Meet Your Guides & Special Guest Presenters

I’m Alice, your guide on the path to healing and purpose. I love helping you step into your role as the Master Physician of your own life—reconnecting with your innate healing abilities and unlocking the wisdom that resides deep within your soul.

For over 27 years, I’ve dedicated myself to studying the Healing Arts and living a life of self-discovery and growth. My journey began in the mid-'80s with a profound spiritual awakening, one that set me on a path of healing myself—and eventually helping others do the same. Along the way, I’ve faced personal challenges, including anxiety and energetic blockages, and have discovered the transformative power of reconnecting with our true selves.

As your guide, I’ll help you tap into your own healing abilities. Together, we’ll awaken your soul space, move beyond the headspace that holds you back, and guide you toward the clarity and confidence needed to embrace your purpose. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, or other energetic blockages, I’m here to help you reconnect with the wisdom etched into your soul.

Through my work, I help people uncover their visions, ideas, and gifts—so they can remember who they truly are. This process of remembering is at the heart of everything I do. My mission is to guide you back to your center, empowering you to live with purpose and vitality.

Throughout my journey, I’ve been deeply inspired by the teachers, mentors, and guides who have helped me evolve. In 2005, I founded My BodYoga in Historic Occoquan, VA, as the first yoga wellness center in Woodbridge and Occoquan. Prior to that, I taught yoga classes in my home, creating a safe and supportive space for the community to heal and grow while balancing my role as a mom.

Over the years, I’ve trained in a variety of modalities, including Reiki, guided imagery, cranio-sacral therapy, massage therapy, and more. I’m an Advanced 500 RYT Yoga Teacher, a Reiki Master/Teacher, an Integrative Life Coach, and a lifelong learner who loves exploring the intersection of science and spirituality.

I’m here to help you remember that you are the master physician of your own life. I’ll walk with you, supporting you every step of the way, as you tap into your inner wisdom and unlock your full potential.

Olivia Ramirez Smith is a producer of the award-winning Earthing Movie and well known as the Earthing ambassador, she is also a Master NLP Practitioner, Master Hypnotherapy Practitioner, and co- author of Sacred Spaces.

She developed her passion for supporting and empowering women while owning and operating a wellness center and spa for 17 years.

Above all, Olivia is an advocate for women's empowerment. For years, she has put women and the importance of their mental and emotional wellbeing at the forefront of her mind, and it quickly became her driving force. Over several years while producing the Earthing Movie, Olivia began to identify what she feels is her true calling; teaching women about the significant mental and physical health benefits of Nature and Earthing.

Olivia also specializes in MER, the mental and emotional release technique, to release unresolved negative emotions and beliefs that hold us back from what we truly desire. As an Ambassador for Earthing, Olivia worked with The Chopra Center in assisting attendees in experiencing the benefits of grounding.

With Earthing alone serving as a powerful method to reduce stress, tension, and pain in the body, Olivia become a Master NLP Practitioner and a Master Hypnotherapy Practitioner to strengthen her ability to help women experience a more powerful and complete transformation.

Educating women of the necessity of grounding their body and mind in Nature is her Mission.

In Olivia's free time, she enjoys Pilates classes, barefoot walks, and hiking with her little Yorkie, Bodhi. 

https://www.themothereartheffect.com/

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Meet Clint, guest presenter & guide.

 "Hi, l'm Clint Ober, author of the Earthing book: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever and leader of the rapidly growing Earthing movement. I spend most of my time promoting new research and teaching about the profound health and healing benefits of Earthing.In my free time I can be found buried in nature with my feet in the creek and walking and playing pinecone fetch with Bohdi my dog. I am happy to be part of this awesome retreat, see you there."

https://www.earthing.com/

Meet Austin, guest presenter & guide. 

Hey everyone! 

My name is Austin Shook and I have been a traveling sound healer for almost a decade sharing the power and medicine of sound in over 35 states! I have a passion for creating spaces that offer the opportunity for people to lean into their own healing as deeply as they'd like! Sound healing has been an enormous part of my journey and the way that sound weaves together with the fundamentals of all of life really points to a fundamental truth that is undeniably present during a sound healing. In addition to sound healing, I enjoy organizing Feel Good Fest (an inspirational music and arts festival) once per annually in Concord, NC as well as other larger scale healing events!

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Cortney Kane Sides

Cortney is an internationally renowned evidential medium, spiritual advisor, energetic artist, speaker and published author. Gifted with a unique form of synesthesia, Cortney combines her mediumship skills to connect with her clients on topics of life, love, work and healing, creating unique spiritual paintings for each session.

