Michigan Day Retreat Offerings
July 18 & 19, 2025
We invite you to experience two heart-centered mini day retreats, each offering a unique opportunity for personal healing and transformation. You may choose to attend Friday, Saturday, or immerse yourself in both days for a deeper, more powerful journey. While each retreat stands beautifully on its own, together they create a potent container for inner shift and sacred renewal.
Explore the details of each day below. To register, text 'Michigan Retreat' to Beth Donovan at 843-505-8184.
Explore the details of each day below. To register, text 'Michigan Retreat' to Beth Donovan at 843-505-8184.
Create your own earth mandala with natural materials as a way to connect with the natural world and express gratitude.
Day 1
Sacred Shkode’
("Shkode’" is Potawatomi for “fire”)
When: Friday, July 18, 2025
Where: White Tail Hallow, Centennial Farm, Burlington, MI
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Gates open at 9:30 AM)
Cost: $90.00*
Discount: *Register for the 2-day event and receive a discounted rate of $80/event ($160 total)
Ancestral Fire Ceremony & Earth Connection Retreat
Friday will be a day of sacred remembrance and reconnection—to the ancestors, to the land, and to your own inner wisdom. This intimate, four-hour retreat will weave together Native American and shamanic practices to support cleansing, letting go, and heart-centered healing. Through the practice of creating your own Earth Mandala, we will explore what it means to be in right relationship with self, others, Spirit, and the Earth.
Julie Carey is a fourth-generation steward of her family’s Centennial Farm in Burlington, MI—land once part of the Council of the Three Fires, which united the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. Her land holds the memory of ceremony, powwows, and ancestral footsteps along the river. Julie invites you into this sacred space to connect with the healing energy of nature, the wisdom of the land, and the stillness within.
Beth Donovan, Shamanic Guide, Mesa carrier, Sound Healer and Angelic Reiki Master, will walk participants through earth-honoring practices designed to awaken deep spiritual connection. Through ceremony, movement, and sacred listening, Beth shares from her own healing journey to offer others a path of grace, reverence, and personal transformation.
Join Julie and Beth in this unique ceremonial gathering to awaken your heart, deepen your connection with Spirit, and walk gently on sacred ground.
What to Bring:
- Water bottle
- Yoga mat, blanket, beach towel
- Outdoor-appropriate clothing
- Journal (optional)
- Drum or rattle (if you have one)
- Light snacks and water will be provided — we recommend eating light in the morning.
- Space is limited — your payment reserves your spot. Text or Call Beth at 843-505-8184 to hold your spot and complete payment details. Upon registration the final details of location will be shared through email confirmation.
Ceremony Flow:
9:30 AM – Gates Open
10:00 AM – Arrival & Welcome at Main House Fire Pit
10:30 AM – Walk to River for Water Cleansing Ceremony (Lower 30)
11:00 AM – Breath & Somatic Movement with Julie
11:30 AM – Fire Ceremony & Vipassana Meditation (Lower 30)
12:00 PM – Create Your Own Earth Mandala + Silent Walking Meditation
1:30 PM – Closing Ceremony: Drumming, Singing, and Sharing (Main House Fire Pit)
2:00 PM – Guests depart or linger on the land for quiet integration (until 3:00 PM)
To honor the Council of Three Fires, there will be three sacred fires tended throughout the day:
- Ojibwe (Elders): Torches at the entrance
- Odawa (Adults): Fire pit at the Main House
- Potawatomi (Youth): Fire pit at the Lower 30
Day 2
Wings of the Heart – A sacred day of healing and connection
When: Saturday, July 19, 2025
Where: All Things Serenity Yoga & Wellness Center, 106 E High Street, Union City, MI 49094
Time: 10am – 2pm
Cost: $90.00*
Discount: *Register for the 2-day event and receive a discounted rate of $80/event ($160)
Workshop Invitation: Wings of the Heart – A Journey Through Breath, Movement & Angelic Healing
Join us for a powerful 4-hour collaborative healing experience led by Julie Carey and Beth Donovan at All Things Serenity Yoga & Wellness Studio in Union City, MI.
In this immersive workshop, we’ll journey inward to awaken the feeling body, open the heart, and connect deeply with the angelic realm. Through guided meditation, somatic movement, conscious breathwork, group reiki, and a nurturing sound bath, you’ll be gently supported to release, realign, and remember your inner light.
This is an opportunity to come home to yourself—body, mind, and spirit—in community and sacred presence.
What to Bring & Know:
- Please wear comfortable clothing suitable for movement and relaxation. Some of the day will be outside on the deck or at rivers edge. Proper footwear suggested.
- Yoga mats, bolsters, and blankets will be provided, but feel free to bring your own bedding or anything that helps you feel cozy and supported.
- You’re invited to bring a journal for reflection and integration.
- Please bring your own water bottle to stay hydrated. Warm tea served after the sound bath.
- Space is limited — your payment reserves your spot. Text 'Michigan Retreat' to Beth at 843-505-8184 to hold your spot and complete payment details. Upon registration the final details of location will be shared through email confirmation.
10:00 AM - Welcome, introductions, housekeeping
10:30 AM – breath work and somatic movement – Julie
Bio break
11:30 AM – in studio, feeling body meditation, share time – Beth
Bio break
12:30 PM – Angelic Reiki healing – Beth & Julie hold space while angelic music plays
1:00 PM – Sound Bath, Integration - Paula
1:40 PM – Grounding, warm tea served
2:00 PM - Closing
More about our hosts:
Julie Carey is a certified Reiki healer, energy worker, and somatic movement coach dedicated to helping you reconnect with your body, breath, and inner wisdom. Using a unique blend of breathwork, frequency healing, tapping, movement and meditation, I guide clients through deep energetic shifts that support healing, alignment, and embodied transformation. Julie is the fourth-generation land caretaker of the family’s Centennial Farm house in Burlington, MI.
Beth Donovan is a devoted Angelic Reiki Master and sound healer who guides others in connecting to their highest selves through energy, frequency, and divine light. With a gentle and grounded presence, she creates sacred space for deep healing and transformation—supporting the mind, body, and spirit to return to balance. Beth brings compassion, intuition, and reverence to every session, inviting others to experience clarity, peace, and a deeper connection to the angelic realm and their inner truth. Beth operates her private practice, Sol Balance LLC, in South Carolina. She is a Michigan native.
