Private Retreats in Sedona
A retreat built around one or two people, in full days that run eight to ten hours,
led by the same practitioner from the first session to the last.
SpiritFlow runs private retreats in Sedona for one or two people, over two, three or four days. The rate is $600 to $800 a day for one person and $800 to $1,000 a day for two, depending on season, and every combination is published in full by season and by length further down this page. Days run eight to ten hours, not the four to five common in Sedona. Melina Fuhrmann leads every day herself and does not rotate practitioners. Lodging is separate; a casita is available.
Your Retreat, Built Around You
Nothing here is off a shelf. Before you arrive you complete a retreat intake form and we meet for thirty minutes on Zoom or by phone to talk through your history and set your intention. What we build from that conversation is your retreat, not a package with your name typed into it.
You are not placed into a group. A private retreat is you, or you and your partner, and me. Where a session calls for a specialist — yoga, chi-gong, bodywork — I bring in a practitioner I work with regularly to support that piece. They support the day. They do not divide it. I am with you throughout.
A retreat can also be reshaped to fit your capacity rather than the calendar. A two-day retreat can be held over four half-days if full days are too much, or if you want more time to integrate between sessions.
What Makes a SpiritFlow Private Retreat Different
Full days, not four hours
A retreat day here runs eight to ten hours, from 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning through to the evening. The two largest private-retreat companies in Sedona publish four to five and four to six hours of sessions a day. When you compare prices, compare hours in the same breath.
The same practitioner, every day
I lead your retreat from the first session to the last. You know before you arrive who is leading your days, and you are not handed between practitioners you have never met. The two largest private-retreat companies in Sedona both assemble a rotating team and name none of them on their retreat pages.
Prices published, by season and by length
Every price is on this page — two, three and four days, low, mid and high season. No Sedona competitor publishes seasonal bands, and several publish no price at all. You should be able to work out what your retreat costs before you speak to anyone.
A Forest Service permit
Land sessions take place on Coconino National Forest land under SpiritFlow Sedona's Special Use permit through Sedona Metaphysical Spiritual Association. That is what makes the land work legal, and many Sedona sites do not mention permits at all.
Choose the Focus of Your Retreat
Every private retreat runs on the same structure and the same day length. What changes is where the work is aimed. Most people arrive somewhere between two of these, and that is fine — we settle it on the consultation call.
Healing
For letting go of what is behind you. We look at your personal history issue by issue, at the developmental stage each one belongs to, and at the trauma held in your energy field that keeps producing the same patterns in relationships, health, thoughts and behavior. Chakra readings and analysis are an integral part of this retreat. The work is aimed at the pattern, not the symptom.
Spiritual
For the question of who you actually are. Energy consciousness training, the level of intentionality, extra-sensory perception work, addressing limiting beliefs, uncovering core qualities, and the practical business of co-creating a life with a purpose in alignment with why you choose this incarnation and this persona.
Nature
For reconnection through the land itself. More hours outdoors, on Coconino National Forest land under a real permit, with vortex journeys, sound healing on the rocks and the plant and animal world treated as part of the work rather than scenery. The pace and locations will be adjusted according to your ability and interest. Nature is very accessible here in Sedona.
A Two-Day Private Healing Retreat, Hour by Hour
This is a real sample schedule, not a menu of possibilities. Your own days will differ because they are built from your intake form and our call, but the shape and the density are accurate.
