The ELIXIR Retreat
Join us for a creative writing retreat that goes beyond the ordinary.
October 3-8, 2024
Whisper Tree Retreat Center
Boonville, CA
Tap into your innate magic, dance with your luscious creativity, and play in the mystical wonderland of Northern California’s rolling hills.
Let nature nourish you.
Write your heart out in the company of new friends.
Drink from your own ELIXIR.
Every hero who is called to create must go on a journey beyond the ordinary.
It is only in this deep dive into the unknown that we can recover the wisdom of what has been lost and the medicine of what is needed to birth our alignment.
It is in this space that we discover our own life-giving ELIXIR.
You’re invited to answer the call of your creativity, to write in the company of community and the delicious solitude of Nature, to discover what comes alive when we devote ourselves to our most inspired calling.
Spend 5 nights and 6 days at Whispertree Retreat Center, a healing sanctuary amidst towering ancient oaks and winding manzanita in the mountains of Northern California.
Rest, restore, and pour yourself onto the page in the backdrop of fog swept valleys.
Leave refreshed, resourced, rejuvenated–and with a cauldron of writing that makes your heart swell.
“The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the members of society. The person then takes off on a series of adventures beyond the ordinary, either to recover what has been lost or to discover some life-giving elixir. It's usually a cycle, a coming and a returning.”
- Joseph Campbell
Ceremony. Community. Creativity.
And the ultimate ELIXIR – the bounty and beauty of Nature.
Listen to the quiet whispers of the earth, the wisdom of your body, and the soulsong of your spirit. Receive the most luscious support as you write what is alive in your heart, luxuriate in the space to weave your passions into reality, and tell the stories you’re called to tell.
Through this 5 night, 6 day experience, you will…
Connect
Enjoy writing and conversing with like-minded creative humans, deep thinkers, feelers, artists, coaches, and lovers.
Soak up nature
Take long meandering walks into the woods. Rest to the heartbeat of the cool California breeze. Watch the Pacific Coast sunset every evening.
Create in community
Writing can be a lonely pursuit, but here it doesn’t have to be. Fill your heart and be productive, all at once.
Call in your dreams
Some stories are meant to be written before you live them. Here, you’ll be witnessed in the full vastness of your wildest dreams.
Be held by ritual and ceremony
In the magic of sharing circles, embodiment practices, holotropic breathwork, movement in Nature, and connected writing practices, you’ll exhale and discover what wants to move through you.
Rediscover the play in your work
In the day-to-day of living and working, we can easily lose the thread of fun. Busyness can cramp the sacred flow of Creativity and our artistic desires. At ELIXIR, you’ll be invited to restore and reconnect with the playfulness, heart-centered art, and sacred creativity in all that you do.
Meet Your Guides
Katie Stone & Jamie Jensen
Together, Katie & Jamie are prepared to take you on a delightful winding journey into the sparkliest recesses of your creative center and the soul of your writing: the playful, the truthful, the hidden, the curious, the artist within that longs to be set free. We will melt your creative floodgates open, facilitating your most truthful and potent work to pour forth from you – and all in the most gorgeous setting and fun environment possible.
Katie is a ceremonialist, a writer, and a curious creative.
She has been a passionate lover of written word since she learned the alphabet as a child, and she has had essays and poetry published in The Denver Post, Elephant Journal, Westword, The Huffington Post, and the Rocky Mountain News.
An acupuncturist and master herbalist, Katie has been a Womb Wellness activist for two decades and also runs an embodiment coaching practice.
She lives in a canyon west of Denver with her dog Piper and her beloved dahlia garden.
Jamie is an award-winning writer, entrepreneur, and accidental oracle.
She’s a champion for creative writers and is on a mission to put the “creative” back in creative entrepreneurship.
Jamie believes that writing is a radical act that transforms both the writer and the reader, and it is only by embodying your unique identity as a transformative storyteller, that you become the writer you were truly born to be.
Jamie has written over 11 feature length screenplays (2 produced movies; 2 in packaging), multiple pilots, 1 novel, and thousands of words of copy and content. Her work and teachings have been consumed by over 3,000 students across the globe and featured in CreativeLive, Business Insider, and Hulu.
"One may read this and think it's magic, but falling in love is an act of magic, so is writing."
- Ruby Sparks, by Zoe Kazan
Where The Magic Happens
Whispertree Retreat Center
Boonville, CA
When: Arrival is on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024 and departure will take place any time after breakfast on Tuesday, October 8th.
Where: Only 2.5 hours from San Francisco, CA, this gorgeous retreat center gets you up close and personal with Nature – and yourself again. Let your nervous system regulate to the pulse of the earth, turn off your cell phone, and feed your eyes, mind, body, and spirit with the beauty of Nature.
Come join us at ELIXIR, and you’ll receive…
5 Nights, 6 Days of Your Preferred Accommodations
Delicious, Healthy Catered Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Daily Writing Sessions & Creativity Workshops
Holotropic Breathwork, Movement Sessions, & Ceremonies
Access To 650 Acres of Trails & Hikes During Your Stay
BONUS: Group Preparation & Coaching Call 30 Days Out
BONUS: Lower monthly payment plan options – the earlier you register, the more accessible your monthly payment options will be.
The investment to join us for ELIXIR begins at only $3250 (paid in full) or $584 per month on an 6-month payment plan.
What’s a day at ELIXIR like?
☀️ Morning ☀️
We’ll spend our mornings gathered in a barn house kitchen and wandering some of the 650 acres of land with hikes through fir-thinned forests, rolling hills and across ridgetops trails with breathtaking views (after morning pages, of course)
🌻 Afternoon 🌻
We’ll spend our afternoons writing our hearts out, holing up in the dedicated quiet spaces, or actively engaging with one another’s projects and creativity.
🌒 Evening 🌒
We’ll spend our evenings gathered around the crackle of a campfire, the center of a ceremonial circle, or simply staring at the stars.
Our morning and afternoon activities will likely alternate, but this gives you a general sense of how we’ll flow through our days together.
At ELIXIR, we’re devoted to providing you with plenty of flexible time to follow your inspiration and the whispers of your body & soul– whether they’re calling for more time in nature, more time to get words on paper, more time for conversation and connection, or… more naps.
Because most of all: ELIXIR is for you, for your creativity, for your soul.
Stay in your own glamping tent, or cozy shared or private room.
Choose Your Investment + Room Option Below
Glamping tent - $3250 or $701 per month for 5 months
Glamp in style with electricity, plenty of space, and cozy accommodations.
Cozy Shared Room - $3375 or $741 per month for 5 months
Enjoy a private space of your own in a bunk-style room with a shared bathroom.
SOLD OUT: Private Room & Bathroom - $3600
Get the most lush option available with a private room and bathroom, all to yourself.
These rooms are sold out, but if you’d like your own space, the private glamping tents are amazing!
“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick.
This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed.”
– Terrence McKenna
It’s time to write what your soul is calling you to write. It’s time to let the words pour forth from you. It’s time to be courageous and commit.
This is how magic is done.