Early Years

I recognized my abilities at a very young age, and was always extremely sensitive. I could walk into a room and feel the "history", or energy in the room. I knew things that were far beyond my age but thought that this was something everyone was able to see. After my mother's illness and passing when I was 15, she came to me in a dream, and connected with me in a way that was very healing. After my mother died and several other loved ones, including my father, my abilities were intensified. Each one came to me in the same way as my mother. I knew that this was different, I knew that this was special, and I trusted this connection. Through wanting to heal and grieve in a healthy manner, I found meditation and through this meditation I discovered the complexity of my gifts and abilities. I began painting the visions and messages I received from my guides, translating energy onto canvas using acrylics and my fingers as brushes. I now have over 18 years of experience as an energy artist, intuitive healer, spiritual guide, and psychic medium. https://cortneykanesides.com/

Patrick K. Porter, PhD is an award-winning author, educator, consultant, entrepreneur, and speaker. With 20 years of experience operating the largest self-help franchise in the world, he has become a highly sought-after expert within the personal improvement industry, having sold over 3 million of his self-help products worldwide.

Dr. Porter has been on the cutting edge of brainwave entrainment technology for 32 years. He was a co-developer of the MC2, the first personal light & sound brain training machine, voted “Best New Gadget of the Year” at the 1989 Consumer Electronics Show.  And his team was voted the “Best New Health APP” at 2019 Consumer Electronic Show. His newest brain-training platform, BrainTap is distinctively designed to activate the brain’s neuroplasticity. The BrainTap headset uses light & sound technology in combination with Dr. Porter’s proprietary guided visualization audio-sessions to help people achieve brain fitness, overcome stress, lose weight, stop smoking, manage pain, accelerate learning, enjoy superb sleep and make any number of lifestyle improvements. Additionally, he offers personal improvement providers a turnkey system for helping their clients achieve these same goals, and more. Dr. Porter also is dean of mind-based studies at the International Quantum University of Integrative Medicine (IQUIM). Previously, he founded Positive Changes, the world’s largest franchise network of lifestyle improvement centers. Dr. Porter’s successes were featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, People, Entrepreneur, and INC, as well as ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and the Discovery Channel. Dr. Porter’s entertaining speeches and seminars deliver the real life, nuts ‘n bolts concepts he uses to take his business ventures to a multi-million dollar enterprises.

He is the author of the award-winning bestseller, Awaken the Genius, Mind Technology for the 21st Century, which was awarded “Best How-To Book of 1994” by the North American Book Dealers Exchange.  Awaken the Genius is translated into four languages and more than 150,000 copies have sold globally.  He is also author of Discover the Language of the Mind and Thrive in Overdrive, How to navigate Your Overloaded Lifestyle, among others.

https://drpatrickporter.com/

Kristen has been a lifelong student of health, nutrition, exercise, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and yoga.  She is currently in her third decade of devotion to her yoga practice.  She received her 200-hour yoga teacher training at ONE Yoga in Denver, Colorado, and her 300-hour at Nexus Yoga Institute in Nosara, Costa Rica.

She is also a visual artist and a multi-instrumentalist, who splits her time between the Black Hills of South Dakota and the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica, where she owns Galeria Pura Vida and hosts yoga retreats. 

Kristen is thrilled to be a part of this beautiful movement....blah blah something sweet

https://www.galeriapuravida.com/gallery

Christyal Rood is a self-taught artist who creates utilizing multiple mediums. Christyal Rood loves to discuss and promote self-awareness and self-love in artistic ways with the hopes that others will discover a greater sense of authenticity.

Christyal Rood is a Police Officer in Prince George's County Maryland and works in the Community 1st Division- facilitating and attending Community events. Christyal is a certified Yoga Instructor, who is also Reiki certified and has recently became a Certified Massage Therapist.
Christyal loves to create and dance.

Meet Missy, guest presenter & guide. 

I'm Missy Tripp Ronquillo, a dedicated artist and global retreat host based in Oak Island, NC. I create vibrant, abstract, mixed-media paintings, transforming experiences and emotions into visual metaphors. Beyond just sharing my perspective, my art invites you on a journey to envision an interconnected and vibrant world.

My educational journey in art took me through The Corcoran School of Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Savannah College of Art and Design, leading to a successful freelance career since 1996, with murals spanning from the US to Mexico. You can find my work in various public and private spaces worldwide.I host workshops and retreats globally, guiding creatives to unleash their inner artist, embrace self-concept, and step into their most authentic selves. I eagerly look forward to meeting you!

Meet "B", guest presenter & guide. 

I'm "B" Welcome! We are looking forward to taking you on a weekend journey with your guardian angels who will provide full connection to the wonderful Archangels.

You will link with an archangel who 

chooses you for the weekend, become familiar with what all 16 archangels have to offer, and will learn a method of employing archangels have to offer, and will learn a method of employing archangel teams to lead you toward manifesting your desires for you best and highest good. Also enjoy participating in a group angel message circle. By the close of the retreat, you will know, you are highly connected with angels. Build your confidence as the whispers of spirit are here for you.