Meals and Accommodations:

+ 3 daily Ayurvedic meals, snacks, water, tea and coffee all day

+ 6 nights, 7 days accommodations and access to all communal spaces and facilities

Workshops and Classes:

+ Foundational permaculture education

+ Daily meditation, breathwork and yoga workshops

+ A powerful letting go Fire Ceremony

+ Death and Rebirth Ritual

+ Week long Ice bath Access

+ so much more

Excursions:

+ Day trip to Papakōlea Green Sand Beach

+ Private tour of Big Island Farm Animal Sanctuary

+ Day Trip to Volcano National Park

Relaxation:

+ Free time to just exist: time for naps, walks, journaling and integration

Guidance and Support:

+ Guidance and support from facilitator Briana from beginning to end including two group calls: a *preparation zoom call before and *integration zoom call after

accommodation

Earthsong is a nature retreat, ecological community, and 501c3 organization on the Big Island of Hawai'i. Founded in 1990, it promotes sustainability, spiritual growth, and living in harmony with nature. The 3-acre retreat features eco-friendly accommodations and a lush tropical food forest. For more information, visit: earthsongfoundation.org

room configurations

There are four types of sleeping arrangements available

Each has access to all communal spaces and facilities

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Come to Hawai'i and leave with lifelong skills to create peace and ease within your mind, body and soul.

You’ll learn how to create a daily practice for yourself and access deep states of bliss anywhere, anytime for the rest of your life.

BREATHWORK

We'll explore conscious connected breathing techniques to activate your body's innate relaxation response, release tension, access altered states, and awaken your body's innate wisdom.

Through breathwork we invite inner healing, clarity and expansion of consciousness.

MEDITATION

Daily sitting and walking meditation practices will cultivate mindfulness, presence and peace of mind. We will explore various techniques to quiet the chattering mind and open to inspiration from within.

Meditation nourishes us with acceptance, courage and joy.

YOGA

Our fluid yoga flows will move energy freely through the body, improve balance and flexibility, and invoke a meditative state of being in the present moment.

Yoga helps us cultivate self-compassion, body wisdom and inner strength.

PERMACULTURE

We'll cover the fundamentals of permaculture design for applying sustainability principles to any human habitat. Topics will include backyard permaculture, food forests, water harvesting, solar and more.

You'll gain practical skills for living in greater harmony with the Earth and her magik.

FOREST BATHING CEREMONY

On a forest walk, we activate our connection to Earth through senses wide open.

Boundaries between self and world begin to dissolve as we attune to the living spirits around us.

We realize we are not separate from this sacred land we walk upon. Our identity expands into the web of life that we have always been part of.

SOUND HEALING CEREMONY

Vibrations will gently guide you into an expanded state of consciousness.

As unwelcome thoughts fade, a sense of stillness, peace and rejuvenation may arise.

The effects of this immersion in sound can ripple out afterwards - filling you with greater ease, clarity and presence to spread care into the world.

LETTING GO FIRE CEREMONY

A powerful fire ceremony where you face and release the fears, beliefs and past traumas that have been holding you back from being your best self.

Held in circle, this ceremony has had a profound effect. Get ready to burn whatever no longer serves you and take the next big step into becoming your best self.

DEATH AND REBIRTH RITUAL

You bury an aspect of your old self that no longer serves - a painful memory, an outdated dream, a wound that will not heal. Then, we rise from "the underworld" renewed, having made peace with our past and make way for the new.

During this ceremony you’ll create a vision of your new life after the retreat.

This is just the beginning for you, the magic continues when you go back home.

FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Petting, playing and quietly being with these sweet souls allows them to teach us about opening our hearts beyond the small circle of "human" concerns. We're reminded that awareness lives within all beings, yearning simply to live and love.

Spending time within this sanctuary of selfless loving kindness nourishes our own innate capacity for compassion.

The healing that happens here ripples far beyond the fences containing these rescued animals - extending to renew our willingness to create a kinder world.