Day One
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Morning detox juice
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Introduction to energy consciousness, the chakras and the aura
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Breathwork
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Grounding experiential — rediscovering an energised life force
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Chakra reading and assessment, according to Brennan Healing Science
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Vortex land journey with guided visualization, Reiki and Himalayan singing bowl sound healing
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Energy consciousness training on emotions and thoughts — habitual patterns and limiting belief systems
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Crystal and Himalayan singing bowl sound bath healing
Day Two
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Breathwork and meditation
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Morning detox juice
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Inner child release session
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Chi-gong and bio-energetic exercises for well-being and to kinesthetically experience subtle energy
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Healing land journey — releasing ceremony through forgiveness, with guided breathwork meditation and Himalayan singing bowl sound therapy
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Brennan Healing Science energy healing and sound therapy with Himalayan, Solfeggio frequency and chakra-tuned crystal bowls
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Integration session and closing
That is fourteen distinct pieces of work across two days. With each day, more is possible. You cannot get the same out of two days as out of four. Longer retreats go further. Here is what three and four days look like, and the same arc in a spiritual or nature focus.
Healing focus — sample schedules
Three-Day Healing Retreat — Sample Schedule
Day One
- Morning detox juice
- Introduction to energy consciousness, the chakras and the aura
- Grounding experientialLetting go of early childhood trauma and rediscovering an energized life force.
- Chakra reading and assessmentPsychic readings according to Brennan Healing Science.
- 90-minute lunch break
- Land journey with Reiki healing and Himalayan singing bowl sound healingHealing from trauma, bringing grounding energies into your energy field.
- Deep-tissue massage with essential oils (optional)Releasing tension held in the physical body.
- Introspection and journaling
Day Two
- Yoga and sound bath
- Morning detox juice
- Self-healing vortex journeyA self-healing experiential on the land, connecting with one of Sedona’s powerful vortexes.
- 90-minute lunch break
- Inner child release sessionReleasing the hold that habitual patterns and limiting belief systems have had in your life.
- Breathwork to activate the parasympathetic nervous system
- Energy consciousness training on physical health and well-beingThe dynamics between your human energy field and your physical health.
- Brennan Healing Science energy healingWith Himalayan singing bowls, Solfeggio frequency and chakra-tuned crystal bowls.
Day Three
- Yoga and sound bath
- Morning detox juice
- Individuation and empowerment sessionDeveloping new patterns and empowering belief systems to enact real transformation.
- Breathwork healing session
- 90-minute lunch break
- Healing land journeyReleasing ceremony with guided breathwork meditation and Himalayan singing bowl sound therapy.
- Energy consciousness training on emotions and thoughtsThe dynamics between your human energy field and your psychological health.
- Energy healing with crystal bowl sound therapy
- Integration session and closing
Four-Day Healing Retreat — Sample Schedule
Day One
- Morning detox juice
- Grounding experientialLetting go of early childhood trauma and rediscovering an energized life force.
- Chakra reading and assessmentPsychic readings according to Brennan Healing Science.
- 90-minute lunch break
- Land journey with Reiki healing and Himalayan singing bowl sound healingHealing from trauma, bringing grounding energies into your energy field.
- Lymphatic drainage massage with essential oils (optional)Releasing toxins held in the physical body.
- Introspection and journaling
Day Two
- Chi-gong and bio-energetic exercises
- Morning detox juice
- Breathwork
- Self-healing vortex journeyA self-healing experiential on the land, connecting with one of Sedona’s powerful vortexes.
- 90-minute lunch break
- Inner child release sessionReleasing the hold that habitual patterns and limiting belief systems have had in your life.
- Alchemy bar — essential oils for healing
- Brennan Healing Science energy healing with Himalayan singing bowls
- Integration session
Day Three
- Gentle yoga
- Morning detox juice
- Individuation and empowerment sessionDeveloping new patterns and empowering belief systems to enact real transformation.
- Breathwork healing session
- 90-minute lunch break
- Healing land journey with crystal bowlsReleasing ceremony with guided breathwork meditation and crystal bowl sound therapy.
- Energy consciousness training on emotions and thoughtsThe dynamics between your human energy field and your psychological health.
- Meditative practices for healing
Day Four
- Morning detox juice
- Labyrinth and vortex land journeyAn ancient healing journey through a labyrinth and a vortex, uncovering the healing powers of the inner journey.
- 90-minute lunch break
- Awakening the intelligence of the heartHealing your relationships by aligning with unconditional love.
