Women's Retreat: The Listening Body — Somatic Healing & Body Intelligence

A somatic women's retreat at Harbin Hot Springs — body intelligence, sound healing, sacred waters & ritual for the Fall Equinox.

Your body has been speaking.

In sensation, in tension, in the places you've gone numb or tight or restless. In the emotion that surfaces without warning. In the longing you can't quite name. In the wisdom that lives beneath the noise of daily life.

The Listening Body is an invitation to finally get quiet enough to hear it.

Join us at Harbin Hot Springs for a 3-day intimate women's retreat rooted in somatic healing, body intelligence, and the sacred wisdom of water. Through movement, breathwork, voice, sound, ritual, expressive arts, and the healing geothermal pools of Harbin, we will drop out of the mind and into the body's deep knowing.

This is not a retreat about fixing, releasing, or optimizing. It is about listening — to what your body has been holding, what it's trying to show you, and what becomes possible when you trust its intelligence.

🌿 THIS RETREAT IS FOR YOU IF YOU ARE…

• Ready to slow down and listen to what your body has been trying to tell you
• Carrying something — emotionally, physically, or energetically — that you haven't been able to reach through the mind alone
• Longing for sacred sisterhood, deep presence, and time away from ordinary life
• Drawn to somatic, embodied healing practices
• Seeking rest, ritual, and genuine renewal in nature
• Curious about the wisdom that lives in the body beneath stress, trauma, and conditioning

💧 RETREAT OFFERINGS INCLUDE

• Sacred ceremony, prayer, and intention setting
• Chakra toning and intimate group sound healing
• Land ceremony and earth offering
• Labyrinth walk and waterfall ritual
• Guided somatic journey into body intelligence
• Grounding and energetic boundary-setting practice
• Expressive arts and soul crafting
• Sacred journaling and reflection
• Hot and cold plunge guidance
• Public sound healing Sunday afternoon
• Optional Rites of the Womb transmission
• Optional 1:1 somatic integration mini-sessions with Virpal

🗓 RETREAT FLOW

Friday, September 18th : You are welcome to arrive at Harbin earlier in the day to settle in and soak before we gather. Opening circle begins at 7:00 PM — prayer, intention setting, chakra toning, and an intimate group sound healing to close the evening and settle you into the land. The rest of the evening is yours to soak, rest, and arrive into the weekend.

Saturday, September 19th : A slow morning with breakfast and free time in the pools. The day moves through land ceremony, sacred water rituals, somatic practice, and expressive arts — with generous pockets of unstructured time to soak, rest, and integrate. The evening closes with a deep guided somatic journey into the body's intelligence.

Sunday, September 20th : A gentle morning for rest, pools, and quiet integration. Closing circle and ceremony. Public sound healing at 1:30 PM open to all Harbin guests — retreat women welcome to attend before departing.

A detailed schedule will be shared with registered attendees.

📦 WHAT TO BRING

For the retreat:

• Journal and pen
• Comfortable, layered clothing for warm days and cool evenings
• Comfortable walking shoes for moving between areas — the fire circle, labyrinth, and waterfall involve walking, some uphill
• Hiking shoes if you'd like to explore Harbin's trails
• Eye mask or shawl for meditation and sound healing
• A small item for the group altar — a flower, stone, photo, or sacred object
• Natural items for the earth offering at the fire circle — flowers, leaves, or plant materials from home or garden
• Art supplies if you have favorites — collage materials, colored pencils, pastels (basics will be provided)
• Sacred items for your personal practice

For the Pools:

• Beach or pool towels (Harbin sells but does not provide them)
• Robe, wrap, or sarong (required to sit on for sauna and steam room)
• Bathing suit (optional — Harbin is clothing-optional and most guests bathe nude)
• Non-glass water bottle (all drinking water on property flows from natural springs and is filtered)
• Sandals or flip flops for around the pool area (although most walk barefoot if it's not too hot)
• Snacks or food (Outside food is welcome — no glass containers on property; food cooler stored in your vehicle works well. There is also a restaurant on-site.)
• Shading hat and sunglasses
• Flashlight for moving around after dark
• Lock for storage lockers
• Rain gear (September evenings can be cool)

Harbin Hot Springs is a substance-free environment, including alcohol.

