Spring Equinox Day Retreat: Equilibrium An Immersive Experience
The Spring Equinox is a celebration of new life, new beginnings, and a return to equilibrium. It empowers us to shed our layers of winter’s slumber and embrace the potential that lies within us. Soak in this energy of balance and renewal in a serene setting, surrounded by nature and like-minded souls to begin or continue your journey toward inner harmony and growth.
Opening Ceremony (10-11:00am)
Meet your fellow retreat goers and healing facilitators for the day. Jenny will provide an overview of the day’s activities, set intentions, while creating a sacred space for all to learn, explore, and heal on the soul level. Participate in an energetic attunement. Bring an open mind and allow yourself to journey within, through the planned immersive experiences. Sound cleansing and sacred smoke will be used in the ceremony.
Heart Opening Cacao Ceremony
Jenny will guide you through a heart-opening cacao ceremony 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.
Energetic Clearing, Somatic Grounding, & Frequency Recalibration (11-12pm)
Utilize the equinox energy in your life by learning how to apply the Celtic wheel of the year to your energy practices. Participate in a high vibration guided journey as special guest Evan Joyce will be guiding breathwork, meditation, and frequency work. Use visualization and sacred breath in this unique guided sensory experience.
Lunch (12-1pm) Provided onsite
Enjoy a gourmet lunch at the Alchemy Speakeasy! Get to know the group, walk the forest paths, or relax indoors.
Air Plant Terrarium Workshop (1-2:00pm)
Learn how to create a beautiful Tillandsia (air plant) terrarium and how to care for it. Unlike traditional plants, it doesn’t need soil to thrive, making it a powerful metaphor for spiritual freedom and resilience. Learn how to change the energy of your space through art, nature, and frequency. Take part in self-care and allow yourself to be creative. Includes glass terrarium, air plants, sand, gravel, moss, twigs, crystals, and all the tools you need.
Forest’s Edge Somatic Movement (2:00-3:00pm)
Experience the power of forest bathing through the ritual of (Shinrin-Yoku). Practice natures rituals of moving energy, breathwork, visualization, and using vibration to connect to the unseen world. Guests will be able to share their experiences, the physical feelings of energy, movement, and breathwork. Through slow, intentional cycles of breath and movement, we will shed the quiet weight of winter and awaken the body’s innate vitality. Special guest Hannah Joyce will be guiding a somatic movement group. Find balance by completing the solar/lunar cross through gentle movement and feel the energy shift.
Break (3:00-3:30pm)
Finish your terrarium, take some time to snack, get a drink, or pull oracle cards to practice your intuition as we transition into a new space.
The Aligned Path (3:30-4:30pm)
Continue to attune to the energy of the spring equinox. Reflect on your cycles of growth over the last season. Learn how to identify any shadow work or energy that needs to be shifted. Participate in a guided meditation with your higher self to gain clarity and direction for the new year. Participate in the “Candlelight Spiral” and walk the sacred path of the labyrinth. Start the journey inward with winter emotion or a limiting belief, move to the center for a cleansing release, then call in the new spring energy while you progress through to the other side.
Closing Ceremony : (4:30-5:00pm)
Guests will return to the present after a day of learning and exploring their inner selves. Jenny will lead a fire or water ceremony to release any patterns, beliefs, or residual energy. We will close our sacred space, integrate the lessons of the day, and identify ways we can continue to grow throughout this season. Feel your nervous system reset as you’ve released tension and enter the new season with clairty and a sense of calm. You will be able to transfer this knowledge into your daily practices.
Limited to a small, intimate group for deep healing.
Early Bird Special: $177 (Save $22! Valid through February 28th)
Standard Ticket: $199 (After Feb 28)
"Bring a Friend" Duo: $333.00 ($166.50 per person—Our best value!)
Spring 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, 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
