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.

Saturday, October 24, 2026
1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
107 Brown Street, Suite 107 · East Stroudsburg, PA 18301

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.

Rose Rosa — Jewelry & Sacred AdornmentMassage TherapyAccess BarsShamanic HealingsEnergy ReadingsAura Readings
Opening
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
1:00 PM
OpenVendor Village · Throughout

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.

1:15 PM
CeremonyMain Circle

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.

Sacred Ceremonies
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
2:00 PM
CeremonyAltar Space

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.

2:30 PM
CeremonySacred Circle Space

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.

2:30 PM
CeremonySacred Circle Space

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.

2:30 PM
CeremonySacred Circle Space

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.

3:00 PM
CeremonySacred Circle Space

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.

Healing Workshops
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Multiple sessions run simultaneously — choose what calls to you.

3:00 PM
WorkshopWellness Room

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.

3:00 PM
WorkshopMovement Space

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.

3:45 PM
WorkshopWellness Room

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.

3:45 PM
WorkshopCommunity Room

Relationship Consent Workshop

Casa Madre Counseling Team

An empowering, trauma-informed workshop exploring consent, boundaries, and healthy relationship dynamics — for individuals, couples, and families.

Restorative Justice & Community
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Multiple sessions run simultaneously — choose what calls to you.

4:00 PM
CommunityCommunity Room

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.

4:00 PM
CeremonySacred Circle Space

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.

4:30 PM
PresentationMain Stage

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 & Closing
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
4:30 PM
PerformanceMain Stage

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.

5:15 PM
CeremonyFire Circle

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.

5:45 PM
CeremonyMain Circle

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

Register & Donate

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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