A New Beginning: A Reiki Level I Retreat
A New Beginning: A Reiki Level I Retreat
379 Chippewa Road, Como, CO, 80432 USA
Up to 12 in group
Nov 5 - 8, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- Reiki I Retreat in the Rocky Mountains at Freebird Valley
- Reiki I (Shoden) Training with Certification upon completion of post-class requirements
- 4 Reiju - traditional Japanese Reiki tradition spiritual blessing (known as attunement in the West)
- Breathwork session
- Crystal Healing Meditation connecting with land's crystal grid
- Comfortable and cozy living and sleeping accommodations
- All meals and snacks provided
- Time to enjoy the beauty and peace of Freebird's 5.5 acres
About this Retreat
Reverend Nicholas “Babylove” Sweeney is a spiritual mentor, healer, teacher, and guide with more than two decades of experience supporting others on their journey of healing, self discovery, and awakening. As the founder of PathAgape, Nicholas has dedicated his life’s work to helping people reconnect with their true nature through compassion, self acceptance, and the transformative power of unconditional love.
A Reiki Master-Teacher with extensive training across several Reiki traditions, Nicholas has practiced Reiki for more than two decades and has been teaching Reiki since 2006. Drawing from a rich background in Reiki, meditation, Evolutionary Astrology, and the Michael Teachings, Nicholas creates spaces that are both deeply insightful and profoundly nurturing. His approach blends practical spiritual wisdom with grounded presence, gently guiding others toward greater awareness, healing, and authentic connection with themselves.
Known affectionately as “Babylove,” Nicholas brings warmth, humility, and a joyful sense of wonder to every retreat and gathering. At the heart of his work is a simple calling: to help people come home to themselves. He believes that healing invites us into a deeper relationship with who we already are, and that through love, presence, and conscious awareness, we can learn to trust and live from our deepest nature. Whether through meditation, energy work, spiritual mentorship, or heartfelt conversation, Nicholas offers a safe and compassionate space for meaningful transformation.
Lyndsey Gibbons is a Reiki Master Teacher, energy practitioner and facilitator. A deep feeler for as long as she can remember, Lyndsey has always felt a strong connection to the energy of the people and spaces around her. When Reiki came into her life, so much of what she had experienced finally began to make sense.
Reiki became an important part of her spiritual journey, deepening her connection to herself, her intuition and the way she moves through the world. Today, she brings that lived experience into her teaching, creating grounded, intuitive spaces for others to explore their own relationship with Reiki, energy and spirituality. Her work is also shaped by more than twenty years experience in mental health and her experience with nervous system support, breathwork, somatic practices, sound and other healing modalities.
Details of this retreat
Hosted by Reiki Master Teachers Nicholas “Babylove” Sweeney, and Lyndsey Gibbons, this is a beautiful weekend immersed in nature and the light of reiki. Unlike usual reiki I trainings, this retreat is an opportunity to drop in fully to this reiki initiation, without distraction.
Words from your leader, Babylove:
“I am delighted to be teaching "A New Beginning: A Reiki Level I Retrea"t! Get ready for a transformative initiation into the Reiki lineage at Freebird Valley in the beautiful and magnificent Rocky Mountains (near Denver). This retreat will take place during the heart of the Autumn season: in astrological Scorpio season, to be exact. The Fall is about harvest, self-reflection, and preparation for the quiet inward depth of Winter. Scorpio season is a time of introspection and emotional courage to face our shadows so that we can heal and become more conscious, empowered, and fulfilled beings. When we add the reiki initiation to this seasonal mix, we can look forward to a profound experience of awareness and awakening together!
This will be a very special retreat and the foundational piece required for Reiki level II and Master-Teacher trainings that will follow in the series of retreats at Freebird.
Our world as we know it has become increasingly complex, chaotic, disconnected, stressful, and frightening. It seems many of our systems are crumbling as we scramble to create better, more humane structures that help all of us to thrive and experience a high level of human dignity. The Reiki path shines as an easily accessible spiritual path that activates your awareness of the deeper reality of Life-force and subtle energies. It’s hands-on healing aspect gives everyone a simple way to drop-in, experience profound relaxation, and meditation. It is a simple, gentle, and effective path for releasing and managing stress, allowing your body, heart, and mind to heal. The deeper healing lies with the soul and your spiritual awareness, your sense of trust in life, and your celebration of purpose.
Taking a Reiki class is truly an initiation into the deeper and more expansive truth of your spiritual being-ness.
Words from your leader, Babylove:
“I am delighted to be teaching "A New Beginning: A Reiki Level I Retrea"t! Get ready for a transformative initiation into the Reiki lineage at Freebird Valley in the beautiful and magnificent Rocky Mountains (near Denver). This retreat will take place during the heart of the Autumn season: in astrological Scorpio season, to be exact. The Fall is about harvest, self-reflection, and preparation for the quiet inward depth of Winter. Scorpio season is a time of introspection and emotional courage to face our shadows so that we can heal and become more conscious, empowered, and fulfilled beings. When we add the reiki initiation to this seasonal mix, we can look forward to a profound experience of awareness and awakening together!
