Lindsey Marie Whited
Upcoming Retreats
Each seasonal retreat provides a unique experience to unwind, slow down, reflect and reset your nervous systems as we transition into a new cycle. These gatherings provide deep nourishing space for self-care, nature immersion and cultivating connections with like minded women in community.
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beautiful it is to be in a setting of like-minded beautiful individuals. I truly cannot wait for the next one!!!"
-Lauren Rush, Retreat Participant 2021
How
Beltane Nature Retreat
creating beauty and renewal in community
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 1st, at Hogback Ridge Park, Madison, OH
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Come together for a day retreat in nature to celebrate Beltane and life!
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Beltane also known as May Day, marking the midpoint between Spring and Summer. This is the moment where life really begins to emerge, blossom and flourish!
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This day is the Earth’s most fertile point and is a day to connect with what is emerging and alive within each of us. It's a moment to come into circle and and connect with the natural world and embody each of the gifts we are birthing at this time.
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This is an opportunity to completely unplug from the stress of daily life, immerse in nature and allow yourself to fully receive the gifts of this spring season!
Expect a day filled with ...
• serene nature
• rest
• self-care
• deep nourishment
• movement
• song
• play
• creation
...and connection with each other and the elements.
Our time together also includes.
• 90 min yoga flow with Erin Hill
• meditation
• forest bathing
• wildflower hike
• journaling
• creating earth altars
• making flower crowns
• beltane fire ritual
• song sharing
• two fresh vegan meals
and more...
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We will have an array of practitioners offering their passion and wisdom through-out day.
Massage, Reiki and angel card readings will also be available and priced separately.
Sessions start at 20 min for $1 a min. Sig up upon arrival day of retreat.
Lindsey Marie Whited will be hosting her second retreat in collaboration with Branches of Wellness. She is honored to hold space for the day to facilitate deep healing in nature with community. She will be leading a variety of activities throughout the day that will be focused on creating beauty and embodied connection.
Lindsey is a wellness advocate, a facilitator of sacred sound and song, body-worker and Earth-based ritualist. She believes we all have the ability to heal and come back into a state of balance and ease within our bodies. She is passionate about supporting individuals on their healing paths, sharing tools of wisdom that have worked on her journey of healing trauma, addiction, anxiety and chronic illness.
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She is excited to be part of supporting the cultivation of each individuals own embodied wisdom and heart song inspired by nature and all creation.
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Erin Hill, the owner of Branches of Wellness will be leading a 90-minute yoga practice for all bodies/all levels, geared to encourage the expansion of the energy within!
Erin is a compassionate, intuitive, and nurturing yoga instructor and energy worker. Through her classes and practices, Erin encourages people to embrace themselves where they are today, move at their own pace down their chosen path, and smile while they discover their wonderfulness and potential.Erin was led to yoga and Reiki in the early 2000s, as they were part of her path to healing from systemic and discoid lupus erythmetosis. In 2006, she received her Master level Reiki certification from Carol J. Spears, and went on to receive her 200-Hour Yoga Teacher certification from T.R.Y. 4 Life in 2008. Shortly thereafter, Erin founded Branches of Wellness to inspire others to take their healing into their own hands with natural holistic approaches.
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Cassandra McCollom will be offering Angel Card Reading sessions during the retreat. She is a certified Hatha Yoga Instructor, Angel Card Reader™and Flower Therapy Healer. In Cassandra’s Intuitive Angel Reading sessions she will help you to enhance your power by activating your Angels! She connects with your Guardian Angels bringing messages of Love, Light, Healing and Wisdom to your life. She also works with 15 Archangels that have different specialties and talents that you will learn how to work with for your specific needs. Each session is customized just for you to address any aspect of life you need guidance for. Cassandra has a grounded approach in her readings that balances both the shadows and light of each situation. You will leave with practical tools and a personalized team of Angels to help you experience Healing, Magick and Miracles everyday!