- Breathwork
- Energy consciousness training on self-loveThe dynamics between your heart and your relationships.
- Reiki energy healing with Solfeggio and chakra-tuned crystal bowl sound therapy
- Integration session and closing
Spiritual focus — sample schedules
Two-Day Spiritual Retreat — Sample Schedule
Day One
- Incarnation commitment and groundingA spiritual guidance session for letting go of early childhood trauma and rediscovering an energized life force.
- Chakra reading and assessmentPsychic readings according to Brennan Healing Science.
- Oracle card reading and innate core qualities experiential
- Breathwork and meditation
- Land journey with spirit mentoring and Reiki healingReconnecting with your divine nature and the intelligence of your heart.
- Introspection and journaling
Day Two
- Empowerment sessionAn experiential spiritual guidance session for manifesting life purpose intentions and your co-creator abilities.
- Conscious breathwork meditationConnecting to your innate divinity, higher self and unified consciousness.
- Intuition and inner vision trainingExpanding your ability to receive information and guidance from within.
- Meditation and journaling
- Vortex land journey
- Releasing ceremonyWith guided breathwork meditation and singing bowl sound therapy.
- Energy healing with crystal bowl sound therapy
- Integration and closing
Three-Day Spiritual Retreat — Sample Schedule
Day One
- Morning meditation and sound bath
- Incarnation commitment and groundingA spiritual guidance session for letting go of early childhood trauma and rediscovering an energized life force.
- Chakra reading and assessmentPsychic readings according to Brennan Healing Science.
- Oracle card reading and innate core qualities experiential
- Breathwork
- Land journey with spirit mentoring and Reiki healingReconnecting with your divine nature and the intelligence of your heart.
- Introspection and journaling
Day Two
- Morning meditation and sound bath
- Empowerment sessionAn experiential spiritual guidance session for manifesting life purpose intentions and your co-creator abilities.
- Conscious breathwork meditationConnecting to your innate divinity, higher self and unified consciousness.
- Energy consciousness trainingThe dynamics between your spiritual energy field and your life at the level of intentionality.
- Meditative practices
- Land journey and ceremonyReleasing ceremony with guided meditation and Himalayan singing bowl sound therapy.
- Energy healing with crystal bowl sound therapy
Day Three
- Morning meditation and sound bath
- Hike and vortex journeyExploring your inner landscape through experiencing the outer one.
- Meditation and journaling for inner guidance
- Intuition and inner vision trainingExpanding your ability to receive information and guidance from within.
- Life purpose manifestingEnergy consciousness coaching and training, to integrate consciously and experientially.
- Integration session and closing
Four-Day Spiritual Retreat — Sample Schedule
Day One
- Incarnation commitment and groundingA spiritual guidance session for letting go of early childhood trauma and rediscovering an energized life force.
- Chakra reading and assessmentPsychic readings according to Brennan Healing Science.
- Oracle card reading and innate core qualities experiential
- Conscious breathing
- Land journey with spirit mentoring and Reiki healingReconnecting with your divine nature and the intelligence of your heart.
- Introspection and journaling
Day Two
- Empowerment sessionAn experiential spiritual guidance session for manifesting life purpose intentions and your co-creator abilities.
- Conscious breathwork meditationConnecting to your innate divinity, higher self and unified consciousness.
- Energy consciousness trainingThe dynamics between your spiritual energy field and your life at the level of intentionality.
- Meditative practices
- Land journey and ceremonyReleasing ceremony with guided meditation and Himalayan singing bowl sound therapy.
- Brennan Healing Science energy healing with crystal bowl sound therapy
- Integration session
Day Three
- Hike and vortex journeyExploring your inner landscape through experiencing the outer one.
- Meditation and journaling for inner guidance
- Intuition and inner vision trainingExperiential bio-energetic exercises to open the third eye and expand your ability to receive guidance from within.
