THE THRESHOLD

Death, Grief & Becoming

 

31 July - 2 August 2026 

Retreat at Raven Crest Botanicals

 

Where we honor what’s ending and step into what’s becoming

 

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You’re not who you were…

but you’re not fully anchored in what’s next.

Something is shifting.

Maybe you feel it in your body before you can name it.
A quiet disorientation.
A sense that the way you’ve been moving no longer fits.

Maybe it’s been unraveling for a while.

An identity.
A relationship.
A way of being.
A version of you that no longer holds.

And even if you can feel what’s ending…
you may not fully know what’s emerging yet.

That space in between?

That’s the threshold.

Most people try to rush through this part. 

They try to think their way out of it.
Push forward.
Find clarity.

Especially if you’re someone who is used to holding everything together.
For your clients.
Your family.
Your work.

But this isn’t something to solve.

This is something to be with.
To honor.
To allow.

This retreat exists because…

We are always in cycles of ending and becoming.

In cycles of change, of impermanence.
Even when part of us tries to hold things in place.

But there are very few spaces where you are supported in honoring what is ending, witnessing what is shifting, and allowing what is becoming to emerge.

Without rushing.
Without fixing.
Without bypassing.

Most people move through these thresholds alone.
Quietly holding it together while something deeper is asking to be felt.

This is a space where you don’t have to do that.

THE THRESHOLD

Three days held by the forested land of Raven Crest Botanicals,
as you soften into what is ending and create space for what is becoming.

A space to slow down, reconnect with your body, and gently process
what is moving through you, supported as you cross into your next chapter.

This is not about becoming someone new overnight.
It’s about learning how to be with transformation in a way
that is grounded, embodied, and real.

This is not therapy.
And it’s not about fixing you.

Grief is not a problem to solve.
It’s something to recognize.
To honor.
To sit with.

You will not be pushed beyond your capacity.
You will be supported in staying present with what is here.

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Imagine Three Days Where…

 

You wake up and your first instinct isn’t to reach for your phone.

You step outside and the air feels different.
Slower. Cleaner.

The first sounds you hear are birds, frogs, bees...
the quiet hum of the land waking up alongside you.

You notice your body before your thoughts.

There is nothing to solve.
Nothing to hold together.

You’re just here.

You sit with others who understand
what it feels like to be in-between.

You say something out loud
you haven’t been able to name before.

You feel it move.
Not all at once, but enough to notice.

You spend time in silence
without needing to fill it.

You begin to trust what's unfolding,
even without fully understanding it yet.

You can hear the quiet voice within,
and recognize it as your own.

And for the first time in a while…
you're not trying to carry it, fix it, or rush past it. 

You're not looking back at who you were.

You're beginning to recognize
who you're becoming.

WHAT SHIFTS

This is not about becoming someone new.
It is about what remains…
when you stop holding everything on your own.

When you slow down enough to feel what is here.

The body softens.
The noise begins to thin.

What once felt urgent loosens its grip.
Stillness returns.

Clarity comes back quietly.
Discernment, without force.

Not because you figured it out,
but because something in you settled.

What you have been carrying begins to release.

Not all at once.
But enough to make space.

You begin to honor what is ending
without turning away from what is becoming.

And something shifts in how you meet yourself.

A softening.
A kind of mercy.

Less urgency to fix.
More willingness to stay.

You leave with a deeper clarity.
Not loud. Not forced.

But steady.
Grounded.

A clearer sense of what is yours to hold,
and what is ready to be set down.

And maybe, for the first time in a while…

You begin to listen.

 

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WHAT WE'LL MOVE THROUGH

The weekend follows a natural rhythm.

There are guided experiences, and space in between them.

You won't be moving from one thing to the next all day.

You'll have time to feel, process, and integrate what's unfolding.

 Across the weekend, you’ll be supported through:

Living Funeral Ceremony 

A deeply moving ritual at the heart of the weekend. Through guided meditation, reflection, and ceremony, you will be invited to symbolically lay to rest who you have been, creating sacred space for who you are becoming. It is one of the most profoundly life-giving and liberating experiences you may ever give yourself.

