October 24, 2026 · East Stroudsburg, PA
Event Schedule
BODY · MIND · SPIRIT · ANCESTRY · COMMUNITY · EARTH
A Community Restorative Wellness Gathering — body, mind, spirit, ancestry, community, and earth. Come as you are. Leave more connected, more empowered, more you.
This year's gathering is more ceremony-based than ever. Last year's Healing the Sacred Thread helped birth the Goddess Retreat.
Healing Vendor Village — Open All Day
Throughout the entire event, our Healing Vendor Village will be open — featuring returning vendor Rose Rosa (Jewelry & Sacred Adornment) alongside gifted practitioners offering massage, Access Bars, shamanic healings, energy readings, and aura readings. Drop in between sessions or linger as long as you need.
Doors Open & Healing Vendor Village
Arrive, settle in, and explore the Healing Vendor Village. Massage, Reiki, Access Bars, shamanic healings, energy readings, and aura readings are available throughout the entire day.
Welcome Ceremony & Sacred Opening Circle
Jennifer Rodriguez, LCSW, MAEd — Founder & Clinical Director
We open the sacred space together — smudging, intention setting, and a community blessing. Together we honor our ancestors, activate the elements, and weave love, strength, and purpose into the fabric of our lives and our community.
Ancestral Altar of Remembrance — Opening
Jennifer Rodriguez, LCSW, MAEd
We open the Ancestral Altar of Remembrance — a sacred space to honor loved ones lost to violence. Community members are invited to place prayers, offerings, and memories. Participants may create a wooden frame for their ancestor for a donation. Each name and prayer will be carried through the Cacao Ceremony and Sound Bath.
Cacao Ceremony & Ancestral Sound Bath
Ceremonial Guide & Sound Healing Practitioner
A sacred cacao ceremony and sound bath in honor of those we have lost to violence. We gather to connect, grieve, celebrate, and remember through sound, song, and love. Your donation and prayer invocation serve as your offering to this sacred moment.
Hapé Ceremony
Ceremonial Guide
A sacred Amazonian tobacco ceremony for grounding, clarity, and ancestral connection. Hapé (rapé) is a traditional plant medicine used for purification and opening the senses to deeper healing.
Breathwork Journey
Breathwork Facilitator
A guided breathwork session to release stored trauma, activate the body's natural healing intelligence, and move energy that words cannot reach.
Womb Ceremony
Ceremonial Guide
A deeply feminine healing ceremony honoring the womb as a center of creation, grief, power, and renewal. Open to all who carry womb wisdom — in body or in lineage.
Multiple sessions run simultaneously — choose what calls to you.
Facial Yoga & Lymphatic Drainage
Gina — Facial Yoga & Wellness
With Gina — learn facial yoga techniques and lymphatic drainage massage to release tension held in the face, jaw, and neck. Deeply restorative for trauma survivors and anyone carrying stress in the body.
Yoga & Breathwork (Shabari)
Yoga Facilitator
A movement and breath practice drawing on Shabari tradition — honoring devotion, surrender, and the sacred feminine through embodied yoga and pranayama.
Moon Cycles & Sacred Feminine Wisdom
Moon Wisdom Guide
An educational and experiential workshop on moon cycles, cyclical living, and reconnecting with the rhythms of the body and earth as a path to healing.
Relationship Consent Workshop
Casa Madre Counseling Team
An empowering, trauma-informed workshop exploring consent, boundaries, and healthy relationship dynamics — for individuals, couples, and families.
Multiple sessions run simultaneously — choose what calls to you.
Restorative Justice for Couples & Families
Amor Latino Counseling — Restorative Justice Team
An introduction to Casa Madre Center's Restorative Justice programming — healing-centered approaches to conflict, accountability, and repair within relationships and families.
Sound Bowl Healing
Sound Healing Practitioner
Immerse in the resonant frequencies of crystal and Tibetan singing bowls — a deeply meditative sound bath for nervous system regulation, emotional release, and inner peace.
Introducing the Restorative Healing Fund
Jennifer Rodriguez, LCSW, MAEd
Casa Madre Center and Amor Latino Counseling announce the Restorative Healing Fund — providing therapy, scholarships, and cultural programming for those who need it most.
Pachamama's Poetry Café — Open Stage
Community Musicians & Poets · Jóvenes Libre
Song, spoken word, and creative expression celebrating our Jóvenes Libre program and the voices of our community. Musicians and poets take the stage — all are welcome to share.
Moon Ceremony & Sacred Fire
Full Community
We gather around the sacred fire for our closing Moon Ceremony — honoring the elements, our ancestors, and each other. A collective ritual of release, gratitude, and renewal.
Closing Circle: Weaving the Sacred Thread
Jennifer Rodriguez & Full Community
We close as we opened — in circle. Each person weaves their thread into the collective tapestry. Candlelight, song, and blessing. Together we weave a sacred thread of love, justice, and healing across every generation.
Invest in the Movement
Invest in the Movement
Your presence. Your support. Your love creates ripples of healing. All are welcome — come as you are. Space is limited.
$44
Community Rate
For those needing balance
$111
Supporter Rate
For those able to give more
$222+
Sustainer Rate
For those who want to invest deeply in healing
501(c)(3) Nonprofit · EIN: 993910434 · Space is limited — register early.
Community Rate $44 · Supporter Rate $111 · Sustainer Rate $222+ · All are welcome. Space is limited — register early.
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