THE SENSORIUM
RETREATS FOR
SENSORIAL MYSTICS
A Transformational Immersion for Women Longing to Feel Creatively Alive Again
What if one weekend could remind you of how meaningful your purpose is? That you aren't actually stuck, you just need to be creatively activated doing things you LOVE!
The Sensorium retreats invite you to remember what it’s like to be enchanted... where creativity unfurls, the senses awaken, intuition evolves, clarity ignites, and joy dances through the land, animals, ceremony, and sisterhood play.
Women are their MOST creative selves when their healing is about play, pleasure, and awe!
Join us for the first weekend immersion, September 24 - 27, to celebrate the Autumn Equinox, the Full Harvest Moon, and the blessings that emerge when powerful, holy wild women come together to experience, heal, and create.
The Goal: Capacity Over Catharsis
We’re living in a time where spiritual information is over-abundant, but physical integration is lagging behind.
WHAT HAS YOUR BODY BEEN ASKING OF YOU?
TO SLOW DOWN? TO IGNITE? WHAT IF YOU COULD DO BOTH IN A NOURISHING WAY...
This is the kind of weekend that feels like you’ve stepped into an Instagram reel except it’s real, unrushed, and you don’t have to travel anywhere exotic to feel transported.
You’ll stay on a 52-acre estate in the serene mountains of Utah, where you’ll frolic through fruit orchards, picnic and lounge by a secluded river, detox in a sauna then float in the aquaponic swim pond, and hike private trails that overlook our sacred valley. You'll experience somatic goat yoga, equine resonance healing, and art making in the meadow by day and bonfire, dancing, and soundbath in the meadow by night, somatic movement and sensorially-activating ceremonies that feels more like play than practice inside a luxurious new dance studio, and long, delicious meals shared with women who quickly feel like sisters.
This is FUN in the deepest sense: laughing, moving, resting, creating, touching the earth, healing with animals, letting your body soften back into pleasure, presence, and PURPOSE.
Quiet the noise, feel your body, be witnessed by, and witness other powerful women in their process, and let the truth of the direction of your path emerge through JOY rather than uninspired force.
BABY GOATS!
We have a bunch of baby goats due in July that you'll get to cuddle and play with in addition to doing the famous goat yoga with them! Need I say more?
FRUIT ORCHARD
You'll eat as many peaches, apples, and plums as you want right off our trees down by the river. We'll picnic and wade into the water. And you'll have all the adorable cats and dogs excitedly joining you.
FULL HARVEST MOON
This is an actual photo taken of the Harvest Moon from our home last year. Imagine sipping ethically sourced cacao and dancing around a bonfire under Luna at her most magnificent.
HONEY BEES
We are building a bee bed! This is a wooden structure you can meditate in that vibrates with the hum of the beehive beneath it. No bees go inside; you just receive the vibrational healing benefits and honey!
AUTUMN MAGIC
September is one of the most gorgeous times of year here in the valley. You will experience all the colors, scents, and flavors of the Fall while soaking up the last bit of warmth in this sacred seasonal transition.
SOMATIC CEREMONY
I have the most exquisite ceremonies planned for us. Some I've never offered before because they are emergent with the latest evolution of my work and some are beloved classes like RHYTHM ALCHEMY.
"Kate was able to guide me through movement in a way that allowed me to release stored emotions with ease. Her intuitive approach and gentle presence helped me reconnect with my body in profound and healing ways. I highly recommend her work to anyone seeking a deeper sense of embodiment and emotional freedom."
Juliana
"What I loved most was Kate’s guiding voice, presence, and energy the ENTIRE time. I was entering unknown territory physically, mentally, emotionally, and energetically, but I knew I’d be safe. I knew I’d be held. I knew I wouldn’t be judged. She was this bright, guiding light, illuminating the way as I traversed the darker, angrier, and more unknown parts of my soul."
Lindsey
WHY THIS WORK NOW?
Modern life has accelerated beyond our body’s ability to sensorially adapt. We are living in a reality shaped by technology, conceptual thinking, and psychic overload, but our evolutionary capacity still depends on the body’s ability to regulate, intuit, and anchor the divine. Most spiritual paths left the body behind. The Sensorium brings it back.
