Since our Spring 2024 SOAKING IN THE SACRED retreat at Joyful Journey quickly filled up, we are excited to add this second 2024 retreat Oct. 11 – 14, 2024. Join Scott and Shanti Medina for a playful and deeply empowering Autumn wellness retreat basking in the healing and rejuvenating hot spring waters of Joyful Journey while sharing in sessions of ecstatic chanting, dancing, sound journeying, qigong, sacred ceremony and more at SOAKING IN THE SACRED with special musical guests and amazing percussionists Deborah Ogden and Jim Grant.
Remember Your True Nature
Restore Inner Peace
Reclaim Your Radiant Health
JOIN NOW!- Enjoy ecstatic chanting, shamanic sound journeying, Dances of Universal Peace, qigong, ancient ceremony and sacred ritual
- Soak in the magical hot spring waters throughout your stay, including times when it is closed to the general public and only open to our retreat participants
- Reclaim your radiant health
- Learn to activate and connect with your helping and healing spirit guides
- Rejuvenate with a massage or wellness treatment at the world class onsite spa
- Restore calm and clarity with silence and stillness
- Experience attuning your Body Current® meridians and acupressure portals to the 5-elements
“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 Journeys at their website Joyful Journey Hot Springs and Spa
Weekend Retreat Dates: Friday October 11 – Monday Oct. 14, 2024
Join us as early as 12pm on Friday Oct. 11 for soaking and connecting with friends. Retreat Welcome Tea begins at 5:00pm on Friday. Opening circle begins at 7:30pm, after the homemade delicious dinner which is included with your lodging. Final retreat session is Sunday evening after dinner. Monday enjoy hot springs soaking all day and lite retreat morning content TBA.
Retreat Investment: Sliding scale $175 – $250/pp*
*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, after which we will send you more details and the Joyful Journey phone number to call for your room.
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.
Register NowTo learn more about Scott + Shanti and their international retreats at www.ScottandShanti.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 the day before our retreat begins – October 10, 2024. We also offer a full refund for your retreat investment through August 31, 2024 and 50% retreat investment refund through September 15, 2024.
Please check with Joyful Journey for the details of their lodging cancellation policy. Thank you.