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Rise + Shine Retreat


Rise + Shine

RECLAIM YOUR BRILLIANT STAR LIGHT

Joshua Tree, California
2020

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Rise + Shine Retreat


Rise + Shine

RECLAIM YOUR BRILLIANT STAR LIGHT

Joshua Tree, California
2020

Welcome Home, Star Sister.

To the women who have had their voices silenced.

To the women who have dimmed their light for the comfort of others.

Get ready to SCREAM and HOWL!

To let go like never before.

To dance around the fire,

under the light of the stars

to the beat of your own drum.

To sing your true song.

Be seen. Be heard.

Be free. Be wild.

BE YOU.

We invite you to Joshua Tree for 5 days of intimate connection
with soulful women, expansive nature, deep heart shares, releasing through dance, healing through yoga, nourishing food, and sooooo much love with goddess women who are ready to RISE + SHINE.

Return to the stars.

Return to your body.

Return to your soul.

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Our Star Rise Oasis


Our Star Rise Oasis


 Our Star Rise Oasis

Nestled on 3.6 acres of magical Joshua Tree desert, Star Rise Retreat invites us to escape from the busyness of everyday life and reconnect with our higher selves. The pinnacle of California’s high desert, Joshua Tree is an energy vortex that feels like another planet. A planet where rest, rejuvenation and spiritual contemplation are built into the fabric. Energies are amplified here, heightening feelings of joy and happiness and inciting sudden bursts of inspiration and clarity. 

Our gorgeous desert villa offers respite from the heat of the day with spacious, airy rooms and a pool lounge featuring native flora and fauna from the high desert.

Each morning, we’ll nourish our bodies with a juicy movement practice in our private yoga studio followed by a luxurious vegan brunch from our in-house chef.

By night, we’ll connect around the fire and stargaze from our outdoor patio and jacuzzi.

We can’t wait for you to join us here.

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Daily Schedule


Daily Schedule


 Daily schedule

This is a sample itinerary for our time together. Daily activities are subject to change based on inspiration, group desires, and flow.

Rise + Shine until 8am
Sunrise, Silence, Solo Time

Watch the sunrise in silent introspection. This is a time for morning ritual, journaling, reading, coffee, tea.

8–10am
Sacred Movement Practice (Dance or Yoga)

We join together in the studio for an ecstatic dance meditation led by Amanda or juicy yoga class led by Mona.

10–11:30am
Brunch + Oracle Cards

We’ll nourish our bodies with creative, colorful, and health-conscious vegan food full of flavor made by our private chef, Danea. While we eat, we’ll pull oracle cards to connect even deeper with our higher selves.

11:30am–4:30pm
Free Time

Explore Joshua Tree and receive healing from the land, lounge in the pool and jacuzzi, socialize, spend time alone.

5–7pm
Temple Space

We’ll join together for a magical ceremony and circle, or relax our bodies through yin yoga.

7–9pm
Sunset, Dinner + Reflection

As we eat, we’ll watch the sky transition from day to dusk with brilliant colors and connect over delicious and nourishing food from our private chef

9:30pm
Stargazing + Silence

We return to introspection as we gaze at the stars and wind down for bedtime. This is a time for returning back to yourself.


 

What’s Included

4 Nights Accommodation

Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, relaxation awaits in our gorgeous desert oasis. We have a variety of private and shared rooms in our main house and casita, plus plenty of space to lounge both indoors and out. Find solitude in one of our private nooks to meditate or journal, then join us around the fire or dining room table to connect in sisterhood.

 

Nourishing Meals

You’ll be able to dive deep into our practices knowing that your body and soul are taken care of with creative, colorful, and health-conscious vegan food full of flavor and made with love by our private chef.

 

Soul Embodiment

We practice the art of presence through our bodies. Amanda will guide us through ecstatic and meditative dance journeys, and Mona will lead us through a constellation of healing yoga practices that range from relaxing to activating.

 

ceremonies + circles

We gather together in the starlight consciousness beyond time and space to build energy, set intentions, celebrate love and life, release what no longer serves and manifest our dreams into reality. In ceremony, we access mystical states by bringing our energy together for a sacred purpose. In circle, we connect deeply and create space for one another to be fully seen and heard.

 

Pure Love and Sisterhood

After meeting on retreat in Greece in 2019, Mona and Amanda are a testament to the true friendship that can be formed during this type of experience. The container we co-create invites us to get to know each other far below the surface, and can even be described as a soul reunion.



 

Wide Open Nature

Find expansiveness in the heart of Joshua Tree, California - land of the Pinto, Serrano, Chemehuevi, and Cahuilla peoples. The austere beauty of the desert offers the sweetness of solitude, though we’ll be sure to go exploring the trails together as well!

