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The Inner Sanctum in Woodside, California

May 30 - June 1, 2025
**Registration Now Open**

October 3 - 5, 2025 (Registration Date TBA)

About Healing Waters

Living in community and weaving together the magic of water with participatory music, dance & movement practices, ritual, grief work, and world-bridging in expansive nature,  we will co-create a container for expression, somatic exploration, aquatic investigation and healing.

~ Nourishment ~ Restoration ~ CommUnity ~ Connection ~ Creativity ~ Laughter ~ Balance ~ Play ~ Healing ~ Ceremony ~ Fun ~

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Our classes and ceremonies will focus on accessing the depths of ourselves, creating exponential healing through community therapy, and shining light into the darkest places.  

At Healing Waters, we empower participants to access their gifts and share their personal medicine bundles. Through this model of community therapy we can leave a big impact on each other’s lives enabling the healing medicine that we all carry to ripple out into the world.

What's Included

  • 2 nights camping at the Inner Sanctum in the hills of Woodside
  • Living in community in a quiet forested 85 acres
  • Vegetarian brunch & dinner and snacks
  • Access to our salt-water, spring-fed  pool kept at womb temperature
  • 24 hour access to the main house with sauna, sanctuary room, and cozy living room with puzzle floor for dance/movement

Our Classes

  • Aquatic classes, community music & vocal activation, grief work, yoga, and somatic movement classes
  • Participatory live music jams
  • CommUnity fireside song circles
  • Sound healings
  • Contact Improv
  • Aquatic and land dance jams
  • Laughter, play, & sacred silliness

What to Expect

  • Limited number of participants to keep the integrity of our community therapy experience
  • Principles to unify the group to help create a safer container
  • Opportunities to honor and support community members on our unique healing journeys
  • Epic sunsets and ocean views
  • Night time stargazing with limited light pollution
  • Outdoor fire pit 
  • Hiking paths throughout the property
  • Optional private bodywork sessions

Aquatic Classes

The Water’s Edge as Your Dance Partner & Grief Exploration
Explore the edge of the water in solo and partner dances. Find the places of above & below in your aquatic dance where we investigate gravity, floating, the space between realms, and the influence of gravity on movements below the surface. ~Kellyfish

Liquicize
In this sassy class you will be invited to snip the anchors of inhibition in the bud and splashdance your way to blissful buoyancy. All vibes welcomed. No headbands required. ~Martin Nicholas

Liquid Contact Jam
Explore aquatic dance, platonic/consensual touch & community healing with an above and below water soundscape.
~Kellyfish & Aquatic Team

Intro to Aguahara: The Basics of Floating a Body
Surrender and be held. Hold and nurture another. In this experiential workshop, you will get a hands-on intro to the basics of surface work in Aguahara. ~Kellyfish

CommUnity Synchronization Aquatic Free Stretch
Move your body however you need to in the water.  Stretch, dance, shake on your own or with a friend! Water stretch and exercise props provided and creative guidance available.
No rules, no poses, no judgement. ~Kellyfish

Earth Classes

Conversations in Sound
Conversations In Sound is a co-creative auditory journey that invites collaboration, imagination, and play. Together, we’ll explore a variety of musical concepts and instruments.  ~Daniel Aboulache
Let it Out: Collage Workshop
In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore the art of collage as a pathway to release what’s inside—beyond perfection or aesthetics. No critiques, just a supportive environment. ~Jazzy Pignatello
Dancing Freedom Water Wave
This offering will be a somatic exploration of water on land through ceremonial dance. As we invite in allyship with this sacred element, we remember that we ARE water, and we open to embodying that remembering together. ~Chelsea Biklen
Nesting and Resting: The Art of Togetherness
~Shannon Sahaja

Accommodations and Pricing

All tickets include:

  • 3 days, 2 nights tent or car camping
  • All aquatic and land classes
  • Vegetarian/ vegan meals
  • Community rituals
  • Access to the main house
  • Sound journeys, dance jams, grief work
  • An incredible support team
  • And more!

Tickets

Please self-assess your financial ability to pay.
There are limited numbers of each ticket.

