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Waves & Wellness: Retreat to Love – Join us in Ecuador!

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An immersive tropical experience in the therapeutic modalities of energy, art, & self reflection

Escape to Ecuador for an unforgettable retreat with Flower Den & friends from May 1-7, 2025! Literally dive into a week of relaxation, creativity, and personal growth at our “Waves & Wellness: Retreat to Love” event. Nestled in breathtaking coastal scenery, surrounded by the energy of the equator, this retreat offers a unique blend of activities designed to rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit. You’ll be comfortably burrowed in a safe & secluded spot between the jungle and the ocean – hand built with creativity and love.

Transformative Offerings

  • Reiki by the Sea: Feel your energy shift as you level up your mindset with positive vibrations
  • Therapeutic Art: Learn avenues to share, release, and respect your own unique path to creativity and expression.
  • Self Confidence & Reflection: Shine your light while still embracing your shadows. 
  • Cacao Ritual: Participate in opening ceremonies with cacao, intention setting, and meditation.
  • Hypnagogic Light: Meditate to light & sound with a relaxing session from Daniel’s Roxiva light. If you’ve never had this experience, you’re in for a beautiful kaleidoscope of color, sacred geometry, and sound.

Meet your Ecuador Retreat Leaders

Alchemy by the Sea Heart Centered Practices

Join our host Shenandoah Stubbs for energy healing & sound therapy. Shen’s an amazing guide at helping to process trauma with reiki and healing sessions, including sound and oracle readings.

Not only will Shen lead our cacao ceremony, she’ll also offer potion lessons where you can make your own formulas with water from the surf, essential oils, and expert guidance on intentionality and alchemy.

Most importantly, retreat guests will receive private 1 on 1 personal energy sessions with Shen to help you learn ways to trust yourself and your inner voice. 

Therapeutic Art Creative Workshops

Also hosting is Flower Den’s cofounder Angie Weeks, putting her Therapeutic Art Life Coach certification to use for your benefit. Here’s a few of the activities Angie will lead you through:

Intention Bracelets & Dream Catchers: Set your intentions and craft beautiful reminders of your journey.

Pour Painting & Rock Painting: Embrace the art of letting go, trusting, and how transformation can blossom when you’re intentional.

Beach Mandalas & Yoga: Create meditative art in the sand and practice yoga on the beach with ocean views.

Empowerment Sessions & Confidence Building

Ashton Mikayo will help attendees magnify their inner light and build confidence. She’s an inspiring photographer, creative, and innovator. Guests will enjoy:

Embodied God/dess Solo Sessions: Connect with your inner god or goddess in personalized sessions that will help you glow from the inside out!

Crown Building: Align with nature by foraging materials from the jungle to create a crown, then release it back into the ocean as a symbolic act of letting go.

Culinary Delights are included

Relax and enjoy your experience with included breakfast, lunch, and dinners – all curated with healthy local foods to nourish both your mind and body! We may attend a nearby restaurant, there are a couple of great local options with views and excellent food.

Ecuador Adventure awaits 

For all our attendees, there will still be plenty of free time to choose your own adventure. Enjoy the opportunity to engage in a variety of thrilling activities led by locals like:

  • Snorkeling
  • Kayaking
  • Horseback riding on the beach
  • Jungle tours
  • Visits to sulfurous hot springs
  • Surfing lessons 
  • Whale watching tours (season permitting)

Stay at Hermanos Perdidos Surf Hostel

Our villas are located in Las Tunas, Ecuador, and there’s space for up to 14 attendees. Most rooms will have dual occupancy, however, there are a couple rooms that sleep 3. The hostel offers a pool, hot tub, inspirational art and murals, and beautiful grounds to relax with a good book or podcast. Yes, there’s strong internet.. so you can stay connected, too! Spots are already booking up, so be sure to register early and tell your friends. 

How Much Does a Retreat in Ecuador Cost?! 

We want EVERYONE to have access to this special event, so we’ve designed tiered rates to encourage you to book early and save!

Early Bird Special

Book your spot by 11/11/2024 to enjoy our early bird price of $1977.99 per bed. After this date, the cost increases to $2388.99 if you book with a friend before 01/01/2025. Afterward, it rises to $2493.00. Don’t miss out on these savings! 

If you’d prefer an easy monthly payment plan, we’re happy to offer that too! Just fill out the form below and we’ll contact you with details.

Arrive Early and Recharge

Consider arriving a week earlier for a silent or meditative retreat from May 11-17. Take advantage of discounted rates on early bookings and enjoy additional sessions with Shen to set the perfect tone for your upcoming Waves & Wellness experience.

We hope you’ll join us for a week of connection, exploration, and rejuvenation. Secure your spot now and embark on a journey back to love and wellness. We can’t wait to welcome you to this transformative experience!

For more information and to book your place, contact us now. Spaces are limited, so act fast!

Flower Den Mission Viejo

Therapeutic Art Classes online

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Therapeutic Art classes

Therapeutic Art is now happening at Flower Den Retreats!

Stressed much?!?? Art has been know for centuries to ease anxiety & calm the mind. Various forms of art can help you better cope with trauma, loss, and transition.

Due to my own recent & past traumas, I decided to dig into the concept of 'art for therapy' deeper, and study for a Therapeutic Art Life Coach Certification. We are already hearing some comments about limiting beliefs, past hurts, and addictions naturally come out in our traditional art classes. Unfortunately, we're not claiming to be therapists or solve all your problems...but the good news is we can help you along your journey a little more now 🙂

Art helps reset your perspective and soothe your soul. Come take a "Mental Health" moment with us, even if it's only virtually!

Flower Den can offer offer the following customization to any of our existing class offerings, or we can create a customized therapeutic art class or workshop JUST FOR YOUR GROUP --- there's a form below to get started.

Therapeutic Art Classes & Add-ons

  • Affirmation artwork

  • Challenging & Changing your limiting beliefs
  • Mindful Mandalas
  • Phoenix rising poster
  • Reframing your thoughts to revitalize your life
  • Life event paintings, drawings, or mixed-media pieces
  • Self realization mosaic

Color, design, & sacred geometry all play interesting parts in our brain and thought processes, and we love to explore that here at Flower Den Studios. Our mind and a proper mindset is critical to our overall health, wellness, and contribution to the world.

We've been hosting some really great creation sessions on Zoom lately, a recent painting session received these unprompted text messages from the attendees the next morning:

"I feel so much calmer"

"Attitude adjustment<3"

"I didn't realize how much I needed that last night. It seriously refocused my energy."

"OMG me too! I was really struggling & it did something for my energy too! Can't thank you guys enough"

And this wasn't even an 'official' therapeutic course, just natural benefits already coming out of tapping into your creativity. Most online classes last 1-3 hours, and you'll be interacting while learning and connecting on Zoom. Generally speaking, pricing runs as follows:

  • 1 hour therapeutic art lesson: $49/person
  • 2 hour therapeutic art lesson: $99/person
  • 3 hour therapeutic art lesson: $133/person
  • Session recordings available: $25/session

Therapeutic art can be fabulous for blended & extended families, small groups, companies or teams in transition, bands or musical groups, competitive teams; or individuals experiencing trauma, depression, high-stress, or anxiety.

De-stressing with regular art classes can help us run at optimum performance - just fill out the form below & we'll be in contact to help you determine which type of therapeutic art is best for you & your group 🙂