Nature Immersion opportunities
What Sets Our Retreats Apart
The Spaces
If you’re residential, you’ll stay in our rustic log cabin sanctuary with all the comforts of home. Big decks, comfortable outside furniture and nature nooks, trails and a feeling of nature everywhere you look enhance our experience together. And then there’s the Altar and the Mountain Shrine as you enter this sanctified space of spiritual work in the bosom of Mother Earth.
Our Devotion
This is Her time, when the dawn of new possibilities emerges like the rays of morning light through the forest. Tap into your own devotion as we commune with Nature and Mother Earth: known by many names, including Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The Land
The ultimate expression of the Mother of All: the real world. Here, we’ll touch the sublime as we deepen our roots and reach our branches into lush Forest, crystalline Stream, weaving Clouds, wise Trees, and benevolent Mountain.
Residential Retreat: only 6 spots available!
Core Offering
Credit: Local photographer Thomas Mabry
Nature immersion residential retreat with traditional healers Adam and Erin at Tepeilhuilotl (Mountain Dove), the home of Asheville Healing Retreat. Deepen into communion with Nature and Mother Earth at this expression of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Divine Mother of the Americas.
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Be part of a revolution of heart! Engage in profound wisdom and communion as we get to know Mother Nature through these ancient traditional views.
It's time to rise up!
From ancestral times, through integration with colonial Spanish views, and now alive and well in today's world, our Lady of Guadalupe and her forces of benefit and blessing that nurture life are here to support and inspire you.
This is Her time — a time when a blessed clear light can bring a new dawning of meaningful possibilities.
Your leader's traditional work strives to embody the Way of the Dove, something ancient, profound and peaceful that emerges from the source of creation to support you in your health, your personal balance and resilience, and offers compassionate heart-straightening to strengthen you on your unique and beautiful path in life.
Your time communing with nature and her gifts, as well as the meditation and communion you experience, create a mystical moment of peace and blessing.
Carry it with you back into your life for the benefit of all whose lives you touch.
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Wind up a mountain road to your own secluded log cabin retreat just minutes from Asheville.
Feel welcomed by our friendly staff as you settle into your spacious rustic retreat with comfortable beds and amenities and beautiful forest and mountain views.
Savor the nourishment of community, support, and our healthy, organic, light homemade meals.
Experience the sublime bliss and innate wisdom of the natural world as we commune and communicate with the trees and plants in the forest.
The light of the candle and saints and ancient, sacred forms on your retreat leader's traditional altar, the smell of fragrant incense, and the fresh flowers and feeling of reverence from your blessing at the altar will linger with you throughout your stay.
The lush mountain forest and its stillness and ancient trees and medicinal plants draw you into the magic of what is real and also sublime.
This healing sanctuary takes you out of time into an ancient and yet everlasting experience of nature immersion, communion with divine forces to support you in whatever life is giving you.
Come with your burdens and the stress of your life in this modern world. Come, ready to let go of your troubles as you ascend into this mountain paradise, to replace what is non-blissful in your life with new hope and new inspiration. Leave lighter, stronger, wiser and better prepared for what is to come.
Your nature immersion retreat includes...
Context about native views of nature, and our part in nature
Breathwork exercises
Meditation instruction
Early morning prayer and gratitude practices
Gentle stretching
Sharing in circle with other participants
Nature walk with tree connection
Massage sessions
Orientation meeting on arrival night
Light organic meals to nourish you
And plenty of time to sink in and enjoy the mountain air in the cabin, on the generous decks, and on the trails.
Popular add-ons:
Extend your stay by 1-3 nights to add a package of 2-3 traditional folk healing sessions from a husband and wife team initiated and trained in a living lineage from Central Mexico. This is a Mexican lineage with its roots in ancient native American lifeways and with Spanish elements that have been absorbed over the centuries, deepening the heavenly nature of this ancient tradition. During your extra days, enjoy more time at the cabin and exploring nearby natural areas.
Extend your stay by 1 night to add a 2 to 3-hour dreamwork program or session, and enjoy more time at the cabin and exploring nearby natural areas.
Add a guided excursion to a breathtaking nature site of interest.
Add extra days/nights to extend your stay.
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You are ready to connect with actual intelligence and find that more satisfying than artificial intelligence.
You want to play a beneficial role in the blessings rising up in these times.
You want to give back for all of the generosity you receive in your life.
You want to learn more about wisdom, traditions and ceremonies.
You want to commune with Mother Nature.
You want to engage in more ways to serve the Life that created you.