 

Our practices are the bedrock of our retreat, creating the foundation for us to expand spiritually, physically, emotionally and beyond.
Please be prepared to show up every day for our sessions and ceremonies with a willingness to dive deep, ride the waves of emotions, and be with any discomfort that may arise. When we commit to healing ourselves, we create a ripple effect that reaches out to heal the collective.

 

This is for you if…

You know you are on this planet with a divine purpose and you are ready to share your gifts with the world 

You are ready to break through blockages and limiting beliefs that keep you from shining

You want to access your body’s innate wisdom and trust your intuition on a deeper level 

You are adventurous and curious with an unquenchable thirst to bring more love into the world

You want to feel and express the full range of your emotions with self-compassion and vulnerability

You want a soul-level connection with other women who are ready to step into their star power

About Your Guides


About Your Guides


 About your Guides

Amanda Marie

Amanda Marie is an embodiment priestess and cosmic dancer sent to Earth to awaken you to your true divine nature. Through conscious movement and transcendent dance experiences, she guides you home to the innate wisdom of the body, providing space to explore, express, and embody the wholeness of all that you are. 

She is passionate about serving her communities, leading magical ceremonies and moon circles that honor the cycles of nature and take participants beyond time and space. Her spiritual seeking has taken her all over the world to study ancient wisdom traditions and various healing modalities, including Tantra, Witchcraft, Ayurveda, Mystical Dance, meditation, and Pilates.  

Dancing since the age of 5, Amanda also performs acts of devotion to the divine as her alter ego Blue Lightning. A beam of brilliant light, she is lightning personified.

 

Mona Luna

Mona Luna is a priestess, wild woman, and fairy mermaid. With love and playfulness, she takes you to the depths of your soul and inner being where you can find the courage, confidence, and freedom within to create your own wild path. She creates sacred spaces that bring you home to your body and your inner wisdom. She connects powerful, loving, and supportive women to each other in sisterhood. 

Through magical women’s circles, peaceful yoga classes, meditation, coaching, and tarot, Mona brings her whole self and all the knowledge she has gathered. She is a lifelong student, seeker of knowledge and truth, and loves studying topics including yoga, spirituality, psychology, business, coaching, branding, energy healing, and trauma.

Mona is devoted in service to you as an individual so that we may all rise as a collective. 

 
 

Our Private Chef

 

Danea Mather

Danea is a Michigan based vegan retreat chef, yoga teacher, and Reiki master practitioner. With over 10 years experience in restaurant work, including a history of allergy friendly meal planning, Danea is equipped to prepare delicious meals for any pallet or dietary preference. When not in a studio, you can find her loving on her two adopted pups, preparing to meet her first baby niece, and whipping up new plant-based recipes to share with anyone around.

 
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Benefits of Our Journey


Benefits of Our Journey


 Benefits of our journey

Awaken memories of your soul’s journey throughout all timelines, dimensions, and lifetimes to remember who you truly are and why you are here now. 

Feel more connected to your body and inner wisdom, knowing that the answers are all already within. 

Fully feel all of your emotions and allow them to move through you for greater liberation, healing, and compassion for yourself and others. 

Leave feeling connected to the cosmos, rooted in your purpose, and ready to shine as the star that you are.


 

Testimonials

I had the pleasure of being a part of the moon circles that Mona facilitated at Inner Sense Healing Arts in Chicago. I had never been to a moon circle before, but Mona created such a therapeutic environment that I immediately opened my heart to the process. These circles became a second home and a refuge for me. Mona is truly gifted. She is able to create a loving container each time she facilitates, and that can be hard to do. Mona listens to the trends of the room and moves with us. She brings all her light to this process. Real connections are often developed from these circles, and that’s living proof of Mona’s gift of bringing women together. If you found your way here...go. Go to anything and everything she is offering.

~ Lauren C.

Amanda creates a magical, safe container for women to be vulnerable and boldly speak their truth. Her circles are a safe haven, a place where sisters are given the opportunity to come as they are and just BE. Through the power and rawness of circles, I have been able to experience true transformation. Amanda facilitates such a warm, beautiful, compassionate, loving and supporting space for exploring the Self. She always brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the group and leads with such grace and humility. I highly recommend her circles to any sister looking to connect, dance wildly on the breath of creation and awaken her Highest Self.

~ Candice S.

I've been in a bunch of circle spaces with Mona and her energy is one of my favorites to be around. Whether in person or online, the potency of her magic is palpable. She brings so much intention, love and light to her work. Every time she has led a meditation or vision quest I receive so much wisdom, healing and empowerment that I know was already within me, but she created the container for it to be revealed. If you have not experienced a circle or service of hers before, do yourself a favor and make that a sacred goal for 2020. Your heart and soul will thank you for it.