We’re in a collective moment of body-futurism: not bypassing the body for spiritual ascent, but evolving the body to become the vessel of future consciousness. This is the evolution of feminine nonduality: embodied, attuned, and secure. The body’s rhythms, sensations, hormones, and chemistry become the language of Spirit. This is beyond simply healing... this is alchemical adaptation and embodied cognition.
Sensorial consciousness is the missing piece in our evolution. It bridges the body, Spirit, and Earth. Your senses are your spiritual organs: they receive intuitive data, transmit divine intelligence, and shape the felt architecture of your reality. This is how manifestation actually works: sensorial alignment, which is woven into our weekend together.
This retreat is a reclamation of the body’s role in mysticism. A reintegration of feminine intelligence in its most primal sense. A reconfiguration of our inner sensory technology to help us create, adapt, heal, and evolve in sync with the rapidly shifting energies of Earth and beyond.
"In this kind of work, there are bound to be some darker, scarier moments, and I felt so held in these times that I didn’t shy away from them as I had with previous coaches. Having Kate fully understand the creative part of me and knowing how to tap into the ‘fantasy’ made the downloads from the heavens that much more palpable."
Raquel
"Working with Kate opened me to new levels of awareness in my body and self. Throughout our experience together, we have moved so much energy from my pelvic floor, and she has allowed me to regain my sensuality which I felt was getting buried under running a business. She understood me deeply and never judged me for anything. Kate is very intuitive, so she knew where the energy blocks were in my body and the questions to ask my body to get it to soften."
Danielle
COMMUNITY BUILDING
HOW DOES THIS TIE INTO THE SENSORIUM APP?
The Sensorium app was launched with the intention for women to affordably belong to something meaningful and future-creating. No matter where you are in the world, you are always connected to other like-hearted women and have access to high-level, spiritual-somatic healing movement and sacred feminine ritual practice.
The invitation goes beyond just spending a weekend together: become part of a community focused on self-transformation, sisterhood celebration, and a new lineage of embodiment evolution. In between retreats, stay in touch through the app to share updates, wins, heartbreak, creative pursuits, and everything else. This is a highly-curated group of women cheering each other on to achieve their wildest dreams and embody their true purpose by evolving their creative, intuitive channels, guiding them towards mastering life.
I am sharing MY wildest dreams with you... let me give you the same tools I used...
NONPROFIT
We are in the process of becoming a 501(c)(3) animal sanctuary. Part of your investment in the retreat goes directly to helping animals find their forever home with us. And yes, this is a taxable donation!
LOCAL CHEF
3 meals a day are included! All your meals will be prepared by our favorite local chef. He uses ingredients from the surrounding farms, and the food is as delicious as it is nutritious.
SACRED LAND
This land chose us to steward it. We have amazing stories here already! It has the most loving and protective energetics that we believe are from the Shoshone tribe infusing magic into this valley. A big part of our work is co-creating with the spirits of the land. You'll feel them.
GRIEF GARDENS
Over the river and through the woods, you'll find a peaceful refuge for animals when they cross the rainbow bridge. This land welcomes your grief and invites you to ritualize it with us.
2 MILES OF TRAILS
We have beautiful hiking throughout our property. Many say we have the most interesting land in the whole valley: a canyon, a mountainside, a river, a meadow, and so much more. Soon to add an aquaponic swim pond and sauna before you arrive!
DONKEY FRIENDS
Our newest residents are two darling donkeys who are incredibly affectionate and emotionally attuned. We'll be engaging them in an equine somatic workshop, something I trained in during my Psychosomatic Therapy graduate program. We'll see what other animals join us by September too!
MEET YOUR GUIDE
If you don't already know me, I'm Kate, and it would be my honor to host you at my beloved Alpine Sanctuary.
My dream since I was a child was to have a special place where humans and animals could heal together. 35 years around the Sun, and that dream is a reality.
I feel everything that has ever happened in my life has been preparing me to be a facilitator of this new healing modality and the steward of this land. The meaning of life, to me, is bringing joy to others. Simple as that.
I was very young when I knew my calling was to help animals. It's so easy to love them. Their purity is unmatched. Simply being around them can ease any troubled human soul. They deserve to live in a way where they are seen as equals instead of tools for self-serving purposes.
Humans are a bit more complicated, but I've always been fascinated to get to the root of why we are the way we are. I've structured my entire life around this pursuit because of how much I've suffered and witnessed others do the same. Much of our own making!