You want to become more positive, beneficial and giving.
Does this call to you?
No matter whether you are secular but longing to connect with the meaning inherent in life, or are Christian, or are Hindu/Jewish/otherwise, or are spiritual but not religious, this program might be for you.
Schedule our required phone call now, so we can get to know each other and determine whether this program is a fit for you!
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Now is the perfect time to connect with Mother Nature!
In the 1500s in Central Mexico, an ancient indigenous path of sacred time, healing and connection with nature met and merged with the religion of the Spanish conquerors. A miracle occurred: Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to a humble Native American man, and the result of that apparition led to a transformation in the Native traditions. You can see this by visiting the great Basilica of Guadalupe, where millions from across Mexico and the world pilgrimage with devotion to honor Our Mother, the mother of all.
You may know her as Mother Nature, Kuan Yin, Mary/Madonna Mother of Christ, or by many other names. This compassionate force brings you blessings at this retreat, where you receive her nourishment in the form of ...
3 nights log cabin accommodation with full HVAC support
Delicious and nutritious light organic meals
Water, tea, coffee served throughout the day
Orientation Meeting on arrival night w/ your leader
Early morning prayer and gratitude practices
The Stories Trees Tell, a 3-hour nature immersion workshop where you'll connect with the trees
Two 60-minute therapeutic massages
Daily meditation
Daily breathwork
Gentle stretching
Blessing at the traditional altar
Time to relax and connect with nature
Full kitchen
Parking
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Day 1: Arrival and Welcome!
4-5:30 pm: Arrive and get settled
6 pm: Orientation meeting
7 pm: Organic Light Supper
Days 2 & 3: Nature Immersion, Practices, Massage
Continental Breakfast
Dawn Prayer and Gratitude Practice
Head next door to your leader's consultorio (sacred altar room) where you embark on your nature immersion experience!
- Blessing at the sacred altar
- Context and orientation
- Nature hike
- Communion with the Trees
- Sharing in circle
[Rain alternative: Traditional Wisdom Teachings and Personal Practices]
Organic Lunch
Free time / make your lunch / enjoy the cabin and its natural surroundings
Afternoon 60-minute Therapeutic Massage
Organic Supper
Evening Sharing Circle
Day 4: Final Gathering and Depart
Morning Practices
Continental Breakfast
Sharing Circle & Photos
Free time / depart
Depart by 11 am...
...or stay for an extended visit and add-ons.
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Choose a Retreat
Browse our upcoming retreats and workshops to find the one that feels right for you.Book Your Spot
When you hit “Register,” you’ll be taken to our booking page for this event at AshevilleHealingRetreat.com
Review the Welcome Packet
After booking, we'll send you a Welcome Packet with everything you need to know—detailed schedules, packing list recommendations, add-ons to consider, and more.Book Your Travel
We'd recommend booking your transportation to and from the event as soon as possible, to ensure you can arrive without any complications or delays.Get Packed & Join Us
Now all that's left to do is pack your bags and anticipate your time immersing into the sublime world of Nature and Mother Earth.
These buttons will take you to our booking engine at Asheville Healing Retreat.
4-day Nature Immersion (non-residential) Workshop with traditional healers Adam and Erin at Tepeilhuilotl (Mountain Dove), which houses Asheville Healing Retreat. Deepen into communion with Nature and Mother Earth at this expression of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Divine Mother of the Americas.
-
Be part of a revolution of heart as we engage in profound wisdom and communion as we get to know Mother Nature through these ancient traditional views.
It's time to rise up!
From ancestral times, through integration with colonial Spanish views, and now alive and well in today's world, our Lady of Guadalupe and her forces of benefit and blessing that nurture life are here to support and inspire you.
This is her time — a time when a blessed clear light can bring a new dawning of meaningful possibilities.
Your leader's traditional work embodies the Way of the Dove, something ancient, profound and peaceful that emerges from the source of creation to support you in your health, your personal balance and resilience, and offers compassionate heart-straightening to strengthen you on your unique and beautiful path in life.
Your time communing with nature and her gifts, as well as the meditation and communion you experience, create a mystical moment of peace and blessing.
Carry it with you back into your life for the benefit of all whose lives you touch.
-
Wind up a mountain road to Asheville Healing Retreat just minutes from Asheville.
Savor the nourishment of community, support, and our healthy, organic, light home-cooked meals.
Experience the sublime bliss and innate wisdom of the natural world as we commune and communicate with the trees and plants in the forest.
