EARLY BIRD PRICING UNTIL APRIL 1 - SEE REGISTRATION LINK BELOW FOR DETAILS

A retreat filled with the colors of spring at Hope Springs Institute immersed in the sound and movement of the birds, the rhythms of Mother Earth and our own inner spiritual flight. A freeing and expansive spring retreat surrounded in the fields, woodlands, prairies and wildflowers in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Peebles, OH. For women and femme identifying folks. 

Birding | Sacred Rest Yoga | Sacred Sound and Earth Songs | Ecotherapy | Sound Bath Healing

All offerings are optional and are loosely structured to allow for the flow of the weekend 

* Honoring the element of the wind, expansiveness, the migration of the birds and the animal world as well as our own migrations in life's journey

*Experience the deep ancestral sacredness of the Spirit House

*We will connect to the songs of the birds as they begin to settle into their summer homes at the end of their migration and we will explore the different ways to identify them using song, size, color pattern and behaviour. Hope Springs rests on 130 acres of protected forest and prairie including 3 ponds.

*A night hike on the search for owls who live on the property under the full moon

*Enjoy the butterflies, spring frogs, mushrooms, wildflowers and moths of spring

*An optional migratory birding and plant hike will be offered in the forest and sun filled prairies of the Arc of Appalachia Nature Preserve - a 3,000 acre wildland where we will immerse in the beautiful scenery, plants, animals and birds we encounter. There are rare nesting warblers on this land as well that we will try to locate. You do not need to know or have interest in birds to join.

*Sacred feminine rhythm - Earth songs, Yogic Indian chants as well as vocal toning will be offered in sacred circle throughout our time together

*Campfires, night walks, hot tub under the strawberry full moon energy and time to explore

*Sound healing and connecting to the land through ecotherapy practices

*Sacred time in the Spirit House located at Hope Springs

*Earth based slow moving yoga practices

*Tapping into our own wild nature

*Rest and as much quiet as you are called to

Join in what invokes you. Birding in the woods and prairies of the Arc of Appalachia, spaciousness and rest, community, contemplation, star gazing, slow walks, fires, quiet, laying in the field under the full moon, time to work on your own art form, writing, music, etc. The great Serpent Mound and small museum is close by as well if you are interested in going to visit in during your stay in the area

Lead by Kimberly Rue Payne with Sacred Song and Ecotherapy with Rebecca Wohlever and sound bath healer Stacey Pickering.

For pricing details and registration, visit Migration - A Spring Retreat at Hope Springs Institute