- Holding higher vibrations trainingWorking with the chakras and aura to raise your vibrations.
- Life purpose manifesting and the level of intentionalityEnergy consciousness coaching and training, to integrate consciously and experientially.
- Solfeggio frequency and chakra-tuned crystal bowl sound bathA fully immersive sound therapy experience to raise your vibrations and connect to your innate divinity.
Day Four
- Labyrinth journeyWalking the labyrinth is a mystical tradition that can awaken and empower you.
- Conscious breathwork meditationConnecting to your innate divinity, higher self and unified consciousness.
- Energy expansion and alignmentHolding higher vibrations, expanding your aura and holding Haric alignment.
- Bio-energetic exercises
- Energy consciousness spiritual connection trainingDeveloping your crown chakra and your connection to your divine self.
- Brennan Healing Science energy healingA multi-dimensional approach according to Barbara Brennan.
- Integration session and closing
Nature focus — sample schedules
A nature retreat begins the evening before at SpiritFlow Sedona, with an opening ceremony, conscious breathwork, and a cacao or Sedona herbal tea ceremony. For each day, be prepared for a full day out on the land: a picnic lunch, snacks, plenty of water, a hat, comfortable walking or hiking shoes, sunglasses, sunblock, layered clothing, a backpack, and a blanket or cushion for sitting on the red rocks. Inclement weather sometimes moves part of a day indoors.
Two-Day Sacred Sedona Nature Retreat — Sample Schedule
Evening Before — Arrival
- Check-in at SpiritFlow Sedona
- Opening ceremony
- Getting to know your spirit mentors
- Conscious breathwork
- Cacao ceremony or Sedona herbal tea ceremony
- Retreat logistics overview
Day One — Reconnecting, Releasing and Healing
- Connecting with sacred Sedona and Mother EarthUnderstanding the land of Sedona, its geology and its Native American history.
- Hike and healing journey
- Grounding guided meditationThe heartbeat of Mother Earth.
- Releasing ceremony
- Reiki energy work and crystal bowl sound healing on the land
Day Two — Expanding, Manifesting and Celebrating
- Hike and vortex journey
- Himalayan singing bowl sound therapy
- Journaling
- Manifesting our true authentic self
- Labyrinth experience
- Embracing and integrating our chosen new path
- Cardinal directions ceremony
- Integration and closing session
Three-Day Sacred Sedona Nature Retreat — Sample Schedule
Evening Before — Arrival
- Check-in at SpiritFlow Sedona
- Opening ceremony
- Getting to know your spirit mentors
- Conscious breathwork
- Cacao ceremony or Sedona herbal tea ceremony
- Retreat logistics overview
Day One — Reconnecting and Releasing
- Connecting with sacred Sedona and Mother EarthUnderstanding the land of Sedona, its geology and its Native American history.
- Hike and healing journey
- Grounding guided meditationThe heartbeat of Mother Earth.
- Releasing ceremony
- Reiki energy work and crystal bowl sound healing on the land
Day Two — Healing, Expanding and Manifesting
- Vortex energy consciousness training
- Hike and vortex journey
- Himalayan singing bowl sound therapy
- Journaling
- Manifesting our true authentic self
- Life purpose manifesting
Day Three — Embracing and Celebrating
- Labyrinth experience
- Sufi heart moving meditation
- Healing waters rebirth challenge — ice plunge (optional)
- Embracing and integrating our chosen new path
- Cardinal directions ceremony
- Integration and closing session
Four-Day Sacred Sedona Nature Retreat — Sample Schedule
Evening Before — Arrival
- Check-in at SpiritFlow Sedona
- Opening ceremony
- Getting to know your spirit mentors
- Conscious breathwork
- Cacao ceremony or Sedona herbal tea ceremony
- Retreat logistics overview
Day One — Reconnecting
- Connecting with sacred Sedona and Mother EarthUnderstanding the land of Sedona, its geology and its Native American history.
