8/08 Lion’s Gate Retreat: A Portal for Personal Activation & Creative Expression
Price range: $333.00 through $555.00
LION’S GATE RETREAT
8/8 A Portal for Personal Activation & Creative Expression
August 8–9 | Flagstaff, Arizona
✨ Registration closes Friday July 31.
The Lion’s Gate Portal is a time of heightened awareness, courage, creativity, and expanded possibility. Join us for an overnight retreat designed to help you slow down, reconnect with yourself, and step into what’s ready to emerge.
Alongside our guided experiences, there will be time to simply be—sharing nourishing meals, meaningful conversation, stargazing beneath Flagstaff’s dark skies, and enjoying the spaciousness that comes from gathering in a small, intentional community.
Whether you’re seeking clarity, creative inspiration, personal renewal, or simply time to reconnect with yourself, we invite you to join us as we honor the 8/8 Lion’s Gate Portal together.
🌿 Opening & Closing Ceremonies | Amber Hanson
Amber will create a sacred container for the weekend with an opening intention ceremony featuring an optional mushroom microdose, followed by a heart-opening cacao ceremony to support reflection, integration, and embodied intention.
💨 Breathwork & Sound Journey | Cheryl Bailey
Through conscious breath and immersive sound, Cheryl will guide a restorative experience that helps quiet the mind, regulate the nervous system, release what no longer serves, and reconnect with your inner wisdom.
🌸 Creative Expression: Flowers as Portals | Cathleen Mitchell & Jennifer Flowers
Inspired by the beauty and symbolism of flowers, this immersive creative experience explores flowers as portals to creativity, intuition, and personal transformation through mixed media and thoughtfully selected flower essences. Together we’ll discover the flower as both teacher and portal—a reminder that, like nature, we are always unfolding into who we’re becoming.
🌼 Botanical Wisdom Throughout the Retreat | Jennifer Flowers
Jennifer will thoughtfully weave flower essences throughout the weekend, offering gentle botanical allies that support presence, creativity, emotional openness, and heart-centered connection.
RETREAT SCHEDULE
Saturday, August 8
9:30-10:00 AM | Arrival
10:30 AM–12:00 PM | Opening Circle: Activation of the 8/8 Portal
Outdoor gathering with introductions, intention setting, and guided meditation. Amber Hanson will offer an supportive earth medicine microdose experience (optional) as part of the opening ceremony.
12:00–2:00 PM | Breathwork & Sound Healing Journey
Cheryl Bailey guides a restorative breathwork and sound immersion designed to regulate the nervous system, release stored emotion, and create space for clarity and embodiment. Herbal tea will be served for grounding and integration.
2:00–3:00 PM | Journaling & Light Nourishment
Reflective integration time with journaling prompts and light seasonal noshes.
3:00–5:00 PM | Creative Expression: Flowers as Portals
Facilitated by Cathleen Mitchell & Jennifer Flowers
This immersive watercolor workshop invites participants to explore flowers as living symbols of beauty, resilience, and transformation. Inspired by the botanical work of Georgia O’Keeffe we’ll slow down to observe the natural world and translate its patterns, color, and sacred geometry into personal expression. Flower essences are gently woven into the creative process to support presence, emotional openness, and intuitive connection. As we paint, we’ll reflect on the flower’s center as a symbol of inner transformation—each piece becoming a quiet portal inward, and an expression of what is ready to bloom within..
5:00–6:00 PM | Rest & Integration
6:00 PM | Shared Dinner
Catered dinner by AZ Sunshine Kitchen.
Evening of Being
An open, unstructured evening for connection and presence. Music, poetry, conversation, stargazing, and optional tarot readings offer space for reflection, inspiration, and spontaneous expression beneath the night sky.
Sunday, August 9
Morning of Integration
Self-Guided Gentle Movement & Meditation (optional)
Soft stretching, mindful movement, and meditation to reconnect body, breath, and presence.
8:00 AM Begin the day with a self-serve breakfast bar featuring muesli, fruit, yogurt, nuts, coffee, and tea.
9:30 AM | Ceremony with Cacao & Closing Circle
Amber Hanson guides a heart-opening ceremony with cacao to support reflection, integration, and anchoring the intentions cultivated throughout the weekend.
