October 23-25, 2026
(Early entry option October 22)
at The Inner Sanctum in Woodside, California
REGISTRATION WILL BE OPENING SOON
About Healing Waters
As a community we weave together the magic of water with participatory music, dance & movement practices, ritual, grief work, and immerse ourselves in 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 ~ Sacred Silliness ~
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 in the quiet, forested 85 acres of Woodside
- Camping on the land (other accommodation options available)
- Living in community
- Vegetarian brunch & dinner
- Access to The Inner Sanctum's spring-fed Temple Pool kept at womb temperature
- 24-hour access to indoor common spaces such as the cozy living room with puzzle floor for dance/movement and bathrooms
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
Accommodations and Pricing
All tickets include:
- 3 days & 2 nights of community immersion
- Tent or car camping
- Aquatic and land classes
- Vegetarian brunches and dinners
- Community rituals
- Access to indoor common spaces
- 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, BIPOC, LGTBQ+, and single parent participants.
A limited number of discounted tickets are available for those who need some assistance to attend this event (based on availability).
If you are interested in reduced price
work-trade tickets, financial assistance tickets,
or full/partial sponsorship tickets please apply here.
Regular Ticket
- Regular priced ticket for this event
Supportive Ticket
- Your generous payment helps to support someone else attend as well
Supportive Ticket
- Your generous payment helps to support someone else attend as well
Early Arrival
Arrive on Thursday before the retreat officially opens for a small additional fee of $100. This includes camping, community dinner, and access to The Inner Sanctum's property and facilities.
Aguahara and land based bodywork sessions will be available between 4-8pm on Thursday to help you relax and settle in. Options and pricing will be sent out the month before the retreat.
Sponsorship Fund & Tickets
We will offer a few reduced-price tickets for people with challenging life circumstances, limited accessibility, and/or financial hardship.
If you'd like to apply for one of these tickets, please fill out our short application here: SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION
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!
Your highest tier registration also helps make sponsorship tickets possible.
Together we can create a more balanced system and shrink the disparity between poverty and wealth!!!
Our Healing Waters Team
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 nurturing, healing presence to all of her work through experiences as a mother, teacher, and trauma navigator.
Jazmine 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!
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.
Kristen works at the edges where water meets land, teaching somatic practices for moving through thresholds without losing yourself. Her work bridges water and land-based embodiment, rooted in the experience of being nature, not separate from it, so that depth can be lived rather than visited.
João's relationship with aquatic therapies and dance begun in 2018 on their first Aguahara training, adding to the life-long study of somatic and spiritual practices that they started in their teenage years in Brazil. They have been on a 20+ year mission facilitating movement, breathwork, meditation, and healing. They are excited and humbled to be in service of the deep whisper of the water medicine in other's hearts: softness, presence, freedom, and play.
Accommodations
Tent or car camping is included in the price of your ticket.
There is limited space for small RVs under 28'.
Please Note:
2 Night price is for Friday- Sunday
3 Night price is for Thursday- Sunday
Dorm Bed
2 Nights- $70
3 Nights- $105
7 Available
One bed in the dormitory loft of the main house.
Hexapod
2 Nights- $260
3 Nights- $320
4 Available
A private stand alone pod.
King Bedroom
2 Nights- $320
3 Nights- $395
1 Available
Private king bedroom in the main house.
Queen Bed in Deluxe RV
2 Nights- $180
3 Nights- $220
1 Available
Queen bed in the living room area of a beautiful 40ft RV.
(RV may be shared w/ another person renting King bed in a private bedroom of RV)
California King Bed in Deluxe RV
2 Nights- $260
3 Nights- $320
1 Available
California King in a private bedroom inside a beautiful 40ft RV.
(RV may be shared w/ another person renting a queen bed in the living room of the RV)
Private Queen Bed in Motorhome
2 Nights- $260
3 Nights- $320
1 Available
Private queen bed inside a 28ft motorhome.
Sprinter Van
2 Nights- $140
3 Nights- $170
1 Available
Private small van with a queen bed 1 minute walk from the main house.
Aguahara Sessions
1:1 Sessions with Kellyfish
- Enjoy a relaxing 1:1 Aguahara session with Kellyfish ($250 value).
- Pre-event sessions- For those who want to arrive on Thursday
- Sessions available during the event
- Post-event sessions- A session at the very end of you experience. Option to stay Sunday night.
The Location
The Inner Sanctum is 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.
The Inner Sanctum is a California registered Church with a mission of cultivating human connection.
Located in Woodside, CA
1 hour from Oakland, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz and nested deep in the healing embrace of nature
About Kellyfish
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!"
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. We are cannabis friendly, fire conscious. Please engage mindfully and responsibly and only smoke in the designated smoking area.
Pets: We ask that you not bring your pets. There may be one older dog on site 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 is refundable before May 15th
Non-refundable, after May 15th
Future-event credit may be granted for illness, serious injuries or emergencies
If you cannot make it for any reason you are also welcome to sell or transfer your ticket to another person. You must notify the Healing Waters team to finalize any ticket transfers.
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?
Let us know!
We are ready to answer any questions you may have about Healing Waters Retreat.