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The Reconnection Retreat - Nurturing The Soul: A Journey With Nature’s Five Elements

Name: The Reconnection Retreat - Nurturing The Soul: A Journey With Nature’s Five Elements
Start: 2025-10-17
End: 2025-10-19
Location: Menla
Rating: 4.5

4.502 reviews

375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States

Oct 17 - 19, 2025

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Marcy

Kate

Marcy Guzman RN, RMT

Marcy has over 23 years of experience as a registered nurse, and Reiki Master Teacher. Marcy has cultivated a rich and diverse career at the intersection of conventional medicine and holistic healing. Specializing in high-tech nursing and certified in infusion and PICC line installation and management, Marcy has made significant contributions in healthcare, notably at Weill Cornell University Hospital in Manhattan NYC, where she established and oversaw the first Reiki program for the outpatient oncology department.

As a Reik Master Teacher, a 250HR Kundalini yoga instructor, and a certified sound healing therapist Marcy integrates various modalities to promote wellness and healing to her clients. Additionally her qualifications as an EFT ( emotional Freedom Technique) practitioner, past life regression hypnotherapist, intuitive numerologist and tarot card reader, IET (Integrative Energy Therapy) practitioner and certified crystal energy healer allows her to offer a holistic approach to spiritual and personal development.

Marcy is both the founder and director of The Healing Center At Port Jeff salt Cave, a holistic healing center dedicated to providing transformative healing experiences to her local community.

Outside of her professional endeavors, Marcy enjoys a fulfilling personal life with her soulmate & husband and their three large breed dogs. They collectively have 5 adult children between them and 10 grandchildren, including a set of triplets. Marcy can often be found outside in nature, grounding and replenishing her soul. Her love for the mountains is only second to her love of the ocean.

Marcy's unique blend of expertise makes her a compassionate and effective practitioner in both health care and holistic wellness. Marcy has been running soul fulfilling retreats in the Catskill Mountain region of her home state of New York for many years. Her passion is creating sacred space for women to reconnect with the feminine divine within themselves adding to a more balanced conscious collective.

Kate Gajewski

Kate Gajewski is the heart and soulbehind The Lightness of Being, a sacred healing sanctuary located in Patchogue, NY. With over seven years of professional experience, Kate is a seasoned Energy Worker, Therapist & Teacher, bringing her unique blend of healing modalities to those seeking transformation. Kate is a Usui Ryoho & Holy Fire Reiki Master, Animal & Pet Reiki Master Teacher, Sekhem Reiki Master, Gong & Sound Resonance Practitioner & Teacher, Nationally Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist/Regression Therapist, and a 300 HR Yoga Instructor. Her dedication to the healing arts has shaped her into a compassionate and knowledgeable guide on the path to well-being.

Details of this retreat

Ladies embark on a journey in the breathtaking Catskill mountains of upstate New York, where women arrive as strangers and leave as friends through shared experiences like yoga, hiking, and sacred outdoor rituals, including a cacao & sweat lodge purification ceremony. During your down time you have the opportunity to enjoy some pampering spa treatments in the world class Dewa Spa located on the retreat grounds,(for additional charge) or sip hot coffee & shop at the beautifully curated gift shop where you are sure to find something special for yourself or loved ones back home.

This retreat has it all, where luxury and nature meet in the most natural of ways. We will dine on locally sourced plant based meals wonderfully crafted by the onsite chefs, that will both delight the senses and satisfy the body and soul.(vegetarian options available at every meal)

You’ll forge deep connections and create lasting relationships celebrating the the power of community around a bonfire and drumming circle while embracing the healing elements of nature. When our time together comes to an end you will return home with a lasting bond to these sacred mountains and a heart full of sisterhood.

Each guest goes home with hand selected gifts complimentary from The Reconnection Retreat that commemorate our sacred time together.

