Join Scott and Shanti Medina with special guest facilitators Brigitte Mars and BethyLoveLight for a fun weekend wellness and mental well-being hot springs retreat at the beautiful Joyful Journey Hot Springs Resort and Spa in Moffat, CO Thursday November 13 – Sunday November 16, 2025. Join us for 1, 2 or 3 nights or get a local commuter pass for Saturday only for a full day enjoying inspiring offerings and an evening filled with live music and ecstatic chanting.
Return to your true nature.
Restore calm and clarity.
Receive healing, hope and connection.
Enjoy a weekend soaking in the sacred healing waters receiving connection in community and ancient wellness practices to instantly apply to your life.
Bask in times of silence on the sacred land, enjoy Devotional Chanting and Sound Journeys. Experience self-regulating your very own nervous system through meditation and movement practices like Qigong for Everyone and Yoga for All. No experience necessary. This retreat is accessible for all levels of practice and experience.
Update: Lodging at Joyful Journey is now limited so please contact Joyful Journey by phone or email to secure your lodging of choice ASAP. Lodging includes unlimited soaking and a delicious breakfast and dinner.
Feel free to join us beginning on Thursday or arrive on Friday or Saturday if that better suits your schedule. Saturday full day and evening commuter pass option for locals only $108. Enjoy a full day enjoying inspiring offerings and an evening filled with live music and ecstatic chanting.
JOIN US!Deborah Ogden and Jim Grant will be offering their master percussion over the weekend and our popular Drumming Down the Sun drum circles.
- Enjoy ecstatic chanting, sound journeying, embodied meditation, ancient ceremony and sacred rituals
- Soak in the magical and healing hot spring waters throughout your stay, including times when it is closed to the general public and only open to our retreat participants
- Understand how to balance your polarities through the conception vessel acupressure portal of the body with the principles of 5-elements Traditional Chinese Medicine to apply as a personal practice to navigate modern times
- Learn ancient plant remedies on an herb walk with Brigitte Mars
- Build resilience, self-heal and increase immunity by self-regulating your vagus nerve and understanding your Body Current® portals and super powers
- Integrate the power, art and science of self Muscle Testing for optimal health and radiant wellbeing
- Experience activating your helping and healing spirit guides
- Enjoy a conscious hip hop musical activation with BethyLoveLight
- Restore calm and clarity during times of inner reflection, silence and stillness
- Explore proven herbal Djedi Survival Skills for living consciously on our planet with Brigitte Mars
Weekend Schedule:
Here is an example of our schedule. Feel free to join us for 1, 2 or 3 nights or come as a commuter and enjoy all day and evening on Saturday. Each session will be uniquely experiential with a variety of practices from wisdom traditions around the globe to meet all levels of experience. All sessions are with Scott and Shanti and their musicians, unless otherwise noted.
THURSDAY
4:00 Check in (arrive as early as noon to soak)
5:30 Dinner
7:15pm Mantra, movement, meditation and ritual magic
Soaking
FRIDAY
7 – 7:45am Qigong + Chanting for all levels of experience
8am Breakfast and soaking
10am Mantra, movement, meditation, ritual magic and more
12:30pm Lunch
Soak, Rest or optional Spa Treatments
4:30pm Drumming Down the Sun w/ Deborah and Jim
5:30 Dinner
7:15pm Multi Instrument Sound Bath + Meditation
Soaking
SATURDAY
7 – 7:45am Yoga Kirtan Infusion for all levels of experience
8am Breakfast and Soaking
10am Mantra, movement, meditation, ritual magic and more
12:30pm Lunch
Soak, Rest and optional Spa Treatment
3:00 – 4:30pm Brigitte Mars Herb Chat + Jedhi Survival Skills for a Precarious World
4:30 – 5:00pm Drumming Down the Sun with Deborah and Jim
5:30pm Dinner
7:00pm BethyLovelight + Brigitte Mars Galactic Activation + Ecstatic Chant w/ Scott and Shanti
Soaking
SUNDAY
Sleep in or early Soaking before checking out of rooms after breakfast
8am Breakfast and Soaking
10am Mantra, movement, meditation, ritual magic and more
12:30pm Lunch
Soaking for as long as you wish before departing for home
Testimonials
“My overall experience was truly incredible. Scott and Shanti, you are amazing!! I felt welcome immediately, even though I didn’t know anyone or even what Kirtan was. I came in to the retreat feeling the weight of loss, grief, and confusion, and I left feeling more connected to myself, to everyone on the retreat, and to everything alive than I knew was possible. So much joy, wonder, and clarity.” – Laura H. – retreat participant
“Joyful Journey is a sanctuary where people from all walks of life come to experience its soothing waters – to heal and find peace from the stress of their daily lives. As owner/guardian of these sacred waters since 1999, my intent is to allow our mineral hot springs’ healing water and therapies to awaken the hearts and uplift the spirits of all who come, so that they might experience the amazing benefits these waters provide”. ~ Elaine Blumenhein – Founder Joyful Journey Hot Springs
The hot springs are naturally super-heated by the earth’s active geothermal and hydrothermal activity, Joyful Journey is one of the few places on earth with natural hot mineral water that does not have the sulfur odor that is often found in many hot mineral springs. The mineral waters are piped directly from private artesian springs at Joyful Journey.
The pools are tempered between 98°F to 108°F. For centuries, the Native Americans, the Spanish explorers and early settlers took refuge at what is now Joyful Journey Hot Springs Spa. The Native Americans referred to these elements simply as “The Waters” and established its source as a place of peace, where all tribes were welcome, leaving all differences behind as they came to this sanctuary to heal.
