A Nurturing Weekend of
Self Exploration and
Joyful Community Connections

 Walking Up to the Veil
Exploring: Death as an Ally

with Abby Leach and Rachel Chase

Saturday and Sunday
March 29 & 30, 2025
Begins 11:00am Saturday
Completes 2:30pm Sunday
Options for sliding-scale pricing are below

Details and Registration,
reach out via email:
Abby@AbbyLeach.com or Rachel@RachelChase.com

Location: SerpentSong Sanctuary,
1070 E Sunset Hill Rd, Shelton, WA 98584

The Retreat Experience:

Immerse in a consciousness expanding journey of honoring and creating community around the topic of death. An experiential growth opportunity, mindfully curated to be deeply healing and life-enriching. This is not a training or grief therapy group. More-so, a sacred space to dream and create a new way of relating with death together, as our life-affirming friend rather than foe, and celebrate the beauty of living.

Enter a spacious, safe container for sharing our stories and hearts through compassionate group exploration and support. Immerse in the magic of the sanctuary’s beauty and lush natural surroundings, a short walk to the water. Relax and restore with body-centered practices, vibrational healing, healthy food, breath awareness, and guided meditations.

Experiences (details below):
Guided Sharing Circles / Altar Co-Creation Ceremony / Nature Walks & Evening Fire / Sound Healing & Mantra / Guided Meditations and Mindfulness Practices / Dancing / Overnight Stay / Three Meals Served.
WHAT TO BRING:

- Journal or notebook and pen
- Altar offerings –
     sacred object(s) that carries meaning for you
- Yoga mat if you have one (if not, we will provide)
- Comfortable relaxed clothing and outdoor wear
- Water bottle, preferred snacks
- Overnight clothing, bedding if needed, personal necessities
- Outdoor boots, may be muddy on our walk to the water

What to expect


Guided Sharing Circles:
Compassionate and supportive community conversation, validating the human experience including death and dying. Mindful listening and reflective dialogue. Moments of mindfulness, journaling, introspection and integration. Centered on befriending death with empathy, as part of life. Witnessing each other and ourselves with open hearts and open minds.

Nature:
Commune with the elements and spirits of nature for deeper connection and insight. Special attention will be given to awareness of body, breath, energy restoration, grounding, and peacefulness. Community fire on Saturday night.

Sacred Meditations:
Mindful centering meditation, breath awareness, shamanic meditations, and prayerful honoring are our touchstones throughout the weekend.

Gentle Movement and Dance:
Guided stretching, energy work for self-healing, breathing for relaxation, ecstatic dance. Gentle healing for all bodies.

Sound Healing, Breathing, & Mantra:
During the sound bath, experience the vibrations of gong, singing bowls, and other sacred instruments; guided meditation to deepen your connection with heart energy; breathing to connect with the infinite flow of life. Chanting together creates peaceful harmonious energy inside and out.

Three Meals: Saturday Lunch and Dinner, Sunday Brunch. (Food sensitivities honored)
Overnight Stay (Max 13 participants):
Registration includes overnight stay and meals.
$50 deposit holds your spot.
Full payment by March 19th.

Sliding-scale choices:

Private rooms - queen bed (all are now taken)
$261 – $342 per person, one occupant
$234 - $315 per person, two occupants

Shared spaces (3 available):
$216 - $297 bedding provided by sanctuary
$207 - $288 byo bedding (indoors or camp on the land)

Email to register: Abby@AbbyLeach.com or Rachel@RachelChase.com

Facilitators:

Rachel Chase

www.RachelChase.com
Rachel Chase, MA, CYT, Spiritual Counselor, Yoga Teacher, Artist, Ceremonialist, Sound Healer, Reiki Teacher, Intuitive Guide, Mental Health Coach.
Rachel's life-long love of the arts informs her healing work. She sees life itself as art. Rachel began her movement practice as a dancer and choreographer which led her to yoga. Her 20 year healing journey has been a winding road through yoga & meditation, reiki, qi gong, mantra, and expressive arts. Rachel has trained in several forms of yoga and energy healing arts as a teacher and facilitator. With a masters in clinical mental health counseling and mindfulness coaching training, she blends her various styles of helping in her healing work with individuals and groups since 2010.

Abby Leach

www.AbbyLeach.com
Abby Leach, Counselor and Guide.
For over 30 years, Abby has assisted individuals in healing and becoming more aligned with their inner truth and wisdom. She has studied and trained extensively in shamanic traditions, spiritual and mental health counseling. By weaving together philosophies of western psychology, mysticism and practical shamanic and earth-based cosmologies, Abby witnesses the awakening and accessing of one’s inner resources and wellspring of potential. Abby finds offering retreats, ceremonies and earth-based growth experiences to be exhilarating! She believes individual growth and transformation help create a more kind, loving, respectful and sustainable global community.