefthand Canyon Drive Boulder, CO 80302
Registration is full. Check back or sign up for our newsletter to find out about monthly Gathering Ground sessions starting in January.
About Rachael
Rachael Brody is a somatic psychotherapist, ritual guide, and conscious dance facilitator. She holds a masters in Somatic Counseling Psychology from Naropa University in Boulder, CO, is a certified SomaSource Life Cycles Practitioner, and a certified spiritual healing practitioner. She believes in the power of creating space for intimate, loving connection with the body as an entryway to the innate magic and wisdom within. She loves creating beautiful and sacred group containers where personal and collective processes can unfold with joy and reverence.
She is a devoted partner and mama of three beautiful children and loves to dig her hands and heart deep in the soil (and kitchen) with her beloved plant friends. She gives deep thanks to her many teachers and guides.