It’s time to RENEW YOU! Join us at Kaluna Farm Retreat in the mountains of Talking Rock, GA for this special gathering. Our day will begin with an opening circle and intention setting meditation. During this time, you will also be served with a cup of delicious, heart opening ceremonial Cacao. Cacao is a plant medicine that has been used in ceremonies and rituals for thousands of years. There are no psychedelic properties in cacao, but participants do often experience sensations of connection, bliss, and inner knowing.

With open hearts we will transition to a breathwork session, which is a healing therapy that uses conscious circular breathing to unlock an altered state of consciousness. The accelerated breath clears emotional blocks and stagnant energy from the mind and body. Conscious circular breathwork increases the circulation of oxygen through the body, which activates different areas of the brain to create new neural pathways for a deeper awareness and stronger self of sense, while releasing unresolved emotions and trauma. This session consists of the use of your conscious circular breath, reiki, evocative music and vibrational sound, which will leave you feeling lighter and with a deeper sense of clarity. 

You’ll then be guided through a sacred song circle and kirtan. Kirtan is a devotional call and response chant where we’ll all sing together in joy and unity. It’s an opportunity to awaken the confidence within you to sing with a full heart and soul! These medicine songs and mantras will connect you with the divine oneness in all of us.

We’ll conclude with a vibrational sound bath where the space will be filled with deep tones from gongs, gentle melodies from the crystal harp, vibrations from singing bowls, didgeridoos, rain sticks, bells, drums, and more. It’s an opportunity to drift into the stillness below the mind and access your parasympathetic nervous system state. This modality provides a chance to let go, rejuvenate, feel grounded, and become deeply relaxed. It’s an opportunity for meditation, emotional revelation, time to connect with yourself and ultimately tap into your innate ability for self-healing. 

For this gathering you’re encouraged to bring your journal as well as any special item you’d like to place in the alter to be blessed and charged during the ceremony. 

Please pack and bring your own lunch and beverages to enjoy during the lunch break. Meals are not provided. 

10:45am: Arrive and Settle In

11am - 11:45am: Opening, Cacao and Guided Mediation

11:45am - 1pm: Breathwork 

1pm - 2pm: Lunch Break (participants pack and bring their own lunch)

2pm - 3:15pm Sacred Song & Kirtan

3:30pm-4:45pm: Sound Immersion 

4:45pm - 5pm: Closing

$222

Kaluna Farm Retreat, 462 Cedar Springs Hallow, Talking Rock, GA 30175

You will receive and email with all retreat details a few days before the event. Please note refunds are not provided for cancellations as seats are limited. Videos and images may be captured at this event for promotional purposes.

Stay the night at the farm and turn your experience into a full weekend! Kaluna Farm Retreat has numerous lodging options including a log cabin, a tree house and more. You can book accommodations here.

These rentals are an extra option outside of this particular day retreat and do not include any additional facilitation from retreat hosts or prepared meals.

Kaluna Farm Retreat is nestled in the creek hollers and bottom lands of the North Georgia Blue Ridge foothills. The 92 acre retreat is primarily forested land with the heart of the farm being a mosaic of fields, orchards, and a magical mountain spring at the center. Love for the land is seen and felt everywhere at Kaluna. The good life is one of service to a place and the Earth. As responsible stewards of this land, the KFR family works hard to make choices that lead to abundant life for our relations. By using regenerative farming techniques we have increased the soil fertility and planted many perennial species that feed us and the ever increasing wildlife that depends on this farm for life.

Welcome to the Sounds of Summer. On this unforgettable retreat, you will be enveloped in the sound of the season and the sounds of healing. Yogi Douglas Johnson of Mahapatha Yoga and Alex Ballew of Secret River Sounds will guide you through a weekend of Kirtan (chanting), Sound Baths, Yin Yoga, and Yoga Nidra (sleep meditation) against the natural symphony of summer sounds like cicadas, singing birds, crickets, and bullfrogs. This retreat will be a time to slow down and immerse yourself in these healing sounds for a deeper connection to yourself and the unity of all.

