Dragon Heart: A Women’s Retreat

With Alison Sinatra and Lynn Schauwecker

July 16 - 19, 2026

Address: 375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States

  • Deluxe Queen – $1,479.00
  • Deluxe Double (Shared Room) – $1,236.00
  • Standard Single - Shared Bath – $1,284.00
  • Standard Double Full - Shared bath (Shared Room) – $1,173.00
  • Standard Double Twin - Shared bath (Shared Room) – $1,110.00
  • Economy Premium Single - Shared Bath – $1,182.00

Awaken the feminine witness. Ignite the sacred fire within.

Dragon Heart is an immersive women’s retreat dedicated to descending into the deepest chambers of the heart — where truth, instinct, and ancient feminine wisdom converge. In many traditions, the dragon is not a creature of fear, but a guardian of untapped power, the keeper of hidden realms, and the protector of the heart’s most sacred truths.

Here we call upon the Sacred Dragon as a guide, an ally, and a mirror — one whose fearsome gaze pierces illusion, dissolves old narratives, and invites us to stand in the unshakable truth of who we are. Through guided inquiry, ceremony, embodiment practices, breathwork, and circle work, we soften the layers of the self while awakening the fierce clarity that lives beneath.

This transformation is amplified by the land itself. Menla, long regarded for its potent healing energies, carries the presence of the Naga — ancient serpent-dragon beings connected to water, medicine, and unseen realms. Tibetan Masters and Indigenous elders who have visited Menla describe these Naga as protectors and guardians of profound esoteric wisdom. Throughout the retreat, we honor and attune to these subtle forces, inviting their guidance as we navigate our own inner landscapes.

We will also enter the sweat lodge, a sacred space of purification and prayer. Held by earth and fire, we shed what no longer serves, open the heart through humility and courage, and call forth the ancient knowing that has always lived within us.

Together, we explore how to hold softness and strength, stillness and power, tenderness and truth, allowing each to inform and transform the other.

Return with a renewed sense of purpose, clarity, and inner fire — connected to your Dragon Heart and supported by the women who walk beside you.


Schedule:

Thursday, July 16

  • 3 – 5 pm Check-in
  • 6 – 7 pm Dinner
  • 7:30 pm Opening Circle

Friday, July 17

  • 8 – 9 am Breakfast
  • 9:30 – 11:30 am Serpent Movement Class
  • 12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
  • 1:30 – 3 pm Free Time
  • 3 – 5:30 pm Inquiry & Breathwork
  • 6 – 7 pm Dinner
  • 7:30 pm Night Forest Circle

Saturday, July 18

  • 5 am Sweat Lodge
  • 12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
  • 1:30 – 4:30 pm Spa Appointments and Free time
  • 4:30 – 5:30 pm Intuitive Movement
  • 7:30 pm Celebration Dance

Sunday, July 19

  • 8 – 9 am Breakfast
  • 10 am – 12 pm Closing Circle
  • 12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch

*Please note this schedule is subject to change any time.

About the Leaders

Alison Sinatra

Alison Sinatra has been teaching yoga and facilitating healing retreats and spaces for women for over 25 years. Her work supports people in remembering their connection to Spirit. Drawing on her studies with North and South American Indigenous traditions, Alison weaves prayer, ritual, embodiment, and lightheartedness into all that she offers. She recently completed Dr. Gabor Maté’s […]

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Lynn Schauwecker

Lynn Schauwecker has spent more than 25 years immersed in healing paths rooted in Indigenous traditions and in collaborative partnerships with Indigenous communities worldwide. Her work deepened in 2003 during her time in the Amazon rainforest, where she apprenticed with Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers and trained […]

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