The light of the candle and saints and ancient, sacred forms on your retreat leader's traditional altar, the smell of fragrant incense, and the fresh flowers and feeling of reverence from your blessing at the altar will linger with you throughout your stay.
This spiritual workshop takes you out of time into an ancient and yet everlasting experience of nature immersion, communion with divine forces to support you in whatever life is giving you.
Come with your burdens and the stress of your life in this modern world. Come, ready to let go of your troubles as you ascend into this mountain paradise, to replace what is non-blissful in your life with new hope and new inspiration. Leave lighter, stronger, wiser and better prepared for what is to come.
Your nature immersion retreat includes...
Context about native views of nature, and our part in nature
Breathwork exercises
Meditation instruction
Early morning prayer and gratitude practices
Gentle stretching
Sharing in circle with other participants
Nature walk with tree connection
Massage sessions
Orientation meeting on arrival night
Light organic meals to nourish you
And plenty of time to sink in and enjoy the mountain air in the cabin, on the generous decks, and on the trails.
Popular add-ons:
Make this residential: stay at our Log Cabin Sanctuary with others.
Add a package of 2-3 traditional folk healing sessions from a husband and wife team initiated and trained in a living lineage from Central Mexico. This is a Mexican lineage with its roots in ancient native American lifeways and with Spanish elements that have been absorbed over the centuries, deepening the heavenly nature of this ancient tradition.
Alternatively, receive a significant discount when you choose a package of 10 traditional healing sessions.
Add a 2 to 3-hour dreamwork program or session.
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You are ready to connect with actual intelligence and find that more satisfying than artificial intelligence.
You want to play a beneficial role in the blessings rising up in these times.
You want to give back for all of the generosity you receive in your life.
You want to learn more about wisdom, traditions and ceremonies.
You want to commune with Mother Nature.
You want to engage in more ways to serve the Life that created you.
You want to become more positive, beneficial and giving.
Does this call to you?
No matter whether you are secular but longing to connect with the meaning inherent in life, or are Christian, or are Hindu/Jewish/otherwise, or are spiritual but not religious, this program might be for you.
Schedule our required phone call now, so we can get to know each other and determine whether this program is a fit for you!
-
Now is the perfect time to connect with Mother Nature!
In the 1500s in Central Mexico, an ancient indigenous path of sacred time, healing and connection with nature met and merged with the religion of the Spanish conquerors. A miracle occurred: Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to a humble Native American man, and the result of that apparition led to a transformation in the Native traditions. You can see this by visiting the great Basilica of Guadalupe, where millions from across Mexico and the world pilgrimage with devotion to honor Our Mother, the mother of all.
You may know her as Mother Nature, Kuan Yin, Mary/Madonna Mother of Christ, or by many other names. This compassionate force brings you blessings at this retreat, where you receive her nourishment in the form of ...
Delicious and nutritious light organic meals
Water, tea, coffee served throughout the day
Orientation Meeting on arrival night w/ your leader
Early morning prayer and gratitude practices
The Stories Trees Tell, a 3-hour nature immersion workshop where you'll connect with the trees
Daily meditation
Daily breathwork
Gentle stretching
Blessing at the traditional altar
Time to relax and connect with nature
Parking
-
Day 1: Arrival and Welcome!
5:30 pm: Arrive
6 pm: Orientation meeting
7 pm: Organic Light Supper
Days 2 & 3: Nature Immersion, Practices, Massage
Dawn Prayer and Gratitude Practice at the cabin
Head next door to your leader's consultorio (sacred altar room) where you embark on your nature immersion experience.
- Blessing at the sacred altar
- Context and orientation
- Nature hike
- Communion with the Trees
- Sharing in circle
[Rain alternative: Traditional Wisdom Teachings and Personal Practices]
Organic Lunch
Free time / enjoy the cabin and its natural surroundings
Organic Supper
Evening Sharing Circle
Day 4: Final Gathering and Depart
Morning Practices
Continental Breakfast
Sharing Circle & Photos
Free time / depart
Depart by 11 am...
...or stay for an extended visit and add-ons.
-
Choose a Workshop or Retreat
Browse our upcoming programs to find the one that feels right for you.Book Your Spot
When you hit “Register,” you’ll be taken to our booking page for this event, possibly on Ashevillehealingretreat.com or eventbrite.com
Review the Welcome Packet
After booking, we'll send you a Welcome Packet with everything you need to know—what to bring, how to prepare, add-ons to consider, and more.Join Us
Now all that's left to do is anticipate your time immersing into the sublime world of Nature and Mother Earth.