- Hike and healing journey
- Grounding guided meditationThe heartbeat of Mother Earth.
- Prayer bundles
- Crystal bowl sound healing
Day Two — Releasing and Healing
- Releasing past trauma
- Releasing ceremony
- Reiki energy work on the land
- Himalayan singing bowl sound therapy
- Vortex energy consciousness training
- Trauma yoga
- Journaling
Day Three — Expansion and Manifesting
- Manifesting our true authentic self
- Labyrinth experience
- Life purpose manifesting
- Breathwork
- Hike and vortex journey
- Chi-gong on the rocks
- Energy healing with Solfeggio frequency and chakra-tuned crystal bowl sound therapy
Day Four — Embracing and Celebrating
- Healing waters rebirth challenge — ice plunge (optional)
- Embracing and integrating our chosen new path
- Cardinal directions ceremony
- Sufi heart moving meditation
- Integration and closing session
Private Retreat Prices
The rate is $600 to $800 a day for one person and $800 to $1,000 a day for two, depending on season. Days run eight to ten hours. Prices below are the totals, and they cover every session and all the healing and teaching work across the retreat.
| Length | Low season | Mid season | High season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 days | $1,200 | $1,400 | $1,600 |
| 3 days | $1,800 | $2,100 | $2,400 |
| 4 days | $2,400 | $2,800 | $3,200 |
| Length | Low season | Mid season | High season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 days | $1,600 | $1,800 | $2,000 |
| 3 days | $2,400 | $2,700 | $3,000 |
| 4 days | $3,200 | $3,600 | $4,000 |
Two people who arrive as individuals — friends, a parent and an adult child, two colleagues. Couples have their own rate and their own page, because the work is different. See couples retreats.
These are weekday totals for the whole retreat, not per night and not per day. $600 to $800 a day for one person, $800 to $1,000 for two. Saturday and Sunday add $150 a day, to a maximum of $300 on any booking. Friday carries no surcharge.
Every price covers the pre-retreat consultation and custom design, all healing sessions across full days of eight to ten hours, guided vortex time on permitted Forest Service land, and snacks, juices, teas and reverse-osmosis water through the day. Lodging and meals are not included and can be added below. A 50% deposit reserves your dates.
| Add-on | Price |
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| The casita, our guesthouse | $150–$200per night |
| The casita on a four-day retreat | $125per night |
| Lunch together | $25per person, per day |
| Phoenix airport shuttle | $160approx., per person, return, booked at cost |
| An extra day | $600–$1,000per extra day, same rate as above |
- Low season — July and August, December before Christmas, mid-January to mid-February
- Mid season — mid-February to mid-March, June, September
- High season — mid-March to May, October and November, Christmas to mid-January
What the price includes
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Every session across the retreat, eight to ten hours a day
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The 30-minute consultation call before you book
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Your retreat proposal, written after the intake form and consultation call
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The 1-hour Zoom intake call before you arrive
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All land sessions, under the Coconino National Forest permit
- A 50+ page customized workbook
- Use of all outdoor seats, blankets, eye pillows, backpacks
- A SpiritFlow Sedona tote bag
- Snacks - fruit, nuts, gluten-free cookies, tea, reverse osmosis water
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The 1-hour Zoom post-retreat integration call
What it does not include
- Lodging. The SpiritFlow casita is $150 to $200 a night by season, or you book your own
- Meals, beyond the detox juice that appears in the schedule
- Any requested additional specialist practitioner brought in to support a session
- Travel to Sedona and transport during the retreat
Weekdays and weekends
The prices above are weekday prices, and most people book weekdays. Saturday and Sunday are $150 more per day. Friday is not. A four-day retreat that runs Thursday to Sunday therefore adds $300, and one that runs Monday to Thursday adds nothing.
Seasons
Low season is July and August, December before Christmas, and mid-January to mid-February. Mid season is mid-February to mid-March, June, and September. High season is mid-March through May, October through November, and Christmas week to mid-January.