💸 INVESTMENT

Retreat programming fee (includes all sessions, ceremonies, and circle space):

🌱 $333 — Rooted & Supported

🌸 $388 — Aligned Exchange

🌕 $444 — Generous Contribution

All tiers receive the full retreat experience. Choose the amount that honors both your current capacity and the depth of this offering.

To avoid Eventbrite fees, community members may register directly by sending full payment via:

💸 Venmo @risinglotusreiki · Zelle virpal@risinglotusreiki.com · CashApp $risinglotusreiki

Then email virpal@risinglotusreiki.com with your name, preferred pricing tier, and intention to join. Your space is confirmed once full payment is received. Full payment required — no deposit option.

Limited to 11–13 women for intimacy and depth. You are welcome to invite sisters from your own community or beyond.

🛏 Lodging & Harbin Info:

Retreat Fee does not include your Harbin entry or private lodging

Camping is included with 24-hour Harbin entry

Harbin Entry Pricing:

• $75/day for 24-hour pass (includes camping)
• $55/day for 6-hour pass

Make a reservation with Harbin in advance to secure entry and optional overnight lodging: https://harbin.org

Sleeping Options:

🏕 Car camping — Free with 24-hour Harbin entry. Park and camp at your vehicle.

⛺ Camping — Free with 24-hour Harbin entry. Bring your own camping gear.

🏠 Yurt 20 (our retreat space) — Overnight stays in the retreat yurt are available on a limited, shared basis. Space is allocated based on who requests it — reach out to Virpal after registering to reserve your spot. A few sleeping mats are available; bring your own bedding, pillow and anything for your comfort.

🛌 Private lodging — Harbin offers private rooms, cabins, and other options. Book directly through harbin.org.

Yurt 20 is located in the meadow camping area. Bathrooms are nearby.

About Your Facilitator:

Virpal Kaur is a traditional Reiki Master from the Usui lineage and a life-long seeker of truth deeply rooted in the Sikh tradition.

She is also an intuitive guide, sound practitioner, and sacred spaceholder who weaves together energy healing, ancestral wisdom, mantra, and earth-based practices to support transformation and remembrance.

Through her practice, Rising Lotus Reiki, Virpal empowers individuals on their healing journey back home to themselves — helping them reclaim their voice, embody authenticity, and realign with personal sovereignty and truth. Her work includes 1:1 Reiki sessions (in-person and remote), Reiki trainings, Women’s Circles, Reiki Sound Healings, Medicine Ceremonies, retreats, and workshops.

She integrates the teachings of her ancestors and lineage with modern energy and sound healing modalities, guiding others to connect with their inner voice, awaken ancestral memory, and align with soul purpose. With a heartfelt devotion to community, she is also reconnecting with her harmonium and the sacred devotional practice of Kirtan — honoring her roots while bridging across cultures through healing sound.

Virpal is passionate about supporting women in reclaiming their truth, reconnecting with their wombs, and shedding the layers of ancestral trauma, internalized stories, and unprocessed grief that often live in the body. She honors the womb and voice as powerful creative centers — not only as gateways of life, but as sacred vessels for healing, transformation, and remembrance.

Her facilitation is informed by her somatic integration training, and Harbin Hot Springs has been a personal sanctuary for her for years — the place she returned to through some of the deepest seasons of her own life. Last year she brought a circle of women there for Return to the Waters, a retreat for grief and reclamation. This September she brings women back for something that goes even deeper.

Learn more about her offerings: RisingLotusReiki.com

💗 A Note from Virpal:

"I created this retreat because I know what it feels like to be disconnected from your own body — to have worked so hard on healing, and yet still sense that something is asking to be heard. Harbin has held me through some of the deepest seasons of my life, and I wanted to create a space where women could experience that same holding — and learn to trust the intelligence that lives within them. Whether you're coming solo or with a friend, you will be welcomed into a circle of sacred sisterhood. May the waters hold you. May your body speak. May you finally hear it."

🌀 Questions or intentions to share?

Reach out at virpal@risinglotusreiki.com or visit RisingLotusReiki.com