Our Mother's Arms
A Weekend of Embodied Earth Devotion with Ritual, Movement & Sacred Remembrance
April 17–19 | Leavenworth, WA at Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort
There is a place where you are already whole, where you can slow down enough to feel what is true and allow your spirit to gently return to itself through reverence, attention, and care. Our Mother’s Arms is a space created in that spirit: a grounded, intentional pause where participants are nourished by the Mother and invited to meet her with quiet devotion.
In a time when many are moving through life at a relentless pace, this retreat offers a conscious return to what truly sustains us. It centers the grounding presence of the Earth as a steady source of support, wisdom, and nourishment, guiding participants back into alignment with their body, spirit, and natural rhythm.
Through intentional gathering, movement, and care, participants are given the space to reconnect with their foundation, leaving more resourced, more steady, and more connected.
Gratitude Circle
What to expect
This three-day immersion unfolds with intention and spaciousness.
Friday - Arrival & Opening
The weekend begins with a gentle descent into presence. Participants will be welcomed into the container through an opening ceremony, followed by ritual movement to ground the body and settle the nervous system. As evening unfolds, we’ll move into Yoga Nidra for deep restoration, and close the night with a heartfelt community song circle; a simple, shared space of voice and connection to complete our first evening together.
Friday - Arrival & Opening
4:30-5:45PM Arrival-Check in, get settled
6PM Opening Ceremony
7:30 Song Circle
8:30-10PM Sound Journey W/Megan Wylde
Saturday — Expansion & Devotion
Saturday unfolds as a full day of embodied practice and Earth-centered devotion. Morning movement and breathwork ground the body, while midday sessions support integration and reflection. Optional workshops and private healing sessions offer personalized care, and the Earth Day Makers Market provides a celebration of artistry and stewardship. The evening culminates in ecstatic dance and closing Yoga Nidra, a powerful yet grounded expression of reverence and release.
Saturday — Expansion & Devotion
8-9:15AM Power Restore Yoga With Rae
9:30-12 Opportunity to book with a hands-on healer, go get some food, take place in a guided workshop and check out our makers market
12-1:15PM Elemental yoga with Aimee (Outside if weather permits)
1:30-4PM Another Opportunity to book with a hands-on healer, go get some food, take place in a guided workshop and check out our makers market
4-5:15PM Myofascial qigong with Rae
5:30-7PM Meal Time
7-8:30PM Ecstatic dance
8:30-9PM Guided meditation with Klarity
sunday - Integration & Blessing
Sunday is devoted to integration and gentle return. Morning movement reconnects body and breath, followed by a closing ceremony that honors the journey of the weekend. Additional healer sessions remain available, allowing participants to receive continued support before departure.
sunday - Integration & Blessing
8-9:15AM Vagal nerve toning yoga with Aimee
9:30-10:30AM Meal time or possible workshop offering
10:30-12 Closing ceremony
This gathering welcomes
This gathering welcomes a mixed and inclusive community of participants seeking sanctuary from the challenges of modern life through devotion to the natural world.
It is especially supportive for:
Individuals experiencing exhaustion or emotional depletion
Those navigating life transitions
Spiritual seekers and grounded practitioners
Caregivers, leaders, and wellness professionals
Men and women longing for reconnection and steadiness
No prior experience with yoga, dance, or spiritual practices is required.
You are welcome exactly as you are.
The circle is open to all who feel called to be held in a space of reverence, care, and remembrance.
Over the course of this weekend, participants often experience
Relief.
A sense of safety in their own body.
A deep settling of the nervous system.
Gratitude for the Earth’s steady presence.
Renewed trust in something greater to lean on.
Remembrance of their unique value and place in the world.
Meaningful reflection.
Connection and tenderness.
A sense of gratitude for the ways we can begin again.
You will leave feeling resourced, grounded, and prepared to return to your life with a sense of steadiness.
Journey with Our Earth-Aligned Guides
Our Mother’s Arms is co-created by a council of devoted practitioners rooted in movement, breath, ritual, and hands-on healing.
Each collaborator brings their unique devotion and expertise.
Together, we hold the container with care, reverence, and integrity.
Aimee Huffman
Aimee Huffman is a yoga therapist, health coach, and former Division 1 athlete who helps people slow down, reconnect to their bodies, and find steadiness in the midst of full lives. Her work weaves together mindfulness, nervous system support, and a deep respect for the body’s innate wisdom. She creates spaces where driven, high capacity individuals can soften, restore, and return to themselves.