The facts about me that are important to know because they inform the experiences I create:
I was bullied by other girls from a young age, so I have zero tolerance for meanness; my events are built on a foundation of safety, respect, and kindness. The "cool girls" are the nice girls around here.
I have had five spine surgeries and lived with Scoliosis since I was 9 years old, so I have an unwavering compassion for physical and emotional challenges that have chronically kept us in pain, ashamed, and disheartened. My understanding of the body goes beyond my academic achievements; I have lived in a body I couldn't trust and had failed me, and have taught myself how to love myself anyway. My work teaches the true definition of resilience.
I trained in one of the best ballet schools in the country from the time I was 5 to 16 years old. I have practiced every other type of dance as well. My knowledge of the body and movement goes beyond somatics, and encompasses a higher level of understanding the language of the body. The way and the what I facilitate is extremely unique and FUN.
I lost my father, who was my kindred spirit in so many ways, 9 years ago. His death has inspired ALL of the work I do. Working with grief is fundamental to my healing modality because we are all grieving something. Grief is deeply misunderstood, but with the way I orient to it, you'll start to relate to your grief as a spiritual springboard instead of a burden.
I've studied Tibetan Buddhism for 15 years. It speaks to me through many lifetimes. While I don't teach the Dharma nor believe everyone needs to believe what I believe, the quality of discipline and otherworldly magic I've received through my practices informs what I facilitate. I will take you on mystical journeys through your mind and body that I channel through my spiritual guides (as well as yours). This is how everyone who works with me becomes enchanted by what's possible.
I should probably include that I have a Master's in Leadership Studies and two years of academic education in Psychosomatic Dance/Movement Therapy. I LOVE everything I have learned in academia, and it makes all the difference in the expertise I bring to my experiences, but as you can see, my life experiences have shaped me into something academics can't teach, and that is a creative. Let's bring the true meaning of creative out in you too...
"It is unbelievable how much love, devotion, and effort Kate provides for each one of us. I have not experienced anything like this anywhere, ever. Kate has set the mark for other mentors, teachers, or facilitators very high. It is priceless to have experienced anything like this, and I will remain forever grateful. I have met a handful of teachers/ mentors/ facilitators in my life, but there has been nothing like Kate. Her dedication to each one of our journeys is remarkable."
Dovile
"This work has been a deep homecoming, into my body, my emotions, and the sacred art of devotion to self through movement, ritual, pleasure, and sensation. Kate, the way you hold a group container is pure magic. So much care, intention, and attunement in every layer. THANK YOU, over and over. To be witnessed in our mess, our grief, our anger and light, to feel so held, to express freely and receive the medicine of the group, those moments were truly transformative. I’m walking away changed, softened, and more in love with myself than ever before."
Jen
WHO IS THIS FOR?
This retreat will feel like a nourishing homecoming and an embodiment upgrade if you:
- Are currently or have ever been a 1:1 client
- Are inside The Sensorium app
- Consistently take (Utah mystics) or have taken (Hawaii goddesses) my in-person classes/events
This weekend is an advancement in your practice!
If you don’t fall into these three categories but really want to come, I suggest:
- Starting 1:1 private mentorship with me
- Joining The Sensorium app community
- Come to my in-person classes (DM me to be added to the locals-only group)
This is a highly curated group of 14 women: 7 local + 7 staying in my home.
THE TRANSFORMATION
If you are anything like me, Sister, the passion, the creativity, the clarity for your best ideas come pouring out when you're feeling safe, inspired, connected, and embodied.
Life doesn't facilitate the spaciousness to feel this on a daily, weekly, or even sometimes monthly basis. We have to make time for it. And we have to make that time count.
That's why I've created these weekends: so you don't have to necessarily travel far, but you immerse yourself in an environment of high-quality energetics, practices that open you to joy and pleasure, move and grieve the things keeping you feeling stuck, unlimited access to healing amenities, eat good food, meet good friends, dance until you're laughing and crying and cracking something open, and bare witness to the majesty of mountains, nature, animals, and most importantly, yourself shed of all the demands frying your nervous system and dulling your creativity and connection to Spirit.
Many think they need catharsis to reset and bring clarity, when really, you need to build capacity so you can take all the magic you created over one weekend and bring it back with you to your life. When you return home to responsibility and day-to-day tasks, rather than missing the high of catharsis, you feel you have created a strength and softness within you to not just hold more, but to prioritize your creative purpose and outlets. Creativity is no longer a luxury; it is a necessity and a guide on your path to fulfillment.