Ignite your authentic self. Return to the divine knowing of your innermost intuition and illuminate your path of alignment. Join Alexa Shackelford of Breathing Back to You and Alex Ballew of Secret River Sounds as they guide you through an immersive breathwork and sound experience. We will be combining the healing modalities of conscious breath, primal release and vibrational sound  to bring you back to YOU. 

Your Guides

Alexa Shackelford is a Certified Breathwork Facilitator, Sound Practitioner, and Founder of Breathing Back to You. With over a thousand hours of facilitation experience, Alexa weaves together breath, sound, and energy work, creating a safe container from which people can heal from past trauma and align with their highest potential. Everything she shares has grown out of her own healing journey, allowing her to provide compassionate wisdom for her community. Alexa is passionate about guiding others back home to their own sacred truth, because she knows that's where we find the peace we all deeply desire.

Alexa Shackelford

Alex Ballew is a Sound Bath Facilitator, Breathwork Teacher, Gong expert and Founder of Secret River Sounds. He is on a mission to use vibrational sound therapy and breathwork to help people find connection with themselves and others. He wants to bring joy, authenticity, unity and hope into everything he does. Secret River Sounds is spreading healing vibrations in the name of wellness, empowerment and love.

Alex Ballew

This retreat experience is designed to create a safe container for you to come alive and tap into your primal being. It’s a place to be wild. A place to heal. An opportunity to howl, to scream, to laugh, to cry. With the power of breath we can remove trauma that’s been stored in the body. Through vibrational sound we can tap into deep stillness. We’ll embark on a journey of multiple breathwork sessions and sound baths. We’ll burn what no longer serves us with a fire release ceremony. We’ll feel into medicinal movement with ecstatic dance, and we’ll savor the sacred plant medicine of cacao.

Thursday, 11/7:

4pm - 6pm: Arrival and settle in

6pm - 7pm: Dinner

7:30pm - 8pm: Opening Circle

8pm - 9:15pm: Sound Bath with Alex

Friday, 11/8:

7:30am - 8:45am: Yoga (all levels) with special guest teacher Alexis Avery

9am - 10am: Breakfast (eat light)

11:30am - 1:00pm: Transformational Breathwork with Alexa

1:00pm - 2:00pm: Lunch

2:00pm - 5:00pm: Free time to hike, get massage, reiki, chill. 

5:00pm - 5:45pm: Dynamic Breathwork with Alex

6:00pm - 7pm: Dinner

7:30pm - 9pm: Dual Sound Bath with Alexa and Alex

Saturday, 11/9:

9am - 10am: Breakfast

10am - 1pm: Free Time to hike, get massage, reiki, chill.

1pm - 2pm: Lunch

3:30pm - 5:30pm: Primal Breathwork and Sound Bath with Alexa and Alex

6:00pm - 7:00pm: Dinner

7:30pm - 9pm: Fire Circle and Release Ceremony

Sunday, 11/10:

8am - 9am: Breakfast

9:30am - 10am: Embodied Breathwork with Alexa

10am - 11am: Ecstatic Dance with Alexa

11:00am - 11:30am: Closing Sound Bath with Alex

11:30am - 12:30pm: Closing Circle and Cacao 

1pm - 2pm: Lunch 

2pm: Departure 

Heartwood Retreat Center is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains just an hour and half north of Atlanta. This wholesome mountain getaway ensures a memorable experience and includes:

A beautiful indoor and outdoor studio for gathering.

Delicious meals cooked with intention (and ability to adjust to dietary restrictions).

A living space ideal for connection and community.

An infrared suana and jacuzzi.

Hiking trails and a reflection pond.

Additional wellness services like Thai Yoga Bodywork, EFT tapping and Reiki.

Early Bird Pricing (Offer Valid through September 1st, 2024):

Private King: $1,222 (2nd person $555)

Private Queen: $1,111 (2nd person $555)

Double Room single beds: $888 (per person)

Triple Room single beds: $888 (per person)

Regular Pricing:

Private King: $1,333 (2nd person $777)

Private Queen: $1,222 (2nd person $777)

Double Room single beds: $999 (per person)

Triple Room single beds: $999 (per person)