Connecting with the Magic of Our Souls
A Transformative Retreat
January 16–18, 2026 • Santa Barbara, California
Tuition $755 (includes meals & materials)
A mystical, nurturing weekend to help you remember who you truly are.
In this mystical and nurturing weekend, you will have an opportunity to remember your true self…to retrieve a part that may have gotten lost along the way and remember the magic of your soul, and who you truly are. Over the three days, we will take an extraordinary journey to reclaim a part of yourself that has great wisdom and love to share with you. Through non-medicine shamanic journeys, visualizations, nature walks, sharing, and creative experiences you will allow more of your authentic self to emerge and regain a sense of playfulness, wholeness and self-love.
The retreat is held within a beautiful sprawling ranch house on a large, private ranch in Northern Santa Barbara. The home is part of the sacred experience and is a supporting element of the retreat. Set on sacred Native American land, both the home and the land hold an enchanted essence that you will feel the minute you arrive.
Come and be a part of an immersive and transformative experience where you remember the beauty of YOU and have fun doing it!
Facilitator - Sabine Schmidt
Energy healer, shamanic practitioner and spiritual guide —
Sabine helps and supports others on their emotional, spiritual, and physical healing journey.
I was born and raised in Germany and spent my youth training in gymnastics. When a spinal condition ended my career, I found myself turning inward. At fourteen, I began exploring yoga, meditation, and other spiritual practices, and soon after had several profound spiritual experiences that opened me to other dimensions long before I had language or guidance for them.
In my mid-twenties, I earned a Master’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Hamburg while working as a caregiver and later as a drug and alcohol counselor. I explored many healing modalities—reiki, bodywork, psychotherapy, bioenergetics, and dance therapy—which supported my physical healing, however I often felt the spiritual element was missing.
My guides led me to Barbara Ann Brennan’s Hands of Light and eventually to her four-year Energy Healing program. There, I found the teachers and framework I had been seeking as well as the complete healing of an autoimmune condition I’d had since childhood.
In 2006, I felt called toward shamanism and began studying with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, weaving its practices into my work ever since. I later trained as an End-of-Life Doula with Inelda, a role that allows me to gently support the dying and their families.
Because past-life trauma often reveals itself as the root of present-day challenges, I also offer QHHT, Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique, as taught by Doloros Cannon, where clients can access deep healing through their Higher Self.
That led me to the Starseed Academy with Birgit Fisher, a well known Austrian medium, where I spent an intensive year of study.
The heart of my work is using my clair senses and high sensory perception to offer a safe, compassionate, and sacred space. With empathy, presence, and the guidance of my helping spirits, I support clients in their healing and reconnection with themselves.
Facilitator - Tricia Saroya
Artist, shadow work facilitator, & guide for creative awakening — triciasaroya.com
Tricia helps people rediscover their inner magic through beauty, creativity, and soulful remembrance.
I’ve lived a creative life for as long as I can remember, often choosing unconventional paths over the “safe” ones. Following my muse hasn’t always brought prosperity, but it has given me a life rich in beauty, curiosity, and meaning. I received my BA in Art History and trained in design through night school. For more than twenty years, I worked as a wedding and event designer, with my work featured in magazines, blogs, and books. I’m also a prolific fine artist, with pieces shown throughout the Southwest.
Spirituality has always been the second thread running through my life. I grew up in a highly unconventional manner and experienced trauma early on. In my search for understanding and healing, I explored everything from formal religions to occult and esoteric traditions. I’ve practiced meditation and yoga for most of my life, and I’ve been in counseling for over thirty years. I trained in shadow-work facilitation through Cliff Barry’s Shadow Work® program, a powerful and transformative psychological process. I’m also a member of Michael Harner’s Foundation for Shamanic Studies and have completed most of their coursework. Additionally, I trained in Michele Baker’s Paint from Your Soul program and now offer art therapy as a way to support emotional and spiritual healing through creativity.
From my teens on through my thirties, I was a martial artist, which led me into teaching Model Mugging—an immersive women’s self-defense program that uses realistic scenarios to rewire trauma responses and build embodied confidence. It was a profound somatic pathway for healing old wounds.
Today, I weave together my two lifelong passions—spirituality and creativity—to create beauty, healing, and transformative experiences. I believe that reconnecting with our soul’s essence allows us to rediscover forgotten parts of ourselves and move closer to our own radiant, divine nature. Supporting others in that rediscovery isn’t just my work—it’s what I’m called to do.
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This is a small intimate retreat for deep emotional and spiritual healing and self-discovery.
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Connecting with the Magic of Our Souls Retreat
January 16–18, 2026 • Santa Barbara, CA
a transformational soul-remembrance retreat experience