I feel like a new person. I highly recommend the retreat experience. I’ve had a tough year with everything coming at me; work, family, the loss of my parents, a possible loss of a marriage, and coming here taught me that I am capable, that I can handle what’s coming my way no matter what it is. Go on a retreat for no reason, but if you are going through something, it will help you feel your power again.

I’ve never been on a retreat before, and I didn’t quite know what to expect. I was intrigued by the concept of shamanic healing, but I didn’t really understand how spiritual, how intense, how it really pulls together all the senses, all the influences of the universe to kind of crescendo into this amazing euphoria, imagination and seeing visions that you never realized before. I feel like I’m walking away with a great sense of hope and optimism and also some practical tools to take home and change my diet.

I really enjoyed was meeting other likeminded people from all parts of the world. We’ve made close friendships in the few days that we’ve known each other. What I also liked was that I felt very safe. I didn’t feel judged about the things I shared in our circle time. Karin and Johnson work really well together, and they make you feel really at ease. It’s meant so much to me that this is something I plan to do now every year.