May 2024 Events
May 17th-20th, Arrival Friday, Saturday + Sunday Training, Departure Monday
RETREAT: Reiki Training + Attunement Level 1 + 2 with IMAN, (Integrative Medicine And Nutrition, LLC)
Celebrity Wellness Expert Iman Ali is a Reiki Master Teacher & Healer with over two decades of practice in the space of wellness.
Launching environmental, financial, emotional, and social wellness campaigns for some of the biggest names in entertainment like Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, and Russell Simmons, Iman has worked to bring wellness to communities across the country.
Now nestled here in the Golden Isles, IMAN brings her experience as Research Assistant at The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern for The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine where she studied the impact of reiki, meditation, massage, and other modalities on Oncology patients. As a Certified Urban Zen Integrative Therapist, founded by fashion icon Donna Karan + Yoga Guru Rodney Yee, IMAN addresses pain, anxiety, insomnia, nausea, and constipation using reiki, aromatherapy, mindfulness meditation, and restorative yoga to help bring the mind body and soul back to a state of balance.
From the University of Mississippi's Medical Center to Illinois Masonic Advocate Cancer and Infusion Center, IMAN has helped health care providers and patients find balance through reiki and other eastern modalities.
She's excited to collaborate with nature's best healer - the Forest. In this three day healing retreat & training you will learn & be attuned to Reiki Level I and II.
Reiki (pronounced ray-key): Reiki is a vibrational healing practice used to promote balance throughout the human biofield system. Reiki is based on an Eastern belief in an energy that supports the body’s innate healing abilities.
Cost: $444 More information here.
May 23rd-25th, Thursday - Saturday
RETREAT: Sweat Lodge
Join us for the first sweat lodge in the forest this year!
In a sweat lodge ceremony there are physical benefits such as purifying the body and ridding it of toxins, while lifting the mind and spirit to higher realms. The lodge represents the womb of mother and as we conclude and exit the experience, we feel a rebirth of renewed life.
Cloud Feather will be the water pourer. The lodge is for all people whether you are first time or have experience with the sweat lodge. Cloud is a licensed naturopathic physician, Sundance singer and songwriter. He facilitates both youth and adult needs enrichment workshops utilizing sound healing, singing, dance and drumming healing techniques.
For guests participating in the sweat, you MUST arrive on Thursday, May 23rd
Thursday, May 23rd: Opening Ceremony
- There will be an opening ceremony after dinner on Thursday night, where instructions will be given for the day of the sweat, what to expect, etc.
Friday, May 24th: Sweat Lodge
- On Friday, we ask that you not eat after 9:00 or 9:30am. During the day will be a day of reflection, intention setting, and quiet time, to prepare physically and mentally. You will assist in preparing the sweat lodge during the day. The ceremony will begin at around 5pm. There will be four rounds of the sweat lodge ceremony - lasting somewhere around 2.5 hours in total. There are short breaks in between rounds and water can be brought inside the lodge. After the sweat, a dinner will be served.
Participants are encouraged to HYDRATE (drinking ½ gallon of water a day for the few days before and day of the sweat). Guests are encouraged not to drink alcohol or consume meat for the 48 hours before the sweat. The body will be purifying and ridding itself of toxins during the sweat and this helps to prepare the body for that. No one will be allowed to enter the lodge if they have been drinking alcohol or if they are high on any substances.
What to wear:
According to the American Indian Health and Family Services -
"Attire includes shorts for men and a long dress or long skirt and modest top for women. Many people also like to bring a towel. Please don’t wear any metal (including underwires) as they can become hot during the lodge."
Disclaimer:
Anything that is said by the pourer should not be taken as the beliefs or policy of the hostel. What is said is a representation of the beliefs of the pourer. The hostel does not promote any religion or denomination or religious belief. It only provides an environment where each visitor can find their own beliefs by going inside themselves in the quiet surroundings of the hostel.
Please note, the Hostel is not dedicated to any particular religion or denomination. Event, workshop, and retreat instructors and leaders are not Hostel employees or representatives, and instructors’ and leaders’ views are solely their own. The Hostel is not liable for any experiences a participant may have during an event, workshop, or retreat; attendees assume all risks of participation.
Respect:
It is essential that everyone participating in the sweat must have respect for what is taking place. Their intention for sweating must be good. They should always go into the sweat with a belief of healing and not take any negative attitudes with them inside the sweat. It must be stressed that we are all brothers and sisters and connected to the Creator of the universe.
More information about sweat lodges can be found here.
Spaces are limited, please call 912-264-9738 to make your reservation. Unless otherwise noted, any event fees are in addition to overnight Hostel fees.