This will be a very special retreat and the foundational piece required for Reiki level II and Master-Teacher trainings that will follow in the series of retreats at Freebird.
Our world as we know it has become increasingly complex, chaotic, disconnected, stressful, and frightening. It seems many of our systems are crumbling as we scramble to create better, more humane structures that help all of us to thrive and experience a high level of human dignity. The Reiki path shines as an easily accessible spiritual path that activates your awareness of the deeper reality of Life-force and subtle energies. It’s hands-on healing aspect gives everyone a simple way to drop-in, experience profound relaxation, and meditation. It is a simple, gentle, and effective path for releasing and managing stress, allowing your body, heart, and mind to heal. The deeper healing lies with the soul and your spiritual awareness, your sense of trust in life, and your celebration of purpose.
Taking a Reiki class is truly an initiation into the deeper and more expansive truth of your spiritual being-ness.
Schedule
* 4pm Arrival
* 6pm Meditation
* 7:30pm Dinner
8am – Breakfast
9am – Reiki Classtime (includes pauses and breaks)
12pm – Lunch
1:30pm – Reiki Classtime (includes pauses and breaks)
6:30pm – End Reiki Classstime
7:30pm – Dinner
* 9am Breakfast
* 11am Breathwork
* 2pm Departure
* 6pm Meditation
* 7:30pm Dinner
8am – Breakfast
9am – Reiki Classtime (includes pauses and breaks)
12pm – Lunch
1:30pm – Reiki Classtime (includes pauses and breaks)
6:30pm – End Reiki Classstime
7:30pm – Dinner
* 9am Breakfast
* 11am Breathwork
* 2pm Departure
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Freebird Valley LLC, 379 Chippewa Road, Como, CO, 80432 USA
Directions
DIRECTIONS: Freebird Valley address is 379 Chippewa Rd, Como, CO 80432
* Denver International Airport (car rental is best transportation)
Please note, some GPS will rearrange the address, often changing the street to Chippewa Court, changing Como to Jefferson, and the zip to 80456. Just know that if you plug in this address, regardless of how the GPS adjusts it, you will arrive at FBV.
Please also note that there is little to no service for much of the drive to FBV, so please have the address plugged into your GPS before departure.
Basic directions: From 285, turn onto County Road 77 (at the Jefferson Market), right on Stagestop Rd, stay right onto Chief Trail, left on Chippewa Rd.
We have parking in front of the garage as well as additional parking to the left of the driveway about half way down the drive (this is the dirt lot and best for trucks and SUVs). Two cars may park in the garage. PLEASE NO PARKING ON THE STREET.
* Denver International Airport (car rental is best transportation)
Please note, some GPS will rearrange the address, often changing the street to Chippewa Court, changing Como to Jefferson, and the zip to 80456. Just know that if you plug in this address, regardless of how the GPS adjusts it, you will arrive at FBV.
Please also note that there is little to no service for much of the drive to FBV, so please have the address plugged into your GPS before departure.
Basic directions: From 285, turn onto County Road 77 (at the Jefferson Market), right on Stagestop Rd, stay right onto Chief Trail, left on Chippewa Rd.
We have parking in front of the garage as well as additional parking to the left of the driveway about half way down the drive (this is the dirt lot and best for trucks and SUVs). Two cars may park in the garage. PLEASE NO PARKING ON THE STREET.
Accommodation
* Sleeping 20 guests, the main house has four shared bedrooms, and a small bunk room (there is an additional loft above the Gathering Space that sleeps two more). Each bedroom has a king or queen bed as well as twin trundle beds. There are two full bathrooms with bathtubs, one on each floor. * A fully stocked kitchen and large dining area are perfect for preparing and gathering for meals. * Floor to ceiling windows in the main sitting room provide full sight of mountain vistas, epic sunsets and endless stary night skies. * High speed Wi-Fi and multiple smart TVs are available * Cozy comfort is the theme of this space, so curl up in one of our seating areas to relax, reflect and reconnect.
Program Price
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
We offer a Main House made for relaxation and ease, and a separate Gathering Space perfect for the Reiki training, crystal meditation, and breathwork session. Our five acres of open landscape invite you to settle in, connect, refill and leave lighter.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Our meals are prepared by our in-house cook and are organic (when possible) and vegan with some flexibility for vegetarian. Gluten-free and allergen/nut-free options.
What's Included
- 3 Nights Stay
- All nourishing vegetarian meals and snacks
- Crystal mediation connecting with the land's crystal grid
- Group breathwork session
- Group Reiki connection and healing meditation
- 4 reiju (attunements) / 2 each day of reiki class
- 3 Hara or "diamonds" introduction and meditation (traditional Japanese energy map)
- Hara (belly) strengthening meditation technique (purifying breath)
- Hands-on healing, self-care, balancing protocol
- Hands-on healing, chair session balancing protocol for others
- Spiritual centering meditation
- Reiki Principles Contemplation
- Ongoing mentoring and support through local practitioner circles or monthly Zoom check-ins
- Certification as a Reiki I Practitioner upon completion of post class requirements
- Time to explore, connect to, and enjoy the beautiful land at Freebird Valley
What's Not Included
- Airfare
- Transportation
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