Our sliding scale enables those who have abundance to support Healing Waters in our mission to make this more accessible to our lower income participants.

Please write to us at prayersforwater@gmail.com to inquire about work-trade tickets.

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Financial Assistance Ticket

$ 600
  • For those who need some assistance in order to attend this event.

Financial Assistance Ticket

$ 675
  • For those who need some assistance in order to attend this event.

Regular Price Ticket

$ 750
  • Regular priced ticket for this event

Sponsorship Ticket

$ 925
  • For those experiencing financial abundance. Your generous payment helps to support someone else attend as well

Accommodations

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Dorm Bed

$50

7 Available

One bed in the dorm loft in the main house. Sheets, blanket, and pillow included.

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Hive Pod

$220

Only 2 Available

A private stand alone pod. Bedding included.

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King Bed in Main House

$200

Only 1 Available

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Queen Bed in Deluxe RV

$170

Only 1 Available

Queen bed inside a beautiful 40ft RV.

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California King Bed in Deluxe RV

$200

Only 1 Available

California King in a private bedroom inside a beautiful 40ft RV.

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Sprinter Van

$110

Only 1 Available

Private van 1 minute walk from the main house.

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Private Queen Bed in Sweet RV

$125

Only 1 Available

Private queen bed inside a sweet 28ft RV.

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Short Full Bed in Sweet RV

$75

Only 1 Available

Full bed inside a sweet 28ft RV. Bed measurements: 74in x 42.5in

Tent or car camping is included in the price of your ticket. We also have limited spaces for small RVs (less than 28'). You can reserve a bed in the communal sleeping area in the main house for an additional fee. 

Extras

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Only 4 Available

Aquatic Immersion Package

$275
  • This package includes:
  • One pair of leg floaties
  • One nose clip
  • One Aguahara session with Kellyfish
  • Bonus surprises, including art by Jazzy
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Only 7 Available

Water Love Package

$111
  • This package includes:
  • One nose clip
  • Special 90 minute small group water healing experience
  • Bonus surprises, including art by Jazzy

Sponsorship Program

We will offer a few reduced-price camping tickets for people with challenging life circumstances and financial hardship. Please send us an email explaining your situation and why you want to attend Healing Waters.

If you are financially abundant and want to donate to our sponsorship program please send us an email or simply make a donation using the paypal/venmo links below!

Together we can create a more balanced system and shrink the disparity between poverty and wealth!!!

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Our Healing Waters Team

Kelly McRee aka Kellyfish

Aguahara Professional & Healing Waters Creatrix

Water has always been a consistent safe haven and place of reverence and healing, a source of freedom and joy for her. She brings a powerful mothering, healing presence to all of her work through experiences as a mother, teacher, and trauma navigator. 

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Jazzy Pignatello

Space Holder, Artist, and Production Coordinator

Jazzy is an artist interested in helping people explore authenticity, identity, and autonomy through visual art and movement. She is also a web and systems designer and has been helping Kellyfish produce Healing Waters retreats since 2022!

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Daniel Aboulache

Participatory Musical Facilitator

Daniel Aboulache is a multi-instrumentalist and storyteller. His performances often encourage group participation and movement. Be it through laughter or through tears, through poetry or through silence, the songs we sing will weave us closer together with authentic, raw beauty.

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Shannon Sahaja

Embodiment Alchemist

Shannon Sahaja is an embodiment alchemist with 2 decades of experience as a movement facilitator.  She holds a BFA in Dance from S.U.N.Y Purchase,  and has been the manager and sacred space holder for Ecstatic Dance Oakland since 2017. Shannon has a presence that guides those in her field to come home to their essential self through play and spontaneity as well as attunement and depth.

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Martin Nicholas

Creative Expression Catalyst

Martin Nicholas is a cosmic conduit of creativity and unconventional connection. He believes our greatest calling in this life is to express ourselves pioneeringly. Thriving on shock value, uninhibited silliness and compassionate attunement, he strives to be a mirror to unleash repressed imagination.