Things you can add
- The casita, $150 to $200 a night by season, or $125 a night on a four-day retreat
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Lunch on retreat days, $25 per person per day
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Airport transfer from Phoenix on the Groome shuttle, about $160 per person return, booked for you at cost
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An additional specialist session - from massage to astrology to a psychic reading - all from vetted professionals
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An extra day added to a retreat already booked, at the same daily rate
A 50 percent deposit reserves your dates, with the balance due 45 days before you arrive. Our full booking, payment and cancellation terms explain how credit works if your plans change.
What "A Full Day" Means Here
Private retreats in Sedona are priced across an enormous range, and almost nobody publishes the one number that decides what you get for your money: how many hours you are actually in session each day.
"Full day" is used loosely in Sedona retreat pricing, and it is worth pinning down before you compare any two prices. Elsewhere in town, a retreat sold as three full days commonly means four to five hours of scheduled sessions on each of those days. The rest is yours, which is lovely, but you are not paying for the rest. Here is what the phrase means on this page.
| "A full day" | What is actually scheduled |
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| On a SpiritFlow retreat | Eight to ten hours with Melina. Sessions, vortex time, integration and rest are all inside the day, not squeezed around it. |
| As the phrase is commonly used in Sedona | Four to six hours of scheduled sessions, often delivered by different practitioners on different days, with the remaining hours unstructured. |
This is a general pattern across published Sedona retreat pricing, not any one company's terms, and terms change. Whoever you book with, ask two questions: how many hours a day am I in session, and who is delivering them?
Three days here is $1,800 to $2,400 depending on season, and each of those days is eight to ten hours. Run that against any three-day retreat priced per day and check the session hours before you decide which one is expensive. Cost per day is easy to compare. Cost per hour of actual work is the number that tells you what you bought.
Who You Work With
Melina Fuhrmann is the only Brennan Healing Science practitioner in Sedona, a Reiki Master Teacher and a sound therapy practitioner. She holds a Master's from Johns Hopkins and an MBA from INSEAD, spent twenty-eight years in Europe before founding SpiritFlow Sedona in 2020, and has worked with clients from more than seventy countries. Her work has been featured by CNN and on Marriott Bonvoy's About the Journey.
She leads your retreat herself, every day of it. Specialists support selected activities. The retreat is not divided between rotating facilitators, and you are not handed from one practitioner to another.
Where You Stay
Lodging is not included in the retreat price, which keeps the retreat cost honest and lets you choose your own comfort level. The SpiritFlow casita is an 832 square foot guesthouse three minutes from the retreat center, with unobstructed red rocks views from the entire casita and from the bed, an organic mattress, a full kitchen and a washer and dryer. It is an Airbnb Guest Favorite and it books up.
For retreat clients it is $150 a night in low season, $175 in mid season and $200 in high season. Ask about your dates when you book the retreat, because the casita is let to other guests too. Sedona and the Village of Oak Creek also have a wide range of hotels and rentals at every price.
Location
Indoor sessions are held in the SpiritFlow sanctuary at The Collective Sedona, 7000 AZ-179 Suite E200, Sedona, Arizona 86351. Outdoor sessions are on Coconino National Forest land under a Special Use permit. Sessions are never held in a private home.
Who a Private Retreats in Sedona are For
Private retreats in Sedona are for someone who has decided to do the work rather than read about it. Two to four full days of eight to ten hours is not a spa break, and it is not for anyone hoping to be handed a result while remaining a spectator in their own life.
It fits if:
- You want the whole retreat shaped around your situation, not a fixed program
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You want fixed dates of your own choosing rather than waiting for a group date
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Your material is specific enough that you would rather not work through it in a room with seven other people
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You and your partner want to work on your relationship and on yourselves individually
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You are willing to be uncomfortable for a few hours in exchange for something changing
It does not fit if
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You want a massage and a hike, in which case book those individually and enjoy them
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You are looking for a diagnosis or for treatment of a medical or psychiatric condition
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You want someone to do it to you rather than with you
How to Book
A free thirty-minute call
You speak to me, not to a booking desk. We talk about what you are bringing and whether a private retreat is the right shape for it. If it is not, I will tell you. You may book this through the Vagaro booking platform, but often it is easier to send a text to set up a time. If I am available, I will speak to you right then.
