Sonoran Soulfire Retreat
Sonoran Soulfire Retreat
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Winkelman, AZ, USA
Up to 25 in group
January 7 - 11, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- Altar Making
- Song Circles
- Fire Ceremony
- Adornment
- Womb Massage
- Sound Healing Journeys
- Oil Annointing
- Dream Bundles
- Voice Activation
- Earthen Clay Vessels
- Wild Woman Photoshoot
About this Retreat
Amanda Ma is an artist, ceremonialist, and retreat organizer whose vision for the Sonoran Soulfire Retreat has been many years in the making. Through deep shadow work and personal healing, she has cultivated the courage to bring this dream forward and to call in powerful sisters to co-create and share their gifts. With five planets in Capricorn and the creative fire of a Manifesting Generator, she was born to be a power organizer—bringing vision into form and guiding women to discover the wisdom already alive within them.
Her mission with The Creative Medicine Path is to help women awaken their own medicine, walk their path with courage, and remember their belonging. Amanda knows firsthand what it feels like to be excluded or to self-isolate, which is why she is devoted to building containers where everyone feels seen, included, and empowered.
For over a decade, Amanda has apprenticed under elders in South American ceremonies, learning healing songs, ritual, and shadow navigation as pathways to wholeness. Amanda continues to deepen her studies in the United States with Madi Sato of Praising Earth, a lineage of song and ceremony that honors the earth and the ancestral voice. She also weaves beauty, story, and impermanence into her altar-making practice as a devoted student of Day Schildkret of Morning Altars, bringing this art of ephemeral creation into her offerings as a way to honor the cycles of life, death, and renewal.
Vanessa is an artist, mother of 3, and space holder in Tucson, AZ. She curates sacred spaces for women to be seen and held in their fullness. She holds in-the-flesh events in Tucson and online events and spaces for women everywhere. Vanessa’s art focuses on portrait photography primarily featuring women because she is called to document the transformations we embody through our uniquely feminine rites of passage.
Vanessa has over a decade of experience hostessing women’s events and coaching women to find their innate feminine knowing within. Some of Vanessa’s former experience includes birthwork, birth photography, Shakti Yoga, menstrual cycle guidance, and women’s retreats.
Venus DelMar is a divine feminine creatrix ~ an international performance artist that specializes in the art of fire dance and sacred sounds. Her natural ability to guide, teach, and facilitate movement classes has helped hundreds of women connect more deeply with their bodies. She has performed on festival stages, for high profile corporate events, and intimate gatherings. Venus DelMar runs an artistic YouTube channel with sensual dance classes, soothing yoga flows, and inspirational fire dance performances.
At the Sonoran Soulfire Retreat Venus will be offering soft feminine movement every morning as a way to flow into the day peacefully. She will be guiding a dance workshop that will creatively awaken the sacred act of dancing together as sisters. No previous dance experience is needed for any of Venus’ classes.
Venus will be bringing the art of fire dancing to the fire ceremony that will take place on the second evening of the retreat. This prayerformance will anchor in the powerful embodiment codes of the sacred feminine. Additionally, she will be offering sound healing during the dream bundle making with her sacred songs and flute playing.
Over the past decade, Venus DelMar has hosted various movement workshops at festivals, dance studios, and in online spaces. Her natural ability to guide, teach, and facilitate movement classes has helped hundreds of women connect more deeply with their bodies. Venus intentionally creates supportive containers for women to express themselves through dance freely and boldly.
Casey Shaw (She/They) is a multi faceted artist, yoga teacher and soul collaborator. Playing harmonium and teaching yoga for over 10 years and learning ukulele and guitar more recently, Casey finds singing and playing music incredibly therapeutic. She delights in sharing Sanskrit mantras from the Bhakti Yoga tradition as well as community songs, cover songs and some originals. Please feel free to sing along! Casey studied Yoga in South India at the School of Santhi, as well as multiple local trainings including a Trauma Sensitive training, Restorative and Yin Yoga. Casey is passionate about each person feeling safe and in their body and finding freedom through these sacred practices.
She has formally studied over 700 hours of ancient and modern Yoga asana, philosophy, mindfulness based stress reduction, healing modalities and practical teachings in South India and beyond, weaving subtle body practices and mantra magic wherever she can.
Casey also has 10+ years of experience working with amazing clients as a Change Coach. Focusing on Healing the Mother Wound, Casey’s vision is for each of us to become our own allies so we can step into our power fully. Casey is here to support you in your next aligned steps to a dream come true through Human Design, Energy Tending and intuitive strategy and support.
Casey has been working with plants, herbs and oils for many years and is honored to share a sacred aromatherapy and anointing experience as well. All the oils are organic and sourced ethically.
Casey loves surrounding themself with creative women who care about each other and love to sing, dance, heal, grieve and celebrate together.
Details of this retreat
The Sonoran Soulfire Retreat is designed to kindle the inner flame—awakening vitality and nourishing the deep feminine spirit. This five-day desert winter retreat, held among the red canyon walls and wild waters of the Aravaipa Wilderness, is a soulful immersion in ritual, remembrance, and creative embodiment.
Throughout our days together, you’ll be guided through sacred offerings including ritual crafting, voice activation and song, dream bundles, oil anointing, a fire ceremony, earthen clay vessels, womb massage, embodied movement practices and a wild woman photoshoot. Every session is an invitation, never an obligation—leaving space for rest, integration, and connection with the land.