Learn more about Joyful Journey at their website Joyful Journey Hot Springs and Spa
Weekend Retreat Dates: Stay from 1 – 3 nights Thursday November 13 through Sunday November 16, 2025 or enjoy a full day and evening on Saturday as a commuter.
Join us as early as 12pm on Thursday November 13th for soaking and connecting with friends. Retreat opening circle is on Thursday evening, after the homemade delicious dinner which is included with your lodging. The retreat ends on Sunday November 16th in the early afternoon.
Retreat Investment for those staying 1,2 or 3 nights: Sliding scale $195 – $275/pp*
Saturday full day and evening commuter pass option for locals only $108. Enjoy a full day of inspiring offerings and an evening filled with live music and ecstatic chanting.
*Your Retreat Investment includes all of your retreat sessions, ceremonies, ritual pieces and facilitation time. It Does Not include your choice of lodging at Joyful Journey.
Your lodging of choice at Joyful Journey includes home cooked breakfasts and delicious dinners plus access to all the hot springs and sacred land. You will book your lodging directly through Joyful Journey.
Lodging at Joyful Journey:
Contact Joyful Journey directly to book your spa treatments and secure your lodging of choice at the retreat group discount rate.
There are two steps/payments to register:
1 – Register with us first by clicking the button below to complete your registration and submit your retreat investment.
2 – Your Accommodations/meals/soaking with Joyful Journey are available at various group pricing rates, depending on type of lodging you choose. Register directly with Joyful Journey for this step by calling their office to book your room, after you have registered with us.
All lodging prices include unlimited soaking in the pools and your breakfast & dinner!
Important: On-site lodging is limited. We encourage booking early. Their Yurts are very cool, or they have more traditional hotel rooms. Once their lodging is full, they will make suggestions for limited lodging options in nearby towns.
We HIGHLY ENCOURAGE you to room with a friend(s) or partner, which will also lower your cost. Single rooms/yurts will be extremely limited due to space availability. Many rooms have 2 Queen beds that friends can share; couples can book rooms with 1 bed in them. If you need help finding a roommate, please let us know.
Call Joyful Journey at 719-256-4328 to book your lodging of choice. Mention Shanti + Scott Medina’s Soaking in the Sacred retreat to receive your group discount.
Scott and Shanti Medina
Scott and Shanti Medina are a dynamic husband-and-wife duo from Boulder, CO on a mission to uplift humanity by empowering self-realization and community activation. Their sacred sound workshops, inspiring international retreats and ecstatic chanting events offer a sweet and deep dive into embodied self-realization through the vibration of sound. Their double-CD project SoMAntra is a collection of original chants from wisdom-traditions around the globe along with simple breathing practices, vagal nerve stimulation, ancient mudras, sound healing and yoga therapy practices to self-regulate the nervous system and ignite the innate wisdom. You can download their CD on BandCamp.
Shanti is a lifelong Spirit Medium and Medicine Woman, Sacred Ceremonialist, Sound Healer, Certified Clinical Herbalist + Radiant Lotus Women’s Qigong facilitator, trauma-informed Yoga Therapist, Reiki Master, Shamanic Guide and Personal Trainer. She holds advanced trainings in Zang Fu Gong Medical Qigong, Brain Training Neuro-Leadership and Yoga of the Mind Psychic Studies. She has been facilitating community rituals, sisterhood circles, sacred ceremonies, devotional chanting, international gatherings and women’s retreats for over 20 years.
Scott began devotional chanting over 30 years ago while on staff at Omega Institute and has led chanting events in and around the Front Range and the globe for over 25 years. He is a Certified Leader of the Dances of Universal Peace sharing his gift of inspired leadership for over 18 years.
You can find out more at www.ScottandShanti.com
Brigitte Mars
Brigitte Mars is an international renowned herbalist, author of 19 books, professor, and nutritional consultant. She brings in over 60 years of wisdom and experience. Her passion for natural health is contagious, and she’s excited to support students and clients around the globe on their journey of wellness. Brigitte teaches Herbal Medicine at Naropa University and has taught at Omega Institute, Esalen, Kripalu, Sivananda Yoga Ashram, Envision, Tribal Visions, Unify, Sister Winds, Arise Festivals, and the Mayo Clinic. She is a founding and professional member of the American Herbalist Guild. Brigitte makes learning accessible and enjoyable for all walks of life. She lives every day and supports others in creating a world where natural health is a way of life!
Find out more at BrigitteMars.com
BethyLoveLight Forever
BethyLoveLight is a conscious musician, composer, and producer from Boulder, Colorado, who creates a variety of music from downtempo to hip-hop/reggae/rock with spiritual themes focused on ascension and unification through sound. She also works as a licensed massage therapist and offers her music and information on platforms like her website, Soundcloud, BandCamp, and social media.
She offers Eco-Conscious Herbal Hip Hop songs like CANnabis, Dandelion and Hemp Holy Hemp as well as Freedom songs like Love Transcends and Stronger Together. Her work is original for she writes all her own lyrics and mixes all her own music. BethyLoveLight’s intent is simple: By listening to cosmically conscious music, we can harmonically unite and energetically amplify our collective body, mind and spirit for the Highest Good. You can find this Avatar on SoundCloud, YouTube, Reverbnation, and at www.bethylovelight.comExplore BethyLoveLight Music to be inspired and enlivened from your cells to your soul: BethyLoveLight.com
Retreat Investment Cancellation Policy: In the unlikely event you need to cancel your retreat registration, your space and retreat investment are fully transferable to another person of your choice through November 10, 2025. We also offer a full refund for your retreat investment through September 1, 2025 and 50% retreat investment refund beginning November 1, 2025.
Please check with Joyful Journey for the details of their lodging cancellation policy. Thank you.
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