~ Alessandra F.

 

Amanda has helped me heal some very deep wounds stemming from losing my mother when I was young. Through her monthly circles, I was able to dive inward and breakdown blockages that were built up from years of repression. When I first began working with Amanda, I could barely talk about my mother without crying. Though, through sharing, community, and life-changing embodiment practices - all led by Amanda - I have never felt more connected to her spirit and myself in general. I feel loved, held, and seen when Amanda holds space for me and others. She cares so genuinely for her participants and their journey. She has deep roots and experience in her craft and is committed to honoring the traditions that have come before her. She is a wealth of knowledge, wisdom, and light in this world and I could not recommend her more.

~ Polly C.

Mona has an exceptional gift creating healing spaces. I consistently left every new Moon Circle feeling grounded, connected and empowered. Mona brings her warm and energetic spirit to her work — it’s contagious and recharging. Because she’s in tune with her intuition and spiritual gifts, she’s able to gently guide others to their inner wisdom. What’s stood out most to me is Mona’s ability to create a safe container for folks to be really seen, heard and acknowledged. If you’re looking to connect your wild self with your conscious self, Mona is your person!

~ Gabrielle V.

You come to return to your body, to honor your senses. You come to let your spirit soar and sparkle and burn its (sometimes fearsome) brilliance without judgement. To be held, to be seen and heard, to be felt by your sisters. You come for the magic—for the permission to take up space, wholly (and holy) as you are. 

Amanda has an undeniable talent for creating and holding safe sacred space for all our bigness—our wildness and vulnerability, our fears, our hurts, our chaos and our Love. Actually coaxes it all out! Through soul-nourishing embodiment practices, spirited invocations and powerful rituals, she is a reverent and playful guide to the Divine within. Sun or moon, shadows or light, there is space to truly connect. Amanda can show you there is space for it all!

~ Dinavie S.

 
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Reserve Your Space


Reserve Your Space


 Reserve Your Space

Private Room with Queen Bed + shared bathroom

Pamper yourself in your own private room, complete with cosmic décor and a swing chair. Bathroom shared with one other room.

 

Queen Bed in Shared Room + Shared bathroom

Sprawl out in your queen-sized bed and connect with your roommate in comfort. Bathroom shared with one other room.

 
 

Twin Bed in Shared Room + Shared bathroom

Get to know your roomie in this beautiful space with bohemian flair. Bathroom shared with one other room.

 

Full or Twin Bed in Shared Casita + bathroom in main house

Bunk up with your roomie in our cozy casita just steps away from the main house.

 

FAQ

 
  • A: We are creating a super intimate container so that we can all bond together as a group and soul family. We have spots for 9 sisters to join us.

  • This retreat is open to all womxn and femme-identifying individuals.

  • A: Yes! There are several payment options for each room. If this feels like a resonant YES and you need an alternative payment plan, please email us at mona@monalunalove.com

  • A: No experience is necessary. All of our movement practices will be guided with plenty of instruction and be focused on embodying our soul, in other words, bringing our awareness into our body. This is a divine feminine soul retreat where we will be journeying into the depths of our inner world while connecting in sisterhood. While no experience is required for our movement practices, this is for women who have begun a spiritual journey and are committed to their personal and spiritual growth.

  • A: Our retreat house is in Yucca Valley, California near Joshua Tree National Park.

    The nearest airports:

    Palm Springs, CA (PSP) – 50 mins

    Ontario, CA (ONT) – 1 hour 30 mins

    Orange County, CA (JWA) – 2 hours

    Long Beach, CA (LGB) – 2 hours 15 mins

    San Diego, CA (SAN) – 2 hours 30 mins

    Los Angeles, CA (LAX) – 2 hours 30 mins

    When we have gathered our sisters, we will make arrangements for transportation from airports to the retreat house. Options may include carpooling and an additional shuttle.

  • Yes, there will be ample free time in between Brunch and our evening Temple Ceremony and Circles. Our free time invites you to journal, nap, swim, hike, visit Joshua Tree National Park, and connect with yourself and each other.

  • A: Please arrive to the retreat house between 1-3pm. Our opening ceremony will start at 4pm.

  • A: Check-out is at noon. We will have a morning practice and send-off brunch!

  • A: Transportation to and from the retreat house is not included in the cost. However, we will help you arrange a car and/or shuttle from the airport to the retreat house.

  • A: Due to limited space and booking fees, all payments are non-refundable and non-transferable. In cases of emergency, a partial balance may be transferred to a future retreat on a case by case basis. We want to ensure this is a full body YES for you before signing up in order to gather the women who are ready for this level of transformation. 

Please email us at mona@monalunalove.com with any additional questions.

See you in our magical desert oasis!