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Fall Equinox Retreat

FALL EQUINOX RETREAT: REVEAL YOUR INNER LIGHT

The Fall/Autumn equinox spiritually symbolizes balance, harvest, and release. Autumn Equinox marks a sacred pause — a time when day and night stand in perfect balance, inviting us to reflect, release, and realign. The inner harvest is a time to celebrate and give thanks for the physical and personal fruits of our hard work. It encourages us to let go of habits, thoughts, or things that no longer serve us. Learn how to turn inward, inviting rest, healing, and deep reflection.

10:00-10:30am      Opening Ceremony

Meet your fellow retreat goers and healing facilitators for the day. Jenny will provide an overview of the day and set intentions, creating a sacred space for all to learn, explore, and heal on the soul level. Bring an open mind and allow yourself to journey within through the planned experiences and activities. Sound clearing and sacred smoke may be used in this ceremony.

10:30-11:00am Heart Opening Cacao Ceremony

Jenny will guide you through a heart-opening cacao ceremony using the breath as activation to heal on the soul level. Cacao is a sacred medicine used in Mayan and other ancient traditions, connecting the heart and spirit. Accept an invitation to connect deeply with your heart, set powerful intentions, and receive wisdom from the Earth. Cacao opens the heart, clears mental blockages, and creates space for healing, insight, and emotional release.  One can expect to feel more centered, grounded, aligned, and connected to your higher self.

Jenny is a certified Cacao Ceremony Facilitator trained in Sedona, Arizona.

11:00-12:00pm Breathwork & Frequency, Evan Joyce

Participate in a high vibration guided journey as special guest Evan Joyce will be guiding breathwork, meditation, and frequency work.
At the retreat, Evan will offer group meditation and breathwork sessions designed to help participants settle into this deeper state of awareness, as well as optional individual readings for those who want a more personalized experience after the main activities.

12:00-1:00pm  Gourmet lunch (Onsite)

Enjoy a gourmet lunch at the Alchemy Speakeasy! Get to know the group, walk the forest paths, sit by the pool, or relax indoors.

1:00-2:30pm  Fall Equinox Energy Workshop, Jenny Wagner

Guests will be empowered to connect with the energy of the fall equinox and see themselves on a soul level to review or create their soul plan. This seasonal shift offers a powerful opportunity to let go of what no longer serves us, express gratitude, and set soulful intentions for the months ahead. Through meaningful rituals involving mindfulness, gratitude, and symbolic acts of release, we can honor the changing light and reconnect with our inner rhythm. Explore the fall equinox themes of manifesting, harvesting, working through fear, and learn ways we need to be resting and reflecting this season. A time to celebrate what you have accomplished over the last year of your life. Evaluate if you are still aligned with your goals, reinvigorate them, and make any necessary changes. Identify what you need to continue to let go of for new energy to come in. We will create room for our greater visions to grow through ceremony and participating in a Soul Calling manifestation guided visualization.

2:30-3:30pm Somatic Movement, Hannah Joyce

Special guest Hannah Joyce will be guiding a somatic movement group. Find balance by completing the solar/lunar cross through movement and feel the energy shift. Through intentional cycles of breath and movement, we will awaken the body’s innate vitality. Guests will be able to share their experiences, the physical feelings of energy, movement, and breathwork.

3:30-4:00pm   Afternoon Break (Drinks and snacks will be available) Alchemy Speakeasy

4:00-5:30pm Crescent Moon Wreaths

The Crescent Moon represents new beginnings, growth, intuition, and rebirth. Use flowers, moss, crystals, ribbon, fairy lights, and more to decorate and create your original piece. Create a unique piece of symbolic art with wire or grapevine and decorate your personal wreath. The waxing crescent, growing, represents hope, setting goals, and building toward the future. The waning crescent, shrinking, represents letting go, rest, reflection, and the ending of a cycle. The moon symbolizes the divine feminine and ancient goddesses like Artemis and Diana. (Ticket includes all materials)

5:30-6:00pm Closing Fire Ceremony

Guests will return to the present after a day of learning and exploring their inner selves. Jenny will lead a powerful fire ceremony to release old patterns, beliefs, or energy that no longer serve us. Use wish paper to send your intentions into the wind/ether so the universe can manifest them.  As we reflect on the day, guests are encouraged to share what they experienced throughout the day. We will close our sacred space, integrate the lessons of the day, and identify ways we can continue to reveal our inner light to the world. Guests will be able to transfer this knowledge into their daily practices until we meet again.

Limited to a small, intimate group for deep healing.

  • Early Bird Special: $177 (Save $22! Valid through Sept 6th)

  • Standard Ticket: $199 (After Sept 6th)

  • "Bring a Friend" Duo: $333.00 ($166.50 per person—Our best value!)

  • Fall Equinox Package: $249.00 Includes the retreat, New Serenity Forest Sacred Tools Kit, 45 min Oracle Card Intuitive Reading, and after-hours retreat activities.

(All materials, lunch, and drinks are included in the ticket)

*Guests will receive a small journal for reflecting/recording their experiences throughout the day, along with optional journal prompts.

After Hours

Want to stay longer? Extend the magic! We do have evening and overnight options to deepen community, take more time to integrate practices, and have more fun. (Let Jenny know, and I’ll send you the information)

  • After-Hour Activities: Oracle card readings, bonfire, gallery demonstration, swimming/hot tub, blue lotus tea, and more!

Meet the Facilitators

Jenny Wagner LCPC, Intuitive Healer, Animal Communicator (Serenity Forest Elgin)

Jenny is a licensed clinical professional counselor, animal communicator, evidential medium, and the owner of Serenity Forest and Alchemy Speakeasy. Jenny works with Spirit to help others align with their soul's true purpose and find their path through individual sessions, group events, workshops, and retreats. Jenny is a trained intuitive healer who uses energy healing, usui reiki, Daoist stone medicine, nature therapy, sensory regulation, art, and frequency to help clients heal on the soul level. Jenny has shared her evidential mediumship at both sacred and historical sites around the world and has been a speaker at several Paracons on animal communication. Jenny created Serenity Forest to connect with a community of like-minded people, to provide a safe place for sacred healing to occur in a beautiful setting.

Hannah Joyce, LSW, CADC

I use Emotive Movement as a body-based approach to support emotional, mental, and physical well-being through intentional movement. Rooted in the belief that life experiences are held in the body, I guide intuitive movement practices that help release built-up emotion and tension. Rather than focusing on performance or fitness, my work creates space for individuals to reconnect with their bodies, move through feelings, and cultivate a deeper sense of balance, calm, and self-awarene

Evan Joyce, CADC (Glasstate)
Evan Joyce is a therapist, meditation guide, and founder of Glasstate, a practice centered on helping people step beyond their usual mental patterns and reconnect with a deeper level of awareness and clarity.
Through guided meditation, breathwork, and intuitive insight, Evan helps participants access a calm, expanded state of mind where stress, overthinking, and emotional tension begin to loosen. These practices help regulate the nervous system and quiet the constant mental noise, creating space for a different kind of awareness to emerge.
In this state, people often experience unexpected clarity about themselves, their patterns, and the direction of their lives.
During sessions, Evan combines meditative guidance with intuitive “readings” that reflect back aspects of a person’s internal landscape—often bringing awareness to blind spots, energetic patterns, or possibilities they may not have considered before. Many people report feeling lighter, clearer, and more grounded after the experience, even if they can’t fully explain why.
His work is less about teaching a philosophy and more about creating an experience—one that allows people to step outside their usual frame of reference and reconnect with a broader sense of themselves.

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