It is time for Elevation

A Coed Fall Equinox Retreat

As summer gives way to autumn, nature reminds us that there is wisdom in gathering.

The Fall Equinox marks a moment of perfect balance—equal parts light and dark—a sacred threshold between seasons. It invites us to pause long enough to honor where we've been, release what no longer serves us, and create space for what wants to emerge next.

Join Lisa and Mandy for an intimate three-day, two night retreat nestled among the peaceful forests of Nevada City. Together, we'll step away from the pace of everyday life and into a deeply restorative experience where contemporary healing tools, ancient wisdom, and meaningful connection come together to nourish your mind, body, and spirit.

Through carefully curated experiences, you'll quiet the noise, reconnect with your inner wisdom, and gently restore your nervous system—returning home with greater clarity, balance, and a renewed sense of purpose.

This retreat is the manifestation of one of Mandy’s dreams, a medicinal retreat without any of the exhaustion. While we will still work with sacred medicines, the medicines will be different than usual. They will create no physical exhaustion yet have beautiful depth, recalibration and grounding. Each participant will also get an hour 1 on 1 session with Mandy or Lisa during the retreat. This is a perfect balance of community belonging and individual attention.

Are you ready to say yes to the adventure? Your journey begins here.

What’s Included

🌿 Sacred Medicine Journey - Working with a non-depletive medicinals

🤍 Personalized 1:1 Sessions with Lisa or Mandy - Incredible 1 on 1 sessions

🎶 Immersive Sound Healing - 12+ harmonic instruments will be utilized throughout the retreat

🍫 Heart-Opening Cacao Ceremony - Cacao is a heart opening and energizing plant elixir

🌬 Transformational Breathwork - Breathwork has so many benefits: release, process, expand.

🧘 Guided Meditation & Somatic Practices - Relaxation and regulation in community

🥾 Nature Immersion & Forest Walks - Nevada City is the home of forests and the yuba river

🥗 Beautiful, Chef-Prepared Nourishing Meals - Food is often a highlight of the retreat

🏡 Gorgeous Property and Accommodations - Hot tub, game room, communal spaces and nature nearby

✨ Spacious time for rest, reflection, and simply being

Schedule

The journey begins before you arrive for the retreat and continues long after.

Pre Journey: Reflective and educative prep work (journaling exercises, podcasts and more) and one 1 hour group prep call on zoom. Additional calls can be booked with Mandy 1 on 1 for a fee.

Friday - Arrive & Settle

Welcome sunset yoga, hot tub or hike, organic dinner, opening circle and evening sound healing

Saturday - Journey Day

Organic breakfast, yoga practice, sound and breathwork journey, time in nature, breakfast, sound and breathwork journey, 1 on 1 sessions, group organic dinner, art project, hike

Sunday - Integration

Nature walk, Cacao Ceremony, Breathwork, Chanting, Integration Circle

Post Journey: Integration Resources and planning and one 1 hour group integration call on zoom

Location

A private residence in Nevada City, CA (just 3 hours from the Bay Area). If you haven’t been to Nevada City yet, you are in for a treat. It is a beautiful historic town with lots of nature and the famous yuba river.

RSVP or Schedule an Info Call

The investment of $1250-2850 depending on room selection. Includes all experiences as well as a group prep session and integration session. Payment plans are available to all as well as a few work-trade positions. If this is a YES, schedule time with Mandy’s team to discuss. If this is your first journey with Mandy, there is a 30 minute optional one on one call her assistant coaches.

Ready to RSVP? Submit a deposit of $500 here. The deposit reserves your spot and we will send you Prep Work materials and room options.

Connect and ask questions in a free info call with Mandy’s Assistant coaches: Anie here and Jeanne here. To ask questions to Mandy directly, text her on the Signal App at 415-205-8507

We cannot wait to share this profound and meaningful experience with you!

Your Guides

Lisa Love

Lisa is a multi-faceted entrepreneur, transformational coach, psychedelic guide, sound healer, breathwork facilitator, and yoga and meditation teacher dedicated to helping people reconnect with their authentic selves. She is known for creating heart-opening experiences that blend ancient wisdom with modern practices to inspire healing, growth, and lasting transformation. As the founder of Collective Heart, her work centers on self-love, wellbeing, and empowering others to live with greater purpose, joy, and connection. Guided by her philosophy of Celebrate. Elevate. Luminate., Lisa believes that when we learn to deeply value ourselves, every area of our lives begins to flourish. Her mission is to help people step out of their minds, into their hearts, and become the love they wish to see in the world.