There will still be a 1-hour pre-retreat Zoom call before you arrive in Sedona.
Your intake form
A written retreat intake form covering your history, your intention, your health and anything that needs adjusting for. This is what your program is built from, which is why the first morning starts with work rather than introductions. The link to the Client Intake Form will be sent to you once we have spoken. You may fill in the Participant Form available on the website, if you prefer to send something before we speak.
Your proposal and your dates
I build the retreat and send it to you before you commit. You know the shape of your days before you pay for them. The retreat proposal is often 4 to 8 pages, detailing the days we will spend together as well as some intentions structured from the information you give me on the form and in a call. There will still be some flexibility in the schedule when we are together in Sedona. The days are booked solely for you.
Payment
A 50 percent deposit reserves your dates. The balance is due 45 days before your first day, and if you book inside 45 days the full amount is due at booking. Zelle, Checks and Venmo are preferred; card payments carry a 3 percent processing fee. Cancellation terms are published in full on the policies page — in short, I do not give cash refunds but I do give credit, valid 12 months against any retreat or session, and if I cancel you choose a full refund or credit.
Private Retreat Questions
How much does a private retreat in Sedona cost?
At SpiritFlow, $600 to $800 a day for one person and $800 to $1,000 a day for two, depending on season, which is $1,200 for a two-day retreat in low season up to $4,000 for four days for two people in high season. Every combination of length and season is published on this page. Saturdays and Sundays are $150 more per day. Lodging and meals are not included, and can be added.
Is it really just me and one practitioner?
Yes. A private retreat is you, or you and your partner, and me. There is no group and no other client in the room. Where a session calls for a specialist — yoga, chi-gong, bodywork, astrologer, medium — that practitioner joins for that session and then the day continues with me.
Will the same person be with me the whole time?
Yes. I lead every day of your retreat from the first session to the last. You know before you arrive who is leading your days. This is a genuine difference: the two largest private-retreat companies in Sedona both assemble a rotating team of practitioners and name none of them on their retreat pages.
Do I have to talk about my trauma?
You choose what you say out loud. The intake form and the consultation call mean I already know the shape of what you are carrying before you arrive, so you are not required to narrate it again to earn the work. A good deal of what we do — energy healing, breathwork, sound, land work — does not run on talking at all. We examine the energetic patterns that run underneath your story - with the intention of changing your future story.
What if I do not feel anything?
Some people feel energy immediately and some feel almost nothing for a day and a half. Neither predicts the outcome. The work is not a light switch, and I do not ask you to perform a response. If nothing is landing, say so — that is information, and the program changes.
What if I cannot face a session once we have started?
Tell me and we change the day. That is the advantage of a private retreat over a group one: there is no fixed timetable that eight other people are relying on. Nothing is charged for changing course inside your own retreat.
How many hours a day is actual session time, and what happens in the rest?
Eight to ten hours of the day is program. It is not eight to ten hours of talking — it includes land journeys, energy work, meditation, breathwork and time to write. Evenings are generally yours, though some days run later. Two of these days is a serious amount of work and the schedule is built with that in mind.
Can my partner and I have separate sessions?
Yes, and if you are a couple this belongs on the couples retreat page rather than here. A couples retreat combines work you do together with work each of you does alone, and the split is decided from your two intake forms and the consultation call. Some couples want mostly joint work, some mostly individual work with joint integration. It also includes relational cord work, couples energy therapy and energy-consciousness training, which is why it is priced separately. Go to Couples Retreats.
Is a private retreat or a group retreat better?
