The Nature Within Retreat at Lotusland Garden Friday October 3rd

Friday October 3rd 

1-5 pm

Lotusland Garden, Cold Spring Rd, Montecito 

Enter the sanctuary of Lotusland for The Nature Within-- a transformative afternoon retreat designed to reconnect you with the oneness of nature through mind, body, and spirit. Curated by PALMA Colectiva, this intimate gathering offers an immersive journey though guided forest therapy, ceremonial cacao, healing sound, and conscious community. Your experience begins with a 90 minute Nature Bathing session led by certified forest therapy guide Giuliana Mottin. Through a series of gentle, sensory-rich invitations, guests will slow down and attune to the rhythms of the garden while engagingly slight, sound, touch, smell and even taste in a meditative walk among Lotusland's rare and sacred plant life.

From there, guests will be guided into a Cacao + Sound Ceremony led by PALMA Founder Meredith Markworth-Pollack. Cacao is a gentle plant medicine used and revered by Indigenous communities to unify the heart-mind coherence with it's deeply healing and nutrient rich properties. Participants will set meaningful intentions and as the cacao integrates, guests will melt into a sound bath held by trees and natural rhythms of the land, allowing oneself to root to the ground and fall into a peaceful state of relaxation with eh harmonious frequencies of the sound of nature. The afternoon will also feature nurturing organic grazing boards by Wildflower Kitchen, alongside Self Love Tea, and luxury gift bags from Moon Juice. Whether you seek grounding, inspiration, or simply the gift of presence, The Nature Within is a rare opportunity to connect deeply with yourself, the gardens, and others. 

PALMA classes are nonrefundable, however a credit can be issued toward another class if cancelled within 48 hours.