soulshine
A Plant Medicine Portal for Unveiling Your Soul’s Brilliance
Discover the Soulshine Experience
A Heartfelt Journey of Transformation in the Colorado Mountains
October 2-6th 2024
the call of transformation
Embark on a sacred voyage into the depths of your spirit, where the soul's brilliance is waiting to be discovered.
Join us for the Soulshine Experience, a 4-day and 5-night retreat nestled in the picturesque mountains of Keystone, Colorado. This is more than a retreat—it's a transformative journey, guided by the ancient wisdom of sacred plant medicines.
Unlock the messages of your soul with Ayahuasca, a guide to inner realms and healer of the heart.
For over 3,000 years, Amazonian cultures and shamans have revered Ayahuasca as a powerful conduit to the spiritual world. In the sacred Quechua language, it is known as the “vine of the soul”—a pathway to profound inner discovery.
Ayahuasca calls to those ready for deep transformation. Entrepreneurs, creatives and high achievers, in particular, are drawn to its capacity for profound change. Our experienced shamans lead the ceremonies, creating a structured and sacred space for you to traverse the landscapes of your soul. Through traditional songs, prayers, and icaros, they guide the spiritual and healing aspects of the experience, offering you a unique and transformative pathway toward enlightenment.
creatives and entrepreneurs are called to the medicine for it’s powerful outcomes
- Boost in Creativity: Artists, writers, and creatives sometimes report a surge in creativity and inspiration following an ayahuasca ceremony.
- Improved Mental Clarity and Focus: After the initial integration period, some people find they have improved concentration, mental function and feel as if they are in a high-performance flow state.
- Increased Self-Awareness: Users often report a heightened understanding of their personal history, thoughts, and behaviors.
- Emotional Release: Ayahuasca can facilitate deep emotional release, helping individuals process and move past trauma, grief, and sadness.
- Reduction in Depression and Anxiety: Many report reductions in symptoms of depression and anxiety, sometimes after a single session.
- Healing of Psychological Trauma: The experience can provide new perspectives on past traumas, leading to healing and closure.
- Enhanced Spiritual Connection: Users often describe feeling a deeper connection to the divine or the universe.
- Life Perspective Changes: Significant shifts in perspective on life, purpose, and the interconnectedness of all things are common.
- Increased Empathy and Compassion: Enhanced feelings of empathy towards oneself and others, leading to improved relationships.
- Healthier Lifestyle Choices: Motivation to engage in healthier physical, emotional, and relational practices can result from insights gained during the experience.
what past attendees are saying about SoulShine
“I recently sat in my third aya ceremony and I have to say this was one of my most favorite retreats so far. Rachel and Susan found beautiful accomodations that were perfect for this kind of retreat. The ceremonies were everything I needed and I loved that I was able to share in it with other like-minded people.”
“I’m blown away by this experience. I had been called to it for a while and I’m so glad I followed the nudges. The ceremonies allowed me to access healing and clarity that are miraculously moving my life and business in fruitful directions.”
“I feel forever changed from this experience. I came home with a newfound sense of love and belief in myself and my life. It’s like I’m seeing everything (relationships, career, money) from a new lens. I’m excited by it all!”
Your soulshine journey includes:
Sacred Space for Healing:
- Lodging in a majestic mountain home
- Nutritious meals and snacks to nourish body and spirit
- A welcoming rose bath ritual, setting the tone for your transformative journey
Guided Ceremonies:
- Three Ayahuasca ceremonies to explore the vastness within
- One Hauchuma ceremony and integration day to reflect and assimilate your experiences
Community Support:
- A pre-retreat group call to equip you with knowledge and resources
- A post-ceremony integration call to share insights and transitions into daily life
Meet Your Guides
Led by an experienced Shaman and healer, each step of your journey is supported with love and reverence for the sacred work at hand.
The Medicine Woman
Jessica Gold
In “previous lives” Jess was variously a legal expert in international commercial arbitration, a whitewater kayaker, and a personal trainer. It was her personal health struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, however, and her subsequent journey to heal herself through nutritional therapy that ultimately brought her to Ayahuasca and the shamanic path. Through a series of beautiful and synchronous events, Jess found herself in her first Ayahuasca retreat and since that moment, she has been a devoted student of the Medicine, dedicating herself and her life to the service of holding space for spiritual awakenings. Jess has been serving the Medicine and leading ceremonies for the last eight years and she is currently continuing her medicine path to become a Tabaquera under the tutelage Maestro Tabaquero Ernesto García de la Torres in Iquitos, Peru.
Your SoulShine Hosts
Rachel Pastor
Rachel Pastor is a co-host of the upcoming SOULSHINE Plant Medicine Experience. With a journey that spans from overcoming personal challenges to pioneering wellness initiatives, Rachel has dedicated her life to exploring and facilitating deep, meaningful paths to wellness and self-discovery. Her work integrates the power of physical wellness, the depth of spiritual awakening, and the transformative potential of plant medicine, culminating in a holistic approach to well-being.
Your SoulShine Hosts
Susan Hay
Susan is an intuitive business mentor who’s helped hundreds of heart-led entrepreneurs launch and scale businesses of freedom. Her work is rooted in helping others transcend the limitations they have adopted in this lifetime so that they can live an abundant life of freedom and prosperity. She is the host of the charted podcast, Turn the Volume Up where she talks about everything from manifestation to business alignment. She believes that alignment can be found in living a life lead by core values and hers are family, freedom, leadership and transformation.
what past attendees are saying about SoulShine
“If you have the opportunity to step into a retreat hosted by Rachel and Susan, you will be in awe of the hospitality. The meals are phenomenal and made with love! Don't hesitate. I assure you it's meant to be and will open up a world of possibilities along with healing, heart opening, growth and magnification.
One of my absolute favorite parts of the retreat are friendships and connections that were made through laughs and tears. Everyone is held in such a safe space that the vulnerability touched my heart in a way I've never felt before. Jess and Jeff, the shamans, who lead and held space in the ceremony create the most incredible ceremonial environment with heart-filled music and an incredible intuitive knowing when anyone needs extra support. Always serving, Jess and Jeff shared so many incredible stories throughout the weekend and for a newbie like myself, were incredibly educational helping me to further understand the work that I was doing on myself. I had a very strong sense of trust going into the retreat, so I followed my intuition and landed myself there with no regrets. In fact, I followed my retreat with Rachel and Susan with two more retreats in three months including a trip to Peru. Go!”
what past attendees are saying about SoulShine
“My time at the retreat Rachel and Susan put together was like nothing else I have ever experienced. They were wonderful hosts and with the amazing shamans Jess and Jeff I felt so comfortable and cared for. The work and love that goes into these ceremonies creates an amazing environment that made it easy for me to really let my mind go and just be with the medicine and feel what I didn’t even know I needed. Jess and Jeff were an inspiring team, listening and feeling them do their work both during and after ceremonies was an absolute joy. I cannot wait to sit with them again!”
“It is difficult to fully explain the wonderful experience that was provided by the hosts (Rachel and Susan) and the shamans (Jess and Jeff) at our retreat. The care they displayed for each person, the respect for the traditions, history and medicine itself put me in the perfect place to embrace all that it is. I look forward to visiting with them all again in the future and continuing my connection with the medicine.”
embrace the possibilities
“Are you ready to let your soul shine? To rediscover the essence of who you are, unbound by the past, and to illuminate the path toward your future?
“Are you ready to let your soul shine? To rediscover the essence of who you are, unbound by the past, and to illuminate the path toward your future?
soulshine
A Plant Medicine Portal for Unveiling Your Soul’s Brilliance