Awakening Feminine Radiance
A Solstice Retreat for Women Ready to Shine
Mount Shasta, California, June 17-23 2026
If you’re a woman who longs for deeper authenticity and connection to your feminine wisdom, and you’re ready to return to your natural radiance and live from your heart, then join us for this soul-awakening retreat, where you’ll reconnect with what truly lights you up and gain practical tools for self-care, so you can move through life with more ease, confidence, and joy.
Imagine yourself standing on the majestic slopes of Mt Shasta, the root chakra of the Earth, enveloped by the serene embrace of towering pines.
The afternoon sun casts a gentle warmth on your skin, while the clean air fills your lungs. As you close your eyes, you hear a gentle rustle through the trees, blending seamlessly with the stillness that holds you. The scent of the pine forest lingers, grounding you in this sacred moment.
As you take a deep breath, you realize you are not alone in this journey; the earth, the trees, the very rocks of this land support and sustain you. Every cell in your body tingles with the remembrance of your innate power and wisdom, flowing through you like the life-giving rivers that nourish the land. An enormous sense of gratitude washes over you as you remember the call that led you here—a call to let go of limitations and embrace your full radiance.
It’s a moment of profound reconnection and empowerment that anchors you in a truth that transcends words. This is your time to step into your full self-expression, to live your truth unapologetically, and to shine as the bright light that you have always been.
Return to the Joy of Simply Being
Can you imagine how wonderful it would feel to release stressful patterns of constant doing and remember how to simply be?
During our immersive retreat, through yoga, self enquiry, time in nature and yoga nidra you get to unwind the grip of constant doing and remember the nourishing joy of simply being, so you can experience more overall joy and vitality.
Awaken Self Compassion and Inner Confidence
Can you sense how empowering it would feel to cultivate self-compassion and dissolve self-doubt?
While we’re together, through gentle yoga, journalling, dance and supportive group sharing you’ll cultivate self-compassion and dissolve old patterns of self-doubt, so you can move through life with unshakeable confidence and self-trust.
Experience the Healing Power of Sisterhood
How nourishing would it be to cultivate meaningful connections and experience a sense of true belonging?
Throughout the retreat, through authentic sharing circles, heart-opening practices, and soul-nourishing connections, you’ll experience true sisterhood and belonging, so you can return home knowing you’re part of a supportive community that truly sees and celebrates you.
Align with Your Radiant Purpose
Wouldn’t it be inspiring to live a life aligned with your true desires?
Throughout this transformative experience, through visioning practices, solstice celebration, and integration ceremonies, you’ll align with your true desires and authentic path, so you can live each day with greater purpose, joy, and radiant vitality.
Is your soul saying yes?
the venue
Your Retreat Sanctuary
As you arrive at the retreat land nestled in the forested hills near Mount Shasta, something begins to shift. The air is crisp and alive, the trees stand ancient and still, and the sound of Parks Creek calls you inward. This is a place of power, long honored by Indigenous peoples as a site of healing and transformation. The waters here emerge from deep within the Earth, twin springs, one clear and one red with iron. This rare and sacred pairing, also found in Glastonbury, England, exists in only a few places on Earth. These mineral-rich waters offer a profound connection to the Earth’s ancient wisdom.
Accommodations are simple and comfortable, each with its own kitchen and bathroom. Whether in a private room or shared space, you’ll have what you need to rest, nourish, and reconnect.
You might find yourself sitting beside the creek in quiet reflection, gazing at the stars, or walking the land as something ancient stirs within you. This is a place that holds you as you return to yourself through the raw beauty of nature, the potency of the waters, and the quiet wisdom that rises when you slow down.
Cuisine
Meals that Nourish
Our meals are an integral part of the retreat experience, nourishing, beautiful, and infused with care. Food here is more than sustenance. It is a return to rhythm, to pleasure, and to the wisdom of seasonal ingredients and thoughtful preparation.
Our private chef is truly world class, crafting each meal with creativity, depth, and heart. The menu is primarily vegetarian, using fresh and vibrant ingredients, with occasional options for added chicken, fish, or eggs to support different dietary needs. You will enjoy three delicious meals a day, blending global inspiration with grounding nourishment. Think green Thai curry, roasted vegetable lasagna, chickpea spinach curry, and overnight oats with fresh fruit. Each dish is both satisfying and soulfully prepared.
