Winter Healing Retreat

Presented by Blue Deer Center, this program welcomes people from around the world to step into a sacred setting, pause from the demands of daily life, and reconnect with spirit, balance, and the deeper wisdom of nature.

Winter Healing Retreat

Three Days of Huichol Traditional Healings in Nature

WHEN: Winter

WHERE: Blue Deer Center, Margaretville, New York

TUITION: $1075 plus food and lodging

Life’s responsibilities can weigh heavily, even on the most resilient among us. With calendars full and attention pulled in many directions, this retreat offers a chance to slow down and rest in the stillness of winter. In a quiet and sacred environment, you are invited to open yourself to spiritual healing and return to life with renewed energy and clarity.

Program

This three-day residential healing retreat includes daily private sessions of Traditional Huichol Healings, time for contemplation and reflection, and gatherings around the fire with social distancing in place. Participants will also have many opportunities to connect with the natural world. On the second evening, a teaching Fire ceremony is offered.

What are Traditional Huichol Healings?

Eliot Cowan, as a Tsurirrikame, brings the ancient medicine of the Huichol People Homelands to the sacred land of Blue Deer Center.

Before your healing session, he will have consecrated a fire. He will have fasted, sung, and prayed so that his medicine may serve you well. During your time together, the two of you may speak about dreams, as well as your health, relationships, and life circumstances. Eliot may offer counsel, and he may also bring out waters, stones, and feathered wands charged with divine blessings.

Experiences during these treatments

You may feel yourself becoming part of the natural world again.

You may find new meaning and purpose in your life.

Stored grief, anger, or heartache may rise and move through you.

You may rediscover love for your family or partner.

The illness or conflict you arrive with may feel lighter or lessened.

Joy may begin to surface within you.

The natural world has supported people for thousands of years, and its presence is needed now more than ever.

This program is limited to a small group of 6 participants.

Tuition: $1075

Lodging & Food for a private room with shared bathroom: $585

Commuter option: $350 includes all meals and facility fees

The healing retreat ends in the afternoon of the final day.

Lodging and Meals

Accommodations are in rustic, charming farmhouses, with both private and shared options available. Local, farm-to-table meals are provided and are dairy-free and gluten-free, with vegetarian options available.

Arrival and Departure

Please plan to arrive at Blue Deer Center between 4 and 6 pm on the first day.

Travel information is available through the registration confirmation and the Visit page. Participants are also encouraged to review the Participants Guide and How to Get Here as they plan their trip.