Ladies, we are created differently and hold so much healing for the collective. We need the support of one another and time with each other to refresh our sacred divine feminine connection to ourselves, each other and Mother Gaia

~ we will learn to honor our bodies innate intelligence and nurture them deeply with restorative yoga, sound healing, and reiki

~we will reconnect to the wild woman inside us who craves a deeper connection to the natural world and explore ourselves through the lens of the elements of nature; fire, air ,earth, water and ether during our weekend immersion into nature

`~we will elevate our intuitive abilities through the practice of gentle kundalini yoga known as the yoga of awareness as we awaken our inner divine feminine

~ we will detox our bodies through clean water, clean air, plant based food, and a deep sweat inside the sweat lodge ceremony

~we will form a collective sisterhood around the bonfire as we enter into a communal drumming circle and ecstatic dance

~we will rejuvenate our nervous systems as we take time away from the hustle and grind of daily life to connect with nature, ourselves and like-minded women from all walks of life.

Schedule

Friday, October 17

3 - 6 pm Arrival and Check-in
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Meet and Greet in the Yoga Studio Followed by Restorative Yoga, Sound Bath and Reiki

Saturday, October 18

6:30 - 7:45 am Kundalini Yoga
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 12 pm 2 Hour Mountain Trail Hike
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
3 - 5 pm Sweat Lodge & Cacao Ceremony
6 - 7 pm Dinner
8 pm Drumming Circle Around Fire Pit, Ecstatic Dance & Smores

Sunday, October 19

7 - 11 am Check-out of Rooms
8 - 9 am Breakfast
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Closing Ceremony, Oracle Cards & Energy Readings
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch and Departure

*Please note that the schedule is subject to change.

Getting Here

Menla, 375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States

Accommodation

Standard Single - Shared Bath

Menla Private Queen Room with Queen Bed and Shared Bathroom Public Phone and Hi-Speed Wifi Internet Access Available This lodging type is not ADA Compliant Private Queen Rooms with Shared Bathroom are Available in Thimpu House, Panther Cottage and Potala House * Please note that rates include meals and accommodations

Economy Premium Single - Shared Bath

Standard Premium Single Room with a Queen or Full Bed and Shared Bathroom Up to 10 guests share two large bathrooms. Each bathroom has two shower stalls and two toilets. A phone is not available but high-speed WiFi is available in the room Phone Access Available in Upper Level Of Conference Center. All calls are free of charge This Lodging Type is not ADA Compliant. * Please note rates include meals and accommodations.

Economy Single - Shared Bath

Standard Single Room with a Twin Bed and Shared Bathroom Bathroom is Shared with One to Six Other Guests on Your Floor. A phone is not available but high-speed WiFi is available in the room Phone Access Available in Nearby Conference Center and also Lhasa in Business Center. All calls are free of charge. This Lodging Type is not ADA Compliant. * Please note rates include meals and accommodations.

Economy Double - Shared Bath (Shared Room)

Standard Double with Twin Beds and Shared Bathroom The bathroom is Shared with other rooms on the same floor. High-speed Wi-Fi is available in the room. Phone Access Available in Nearby Conference Center and also Lhasa in Business Center. All calls are free of charge. This Lodging Type is not ADA Compliant. * Please note that rates include meals and accommodations * Please note: this is an open door policy room, meaning there are no keys to lock the door (we have lockers you can use at Lhasa if needed) * This booking is for one bed in a double shared room: We May Assign You Roommates if You Do Not Register with others

Customer Reviews

4.50 out of 5.0 average rating

Anonymous • Oct 03, 2023

4.0

Verified

Weekend retreat stay

The property is on a beautiful, peaceful location.
Nature is all around and sometimes a little too close but you are literally surrounded by woods.

The food was really good and I liked the buffet style and fruit basket.

The gift shop although small had a nice selection of items and I purchased a few fun items.

Since the dining area was on the opposite side of the site from the convention center, a lot of students drove back and forth on the property. I chose the walking paths to get around.

Marie • Apr 18, 2022

5.0