Meals are shared in community, with the option to dine quietly if that is what you need. Whether you gather around the table with new friends or take your plate to a quiet spot beside the creek, this is food that truly supports the retreat: grounding, healing, and deeply nourishing.
Your Radiant Journey
Each day gently guides you home to joy, clarity, and the luminous path ahead. Please know that we will be guided by intuition and the needs of the moment. This is a gentle outline, open to change as we journey together.
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Arrive mid afternoon and settle into the quiet beauty of the land. Take time to ground, unpack, and begin to feel the gentle shift as you step away from the outside world.
We’ll gather after dinner for a short welcome session, a simple, spacious opening to arrive together, honor the sacred land and waters, and begin weaving the container for our shared journey.
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Our first full day begins with a slow, nourishing morning. After breakfast, we ease into the retreat with a morning session that invites you to connect inward and gently awaken your body, breath, and energy.
After lunch and spacious rest time, we’ll come together in circle to set powerful intentions for the journey ahead. Through movement, meditation, and sisterhood, we’ll begin to ignite the light of feminine radiance — not as something to strive for, but as something already alive within you, ready to shine.
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A restful morning session invites you to drop deeper into stillness, releasing long-held tension and stress. You begin to recognize that the peace you’ve been longing for is already within you, quietly waiting to be remembered.
After lunch, we journey to Mount Shasta itself. The mountain’s powerful presence helps ignite your heart’s true intentions and connects you more deeply with the sacred, living energy of this land. This is a day to listen, receive, and remember who you truly are.
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The day begins with a nurturing morning yoga session, inviting you to open into self-love and compassion. With each breath, you create space for flow, tenderness, truth, and possibility.
In the afternoon, we venture into nature, learning to listen and receive its wisdom as a trusted ally on your path to radiant expression. Evening brings deeper connection in circle through song, sharing, and sisterhood. This is a space to be seen, held, and softened by love.
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Summer solstice begins with a deliciously restful and uplifting morning yoga session, setting the stage for celebration. In the afternoon, we gather for solstice ceremony and dance, inviting you to experience heart-opening joy, love, and connection. This is the day you welcome the full radiance of the season and illuminate your brightest self, stepping more fully into your joy, power, and light.
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This is a day for reflection, stillness, and integration. Morning meditation offers insight and clarity for the path ahead. The rest of the day is open giving space to follow your flow, rest, journal, or explore.
After an early dinner, you’ll reflect on all that has transpired. Surrounded by support from your retreat sisters, you’ll anchor the transformation that has occurred and align with the exciting next steps of living the true call of your heart.
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After breakfast and time to pack we move into a gentle closing session to help you bridge the retreat experience into everyday life, followed by a final nourishing lunch together. As you embrace and say goodbye to your newfound sisters, your heart is full, overflowing with gratitude, joy, and a sense of quiet transformation.
This is not an ending, but a new beginning. You leave grounded, empowered, and radiant, carrying the light of this journey into the path ahead.
A retreat experience designed to help you:
Cultivate inner calm and flow through life with greater ease
Reconnect with your true desires and live in soulful alignment
Heal self-doubt and grow in confidence and self-worth
Be held in a sisterhood that sees, supports, and celebrates you
Reignite your joy and creativity so you feel lit from within
Bonuses:
pre retreat orientation zoom call
post retreat integration zoom call
90 minute Radiance coaching session (value $200) for anyone who signs up at the Earlybird rate before April 18th. This session is available for you to use pre retreat to anchor your intentions or post retreat to integrate your experience.
Why Mt. Shasta:
Mt. Shasta rises in Northern California like a beacon. Revered by many as the root chakra of the Earth, a long time ceremonial place for healing for Native American tribes, this ancient volcano is known for its transformative and awakening energy.
Just being here can feel like a soul reset. Visitors consistently report experiencing profound shifts in consciousness – feelings of calm, clarity, unity, and even physical sensations of the mountain’s transformative energy.
You’ll be surrounded by old-growth forests, crystalline lakes, and pure, living spring water that bubbles up from the base of the mountain, so vibrant it seems to awaken every cell in your body.
This land of mystery and magic is a sacred portal where the veil is thin and the connection between Earth and spirit feels tangible. It provides the perfect sanctuary for the kind of soul-level transformation that allows you to remember your oneness with nature, your radiance, and your truest self.