Originally from Austin, Texas, Aimee now lives in Leavenworth, Washington, where she runs a private wellness practice and owns Alpine Hot Yoga. She draws daily inspiration from the forests, rivers, and wide open skies of the Pacific Northwest.
Rae Helsel, E-RYT 500
For over 15 years, Rae has immersed herself in the restorative arts of yoga, specializing in the nuanced realms of mindful restorative yin. In her classes and training sessions, she seamlessly integrates a profound understanding of nervous system regulation, medical qi gong, and neuroscience.
Rae’s journey into the world of yoga and meditation unfolded against the backdrop of a cancer diagnosis and subsequent surgery and treatments during her college years. It was in this life challenge that she discovered the profound healing capacities within this practice. From this threshold experience, Rae has cultivated a unique approach, one that not only heals but also restores and empowers the intricate tapestry of the mind, body, and spirit (The Rest Movement).
She teaches from a place of deep study, having trained under international luminaries such as Judith Lasater, Jillian Pransky, Bernie Clark, Sarah Powers, Rod Stryker, Tara Brach, and Mimi Kuo Deemer. Her mission is to bring relaxation to an over-worked, burnt-out, and under-rested culture.
Klarity
Klarity’s path has been one of remembering — learning, unlearning, and returning home to herself again and again. Since beginning her studies in Biodynamic Craniosacral in 2016, she has devoted herself to listening to the subtle rhythms of the nervous system and energy body. She offers gentle, attuned spaces where people can soften, regulate, and reconnect in a world that often pulls us away from our center.
Alongside her healing work, Klarity is a DJ and facilitator of Ecstatic Dance. She sees dance as medicine. a space where the body leads and movement arises from within. Through movement and dance, stored energy can be expressed and released. Her ceremonial journeys create grounded, heart-centered spaces where all is welcome, inviting each person to let their body guide the way home.
Britt
Megan Wyld
Megan Wyld is a Wenatchee native who spent over 16 years traveling, studying, and immersing herself in spiritual and healing traditions that emphasize embodiment, awareness, and direct revelation. Her path included working with sound, ceremony, shamanic journeying, breath, and plant and stone medicines—practices that invite deep listening rather than instruction, and inner authority rather than external guidance.
Now rooted back in her hometown, Megan shares the modalities that have supported her own growth and integration. Her work is not about fixing, analyzing, or processing stories. Instead, it creates a layered, sensory-rich environment that allows the nervous system to reorganize, perception to open, and the body’s innate intelligence to lead.
Megan’s Sound Journeys are held as a ceremonial container—responsive rather than repetitive, dynamic rather than static—designed for those who are comfortable being with their own internal experience and allowing transformation to arise organically.
The spaces she creates are especially supportive for individuals who are grounded, self-aware, and curious about meeting themselves beyond words, analysis, or performance—through direct sensation, resonance, and presence.
Ben
Morgan cassidy, rn
Morgan is an RN of 12 years and has worked not only in acute care but in the realm of naturopathic and functional medicine.
She is extremely passionate about enjoying life to the fullest and believes a foundation of mindfulness and growth can help anyone achieve a level of health that is inherent and within reach. She is a certified professional life coach focusing on wellness, personal development and shadow work.
She loves playing outside, riding her bike, paddle /snowboarding, live music, dancing, singing, house parties, festivals, fermenting foods and geeking out on deep cellular health and evolutionary biohacking and using her body as a lab in general.
She is most excited to provide you with a wellness experience that, no matter where you are on your journey, will help you access a level of restoration unique only to this service.
julien wilder
My name is Julien Wilder and I’ve been a practicing energy healer for the past 15 years. My certification is in Brennan Healing Sciences from The Barbara Brennan School of Healing, and my practice is rooted in clearing and balancing the energy field at the core levels. I specialize in visual, kinesthetic, and auditory high sense perception, which is how I detect and gently reorient your field to reconnect you with your center and align you with your intention. This work is designed to dissolve the separation within the self, which brings balance to the physical, mental, emotional, and energetic bodies we all experience life with. I look forward to connecting with you 💚
Blake Suzelis, PhD in Mind-Body Medicine
Blake is a licensed therapist and author whose work bridges academic research, mind-body-spirit healing, lived experience, and holistic psychology. A survivor of complex medical trauma, cancer, and a prolonged coma, Blake brings a grounded, compassionate presence to his work, supporting others navigating healing and life transitions through integrative therapeutic tools, embodied practices, and a map of meaning for integrating their experiences.