By the end of the weekend, you won't just be agreeing with this, you'll know how to fully EMBODY it.
"Kate has helped me heal the trauma that has been stored in my body since I was a child. She creates a safe space to be vulnerable and open. I have worked through trauma that I didn’t even know was there. Kate has taught me so much that I now use in everyday life. She has helped me burn down walls and rebuild a stronger foundation of who I truly am. She is a gifted spiritual guide and a beacon for feminine flow and empowerment. The REAL feminine. I am now divinely connected to my feminine and feel more powerful and more at home with myself than I ever have."
Tessa
"Kate was in tune with my body and mind, and her gentle guidance took me to places I had never ventured before - emotionally speaking and allowed me a safe space to release these emotions - verbally and nonverbally. At the point of catharsis, it felt like she was right there with me, holding me from the edge of a cliff but also ready to fall with me if I decided that’s the route I wanted to take."
Zita
THE 4-DAY EXPERIENCE
DAY 1, THURSDAY SEPT 24
5 PM ARRIVAL
WELCOME DINNER UNDER THE PERGOLA
OPENING CEREMONY IN THE ORCHARD
DAY 2, FRIDAY SEPT 25
8 AM BREAKFAST
SOMATIC GOAT YOGA IN AVENWOOD MEADOW
COMMUNION WITH THE ELEMENTS HIKE + GRIEF STONE RITUAL AT THE RIVER
12 PM LUNCH
FREE TIME
EXPLORE YOUR SENSORIAL MYSTIC ARCHETYPE INTUITIVE CHANNEL + WOMB CREATIVITY RESTORATION IN THE AQUAPONIC SWIM POND
FREE TIME
6 PM DINNER
BLUE LOTUS TEA CEREMONY + SENSORIAL BREATHWORK, DANCE JOURNEY, SONG CIRCLE
DAY 3, SATURDAY SEPT 26
8 AM BREAKFAST
RHYTHM ALCHEMY IN DANCE STUDIO
EQUINE SOMATIC HEALING
12 PM LUNCH
FREE TIME
EMBODY YOUR CHANNEL: ART MAKING + PARTNER MOVEMENT PRACTICE
FREE TIME
6 PM DINNER
CACAO CEREMONY, SOUL RETRIEVAL SOUNDBATH + BONFIRE DANCING UNDER THE FULL HARVEST MOON IN AVENWOOD MEADOW
DAY 4, SUNDAY SEPT 27
8 AM BREAKFAST
MANDALA CREATION + GARDEN OF WISDOM RITUAL
CLOSING CEREMONY IN AVENWOOD MEADOW
12 PM DEPARTURE
THE INVESTMENT
SIGN UP BEFORE APRIL 15 AND GET THE EARLY BIRD PAYMENT PLAN OF 6 MONTHLY PAYMENTS
After April 15, there will only be a 2x payment plan available. If you choose to save $111 and make a one-time payment, please Venmo me.
WANT A DREAMY NATURE PHOTOSHOOT?
During FREE TIME, Laura will offer Magnetic Mini Shoots — intentional photo sessions designed to capture your essence in this beautiful setting. Perfect for personal branding, content creation, or simply celebrating this moment in your journey!
Laura Penner is the photographer behind Living Potential Photography, specializing in brand and lifestyle photography that captures women in their most authentic, confident, and empowered expression. Known for her vibrant, natural-light style, Laura creates images that feel alive, magnetic, and true to who you are. Her sessions are designed to be a fun, relaxed experience where you can show up fully as yourself.
See more of her work here and here !
$300 for 25 minutes + 15 edited photos (with the option to add more)
After you sign up for the retreat, message me if you are interested so I can add you to her list. You will make the payment at the shoot.
TRAVEL DETAILS
HOW DO I GET TO THE ALPINE SANCTUARY?
We are an hour North of Salt Lake City. You'll fly into the International Airport and either carpool with other attendees or take the very affordable train up to us.
In-depth details will be sent to you when you sign up. It's all super easy!
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE
FEEL FREE TO PRIVATELY MESSAGE ME IF I DON'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION HERE
What's Included?
What's the status of the house renovation?
What if I have dietary preferences?
Can I pick who I share a room with?
What if I am allergic/afraid of certain animals?
Do I need to be able to dance?