Testimonials from Journeys with Mandy

“"After a few exceptionally challenging years and a recent traumatic experience, I was carrying a crippling amount of anxiety in my body, and an immense amount of grief in my heart. I was overwhelmed with life and self doubt. I’d been seeing a psychotherapist and career coach for over 6 months, trying to eat well, getting outside, spending time with friends, and basically doing all the ‘right’ things to be better. To feel better. But everyday was a struggle. I was seeing patterns in my life that I just didn’t know how to break. When I booked a 6 hour sound ceremony with Mandy hoped for some relief, but did not expect the magnitude of the gift that Mandy gave me.” K San Francisco

Mandy created a loving and compassionate space and created an extraordinary experience. I am in awe of her and her process during which such profound healing could occur. From the careful preparation and conversation the night before, to the creation of the most comfortable environment, no detail was missed. I always felt supported, yet she did not intervene or distract, but rather helped me surrender and feel safe enough to go deeper into the many layers of repressed trauma that I truly never had the courage or method to face before. Then, she gently guided me to let it all go. It was extraordinarily painful at times, but the profound sense of love, connectedness, and self-reckoning was almost immediate. I was particularly awestruck with Mandy’s use of music and sound.” —KK in Santa Barbara

“It is hard to write feedback for the best day of my life so far because it is something beyond words. [Mandy] helped facilitate the access to and experience of Divine LOVE that I had looked for in Ayahuasca. I write this short message a few months after our 1 on 1 session and honestly, I am still strongly feeling its benefits. I wake up each morning more clear and more connected to love. I feel empowered and in control of my life. I sometimes have those human freak outs but I am able to get myself back to peace SO MUCH quicker. Thank you so much Mandy. This will be apart of my regular “tune up” each year. I am so grateful for how this work impacted my clarity with my job/life purpose and how it helped me let go of resistance to fully loving my partner and accepting his love. Also, thank you for helping me create and stick to a morning routine that I am actually excited about.” KM San Diego

“From the deepest part of my heart. I would like to say thank you and express the amount of peace and clarity and grounding I feel. I feel my most authentic self and I haven’t allowed her in, in so long. I am so grateful to be with myself again. This is nothing short of GOD’s work and will. Please keep illuminating the paths of light so others can feel this.” DT in San Francisco

“Mandy brings sound meditation to a whole new level using her own array of the most beautiful instruments. I honestly believe that the sound that resonated through me was one of the most powerful experiences, and the entire journey would not have been as impactful, or effective without it. Later that evening I felt a sense of peace and calm I had not felt in a very long time. Mandy also helped me with the grounding after the journey and we’ve had several debriefs since to ensure I maintain it. This experience may not be for everyone, but for me personally, it helped me recall that sense of personal power I had lost somewhere along the way, and over the days that followed I also remembered my purpose and motivation to live within my core values, and speak my truth. It was like getting 5 years worth of therapy in one day. I am so grateful to Mandy. Her trust in the healing process is intrinsic, and now I trust it too." —TK in Santa Barbara

“My own experience of the sound journey this evening was an opening to memories and places, colors and movements, the aliveness and SEEING sound while my eyes were closed. Observing where my mind was going and knowing why it was going there was something unique to itself but also, knowing that probably others were experiencing something just as transformative as we all peeled back our veneers of '“reality”. The gong silence that internal thought voice and its resonance and dissonance created a landscape beyond recognition. I’ve never been so reminded of my singularity and aloneness in the universe while feeling so connected and safe. I saw us all merge as we emerged from the experience. Hugs, embrace, touch, looking deeply and connecting with the beauty we share on this fragile lifeboat we call Earth.” M Santa Barbara

“This is why sages remain silent. There really is no explanation or description grand enough for that experience. Yet, because I am human, and because I am me and I love words, I try. First, may I say thank you for including me in that experience. It really was all that I wished for and more. It was a deep, deep honor to watch you and David work together. It was an honor to be present and witness the processing of the other souls in that room. And most importantly it was just FUN!!! We have talked ad nauseum about what comes next, what's on the other side of processing, what's after fear... only Love...light and sound in constant, orgasmic play with each other over, and over, and over, and over, and over... Every note that was played sang only one refrain, I AM! No matter the frequency, no matter the cadence, that was it: I AM. I AM. I AM. What a relief to experience that in bodily knowing; that no matter where I turn, no matter if it looks dark or gray, the command within my power is to tell my mind, "Color here too" and it will be so. And once there is color there is creation. And once there is creation it is endless. My guides told me that I had chosen not to create in a world without color, that I had been holding myself back until I had seen. And now that I have seen, I will choose. What, I don't know; but, that is enough. Because in my not knowing I will allow the question to arise, "Would you like to know?". And to that, I will always answer YES!” —EV San

How to get there

We will be coordinating carpools with participants.

• From the Bay Area - 3 Hour Drive

• Flying into Sacremento and renting a car

• OR Flying into SFO and carpooling