8/8 Lion’s Gate Retreat: A Portal for Personal Activation & Creative Expression
Price range: $444.00 through $555.00
LION’S GATE RETREAT
8/8 A Portal for Personal Activation & Creative Expression
August 8–9 | Flagstaff, Arizona
Join us for an intimate weekend of connection, creativity, reflection, and personal activation during the peak of the Lion’s Gate Portal.
With just 8 participants, this experience is intentionally designed to create a supportive and spacious environment where meaningful transformation can unfold. Through ceremony, breathwork, sound healing, creative expression, earth medicine, nourishing meals, and time in nature, we’ll explore the themes of personal power, manifestation, and creative awakening associated with the 8/8 portal.
The Lion’s Gate Portal is an annual astrological alignment associated with heightened awareness, transformation, and intention-setting. Together, we’ll use this energetic window to release what no longer serves, reconnect with our creativity, and align with what is calling us forward.
Throughout the weekend, Amber Hanson will guide opening and closing ceremonies, Cheryl Bailey will lead breathwork and sound healing experiences, and Cathleen Mitchell & Jennifer Flowers will facilitate a creative expression workshop inspired by the possibilities emerging through this portal with flowers as our guides.
Alongside our facilitated sessions, there will be plenty of room to simply be—sharing meals, stargazing beneath Flagstaff’s dark skies, enjoying meaningful conversations, and allowing space for reflection, connection, and integration.
Core Themes
Personal Activation & Power
Strengthen confidence, courage, self-trust, and your connection to inner wisdom.
Manifestation & Intention
Clarify what you are calling into your life and align your energy with it.
Creative Expression
Reconnect with intuition, imagination, and authentic self-expression.
Release & Renewal
Let go of old patterns and create space for what is ready to emerge.
RETREAT SCHEDULE
Saturday, August 8
10:00 AM | Arrival
11:00 AM–12:30 PM | Opening Circle: Activation of the 8/8 Portal
Outdoor gathering with introductions, intention setting, and guided meditation. Amber Hanson will offer an optional supportive earth medicine microdose experience as part of the opening ceremony.
12:30–2:30 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.
2:30–3:00 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
Optional Nature Hike
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
Shared Room (Double Occupancy)
- 3 rooms available
- Bunk-style configuration with queen bed on bottom and twin bed on top
- Shared bathroom
INVESTMENT
Single Occupancy / Private Room + Private Bath
$555
(2 spaces available)
Double Occupancy / Shared Room + Shared Bath
$444
(6 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
Join us for an intimate weekend of connection, creativity, reflection, and personal activation during the peak of the Lion’s Gate Portal.
With just 8 participants, this experience is intentionally designed to create a supportive and spacious environment where meaningful transformation can unfold. Through ceremony, breathwork, sound healing, creative expression, earth medicine, nourishing meals, and time in nature, we’ll explore the themes of personal power, manifestation, and creative awakening associated with the 8/8 portal.
The Lion’s Gate Portal is an annual astrological alignment associated with heightened awareness, transformation, and intention-setting. Together, we’ll use this energetic window to release what no longer serves, reconnect with our creativity, and align with what is calling us forward.
Throughout the weekend, Amber Hanson will guide opening and closing ceremonies, Cheryl Bailey will lead breathwork and sound healing experiences, and Cathleen Mitchell & Jennifer Flowers will facilitate a creative expression workshop inspired by the possibilities emerging through this portal with flowers as our guides.
Alongside our facilitated sessions, there will be plenty of room to simply be—sharing meals, stargazing beneath Flagstaff’s dark skies, enjoying meaningful conversations, and allowing space for reflection, connection, and integration.
Core Themes
Personal Activation & Power
Strengthen confidence, courage, self-trust, and your connection to inner wisdom.
Manifestation & Intention
Clarify what you are calling into your life and align your energy with it.
Creative Expression
Reconnect with intuition, imagination, and authentic self-expression.
Release & Renewal
Let go of old patterns and create space for what is ready to emerge.
RETREAT SCHEDULE
Saturday, August 8
10:00 AM | Arrival
11:00 AM–12:30 PM | Opening Circle: Activation of the 8/8 Portal
Outdoor gathering with introductions, intention setting, and guided meditation. Amber Hanson will offer an optional supportive earth medicine microdose experience as part of the opening ceremony.
12:30–2:30 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.
2:30–3:00 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
Optional Nature Hike
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
Shared Room (Double Occupancy)
- 3 rooms available
- Bunk-style configuration with queen bed on bottom and twin bed on top
- Shared bathroom
INVESTMENT
Single Occupancy / Private Room + Private Bath
$555
(2 spaces available)
Double Occupancy / Shared Room + Shared Bath
$444
(6 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, Single Occupancy | One Room, One Bed |
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