Types of Readings:
Life Purpose
Health & Wellness
Love & Romance
Life Cycles & Transitions
Career Guidance
Abundance & Prosperity
Kamalika Stockton will be guiding us through a walking meditation and Forest Bathing experience during our wildflower and creek hike. She will aso be offering private Reiki sessions for an additional charge during the afternoon.
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Kamalika is a Level 2 Certified and Insured Wim Hof instructor based out of the NE Ohio and surrounding regions. She is also a certified Reiki practitioner. Kamalika has experience as a licensed Art Teacher who provides group workshops and one-on-one sessions for Vision Boards, sculpting and collaging to help you find alternative routes of deeper personal expression and reflection. Kamalika also offers group and one-on-one Hiking, Meditation and Shinrin-Yoku (“Forest Bathing”) to help you find grounding through nature.
Brianna Tavares will be offering private massage sessions during the retreat for an additional charge. She is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Cupping Therapist, and Reiki practitioner. Her healing journey began after she was introduced to Reiki. After her first treatment, she was astounded by the intuitive form of healing and decided to pursue her own training through Branches of Wellness in 2014. Through her own experience with a back injury, she was exposed to medical massage. Using massage therapy and chiropractic care she was able to avoid surgery and go back to functioning and living a normal life. The two worlds of Reiki and massage melded together, so Brianna decided to enroll in the Cleveland Institute of Medical Massage, which she graduated from in October of 2018. She received her Medical License from the State of Ohio shortly after and has been a Massage Therapist with Branches of Wellness since December 2018.
Dawn Osewalt will be offering private massage sessions during the retreat for an additional charge. Dawn is a Thai Massage and Reiki practitioner and got her start helping others over 33 yrs ago as a dispatcher and has since retired. She has been practicing Reiki for over ten years and Thai Massage for four, She loves helping people and learned Thai massage is a way of continuing her passion on a more personal level and as a way to help keep herself in shape. Thai massage differs from traditional massage mainly because you stay fully clothed, and your treatment is typically on a mat on the floor. Thai is more stretching and acupressure. You get the same benefits as a traditional massage, but you also will become more flexible with regular treatments. She is excited to share her passion for healing at the retreat.
All women welcome; this is an LGBTQ+ affirming retreat.
Date/Time: Sunday, May, 1st, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
...with optional sunset dinner around the fire 6-8 p.m.
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Location: Strong Cabin at Hogback Ridge Park, Madison OH
Hogback is bordered by the Grand River and Mill Creek and the landscape includes hardwood forests, hemolock ridges, floodplains, small waterfalls and swimming holes along Mill Creek.
We will be adventuring out on the trails that run along the creek exploring the abundance of spring wildflowers. The Bluebell Valley Path includes a boardwalk for exceptional wildflower viewing.
Our main gathering place for the day will be at Strong Cabin, a small private cabin nestled in the woods next to a small lake. The cabin has full amenities and includes a small kitchen, bathroom, communal space, outdoor fire pit, picnic tables and lots of area around the cabin to relax and explore.
Hogback Ridge Park is the perfect place to unplug, unwind and receive healing from nature and the elements.
Investment:
Non-Refundable Registration Fee:
$25 to cover cost of food and supplies.
$111 - early bird until April 27th, $133 after
$155 - includes retreat + the priceless support for another in need.
This tier covers 1/3 of a scholarship ticket.
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Payment plans available, please inquire through Branches of Wellness.
To register and for more info visit www.branchesofwellness.com
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Limited scholarships available for those who are in recovery and for BIPOC.
For scholarship inquirers please reach out to Lindsey: lindseymairewhited@icloud.com.
gratitude is extended to all involved from those who organized, provided services, provided the land, and to those who showed up for healing. My heart is full. My mind body and spirit are ready for continued healing and growth. When I left this retreat I was full of self love, gratitude and readiness to do the work I was created to do. Thank you .
-Autumn Equinox retreat participant
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