Fall Equinox 2025 Sabbatical Week in Mt. Shasta
Fall Equinox 2025 Sabbatical Week in Mt. Shasta
3935 Stewart Springs Road, Weed, CA, USA
Up to 3 in group
September 18 - 24, 2025
Retreat Highlights
- Join us for a restorative week to realign body, mind, and spirit during the seasonal transition of the Fall Equinox.
- Exploration of the "Earth Warrior" archetype, focusing on protection, boundaries, and graceful release, aligned with the metal element of autumn.
- Guided by Dr. Paul Wang, integrating martial, medical, and mystical practices to harmonize mind, heart, body, and spirit.
- Entry into a reality of greater possibility and creative play.
About this Retreat
HESTIA CO-FOUNDER, LAND STEWARD & COMMUNITY WEAVER
Belinda is a nature-inspired visionary, land whisperer, and community builder.
She creates beautiful products, spaces and experiences that bring people back home to themselves. Her super powers are shining a light on people’s strengths and bringing them out into the world. She helps people cultivate and live their sacred purpose in the most joyful and easeful way possible.
Paul is a Memetic Healer and Cultural Acupuncturist who specializes in Clinical Cosmology and Mythic Engineering. He prescribes potent memes to shift physical burnout, emotional constipation, mental diarrhea, spiritual amnesia, and natural deficit. His main tools are Dao Alchemy (Self-Cultivation), Dao Acupuncture (Self-Healing), Dao Astrology (Self-Awareness):
- Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
- Masters of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Bachelors of Science in Integrative Biology
- Instructor of Balance Method Acupuncture
- Transmitter of Daology (Dao De Gong Fa)
- Sifu of WingChun
Details of this retreat
WHAT ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE NEED BALANCE AND RESTORATION THIS FALL?
Join us in Mount Shasta, the powerful root chakra of the earth, during Fall Equinox, for a deeply restorative sabbatical week to slow down, reset and come back into balance with your body, mind and spirit with our guest healer, Dr. Paul Wang, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.
Join us in Mount Shasta, the powerful root chakra of the earth, during Fall Equinox, for a deeply restorative sabbatical week to slow down, reset and come back into balance with your body, mind and spirit with our guest healer, Dr. Paul Wang, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.
Schedule
DAY 1 >> GROUND & SETTLE IN
Be greeted by your Hestia hosts and settle into your sweet home and resting space for the week
DAY 2 >> ANCHOR YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE LAND
Join a 10 am experiential guided group walk of the powerful energy spots on the land
Clarify your retreat intentions with the Gratitude Blooming oracle deck (included in your gift bag)
Use the self-guided journaling tools and connect with the land to support your intentions
Book your wellness sessions to help you heal, rejuvenate and harmonize with your body, mind, spirit
DAYS 3-5 >> HARNESS THE POTENT ENERGY OF FALL
Enjoy three 90-minute group morning activation sessions from 9:30-11 am with Dr. Paul Wang to deepen into inner and outer balance
Practice embodying and living your intentions while you’re here by consciously choosing how you want to spend your time and energy
Deepen your connection to the land by meditating on Hestia’s energy spots or explore the areas around Mount Shasta listed on our welcome guide
Book add-on guided experiences with our community hosts or with our recommended Shasta tour operators
Co-create a fall equinox gratitude altar with the land
DAY 6 >> RELEASING RITUAL
Deepen your connection to the land by meditating on Hestia’s energy spots or explore the areas around Mount Shasta listed on our welcome guide
Attend an optional group fire ceremony to release what no longer serves you and make space for the shifts you want to catalyze in your life when you return home by letting go of what no longer serves you.
DAY 7 >> GIVE GRATITUDE & PREPARE TO TRANSITION
Visit the spots that you felt a special connection to on the land and give gratitude before you leave!
Create a mantra/visual reminder to facilitate a smooth transition back
Be greeted by your Hestia hosts and settle into your sweet home and resting space for the week
DAY 2 >> ANCHOR YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE LAND
Join a 10 am experiential guided group walk of the powerful energy spots on the land
Clarify your retreat intentions with the Gratitude Blooming oracle deck (included in your gift bag)
Use the self-guided journaling tools and connect with the land to support your intentions
Book your wellness sessions to help you heal, rejuvenate and harmonize with your body, mind, spirit
DAYS 3-5 >> HARNESS THE POTENT ENERGY OF FALL
Enjoy three 90-minute group morning activation sessions from 9:30-11 am with Dr. Paul Wang to deepen into inner and outer balance
Practice embodying and living your intentions while you’re here by consciously choosing how you want to spend your time and energy
Deepen your connection to the land by meditating on Hestia’s energy spots or explore the areas around Mount Shasta listed on our welcome guide
Book add-on guided experiences with our community hosts or with our recommended Shasta tour operators
Co-create a fall equinox gratitude altar with the land
DAY 6 >> RELEASING RITUAL
Deepen your connection to the land by meditating on Hestia’s energy spots or explore the areas around Mount Shasta listed on our welcome guide
Attend an optional group fire ceremony to release what no longer serves you and make space for the shifts you want to catalyze in your life when you return home by letting go of what no longer serves you.
DAY 7 >> GIVE GRATITUDE & PREPARE TO TRANSITION
Visit the spots that you felt a special connection to on the land and give gratitude before you leave!
Create a mantra/visual reminder to facilitate a smooth transition back
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Hestia Magic Retreat Center, 3935 Stewart Springs Road, Weed, CA, USA
Directions
Our sanctuary is just a 5-hour drive from Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California. We are just 1.5 hours ways from two airports, Redding, CA (RDD) and Medford, OR (MFR) and easily accessible by train and bus.
Accommodation
Our spaces have been intentionally designed and energetically attuned by experts to support your rejuvenation, healing and transformation. Cozy up in one of our yurts encircled by young oak and cedar trees in California. The beautiful skylight dome offers amazing nighttime views of the moon and stars! Your accommodation includes a fully stocked kitchenette, a full or queen bed, and a comfortable lounging/reading area.
Single occupancy with shared bath
Single occupancy with private bath
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
Welcome to our 10-acre retreat sanctuary in California surrounded by an enchanted forest and sacred flowing waters. Our land on the Big Island offers beautiful views over the bay of Kealakekua. Come and rest, nourish, play, vision, create, connect and celebrate!
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
What's Included
- 6 nights comfortable private accommodations
- Pre-sabbatical coaching call to clarify your needs, desires and intentions
- Sabbatical toolkit and special wellness gifts
- Self-guided journaling tools to keep track of your experience and insights along the way
- Access to private meditation and stargazing spots including a sacred flowing creek with a cold plunge
- Guided chakra walk to connect with the healing power spots on the land
- Spaciousness!
- 3 guided evening group sessions with sound healing, meditation, and/or gentle movement
What's Not Included
- Extra massage, acupuncture, energy work and other wellness services
- Airfare & airport transfer
- Travel insurance
- Guided tours to our favorite sacred sites around Mount Shasta
- 1:1 post-sabbatical integration sessions to support your transition back
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