Our time is held in the embrace of shared meals and accommodations. You’ll enjoy warming, Ayurvedic-inspired vegetarian cuisine prepared with care, served family-style to nourish body and spirit. Sleeping arrangements include cozy communal rooms (4–7 beds each), as well as tent and vehicle camping options for those who prefer more solitude.
The retreat is rooted in values of inclusivity, reciprocity, and belonging. We welcome women of all ages 18+ into a circle of sisterhood where each voice matters, and each presence strengthens the whole. Accessibility considerations, dietary needs, and personal intentions are gathered before the retreat so that care and reverence guide our preparations.
We believe this work is essential and should be accessible. Our tiered pricing and payment plans reflect a commitment to affordability, ensuring women and femme-identifying beings can join this circle regardless of financial circumstance.
Sonoran Soulfire is more than a retreat—it is a living ceremony, a place to remember your innate creativity, to stand by the sacred fire with sisters, and to carry beauty and renewal back into your daily life.
Throughout our days together, you’ll be guided through sacred offerings including ritual crafting, voice activation and song, dream bundles, oil anointing, a fire ceremony, earthen clay vessels, womb massage, embodied movement practices and a wild woman photoshoot. Every session is an invitation, never an obligation—leaving space for rest, integration, and connection with the land.
Our time is held in the embrace of shared meals and accommodations. You’ll enjoy warming, Ayurvedic-inspired vegetarian cuisine prepared with care, served family-style to nourish body and spirit. Sleeping arrangements include cozy communal rooms (4–7 beds each), as well as tent and vehicle camping options for those who prefer more solitude.
The retreat is rooted in values of inclusivity, reciprocity, and belonging. We welcome women of all ages 18+ into a circle of sisterhood where each voice matters, and each presence strengthens the whole. Accessibility considerations, dietary needs, and personal intentions are gathered before the retreat so that care and reverence guide our preparations.
We believe this work is essential and should be accessible. Our tiered pricing and payment plans reflect a commitment to affordability, ensuring women and femme-identifying beings can join this circle regardless of financial circumstance.
Sonoran Soulfire is more than a retreat—it is a living ceremony, a place to remember your innate creativity, to stand by the sacred fire with sisters, and to carry beauty and renewal back into your daily life.
Schedule
Morning meditation & movement practice
Nutritious vegetarian breakfast
Morning workshop (sacred crafting, voice, or embodiment)
Shared lunch in community
Rest, reflection, or nature connection time
Afternoon ceremony or creative session
Optional massage or personal integration time
Dinner with seasonal, Ayurvedic-inspired meals
Evening fire circle, song, or sound healing
Closing reflection and dreamtime preparation
Nutritious vegetarian breakfast
Morning workshop (sacred crafting, voice, or embodiment)
Shared lunch in community
Rest, reflection, or nature connection time
Afternoon ceremony or creative session
Optional massage or personal integration time
Dinner with seasonal, Ayurvedic-inspired meals
Evening fire circle, song, or sound healing
Closing reflection and dreamtime preparation
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
The Creative Medicine Path, Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Winkelman, AZ, USA
Directions
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch is a beloved private sanctuary nestled deep in nature—an ancient land once home to the Aravaipa Apache. With humble accommodations and a cozy homestead feel, the ranch carries the blessings of countless medicine gatherings. Here, the canyon itself becomes teacher and witness, holding retreat guests in a timeless embrace of beauty, spirit, and belonging.
Nestled between Tucson and Phoenix, Aravaipa Canyon Ranch borders the stunning Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness. The ranch is surrounded by red-rock cliffs, desert flora, and flowing waters that invite stillness and connection.
The ranch located approximately 1.5 hours from Tucson, AZ and 2–2.5 hours from Phoenix, AZ.
Nestled between Tucson and Phoenix, Aravaipa Canyon Ranch borders the stunning Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness. The ranch is surrounded by red-rock cliffs, desert flora, and flowing waters that invite stillness and connection.
The ranch located approximately 1.5 hours from Tucson, AZ and 2–2.5 hours from Phoenix, AZ.
Accommodation
Retreat lodging is communal, with shared rooms of 4–7 beds in a cozy, rustic retreat-style setting. Sleeping accommodations in the main lodge are located on the 2nd floor, accessible only by a flight of stairs. For those who prefer or require alternative sleeping arrangements, there is the option to camp on the land in a personal tent or sleep in a vehicle. Please note that the property is in a rural area with natural terrain and potential exposure to weather, wildlife, and insects.
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
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch is a beloved private sanctuary nestled deep in nature. Nestled between Tucson and Phoenix, Aravaipa Canyon Ranch borders the stunning Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness. The ranch is surrounded by red-rock cliffs, desert flora, and flowing waters that invite stillness and connection.
The ranch located approximately 1.5 hours from Tucson, AZ and 2–2.5 hours from Phoenix, AZ.
The ranch located approximately 1.5 hours from Tucson, AZ and 2–2.5 hours from Phoenix, AZ.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
We will share nourishing, primarily vegetarian meals prepared with Ayurvedic principles in mind. Protein options will be available on the side for those who wish to include them. Meals will be wholeso
What's Included
- ALL INCLUSIVE
- Meals
- Art Supplies
- Accommodations
What's Not Included
- Travel
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