Silent Retreats

Our souls do not speak human language; they communicate to us through symbols, metaphors, visions, poetry, deep feelings and everyday magic. By entering into sacred silence, we create space to be able to see, hear and feel the light within us that is ready to emerge.

Individual Retreats

Come be held by The Nest - sacred geometry tucked into 20 acres of land with a beautiful stream right outside its front door. The Nest offers space for you to rest. To be seen and heard by a Guiding Owl guide. To feel held by the earth. To play in the forest. It is connected to walking trails, moss covered groves and a labyrinth - all spaces for you to listen deeply to the light within you.

The Nest is located in Sparta, MI and is available for 24hr or 48hr personalized retreats. It has living space and a queen bed loft. Upon registering, you will connect with a Guiding Owl guide to personalize your retreat. To check availability and pricing, click Register Now.

Group Retreats

Nestled in over 20 acres of woods with a river flowing through it - you’ll find The Cabin. A space to sink deeply into sacred silence and hear what wants to emerge. This self-directed time is yours to use in whatever way you need. Unplug quite literally. Explore the land. Hike the trails. Walk the labyrinth. Take a plunge in the river. Befriend a butterfly. Soak in the hot tub. Relax in the sauna. It’s all for you. So you can just be.

The Cabin is located near Baldwin, MI. Food, linens, and cleaning are all provided as well as multiple lodging options including private rooms and private cabins. Guests may choose between 24hr and 48hr offerings. To check availability and see pricing, click Register Now.

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Vision Quests

Vision Quests are an opportunity to spend time in the forest - letting what is unimportant fall away. Going alone into nature, without food and a bare minimum of equipment, we feast on what we truly hunger for. In this space of solitude, one can surrender to the mirror of the natural world and the depth-of-being that is calling out just beneath the surface.

First Steps: Listening with the Land

If you are considering a Vision Fast, a great place to start is to familiarize yourself with the tenants of the ceremony. Guiding Owl Vision Fasts utilize the medicine wheel/four directions as a framework for the how we move through the moments, days and years of our lives. To familiarize yourself with this framework, Guiding Owl offers One Day Retreats each season (Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter) that engage the Medicine Wheel/Four Directions. These one day retreats offer an embodied experience of sinking deeply into a single direction, spending time on the land and learning to listen to what she is reflecting back to you.

Guiding Owl also offers a five day Storytelling Retreat: Finding Your Voice in Nature, Self & Spirit. This retreat offers an opportunity to dive deeply into the medicine wheel/directions and to be held by the land and in community.

Rites of Passage Vision Quest

Life transitions are always invitations to head out on the land and let go of what no longer serves us, and to claim what is ready to emerge. These sacred ceremonies mark a rite of passage into a new season of life - claiming the light within us, and the gifts that are ready to take form in the world.

During this ceremony, you will be supported physically, psychologically, mentally and spiritually so that you may attain the full benefit from this experience. The ceremony involves a few days of preparation, then four days and nights of fasting alone in the wilderness, entering into your own ceremony. Upon returning, stories will be shared and the guides will help with deepening your understanding of the experience, as well as exploring and encouraging ways for your experience to be incorporated in your life and community.

Labyrinth Walks

Facilitated Labyrinth Walks

Labyrinths have been found in numerous cultures for over 5000 years. They are often used for prayer, meditation and ceremony. A single path leads to the center - heart or womb - of the labyrinth before winding its way back out again. Unlike a maze, you cannot make a wrong turn in a Labyrinth, thus there is not wrong way to walk a labyrinth.

A labyrinth is a profound sacred space to walk with an intention, question or to simply listen. It can be a space for releasing what no longer serves you, receiving what Spirit has for you, and returning with that gift for your life and the world.

Experience a labyrinth walk on a silent retreat at either The Nest or The Cabin, or as part of a one-on-one session. To schedule a private group or individual walk, please reach out to Guiding Owl by clicking Contact.

One-on-One Sessions

“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion” - Bell Hooks

One-on-one sessions offer a sacred space to dive deeper into the light you. While being held by a Guiding Owl guide, you can safely explore areas where you feel stuck in your own journey, process what you have seen and heard on a retreat, and explore how your light wants to transform you and your community, These are safe, sacred spaces to have your light witnessed and honored.

Held at The Nest in Sparta, MI these sessions are 75 minutes long and include options to spend time on the 20+ acres of land before or after your session. To see availability and pricing, click Register Now

Upcoming events

October 12

One-Day Retreat: The West (Fall) Embrace Love of Self

Honor the depths of your feelings, explore the medicine you carry within you, and find spaces of self-love and acceptance as we explore the West.

December 6-8

Women’s Silent Retreat

Experience the quiet and wonder of winter. Join for a restful, restorative weekend of sacred silence and nurture what is hibernating within you.