They serve different people. A group retreat gives you fixed dates, a fixed price and the company of others doing the same work, capped at eight. A private retreat is shaped entirely around one person or couple and can be scheduled almost any time of year. If your situation is specific, or you would rather not work through it in a room with others, choose private.
Can I bring someone who is not participating?
Yes. And, there will be the option to join one of the outdoor sessions.
Can a retreat be shorter days over more days?
Yes. A two-day retreat can be held over four half-days. That suits people who want more time to integrate between sessions, or who know that a ten-hour day is more than they can take. The total amount of work is the same.
Does the price change by season?
Yes, and the bands are published on this page. Low season is July and August, December before Christmas, and mid-January to mid-February. Mid season is mid-February to mid-March, June, and September. High season is mid-March through May, October through November, and Christmas week to mid-January. No other Sedona retreat company publishes seasonal pricing at all.
Is lodging included?
No. The SpiritFlow casita is available to retreat clients at $150 a night in low season, $175 in mid and $200 in high, or $125 a night on a four-day retreat, subject to availability, and Sedona and the Village of Oak Creek have a wide range of hotels and rentals. Keeping lodging separate means you are not paying a resort margin on a room you did not choose.
Do I need a car?
Yes. There is an Enterprise in West Sedona, in case you do not want to drive from PHX.
What is the closest airport?
Phoenix Sky Harbor is 1 hour and 45 minutes away and Flagstaff Pulliam is about an hour.
What if I have mobility limits, chronic illness or altitude concerns?
Tell me on the consultation call and it gets built in. Land journeys involve walking on uneven ground at a pace set by you rather than a hiking pace, and they can be shortened, made gentler or replaced. A private retreat can be adapted more completely than a group one because nobody else's day depends on yours.
Do you have a permit for the outdoor sessions?
Yes. Land sessions are held on Coconino National Forest land under SpiritFlow Sedona's Special Use permit through the Sedona Metaphysical Spiritual Association. Most Sedona retreat sites do not mention permits at all, which is worth asking any provider about before you book outdoor work.
Is this therapy?
No. This is energy healing, energy consciousness training, sound therapy and land-based work. It is not psychotherapy, it is not a substitute for medical or mental health treatment, and nothing here is a diagnosis. If you are in treatment, stay in it and keep your provider informed of the work we will do together. The work sits alongside care, not in place of it.
Is this a religious retreat?
No. The work is spiritual rather than religious and belongs to no tradition or doctrine. People arrive from every faith and from none.
How far in advance should I book?
The consultation call and the intake form both take time, and the program is built after them, so a few weeks is comfortable. High season and the casita both go early. If your dates are fixed, start the conversation as soon as you know them.
What is your cancellation policy?
A 50 percent deposit reserves your dates and the balance is due 45 days before your first day. I do not offer cash refunds, because a private retreat holds whole days of my calendar that cannot be refilled at short notice. I do offer credit. Cancel 46 or more days out and everything you have paid becomes credit toward any SpiritFlow retreat or session, valid for 12 months, with no fee. Between 31 and 45 days the same applies less a $100 administration fee. Inside 30 days, or if you do not arrive, the deposit is not recoverable and anything above it becomes credit less the $100 fee. If something serious happens, write to me — the policy is what I promise in writing, not the limit of what I will do. If I have to cancel, you choose a full refund or credit, with no fee.
What happens if I have to cancel?
You choose: a full refund of everything you have paid, returned the way you paid it, or credit toward another date. There is no fee either way and I will tell you as early as I can. Weather is a separate matter — if a storm or a Forest Service closure makes an outdoor session impossible, the retreat still runs and I move the work indoors or to permitted land that is open.
What happens after the retreat ends?
During the retreat you will receive a 50-80 page workbook that could be considered homework. Integration of the work that we do requires commitment once you are home. There is also a post-retreat 60-minute Zoom Integration Call and support still available to you through online sessions. I have been working online since 2014.
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