A lot can change in one week. Commit to healing this spring at the Alchemy in Paradise Retreat, April 27 – May 2, 2025, a transformative wellness experience that brings Memphians to the Dominican Republic for a week of inspiration, exploration, and meaningful connection.
Led by a collaborative team of Memphis-based healers — Anna Cordona, Katie Billings, Tori Anito, and Jarquez Smith — the all-inclusive retreat will gently guide guests towards a reconnection with self through play, to release old patterns and repressed feelings, and to embrace a life filled with joy and purpose.
Over the past year, Katie and Anna have hosted free community sound baths in the Crystal Grotto with groups of 50-75 guests. Through their service, the women have fostered a network of like-minded individuals in Memphis who stay in touch regularly.
“People are always sticking around to chat or grab lunch at City Silo afterward,” Anna says. “When they find out about one thing, they immediately go to the next one,” of the group’s welcoming yet tight-knit group.
Every sound bath is unique, featuring different guest teachers and local musicians. Past guests include Marcella Simian, Drue Sherrod, JD Westmorland, and Michael Graber. “It broadens the community of sound healers as well as people’s ideas of what sound healing is,” Anna explains.
Their upcoming retreat, Alchemy in Paradise: A Rebirth of the Inner Child, is an extension of the community Anna and the other retreat teachers have fostered in Memphis, through their various gigs at local spots like Yoga and Play, Dose Pilates, Delta Groove, and Lucya Hygge.
“All the teachers want to share their personal experiences of how inner alchemy has changed their lives” to help relieve past traumas. This practice includes meditation, mindfulness, breathwork, journaling and self-reflection, energy work, and time in nature.
A plethora of exciting, planned excursions await guests at the retreat, including ziplining through the jungle, riding on horseback to visit a local waterfall, daily alchemy training and yoga, sound healing, guided meditation, ecstatic dance, and workshops geared towards cultivating self-love and adoration through creative mediums.
The lineup, while fun, is intentional. “These activities are planned to reconnect us with that inner child part of us that we are encouraged, almost demanded, to shut down and forget,” comments Anna. Through nature, adventure, judgment-free introspection, and self-love, people can begin discovering and bonding with their true selves.
All of this will take place in the jaw-dropping scenery of the Dominican Treehouse Village. This sustainable, eco-friendly resort offers locally sourced, organic meals, stunning treehouse-like accommodations, breathtaking vistas, and more, plus the company of other wellness-oriented Memphians.
“I’m just really excited about how people’s lives are going to shift after this retreat and how much more freedom, confidence, and support they will have going forward,” says Anna.
Book your spot today for just $2,111. Easy and flexible payment plans are available. Reach out to [email protected] for more information.
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By Shlomit Ovadia