What’s included:
• 5 nights accommodation at our retreat sanctuary by healing waters of Mount Shasta, with each space equipped with a private kitchen and bathroom
• 3 delicious meals daily, blending global flavors with grounding, seasonal nourishment
• 2-3 daily sessions of transformative practices including yoga, deep rest, meditation, kirtan, dance, nature based experiences, self enquiry, dance, journalling and ritual
• Mt Shasta activation session with local healer and tour guide
• Ongoing access to potent healing waters
• Quiet time to reflect, reset, relax, journal, read, nourish yourself
• Connection with like-hearted friends and retreat participants
• Pre retreat preparation zoom session
• Post retreat integration zoom session
• 1 personal Radiance Coaching Session with Julia if you sign up before April 18th
What’s not included:
• Your travel to and from the retreat center
• Personal, medical or trip cancellation insurance
• Extra water and snacks (drinking water is supplied in dining room but can be nice to have more in your room)
Are you ready to shine?
Your Guide
I’m Julia Berkeley, and my life’s journey has been woven across continents and inner landscapes. Born in Africa to English and American parents, my early experiences included the emotional challenges of English boarding school and familial expectations that planted seeds of perfectionism from which I’ve long sought relief.
A pivotal chapter unfolded when I moved to Australia and encountered a meditation practice that transformed my life overnight. I left the corporate world behind and stepped onto a healing path through yoga, kirtan, meditation, dance and shamanic practices. My own struggles with feelings of unworthiness and a longing for deeper connection fueled my quest for true freedom, leading me to the discovery of the light that had always been shining inside of me.
Through my own journey I’ve gathered the tools and passion for guiding others toward their inner radiance. Weaving together yoga, meditation, kirtan, dance, and radiance coaching, I create sacred space for you to explore the vast reservoir of peace, joy, and wholeness within.
Mt Shasta, often called the Earth’s root chakra, offers the perfect setting for this work. The land itself supports and amplifies our collective awakening as we come home to the truth of who we are.
If a voice within is calling you toward something more real and alive, I invite you to listen. Are you ready to honor your heart and join me?
Answers to your (frequently asked) questions
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This retreat includes gentle yoga, mindful movement, dance, and easy outdoor hikes. All practices are accessible to all levels of experience. If you have medical or psychological concerns, reach out to Julia to ensure the retreat is a good fit for you.
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We offer flexible payment plans. A $575 deposit holds your spot, and the remaining balance can be paid over time as long as it’s paid in full by April 20th 2026. Contact Julia to set up a plan that works for you.
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If taking time for yourself feels hard, this may be exactly what your spirit is calling for. This retreat will help you reconnect with spaciousness, presence, and what truly matters.
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No problem. Let Julia know you’d like to be matched with a roommate and she’ll pair you with a like-hearted retreat participant.
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Internet connection at the retreat center is intermittent but there is some. You might take this an opportunity to unplug as much as possible: drop out to drop in.
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Each session is designed as part of a transformational arc, creating a journey that illuminates your spirit. Full participation is highly encouraged to get the most from this experience.
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The closest airports to Mt. Shasta are:
Redding, CA
Medford, OR (80 min drive)
Sacramento, CA (4 hr drive)
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Transportation options are limited. We recommend renting a car or coordinating a ride.
Renting cars from Medford or Sacramento airports tends to be cheaper than from Redding.
There are infrequent buses and trains:
Amtrak from Sacramento to Dunsmuir
Greyhound or Flixbus from Redding or Medford to nearby towns like Weed or Shasta
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Meals are generally fresh, gluten free, vegetarian (with some meat options) and delicious. Let us know your dietary needs, specifically any allergies and we’ll do our best to accommodate them.
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Late June in Mt. Shasta can bring a mix of sunshine, warmth, cool nights, and the occasional surprise. Expect sunny days with chilly mornings and evenings.
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Bring layers for warmth and comfort:
Light jacket, sweaters, and cozy socks
Sun protection: hat, sunscreen, long sleeves, swimsuit
Comfortable shoes for walking
Water bottle, journal, pen
Any personal medications
Yoga mats, blocks, and straps are provided.
Have questions about the retreat? Want to connect with Julia?
Email: julia@juliaberkeley.com
Getting There
Public transport is limited in this area. Please see our FAQ section for detailed travel information and transportation options.
Ready to join us in Mt. Shasta?
Click below to reserve your space and begin your journey.