Breathwork and blue lotus RETREAT: march 13-15

Dear One,

You are invited to a profound and expansive weekend with Breathwork and Blue Lotus.

We'll be gathering for a three-day deep dive healing retreat — bringing together the potent forces of breathwork, Kundalini yoga, a sound bath and a sacred Blue Lotus ceremony. Throughout the weekend, we come together to soak in the hot tub, detox in the sauna, pray in the cold plunge and connect with the land. At the heart of this retreat is Frequency Breathwork, a somatically based practice rooted in the understanding that trauma lives not only in the mind but in the body — stored in our breathing patterns, held in our tissues, and embedded in our nervous system. Through conscious, connected breath, we access what talk alone cannot reach, gently inviting the body to release what it has been carrying and restoring the nervous system's natural capacity for regulation, resilience, and rest. Every element of this retreat is designed as a trauma-informed container — a sacred space held with deep attunement, where you have full permission to move at your own pace, honor your boundaries, and trust your body's innate wisdom to guide your healing. The intention of this gathering is to create a space of deep 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: March 13-15

Exchange: The cost is $1350, which includes 5 home cooked meals. To hold your spot please send 50% payment.

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 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. Sunday morning we will begin with an integration sharing circle, followed by a Kundalini yoga practice and will close sacred space by noon.

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

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.”

Dale moore: fire keeper and chef

I am a Woman who searches, says 

I am a Woman who sees, says

I am a Shooting Star Woman, says

I am a Woman like a Wolf, says

- Maria Sabina

Dale Moore is our fire keeper and chef at Diamond Rose. She offers a deep reverence for our mother Earth into everything she creates, and holds sacred the belief that food is medicine for mind, body and spirit. Dale draws from 20 years experience in food and beverage to cultivate nutrient dense, local, seasonal dishes and elixirs while fostering a seed to table relationship with the land and plants that nourish us. She also forages medicinal plants to enliven the ancient and alchemical technologies she draws upon to honor fire and the spirits of the land. 

Dale is a permaculturalist, energy worker, farmer, medicine maker, fungi cultivator, textile artist and writer. Dale aims to close loops, build soil, support local farmers, and spread the importance of walking our talk, living regeneratively, seeing with our hearts, and reclaiming our true purpose as children of this earth. 

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