
✨ Awaken Your Inner Harmony and Renew Your Energy ✨
Step into a transformative sanctuary where sound, movement, mindful presence, and sacred ritual come together to support rest, reflection, and renewal. Return to Resonance is an all-day sound healing retreat designed to help you release tension, reconnect with your body, clear stagnant energy, and restore a deeper sense of inner balance.
Through a carefully curated blend of ancient wisdom and modern vibrational practices, you will be invited into a nourishing day of sound, movement, meditation, creativity, ceremony, and community.
What Awaits You
🔹 Personalized Biofield Tuning & Singing Bowl Therapy
Each attendee will receive a personalized biofield assessment intended to help illuminate areas of energetic imbalance and support their individual healing journey.
Biofield tuning is a gentle, non-invasive sound-based practice using tuning forks and vibrational instruments to work with the body’s electromagnetic field, often referred to as the aura or biofield. Inspired by the work of Eileen McKusick, this approach explores patterns of tension, stress, and stored emotional experience that may be reflected in the energetic field.
Singing bowl therapy complements this experience through rich, harmonic tones that invite the nervous system into a calmer state. The resonant vibrations support deep relaxation, mindful awareness, and a renewed connection to your own inner rhythm.
🔹 Qi Gong for Energy Flow
Begin reconnecting with your body through the gentle, flowing movements of Qi Gong. This ancient Chinese movement practice combines breath, posture, intention, and slow, meditative exercises to cultivate vitality and encourage the smooth circulation of life-force energy, or qi.
This accessible practice is suitable for all levels and will help prepare your body and mind for the retreat experience. Through simple movements and conscious breathing, you will be invited to release physical tension, ground into the present moment, improve body awareness, and open space for greater balance and ease.
🔹 Mandala Meditation
Engage your creative and meditative energy in a mandala-making session. This hands-on practice invites you to co-create a beautiful mandala symbolizing unity, balance, wholeness, and the interconnectedness of life.
The process is calming, reflective, and deeply personal—offering a visual expression of the harmony you cultivate throughout the retreat. No artistic experience is needed; simply bring your presence, curiosity, and willingness to create.
🔹 Sacred Cacao Ceremony
Open your heart, ground into your intentions, and connect more deeply with yourself through a sacred cacao ceremony.
Cacao has been honored in ceremonial traditions for centuries as a heart-centered plant ally. You will sip ceremonial-grade cacao—a rich, nourishing drink containing antioxidants and naturally occurring compounds that can support a sense of uplift, presence, and emotional openness.
As we gather in intentional community, you will be guided to set meaningful intentions for the day ahead and make space for reflection, connection, and transformation.
🔹 Ecstatic Dance
Experience the joy of uninhibited movement during a soul-stirring ecstatic dance session. Guided by an intuitive, rhythmic playlist, this free-form dance space is designed to help you release stress, move stagnant emotions, and reconnect with your body’s natural expression.
Move at your own pace in a welcoming, judgment-free environment. Every step, sway, stretch, and leap is an invitation to listen to your body, awaken creativity, and rediscover playfulness, freedom, and embodied joy.
🔹 Gong Wash Sound Healing Journey
After movement and activation, allow yourself to rest and be carried into a deeply immersive sound healing journey with gongs, singing bowls, flutes, and other harmonic instruments.
The expansive vibrations of the gongs create a powerful field of sound that can support deep relaxation and encourage the release of physical and emotional tension. Layered with the ethereal tones of crystal and metal singing bowls, flute, and intuitive instrumentation, this sound bath invites you into a meditative state of rest, resonance, and renewal.
Nourishment
🥙 A wholesome vegetarian meal will be provided for all participants.
Benefits of the Retreat
Release physical, emotional, and energetic tension
Reconnect with your body through breath, movement, and sound
Explore personal intentions in a supportive, intentional space
Experience deep rest and nervous-system renewal
Cultivate greater clarity, grounding, and inner harmony
Create meaningful connections with a nurturing community
Leave feeling refreshed, centered, and more attuned to your natural resonance
What to Bring
- A yoga mat, blanket, or cushion for comfort
- A water bottle to stay hydrated
- Comfortable clothing for movement and relaxation
- Layers, as the body can cool during deep rest
- A journal and pen, if you would like to reflect on your experience
- An open heart and a willingness to embrace transformation
Meet Your Head Facilitator
Simon Jay Cervania is a sound healer, musician, and visionary artist with more than 15 years of experience in biofield therapy, energetic trauma release, and vibrational healing. As the founder of the Harmonic Waves Healing Accredited Certification Program, Jay has shared his work through workshops, retreats, training programs, and private healing sessions across the Midwest.
His approach is rooted in a deep respect for the power of sound, vibration, rhythm, and intentional presence to support personal transformation. Through immersive sonic experiences, movement, and energetic awareness, he creates spaces where participants can slow down, reconnect, and remember their innate capacity for balance and healing.
🌿 Join us for an unforgettable day of sound, movement, ceremony, nourishment, and community. Return to Resonance is an invitation to pause, listen deeply, and give yourself the gift of restoration.
📍 Location: Rising Lotus - 14911 S Bell Rd, Homer Glen, IL 60491
🎟️ Investment:
$144 - Early Bird Special (till Sept 16)
$175- Admission (Sept 17 - Oct 17)
🎟 Space is Limited: Reserve your spot early to ensure your place in this intimate and transformative retreat.