Reclaiming Your Sovereign Self
A Retreat for women
Rooted in truth, embodied in presence, and no longer living from inherited patterns
August 1-5, 2026
Vermont
Your Retreat Experience
This retreat is a carefully held journey designed for women navigating the chaos of life.
It’s not a lecture or workshop — it’s a carefully guided, experiential journey.
Over several days together in Vermont, we weave together complementary approaches that support emotional, spiritual, and embodied transformation.
The experience includes:
SoulSync emotional and somatic integration processes facilitated by Cathleen Elle
Shamanic soul wisdom practices and intuitive guidance facilitated by Lisa Bryer
Movement and embodiment practices facilitated by Ashley Voyer
A sacred ceremony facilitated by Alexa Iya Soro, MA, LMHC and Luke DeStefano, IHP2 experienced with reflective integration, nature connection, and intimate group sharing
Each element supports the others, creating a container where women can gently dissolve old patterns and reconnect with their authentic and empowered self.
Set & Setting
Our retreat takes place in the quiet woods near Groton State Forest, Vermont
A landscape of maple and birch trees, moss-covered ground, and gently flowing streams. Wooden footbridges cross the water, inviting you to slow down and move through the space with awareness.
The land doesn’t ask for attention—
it receives you as you are.
The home offers shared sleeping quarters with separate beds and ample bathrooms to comfortably support our intimate group of women. The space is designed to feel both connected and supportive—allowing for rest, reflection, and natural interaction throughout the experience.
There is a stillness here that doesn’t silence you—it allows everything to have a place. The thoughts, the patterns, the parts of you that learned to hold everything together… they don’t disappear. They simply stop needing to lead.
"It was magical!
The work I did was in some ways ineffable. I was held so gently and so softly — with wisdom, compassion, and a depth of presence I had never experienced before.
It was new and utterly beautiful to witness what can be uncovered when you are guided by such talented and gifted healers. It is with great love that I wish everyone gets to experience a session as profound as mine."
Maja
Retreat Itinerary
A thorough, private dialogue to review your health, current medications, home environment, and what is drawing you here.
Pre-Retreat
Opening Connection
Once accepted, we gather in a live connection where the circle opens—an opportunity to be met, witnessed, and begin building relationship with the women you’ll be sitting alongside.
Onboarding, Preparation & Logistics
Within this connection, you’ll receive clear guidance on travel, arrival, what to bring, and what to expect, along with support for your mental and emotional preparation. We also explore nourishment and wellness practices to support your body leading into the retreat.
Day 1 - Opening and Arrival, August 1st
Arrival to Retreat location is on your own (Near Groton State Forest, Vermont)
Dinner • Introductions & Orientation • Evening Fire & Meditation (arrival between 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Day 2 - Dissolving and Remembering, August 2nd
Morning movement & embodiment -Ashley
Breakfast
Morning Session: Shamanic Session- Lisa
Lunch
Afternoon Session: SoulSync Session-Cathleen
Inner reflection until Dinner
Dinner
Evening: Tea Ceremony & fire dance
Day 3 - Devotion and Ceremony, August 3rd
Morning Breathwork and Movement/Tantra -Ashley
9:00 Breakfast
Morning Session: Embodied living - All facilitators
Lunch
Break
Afternoon Session: Ceremony Skills workshop and altar creation - Luke & Alexa
Evening: Ceremony- Luke & Alexa
Day 4 - Integration and Grounding, August 4th
Gentle start to the day
Breakfast
Morning Session: Integration Circle- Luke & Alexa
Lunch
Afternoon Session: Connection with nature
Break
Dinner
Evening Session: Celebrating You- Fire Circle
Day 5 - Embodiment and Continuation, August 5th (departure by noon)
Movement
Morning Session: Future Self Integration-Cathleen
Closing Circle
Post-Retreat Dialogue - Monday, August 5th
After returning home, we gather to be with how the experience is living within your day-to-day life—
what has shifted and what may still be on your heart.
What once felt bound begins to loosen.
Not by force. By readiness.
This retreat is a collective SoulSync immersion — where what has lived beneath the surface is met, honored, and dissolved.
“I’ve experienced many healing modalities over the years. I sensed this retreat would be different — I just didn’t realize how quickly and powerfully it would impact me. The depth of skill and intuitive guidance within the container created a transformative experience unlike anything I had encountered before.” — Donna
Your Team
The Retreat is held by facilitators whose paths of practice meet here with care, reverence, and responsibility.