This button will open your email program to send us an email.
Healing / Nature Retreat Stories
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"I had 3 sessions while I was there. Each time, I felt lighter, freer and more in touch with who I really am. I am amazed and reminded that there is a healing spiritual force that can free one of afflictions through faith and receptivity. It’s been over a week now since I left and it is very rare now that I have a nightmare or go down the negative mental spiral. I feel a lot more life in me and I have been given a practice to stay on the path of being true to myself. I recommend this to anyone who wishes to release any kind of affliction - physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.”
—Julia Oliphant from Missouri
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"Erin Everett and Adam Laufer are two of the most kind-hearted people that you'll ever meet in this lifetime.
The trip itself is a great experience and being out deep in the woods up in the mountains has a beautiful calming effect on its own. I found myself just basking outside at random times just soaking it all in. The healing itself was an experience. I tried some modern healing for some of the emotional trauma I've dealt with in my life which had mixed results. Nahua healing was new for me and even though I had some understanding of it actually going through the experience is something that I believe everyone in whatever stage of their life should experience it as well. They're more than healers, I can't put everything into words but I went there carrying a ton of unnecessary luggage (stress etc) and left feeling lighter than before and with a clarity that I haven't had in some time. They help you find the answers within yourself and you'll leave feeling more confident than ever with positive energy that you can bring to others in your life if you choose to do so.” —James Ealey, Pennsylvania
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"Many thanks to Adam and Erin for a great experience. There were multiple healing sessions including sweat lodge. The sessions are transformational from a spiritual and physiological perspective. I would recommend this retreat for any issues, i.e. depression, recent loss of a loved one or long-term distress that traditional therapy doesn't seem to lift. I feel significantly lighter mentally and spiritually after the retreat."
—Satish Venkat, digital thought leader, Greer, SC
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"I had lost 2 family members earlier this year and was dealing with a lot of grief. I have tried modern medicine and other ways of trying to heal. This seemed like a unique retreat and a different approach to healing. The food was healthy and very delicious. After the Temazcalli, I felt refreshed and renewed. Slept very well both nights I was there. As a Christian, it’s hard to open yourself up to different ideas of spirituality but this experience enhanced my relationship with God and his creation. The teachings and healings offered are built on a foundation of Faith and belief in a higher power."
—Noell Mach, social worker, Indiana
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"I went in for a tick bite causing recurrent issues. Not only is the tick bite better but various aspects of my life have improved as well. Erin is committed to her path and very knowledgeable of the Nahua tradition... The healing takes place within the visit and positive effects continue to unfold between sessions."
Megan Burns, licensed acupuncturist and teacher
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"The soul retrieval session with Erin brought me back home to myself in a way that I had never experienced before. It was a powerful session and a powerful moment, and things have shifted for me since then. I’m really grateful for that.”
Justin Belleme, marketing and business development entrepreneur
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“In working with Adam, the healing doesn’t end in the room. It unfolds over time. Parts of myself are waking up.”
Patrick Hackney, writer, actor and service professional
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“Because of the healings, I feel more grounded, more in touch with my Self. I feel this sense of possibility. The Universe feels abundant, and my role, the way I can interact with the world: new layers of possibility have been opened.”
Laura Boggess, university professor
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“After my session, it’s easier to more clearly see my true self and who I want to be in everyday situations, like brushing away the debris that had gotten in the way from life.”
Mary Katherine O’Donnell, actor and acting instructor
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“Our Zoom session gave Paul and I the opportunity to discuss some underlying issues as well as brought to light one of each of our underlying patterns that has been an issue in our marriage. I also love that we were asked to share about ourselves during the questions. I really appreciated Paul’s self-reflection as well as his feedback on mine.”
Cassandra Stark, professional speaker and mother
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![Tanya Asheville healing retreat shamanic healer Erin Everett]()
“In the few months that I’ve been working with Erin, I’ve already felt deep and subtle shifts in my core being and life. I’m grateful to be learning, and practicing some of the old ways that help me live in this modern day life the best way I can. This work is helping me show up more whole and authentically in my relationships, with myself, my family/friends, and work.”
Tanya-Jewel Robertson, healthcare professional
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"[Adam and Erin and their administrator Billie] made me feel very welcome, very safe. Love the home cooked food on the stove at arrival, the comfortable sleeping space, the freedom to be with people or not. I loved following the intuition of the healers for the order of things and trusting them with the process."
Kimary Schatten, healthcare professional
