Workshops

Perimenopausal and menopausal transitions are more than biological phases to endure; they are sacred passages that forge a woman into her fullest expression — as a truth-bearer, a pathfinder, a beauty maker, and a new creation.  

When the monthly cycles end, you’ll undergo tremendous transformations in your body, mind, emotions, and psyche. Crossing this monumental threshold awakens your inner sage, a wild knowing sacredly woven from deep intuition and your soul’s language.

Join Jovinna as she weaves a web of story, nature, movement, and community to capture the magic of this time of life. Anchor the new story for yourself and future generations, infusing meaning and sacredness into this wild and inspired time.  

Over the weekend, there will be:

• Practices of yoga and Conscious Dance to recharge the body and mind.
• Time to be immersed in nature and connect with your elemental being.
• Rituals and ceremonies to honor these important thresholds of transformation.

Let this be a time of celebration with reverence and levity as you meditate in the field of endless possibilities without your old roles, identities, and patterns.

Please bring a journal, a small piece of cloth that represents your old self, and an article of clothing that you’d like to wear for the ceremony of renewal.

BIPOC Scholarship: Jovinna offers one BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, person of color) scholarship for this workshop.  For more information on how to apply, please contact her at jovinna@gmail.com.

This workshop includes an additional $35 faculty tuition.

Now is the season to know
That everything you do
Is sacred. — Hafiz

Celebrate the coming of the summer solstice with a transformational retreat in the breathtaking beauty of Big Sur.

Each day, we’ll explore powerful sound journeys, embodiment practices, authentic movement, bespoke teachings, beautiful music, community connection, and the metaphysical properties of crystals and sacred geometry to inspire your life and embodiment of love.

Together, we’ll play with the universal law of resonance and the power of vibration to:

• Release stress and tension on a cellular and soul level to rewire our nervous systems for ease and self-trust.  
• Learn new tools to help us feel safe, supported, and loved.
• Transform default and habitual patterns of self-doubt, worry, and feeling overwhelmed into clarity, calm, focus, and trust.
• Experience joy, awe, and pleasure in our lives.
• Integrate mind, body, and soul through sacred sound, deep listening, and gentle movement.

Supported by the healing mineral waters, fresh ocean air, and starry skies, you’ll be invited to slow down and reconnect with your full, authentic self and the beauty of nature.

Sacred Big Sur Elder Damaris (Penny Vieregge) will share her wisdom and the evocative poetry of Hafiz during our Wednesday morning session to inspire us to reach our highest potential.

Come away feeling deeply nourished, aligned, and attuned with your true self for your journey ahead.

Now more than ever, it is important we build practices to strengthen our internal resolve and self-resourcing amidst a dynamically shifting society. Together, we will listen to our heart’s wisdom in this rich four-day journey (Monday to Friday) through sound, ceremony, and self-discovery.

In this intimate and transformative workshop, you will have the unique opportunity to experience multiple East Forest’s live music performances. Additionally, Radha will lead us in embodiment practices of Self-Awakening Yoga, Yin Yoga, and Pranayama to create an all-levels and accessible doorway to inner insights. Through the primacy of our own heart-opening and felt experience, we can discover the inner pathways to fortitude and healing.

East Forest and Radha would like to offer a certain amount of scholarship to those in need. Please apply with this form. If further assistance would be helpful, you may also apply for an Esalen scholarship.

• Intimate live musical performances by East Forest
• Group co-creative musical process with East Forest
• Daily morning yoga and meditation practices
• Awe-inspiring time in nature
• Yoga
• Pranayama
• Meditation and group insight exercises
• Journaling
• Dance party

This workshop includes an additional $290 faculty tuition.