11:00 AM | Departure
12:00–2:00 PM | Bonus Experience!
If you’re not quite ready for the magic to end, you’re invited to join us after Sunday’s closing ceremony for an optional herbal plant walk and lunch with herbalist Madalyn Johnson—a beautiful opportunity to deepen your connection with the landscape, the plants, and one another before heading home.
MEET YOUR FACILITATORS
Amber Hanson
Amber Hanson is an herbalist, wellness educator, and co-founder of Activate Mushrooms, a women-led collective creating functional mushroom blends that support cognitive clarity, mood, and whole-body wellness.
With more than 15 years of herbal study and hands-on practice, Amber combines traditional plant wisdom with modern approaches to healing and personal transformation. Her current work focuses on intentional microdosing, herbal wellness, and supporting women through the transitions of perimenopause and menopause.
Cheryl Bailey
Cheryl Bailey is a Spiritual Life Coach, Breathwork Practitioner, Sound Healer, Meditation Teacher, and Retreat Facilitator based in Sedona, Arizona.
Founder of Grit and Grace Meditation and co-founder of Self Love Retreats, Cheryl creates transformative experiences that help people regulate their nervous systems, cultivate self-trust, and reconnect with their authentic selves through breathwork, sound healing, and mindfulness practices.
Cathleen Mitchell
Cathleen Mitchell is the founder of Kaya Holistic, where she brings together creativity, nature, ritual, and community to inspire personal transformation.
Through intuitive art, storytelling, and meaningful creative experiences, she invites others to reconnect with their inner wisdom and discover new possibilities through self-expression.
Jennifer Flowers
Jennifer Flowers is a community weaver and well-being guide whose quiet presence, generosity, and grounded spirit create spaces where people feel welcomed, seen, and connected.
Inspired by Buddhist philosophy and the wisdom of the natural world, she shares a thoughtful approach to living with greater presence, beauty, and intention.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Your Retreat Home
Nestled among the towering pines of Flagstaff, our retreat home offers a peaceful setting for rest, reflection, connection, and creativity throughout the weekend.
Thoughtfully designed for both comfort and community, the home blends modern Southwest charm with inviting gathering spaces, cozy corners for quiet contemplation, and beautiful outdoor areas that encourage you to slow down and reconnect with nature.
The property features five bedrooms and three full bathrooms, comfortably accommodating our small group of eight participants. Whether you’re sharing stories around the table, journaling beneath the pines, sipping tea on the patio, or enjoying a moment of solitude, every space has been curated to feel warm, welcoming, and restorative.
Property Highlights
- Spacious home with 5 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms
- Surrounded by beautiful Ponderosa pines
- Large fenced yard with multiple outdoor gathering spaces
- Comfortable living room with fireplace
- Quiet spaces for reading, reflection, and conversation
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Air conditioning and heating
- Wi-Fi throughout the home
- Easy access to Flagstaff trails, nature, and local amenities
Throughout the weekend, the home becomes an extension of the retreat experience itself—a place to gather, create, rest, nourish yourself, and enjoy the beauty of the season in community.
Private Room (Single Occupancy*)
- 2 rooms available
- Queen bed
- Private bathroom
- *We can offer a private room as double occupancy for couples to share—please reach out by email if interested.
Shared Room (Double Occupancy)
- 3 rooms available
- Bunk-style configuration with queen bed on bottom and twin bed on top
- Shared bathroom
Retreat Experience | No Lodging
INVESTMENT
Single Occupancy / Private Room + Private Bath
$555
(2 spaces available)
($777 double occupancy in private room available upon request)
Double Occupancy / Shared Room + Shared Bath
$444
(6 spaces available)
Retreat Experience | No Lodging
$333
(4 spaces available)
NOURISHMENT INCLUDED
Your retreat experience includes:
- Light seasonal noshes and refreshments on Saturday afternoon
- Catered dinner by AZ Sunshine Kitchen on Saturday evening
- Sunday morning breakfast bar featuring fruit, yogurt, muesli, nuts, coffee, and tea
All meals are designed to be simple, nourishing, and supportive of the retreat experience.