PAPAKŌLEA GREEN SAND BEACH

Walking along the otherworldly green shoreline, gathering up warm olivine sand mixed with ash from ancient volcanic eruptions, we're reminded that we humans are made of the same stardust and earthstuff as this amazing planet we call home.

Letting the waves wash over our feet cultivates gratitude for the bodies that carry us through this life. Time on this enchanted land nourishes our inner reconnection with the Sacred Feminine - animating our renewal, flow and receptivity.

VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK

Hiking through ancient volcanic forces, we remember our own origins in the Earth's creative fire.

The same molten energies that birthed life also give rise to our every thought and emotion.

Gazing into the lava invites us to remember the wellspring of wisdom and creative power within - waiting to manifest through us into healing and beauty in the world.

Time in this crucible of regeneration nourishes our capacity to birth the sacred self arising within.

Briana Pharos @beautyandbreath is a ceremonial artist and retreat leader who specializes in somatic and expanded-state work. She is dedicated to facilitating self-discovery, healing and expansion for the soul.

After overcoming burnout as a hairdresser, she discovered the transformative power of breathwork and energy healing - revealing her true calling.

Informed by her own healing journey and a decade of extensive training in various modalities, Briana assists clients in discovering their authentic selves. Through breathwork, meditation, bodywork, transformational coaching, and creative expression, she helps to activate clients' inner wisdom to unlock freedom, joy and meaning in every aspect of life.

With sincere empathy and a lighthearted spirit, Briana holds space for deep self-reflection and release of past burdens in a supportive space. Her facilitation style has been described as "a gift and catalyst for healing and truth, so gentle yet potent."

When Briana is not guiding clients within, you'll find her surrounded by her loved ones. She enjoys painting and journaling, going to the park with her godson, going out to karaoke, and long hikes with her beloved dog, Milo - renewing her energy so she can continue empowering others on their healing journeys.

Briana's journey is one of remembering - and she feels honored to walk beside others seeking the same. With trust, patience and playfulness, she joyfully joins you on the sacred path Home, back to yourself.

Ryan and Elena @earthsonghawaii are the devoted stewards of Earthsong Nature Retreat Center, a nature sanctuary and 501c3 non-profit organization on Hawaii's Big Island.

In 2021, Elena and Ryan took on the role of stewards after Elena's Denver wellness center closed due to the events of the 2020 pandemic. During their two-year stewardship, they have focused on regenerating the food forest and restoring the retreat center, while also hosting six retreats and trainings thus far.

Earthsong, a not-for-profit organization, offers holistic classes, permaculture education, and donates the food grown on-site to the local community. As an Earth Ashram, Earthsong holds nature in high esteem as the Master Teacher and Spiritual Guide.

Both Ryan and Elena are massage therapists and yoga teachers, with Ryan being a Certified Permaculture Designer who previously built a homestead in Panama, where they first met. Ryan is also an Ayurvedic specialist, and our chef for this retreat - the majority of what we will be eating is from the land herself!

To show gratitude to the land that sustains all, visitors are encouraged to engage in both theoretical and hands-on permaculture practices, ensuring they leave with the experience of working with the soil and, hopefully, a deeper connection to the Earth. Earth Magik is an integral part of their permaculture approach, emphasizing the development of a profound communion with the elements.

"I was blessed enough to spend a retreat weekend with Briana in Oregon 2 years ago. In hindsight, that weekend was the catalyst to profound transformation. I've been inspired in ways I never could have predicted. I've had the courage to go beyond my comfort zone, leading me down beautiful new paths..one fascinating synchronicity at a time. I know that the energy, education, and presence Briana gifted us with, is what activated the power and impactfulness of my experience. I will always treasure it."

Karen West - Mother, Wife

Breathwork Facilitator

Advanced Reiki Practitioner

PSYCH-K(R) Facilitator

“I started working with Bri because I wanted to learn how to breathe in an intentional way. What I didn’t realize was how powerful it would be to use breath as a tool for integrating and processing the parts of life that feel the hardest, and through my work with Bri, I worked through some very major personal challenges. Learning breathwork taught me about maximizing my energetic potential, and Bri was there to teach, coach, give insight and hold space for transformation to occur. She is a gentle and powerful person who creates an environment of safety and non-judgement so that anyone who wants to learn to breathe can do it at their own pace. I am so grateful for this work.”