“A Map of Meaning: An Experiential Integration Session
This small-group experiential session offers a grounded space to integrate what is unfolding in your healing journey through story, reflection, and embodied presence. Drawing from personal experience and therapeutic work, Blake shares a map of meaning—a simple, orienting lens for understanding inner change, life transitions, and moments of awakening as part of a larger process of growth.
Rather than focusing on fixing or techniques, this session invites participants to slow down, make sense of their experience, and reconnect with their own inner guidance. Through gentle reflection and dialogue, participants are supported in translating insight into lived understanding, offering clarity, grounding, and a deeper sense of coherence as they move forward.
Format: Small group
Best for: Those navigating transition, healing, or a sense of inner change, seeking clarity and integration.
Jennifer
Hands-On Healing Sessions
Private one-on-one sessions will be available throughout Saturday and Sunday at a special retreat rate. These sessions provide an opportunity for personalized care within the supportive environment of the retreat.
Modalities may include cranio sacral, hands-of-light, energy healing, experiential integration, IV therapy, and holistic wellness support. Sessions are optional and can be scheduled in advance for those who wish to receive deeper individualized attention. Participants are encouraged to book early.
Earth Day Makers Market
On Saturday, a curated Earth Day Makers Market will gather local artisans and creators in celebration of the Divine Mother and the creative spirit of the Earth.
Offerings may include botanical goods, ritual objects, handcrafted art, adornments, and Earth-centered products. This space honors creativity, stewardship, and community connection while supporting local makers aligned with the retreat’s values.
logistical details
Location: Sleeping Lady Resort | Leavenworth, WA
Dates: April 17–19 (Earth Day Weekend)
Lodging is not included, though discounted accommodations are available through Sleeping Lady. Food will be available for purchase through on-site vendors. The retreat will utilize both indoor and outdoor spaces, with weather contingency plans in place to ensure comfort and continuity.
A detailed schedule and preparation guide will be released upon registration.
Investment & Pricing Tiers
Full Weekend Pass
Includes all ceremonies, movement sessions, ecstatic dance, Yoga Nidra, and Makers Market access.
Sleeping lady
Mountain resort
A Sanctuary for Rest, Integration & Gentle Restoration
Our retreat will be held at the beautiful Sleeping Lady Resort in Leavenworth, WA — a nature-immersed sanctuary nestled along Icicle Creek and surrounded by mountain views, gardens, and peaceful walking paths.
The property itself is intentionally quiet, restorative, and deeply aligned with the spirit of In Our Mother’s Arms. Many participants find that simply being on the grounds invites a natural slowing of pace, deeper breath, and a greater sense of presence. Between sessions, you’ll have space to rest, reflect, walk the trails, or sit in stillness within a setting designed to support calm, connection, and renewal.
Staying on-site allows you to remain held within the retreat container from beginning to end, rather than stepping in and out of the experience each day.
A Gentle Extension of Care
As a participant of In Our Mother’s Arms, you will receive a 15% discount on your stay at Sleeping Lady Resort as a gentle bonus for retreat guests.
We warmly encourage on-site accommodations to support deeper integration, unhurried mornings, and a more immersive experience throughout the weekend. Your room becomes a quiet space to journal, rest, and reconnect between ceremonies, movement, and healing sessions.
Booking details and instructions for receiving the retreat guest rate will be shared upon registration so your stay can be arranged with ease.
dining options
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On-Site @ Sleeping Lady
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this retreat for?
All genders and experience levels are welcome. The retreat is designed for a mixed community seeking sanctuary, reconnection, and restoration.
Do I need prior yoga or dance experience?
No experience is necessary. All practices are guided with accessibility and inclusivity in mind.
Are healing sessions required?
No. They are entirely optional and available for those who desire additional personalized support.
Is lodging included?
Lodging is not included, though discounted accommodations are available through Sleeping Lady Resort.
What should I bring?
A yoga mat, water bottle, journal, comfortable clothing for movement, and layers for indoor/outdoor spaces.
The Divine Mother continues to hold us in her abundant arms — steady, generous, and ever-present.
This retreat is an opportunity to consciously receive that embrace.
To exhale.
To remember.
To be cared for without condition.
There is space for your grief.
There is space for your gratitude.
There is space for your spirit to be gently restored.
And most of all, there is a place for you here.