LION’S GATE RETREAT
8/8 A Portal for Personal Activation & Creative Expression
August 8–9 | Flagstaff, Arizona
✨ Registration closes Friday July 31.
The Lion’s Gate Portal is a time of heightened awareness, courage, creativity, and expanded possibility. Join us for an overnight retreat designed to help you slow down, reconnect with yourself, and step into what’s ready to emerge.
Alongside our guided experiences, there will be time to simply be—sharing nourishing meals, meaningful conversation, stargazing beneath Flagstaff’s dark skies, and enjoying the spaciousness that comes from gathering in a small, intentional community.
Whether you’re seeking clarity, creative inspiration, personal renewal, or simply time to reconnect with yourself, we invite you to join us as we honor the 8/8 Lion’s Gate Portal together.
🌿 Opening & Closing Ceremonies | Amber Hanson
Amber will create a sacred container for the weekend with an opening intention ceremony featuring an optional mushroom microdose, followed by a heart-opening cacao ceremony to support reflection, integration, and embodied intention.
💨 Breathwork & Sound Journey | Cheryl Bailey
Through conscious breath and immersive sound, Cheryl will guide a restorative experience that helps quiet the mind, regulate the nervous system, release what no longer serves, and reconnect with your inner wisdom.
🌸 Creative Expression: Flowers as Portals | Cathleen Mitchell & Jennifer Flowers
Inspired by the beauty and symbolism of flowers, this immersive creative experience explores flowers as portals to creativity, intuition, and personal transformation through mixed media and thoughtfully selected flower essences. Together we’ll discover the flower as both teacher and portal—a reminder that, like nature, we are always unfolding into who we’re becoming.
🌼 Botanical Wisdom Throughout the Retreat | Jennifer Flowers
Jennifer will thoughtfully weave flower essences throughout the weekend, offering gentle botanical allies that support presence, creativity, emotional openness, and heart-centered connection.
RETREAT SCHEDULE
Saturday, August 8
9:30-10:00 AM | Arrival
10:30 AM–12:00 PM | Opening Circle: Activation of the 8/8 Portal
Outdoor gathering with introductions, intention setting, and guided meditation. Amber Hanson will offer an supportive earth medicine microdose experience (optional) as part of the opening ceremony.
12:00–2:00 PM | Breathwork & Sound Healing Journey
Cheryl Bailey guides a restorative breathwork and sound immersion designed to regulate the nervous system, release stored emotion, and create space for clarity and embodiment. Herbal tea will be served for grounding and integration.
2:00–3:00 PM | Journaling & Light Nourishment
Reflective integration time with journaling prompts and light seasonal noshes.
3:00–5:00 PM | Creative Expression: Flowers as Portals
Facilitated by Cathleen Mitchell & Jennifer Flowers
This immersive watercolor workshop invites participants to explore flowers as living symbols of beauty, resilience, and transformation. Inspired by the botanical work of Georgia O’Keeffe we’ll slow down to observe the natural world and translate its patterns, color, and sacred geometry into personal expression. Flower essences are gently woven into the creative process to support presence, emotional openness, and intuitive connection. As we paint, we’ll reflect on the flower’s center as a symbol of inner transformation—each piece becoming a quiet portal inward, and an expression of what is ready to bloom within..
5:00–6:00 PM | Rest & Integration
6:00 PM | Shared Dinner
Catered dinner by AZ Sunshine Kitchen.
Evening of Being
An open, unstructured evening for connection and presence. Music, poetry, conversation, stargazing, and optional tarot readings offer space for reflection, inspiration, and spontaneous expression beneath the night sky.
Sunday, August 9
Morning of Integration
Self-Guided Gentle Movement & Meditation (optional)
Soft stretching, mindful movement, and meditation to reconnect body, breath, and presence.
8:00 AM Begin the day with a self-serve breakfast bar featuring muesli, fruit, yogurt, nuts, coffee, and tea.
9:30 AM | Ceremony with Cacao & Closing Circle
Amber Hanson guides a heart-opening ceremony with cacao to support reflection, integration, and anchoring the intentions cultivated throughout the weekend.
11:00 AM | Departure
12:00–2:00 PM | Bonus Experience!