Chelsea Biklen

Movement Guide

Chelsea has been exploring conscious movement for many years, and has found dance the fastest way to bring about the most freedom. She is a dancer, a community co-creator, a teacher, a student, and a spiritual seeker. She finds her own divine remembrance and connection through ceremony, nature, silence, and conscious movement. In addition to being a Dancing Freedom Facilitator, she is an Ecstatic Dance DJ, yoga teacher, ceremonialist, and energy/ body worker.

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Leti Bousquie

Healing Waters Head Chef

Leti will be nourishing our participants and staff with healthy, colorful, and vibrant foods! With a deep love for fresh, alive ingredients, every meal is crafted to support healing, connection, and joy.

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About The Inner Sanctum

A Spiritual Temple, Warm Water Sanctuary and Community Gathering Space devoted to embodied awakening and deepening connection with self, other, and spirit through love, touch, music, dance, and human connection.

 

Located about 1 hour from Oakland, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz and nested deep in the healing embrace of nature in Woodside, Ca.

** The Inner Sanctum is a California registered Church with a mission of cultivating human connection.

As I enter my wisdom years, I feel the call to share the gifts I have found on my life’s journey while moving through tragedy and trauma. 

At Healing Waters, I am able to offer you the opportunity to weave together the magic of water and the somatic experiences that saved my life during my darkest days, with the support of an incredible team of facilitators! I hope you can join us for this extraordinary and unique gathering.     ~Kellyfish

Testimonials

"This Healing Water Retreat is one of my best experiences in life. I have never been this cared for, seen, heard, connected and held by the facilitators and participants alike. There’s such a powerful impact with community therapy, I realized when a group of compassionate and kind people holds space for me like so, I don’t even need to tell my whole story to feel understood. I can sense my heart open up to receive all the love and wisdom offered. I love how the Kelly asks us to share what we like to receive and what we can offer every day, and how wonderful it was to give support as much as we receive. Kelly has such a warm and nurturing presence, she offers great leadership and guidance in water and on land. There were enough variations of activity through out the weekend and there is often song to open us up and gather us together as a community. Oh and of course the star of the event: The water! It is so magical healing! I’m in love with Aquahara now and I always want to remain in the pool as long as possible. I will forever remember this weekend and the wonderful group of people I got to connect deeply with. Thank you thank you!"

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Come Float with Us!

Healing Waters Policies:

Inclusivity: We welcome people of all races, genders, body types, physicality, age (18 and over), sexual identity and orientation, etc.

Consent and Boundaries: We empower all participants to state their own boundaries and require that you respect each others' as well.  

Nudity: You may choose to be topless/nude  on the front patio or in the sauna (Please sit on a towel). We ask that participants wear swimsuits for all class sessions and dance jams.

Sensual Expression: As the nature of investigation in water can be sensual, expression of this experience is often present. This is a touch-positive, consent-oriented, intimate space where people may hold each other close, snuggle, and heal though conscious touch.

Sexual activity: To keep our container comfortable for everyone & focused on our aquatic investigations and healing, we ask that sexual activity be contained to your tent/car/RV.

Drugs & Alcohol: No drugs or alcohol, please. Cannabis friendly, fire conscious (Please only smoke in our smoking area.)

Pets: We ask that you not bring your pets. There are two older dogs living at the Inner Sanctum.

Children: This retreat is an 18 and over event. 

Deal Breaker: It is critical that we all do our part in creating a safe container for all participants’ healing journeys. If any action taken by a participant conflicts with Healing Waters/ Inner Sanctum's Policies, choosing to do so may result in removal from the retreat without refund.

Refund policy

50% of total cost refundable before September 15th
Non-refundable, after September 15th  (With exceptions for illness, serious injuries or emergencies. A ticket could also be sold/transferred to another person.)

Event cancellation policy:

If we have to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances, you will be offered a place at a future event or a refund.  

COVID-19 Precautions and Policies:

We will be gathering largely in outdoor spaces. The nature of this event is for human interaction and most classes will have close contact, so please do not come if you are sick. Refunds will be given for cancellations due to transmittable illness or COVID-related symptoms. We may ask for a doctor’s note. Thank you for your integrity. We ask for your assistance in maintaining the sanitation and cleanliness of the communal spaces.

Questions?

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