SPRING DETOX w/Parasite Cleanse
Session I :: May 2nd - May 8th, 2025 // Meditation
Session II :: May 9th - May 15th, 2025 // Writing
Session III :: May 16th - May 22nd, 2025 // Movement
Session IV :: May 23rd - May 29th // Creative Arts
Session V :: May 30th - June 5th, 2025 // Earthworks
THE JOURNEY
This focused immersion gently walks you through the pathway of detoxification :: opening the body//mind//heart//spirit to clarity, creating a fertile ground for healing and repatterining. We will learn about the power of a detoxification diet while providing satisfying meals so that you never feel like you're restricting. Mental and emotional clearing work will be done through a light digital detox, creative exercises and circle support. Finally, we lead you through a Radical Forgiveness Ceremony to update your soul contracts and acknowledge the karma you have completed.
ALL ABOUT THE FOOD
We are offering the best in locally sourced, organic, plant-based, whole-food meals that specifically cater to cleansing and detoxifying the body. Our menus consist of a glorious combination of above ground vegetables, nuts and seeds and a few low-sugar fruits that support parasite cleansing. It sounds restrictive but just wait till you experience what our master chef, Bradley Alan has designed. Oh! And we even off some time in the kitchen for learning master vegetarian cooking and how to create your own delicious recipes.
THE PRACTICES
We'll start each day with our classic sunrise meditation, breathwork, somatic movement and mantra practices. Each movement class is themed with the chakra of the day based on the galactic calendar's weekly spiral chakra journey. These sessions are meant to be gentle and supportive of opening the flow in the body, leaving you feeling rejuvenated and nourished for the day.
Daytime activities are varied and will depend on what's happening in the group detox process. We have a range of indoor and outdoor options, whether that's learning about altar-making to spending time hiking on the mountain; From cooking classes to earth-honoring ceremonies to simply staying on the property and enjoying the 1000 acres of woodland forest meditating, journalling or practicing restorative yoga.
Evening activities include fire circles, stargazing, creative play games, a conscious movie night and a special cacao ceremony with sound healing.
INCLUDED ACTIVITIES
- Daily Meditation, Breathwork & Yoga
- Parasite Cleanse Protocol including Herbs
- Delicious Vegan Meals designed to Detox
- Mount Shasta Sacred Site Excursions
- Free time for Soaking, Journaling & Forest Bathing
- Cacao Ceremony w/Sound Healing Journey
- Detox Education & Culinary Play w/Bradley Alan
- Radical Forgiveness Ceremony w/Melanie Kay
- Campfires, Stargazing & Sharing Circles
ABOUT YOUR GUIDES
Melanie Kay and Bradley Alan began their collaboration in 1997 as friends and co-creators of conscious community; nourishing spaces for exploration and growth. Their cultivated life skill sets completely compliment each others and support the initiative at The Rainbow Bridge :: Mt. Shasta. Melanie as a life-long learner of somatic movement, energy work, pedagogy and ceremony studies. Brad, studying all forms of art-making, kitchen craft and plant//garden alchemy. They both share a passion for the wisdom of the mineral kingdom and the comedic healing arts; A perfect Yin//Yang partnership to support you in finding your soul's path. Our home is truly, your home.
PARASITE CLEANSE PROTOCOL
We have a protocol that provides powerful results and a total gut bacteria reset. It is strong and gentle at the same time, using a natural herbal blend of supplements over the course of five weeks. You will have the natural herbal supplements & at-home recipes provided as well as four follow-up zoom calls post retreat.
THE SESSIONS
MEDITATION
May 2nd - May 8th
Focusing on stillness and perception, we evoke a deeper connection with self and the natural world. Melanie Kay & Tom Still offer various meditation practices to support you in identifying what thought patterns distract or bind us, the goal being to cultivate pure presence and field consciousness.
WRITING
May 9th - May 15th
Joined by special guest, Cynthia Cummings, we spend time each day immersing ourselves in her Wild Heart Writing technique, an authentic writing practice that emerges from the stillness and emptiness within. This evocative practice wonderfully supports the detoxification process.
MOVEMENT
May 16th - May 22nd
Melanie Kay shares her wisdom in Authentic Movement, a practice that stills the mind//body and allows for movement to unfold from the mystery. Combined with reflective journalling and group witnessing, we create a clear expression for what is arising during the week of detoxification.
CREATIVE ARTS
May 23rd - May 29th
Melanie Kay and Bradley Alan source from their wide and varied experience as artists to bring you activities that play with visual representations of our natural unfoldment. From Touch Drawing to collage-making to free drawing and more, this session is designed to tickle your inner artist.
EARTHWORKS
May 30th - June 5th
This week we focus on getting our hands into the earth! We have several activities that support the physical body during the detoxification process such as chopping wood, trail work, land grading and gardening. Experience the power and light that emerges from collective work//play in harmony with elementals & the land.
Feeling into an International Immersion?
LANGTANG REGION,
NEPAL
March 3rd - March 18th, 2025
Join us on the pilgrimage to Gosaikunda, a sacred mountain lake and abode for Lord Shiva, according to the Samudra Manthan epic told in the Vishnu Purana. We will practice breath work and kundalini yoga to enhance this Himalayan trekking experience.
NILE RIVER VALLEY,
EGYPT
March 24th - April 7th, 2025
This tour provides a once-in-a-lifetime immersion into the ancient temple sites along the Nile River Valley. From the King's Chamber on the Giza plateau, to a private Dahabiya sailing experience on the Nile, this co-creative experience is set to be absolutely sublime.