Each brings a distinct way of listening — to the body, to the soul, and to the deeper wisdom that emerges when women are given space to be fully present with themselves.
Together, their work weaves emotional intelligence, spiritual depth, and ceremonial presence into an experience designed to support women navigating profound life transitions.
Cathleen Elle
My work lives where science, spirituality, and somatic intelligence meet.
For nearly two decades, I have studied and practiced trauma-informed methodologies, spiritual psychology, and energetic integration. I am a Certified Master RIM Facilitator and Coach, intuitive energy practitioner, and a perpetual student of the soul.
I don’t lead you anywhere. I meet you in presence.
Facilitating the SoulSync Way — a sacred process where hidden stories and long-carried burdens rise to be seen, witnessed, honored, and present. Then dissolved as codes are activated in truth.
In the experience, what once felt bound begins to soften. What has been held begins to let go of its grip. And your light becomes less obstructed — not because something new was added, but because what was never yours has fallen away.
Lisa Bryer
Lisa’s soul’s wisdom and service live at the intersection of intuitive knowing and universal energy — where magic meets grounded ceremony and the veils between form and spirit begin to soften.
As a certified Shamanic Healing Practitioner, Reiki Master, past life and intuitive guide, she brings expanded awareness into the body — not above it.
Her presence anchors the spiritual depth of the experience in sacredness, steadiness, and maturity.
Within this retreat, Lisa offers practices and guidance that illuminate the deeper soul journey unfolding during times of transition.
Ashley Voyer
Ashley is an E-RYT yoga teacher, herbalist, artist, creatrix, and lover of all things mystical who has been devoted to the path of yoga, healing, and self-liberation for over 15 years. Rooted in a deep love for nature, beauty, and embodied living, her work is inspired by years of study in Ayurveda, herbalism, tantra, and sacred practices that honor the wisdom of the body and the rhythms of the Earth.
A traveler, animal lover, and passionate steward for embodied transformation, Ashley weaves movement, ritual, breath, and presence into experiences that invite connection, liberation, and authentic self-expression. She believes there is magic in every living thing and creates spaces where others can reconnect with their creative power, spirit, and inner wildness.
Alexa Iya Soro, MA, LMHC
Co-founder, Psychotherapist, Psychedelic Integration guide
With a highly personalized and heart-centered approach, Alexa empowers you with tools and practices essential for continued growth and self-discovery. Through talk therapy and experiential mindfulness, Alexa utilizes Depth Psychology, Internal Family Systems, Relational/Cultural Therapy, and Yin Yoga Therapy, incorporating techniques such as nervous system entrainment, neuroscience-psychoeducation, and the appropriate implementation of mythology, ritual, and ancestral connection.
Alexa holds a Master's degree in Holistic Counseling & Eco-Expressive Arts and a Bachelor's degree in Humanistic Psychology from Brown University. For over 10 years, Alexa has been on the path of ritual healing, grief processing, and plant medicine.
Luke DeStefano, IHP2
Co-founder, Integrative Health Practitioner, Retreat Facilitator
Luke is an Integrative Health Practitioner, plant medicine retreat facilitator, and ceremony guide, with over 20 years of experience in creating safe spaces for personal and collective healing. His service in the healing arts is guided by a passion for empowering individuals to discover the innate wisdom and untapped potential of their own body, mind, and spirit.
In addition to his dedication to health and wellness, Luke serves as a psychedelic preparation and integration guide, ceremonial musician, Kambo facilitator, massage therapist, and breathwork guide. He is also an initiate of the Dharma Mountain lineage of Mahayana Buddhism. His passion for the sacred arts has led him to immersive studies in Thailand, Vietnam, China, Laos, Nepal, Costa Rica, and Mexico
Together, these facilitators hold a carefully guided experience where emotional integration, spiritual wisdom, and sacred ceremony meet.
INVEST IN YOU!
An intimate retreat for women
limited space available
Early Registration — $1,999 by June 15th
Full Investment — $2,333
Payment plans are available for women who prefer structured installments.
Details will be shared during your alignment conversation.
A deposit of $999 secures your place (full payment for early registration)
All payments are non-refundable due to venue commitments.
If you are unable to attend, your space may be transferred to a qualified woman with prior approval from the retreat leaders.