Roxie Jane Hunt

Mother, Priestess, Hairstylist, Author, Creator of Free Your Hair Brush + Blood Spiral Mystery School

"Briana's energy is a really wonderful combination of warm & nurturing as well as grounded and safe….which is really important in being supported in a retreat atmosphere. She brings a wealth of knowledge and is so thoughtful with her offerings from start to finish.

The retreat she facilitated PROFOUNDLY changed my life....it's absolutely a benchmark moment of personal growth and positive change...Thank you so much for that, Bri."

Kelly Outlaw

Make Up Artist, Mom,

Brand Experience Coordinator

for Style Rituals

"I had a very rapid series of images of my whole childhood from birth to age 7 and could see the that the stuck places that l've focused so much of my healing work on were embedded and surrounded by so many moments of love and safety. All of these left me with a greater ability to access support, peace, and love in contrast to the frequent fixation I have on seeing the moments of pain and heartbreak. I am an EMDR therapist and outside of EMDR and psychedelics have never experienced such rapid and profound integration of the healing and power that emits and exists from traumatic events when they are able to be safely integrated. I attribute this hugely to the space you hold. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."

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Tier 1 - Twin Beds in Shared Space

5 available

$1790 $1590 for one

Tier 2 - Queen Beds in Shared Space

3 available

$1970 $1770 for one

$3230 $3030 for two willing to share a bed

Tier 3 - Private Rooms

ONLY 1 LEFT!

$2150 $1950 for one

$3410 $3210 for two

willing to share a bed

Tier 4 - Private House

0 available

1 King, Private Bathroom

not included

✗ flights to Kona, HI and travel insurance (required)

✗ transport from airport to Earthsong (a little less than 2 hours from Kona airport there is a free bus or you can pay for an Uber - upon sign up you'll be added to a private what's app to coordinate ride/bus shares)

✗ massage offerings (read more here) from the EarthSong Stewards

✗ optional activities or treatments not specified in the retreat program

✗ dinner at volcano house in volcanic national park

✗ consistent Wi-Fi and internet access

✗ swimming pool or traditional recreational facilities

✗ for those who would like to come a day early or stay longer book separately with EarthSong

✗ food/snacks outside of what is already provided

sample food menu for the week

Breakfast (served daily):

Overnight oats with almond milk, chia seeds, and a variety of toppings such as fresh fruits, nuts, and seeds

Homemade nut butter on the side

Freshly squeezed orange juice

Potential Lunch Options:

Roasted vegetable and lentil soup with a side of mixed greens and sprouted grain bread

Quinoa salad with roasted vegetables, avocado, and a lemon-tahini dressing

Vegetable medley with brown rice

Potential Dinner Options:

Chickpea curry with basmati rice and steamed seasonal greens

Mixed bean and vegetable stew with a side of quinoa pilaf

Stir-fried vegetables and brown rice noodles

Snacks:

Fresh fruit platter with a variety of local tropical fruits

Raw vegetable sticks with homemade hummus or almond butter dip

Beverages:

Herbal teas such as ginger, chamomile, or mint

Infused water with cucumber and mint

*Please note that the menu will be prepared with a focus on Ayurvedic principles, including plant-based ingredients and minimal use of processed foods. The specific dishes and ingredients may vary based on seasonal availability and the expertise of Ryan, the Ayurvedic specialist overseeing the dietary aspects of the retreat.

sample daily schedule

Each day will have a particular theme for a full mind/body/spirit reset.

At the start of the week you will be given a full schedule of all activities and timeframes.

As the healing effects of inner work ripple outwards, you will leave feeling more grounded, centered, and aligned with your true nature.

. *Please note that the actual schedule will vary and specific activities may be subject to change based on attendees, the retreat facilitator's discretion, and weather conditions.