If you’re not quite ready for the magic to end, you’re invited to join us after Sunday’s closing ceremony for an optional herbal plant walk and lunch with herbalist Madalyn Johnson—a beautiful opportunity to deepen your connection with the landscape, the plants, and one another before heading home.
MEET YOUR FACILITATORS
Amber Hanson
Amber Hanson is an herbalist, wellness educator, and co-founder of Activate Mushrooms, a women-led collective creating functional mushroom blends that support cognitive clarity, mood, and whole-body wellness.
With more than 15 years of herbal study and hands-on practice, Amber combines traditional plant wisdom with modern approaches to healing and personal transformation. Her current work focuses on intentional microdosing, herbal wellness, and supporting women through the transitions of perimenopause and menopause.
Cheryl Bailey
Cheryl Bailey is a Spiritual Life Coach, Breathwork Practitioner, Sound Healer, Meditation Teacher, and Retreat Facilitator based in Sedona, Arizona.
Founder of Grit and Grace Meditation and co-founder of Self Love Retreats, Cheryl creates transformative experiences that help people regulate their nervous systems, cultivate self-trust, and reconnect with their authentic selves through breathwork, sound healing, and mindfulness practices.
Cathleen Mitchell
Cathleen Mitchell is the founder of Kaya Holistic, where she brings together creativity, nature, ritual, and community to inspire personal transformation.
Through intuitive art, storytelling, and meaningful creative experiences, she invites others to reconnect with their inner wisdom and discover new possibilities through self-expression.
Jennifer Flowers
Jennifer Flowers is a community weaver and well-being guide whose quiet presence, generosity, and grounded spirit create spaces where people feel welcomed, seen, and connected.
Inspired by Buddhist philosophy and the wisdom of the natural world, she shares a thoughtful approach to living with greater presence, beauty, and intention.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Your Retreat Home
Nestled among the towering pines of Flagstaff, our retreat home offers a peaceful setting for rest, reflection, connection, and creativity throughout the weekend.
Thoughtfully designed for both comfort and community, the home blends modern Southwest charm with inviting gathering spaces, cozy corners for quiet contemplation, and beautiful outdoor areas that encourage you to slow down and reconnect with nature.
The property features five bedrooms and three full bathrooms, comfortably accommodating our small group of eight participants. Whether you’re sharing stories around the table, journaling beneath the pines, sipping tea on the patio, or enjoying a moment of solitude, every space has been curated to feel warm, welcoming, and restorative.
Property Highlights
- Spacious home with 5 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms
- Surrounded by beautiful Ponderosa pines
- Large fenced yard with multiple outdoor gathering spaces
- Comfortable living room with fireplace
- Quiet spaces for reading, reflection, and conversation
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Air conditioning and heating
- Wi-Fi throughout the home
- Easy access to Flagstaff trails, nature, and local amenities
Throughout the weekend, the home becomes an extension of the retreat experience itself—a place to gather, create, rest, nourish yourself, and enjoy the beauty of the season in community.
Private Room (Single Occupancy*)
- 2 rooms available
- Queen bed
- Private bathroom
- *We can offer a private room as double occupancy for couples to share—please reach out by email if interested.
Shared Room (Double Occupancy)
- 3 rooms available
- Bunk-style configuration with queen bed on bottom and twin bed on top
- Shared bathroom
Retreat Experience | No Lodging
INVESTMENT
Single Occupancy / Private Room + Private Bath
$555
(2 spaces available)
($777 double occupancy in private room available upon request)
Double Occupancy / Shared Room + Shared Bath
$444
(6 spaces available)
Retreat Experience | No Lodging
$333
(4 spaces available)
NOURISHMENT INCLUDED
Your retreat experience includes:
- Light seasonal noshes and refreshments on Saturday afternoon
- Catered dinner by AZ Sunshine Kitchen on Saturday evening
- Sunday morning breakfast bar featuring fruit, yogurt, muesli, nuts, coffee, and tea
All meals are designed to be simple, nourishing, and supportive of the retreat experience.
| Accommodation | Double Occupancy | One Room, Two Beds, Retreat Experience | No Lodging, Single Occupancy | One Room, One Bed |
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