Breathwork & Blue LOTUS RETREAT

Dear One,

You are invited to a profound and expansive healing weekend. We'll be gathering in January from the 24th to the 26th for a three day deep dive healing retreat - bringing together the potent forces of holotropic breathwork, energy medicine, a Blue Lotus ceremony, a fire ceremony and a sweat, as well as cold plunges, ocean swim, hot tub soaks, movement and Kundalini yoga. The intention of this gathering is to create a space of presence to allow for each soul’s rebirth and resurrection of their highest potential. In the ceremonies we will connect with your higher self and the divine, and deepen our connection to Mother Earth and community. Together we breathe, and together we heal.

Location: Diamond Rose Sanctuary, Branford CT. Travel by train via Metro North to New Haven or by car to Branford. Uber from the New Haven train station to the retreat center in Branford, CT.

In Person Dates: January 24th to 26th

Exchange: For commuters in CT who will not be staying on site, the cost is $777. For everyone else staying on site the cost is $1111. For anyone who cannot afford the cost of the retreat, there is a sliding scale you can apply for. Please email here if financial support is needed.

Schedule: We'll arrive between 5 and 5:30pm on Friday. After settling in and setting intentions, we begin with a breathwork journey, followed by a home cooked meal.

Saturday we’ll dive into a second breathwork session, followed by a container for deep processing, witnessing and sharing together. We will then move into a sauna and sweat and a cold plunge, followed by movement and a prayer to the land. In the afternoon, we will rebirth ourselves through a sacred ceremony with Blue Lotus, followed by a home cooked meal. Afterwards, we’ll come together for a fire ceremony to release anything we are ready to surrender back to the universe. Sunday morning we will practice Kundalini yoga, followed by a closing integration sharing circle.

Sleeping Arrangements: Sleeping is in a communal ceremony space with foam mattresses. There are three private bedrooms for rent, if you’re interested please email to reserve a bedroom. Please bring an eye mask and earplugs and your favorite pillow. We’ll supply blankets.

Meals: The cost includes home cooked delicious vegetarian meals, all gluten free. There will be dinner Friday night, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and a closing breakfast on Sunday.

Diamond Rose Sanctuary is a 100 year old house and garden situated on the Connecticut coastline in a nature preserve, surrounded by untouched wetlands. It is here that the ancient rocks meet the ocean, and time begins to slow down and soften and the veil between worlds is lifted.

Vivian Rosenthal: Breathwork & energy guide

Over the last decade, Vivian’s dedication to alleviating mental health has led to her guiding over 10,000 people through therapeutic breathwork sessions. She is committed to helping each person gain sovereignty over their own bodies and health through the breath, and by doing so, becoming their own healer. She is an architect of sacred spaces, and weaves together the visual arts with the healing arts to create collective spaces for awakening and transformation. She is the creator of the immersive Frequency Breath Studio and Diamond Rose Sanctuary. Based on the Latin inspirare (“to breathe or blow into”), which itself is from the word spirare, meaning “to breathe," Vivian is an inspiratrix, one who awakens the breath of life in others. Her light filled breathwork journeys are cosmic energy activations, allowing people to access higher heart consciousness and self-love by unlocking DMT endogenously. The breathwork activations open up expanded states of consciousness and help connect people with their intuition (their higher selves) and their creativity (their divine purpose) and break free of old patterns, habits and stories.

Vivian is working alongside a group of scientists and researchers on a pilot study to show the efficacy of breathwork to treat PTSD, depression and anxiety in Veterans. Vivian is also working closely with the Biofield Research Group to help bring more awareness to the therapeutic benefits of breathwork as a healing energy modality that positively impacts the biofield. Vivian received her BA from Brown University and her Masters in Architecture from Columbia University. Her graduate thesis focused on how immersive spaces shape and affect our psychology, which later informed the creation of the Frequency Dome, an immersive set and setting which used animated sacred geometry inside of a womb-like space to create a safe and sacred container for collective healing.

She has taught at Menla, Omega, Kripalu and Blue Spirit and has been featured on the Today Show with Hoda, addressing how breathwork can be used to reduce anxiety and stress. Vivian completed the MDMA Therapy Training Program run by MAPS, which is a “clinical training program that facilitates learning in the theory, skills, and practice of MDMA-assisted therapy. The theoretical approach is based on a philosophy that every person has within them an intrinsic wisdom and ability to heal.”

What to bring:

• Warm & comfortable clothing for the two days, and toiletries.

• If you’re sleeping in the communal sanctuary room, bring ear plugs and a pillow, we’ll provide the foam mattress and a blanket.

• Comfortable footwear to explore the walking trails & wetlands of the property.

• Warm coat, hat, scarf & gloves for the fire pit on Saturday night.

• Swim suit if you want to do a cold plunge! Bring a towel for the shower.

• Any additional snacks of your choice: Fruit, nuts, bars, crackers.

• Eye mask, water bottle, yoga mat & journal/pen.

• You are welcome to bring any crystals or photos with you to place in the space during the breathwork.

Any questions? Please contact us by emailing Vivian