Guided Somatic Practices

Gentle breathwork and movement to help your body process grief and emotional weight safely, without needing to think your way through it.

Hypnotic Journeys & Meditation

Access deeper layers of your inner world and begin to gently rewrite the stories that shape how you see yourself, your past, and what's possible.

Ritual & Ceremony

Intentional practices to acknowledge what is ending and create space for what is ready to emerge; marking each threshold with presence and meaning.

Becoming & Integration

Gently explore who you are on the other side of loss and change, creating space for deeper self-trust and a more authentic expression of yourself.

Sharing & Witnessing Circles

A space to be seen and heard without needing to explain yourself or hold it together. Sometimes grief just needs to be witnessed.

Gratitude & Offerings

Simple practices of sacred reciprocity to reconnect you with the earth and the unseen; honoring endings, acknowledging beginnings, and finding meaning in the in-between.

Grounding in Nature 

Time on the land to stretch out, breathe, and just be. Nature supports your nervous system in ways that are quiet, steady, and real.

Integration Time 

Unstructured space where nothing is asked of you; allowing the deeper shifts to settle, take root, and become yours.

There is no pressure to perform or participate in a certain way.
You are supported in moving at your own pace.

MEET YOUR GUIDE

Lindsey Guttilla is a medium, death doula, grief educator, spiritual mentor, and hypnotherapist who works at the intersection of death, healing, and transformation.

She supports individuals navigating profound life transitions — including grief, loss, illness, and identity shifts — helping them move through the thresholds of what is ending and what is becoming.

Her work is grounded in both lived experience and years of guiding others through complex, layered processes of change.

Through intuitive perception, somatic awareness, and deep presence, she creates spaces where people can be witnessed, supported, and gently guided back to themselves.

She does not rush the process.
She does not bypass what is surfacing.

She meets you where you are,
and walks with you from there.

THE LAND

Raven Crest Botanicals is a working medicinal herb farm on
325 acres of beautiful land in upstate New York.

There is a quiet to this place that you feel almost immediately.

Not because anything dramatic happens.
But because your body starts to slow down.

You’ll notice it in small ways.

The sound of water moving through the creek.
The way the light shifts through the trees in the late afternoon.
The absence of constant noise.

There is space here.

Space to walk.
Space to sit.
Space to not be “on.”

You can move through the gardens,
rest by the pond,
or simply lie on the earth
and let your system settle.

Nothing is required of you here.

And then, something begins to soften.

Not because you forced it.
Because your body finally has the space to.

THE RHYTHM

This retreat is intentionally spacious.

We begin Friday afternoon and close Sunday.

There is no rushing.
No pressure to keep up.

Time opens here.

You’re not moving from one thing to the next —
you’re moving with what is present.

There is space to rest.
To step away.
To follow what your body needs.

This is where the deeper shifts happen.

 

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WHAT PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT OUR RETREATS

There's something that happens here that's hard to fully explain.
But it's felt. And it stays with people long after they leave.

"Lindsey holds space in a way that is both incredibly grounded and deeply intuitive. I've done a lot of retreats and inner work, but nothing has ever touched me the way this did. Something shifted in me that weekend that I'm still integrating."

— Jesse L.

"There is something truly special about Raven Crest. The land itself feels alive, supportive, and deeply calming. Between the trees, the quiet, and the energy of the space, I could finally exhale. It felt like a reset I didn't know I needed."

— Lauren B.

"Lindsey has a way of guiding you without ever forcing anything. Her presence is steady, intuitive, and incredibly safe. I was able to access parts of myself I had been avoiding for a long time. I left feeling clearer, lighter, and more connected to myself than I have in years."

— Danielle M.

"Nothing compares to being on this land. The trees, the quiet, the space. It changes how you feel in your body within hours. I didn't realize how disconnected I was until I finally slowed down and felt like I could breathe again."

— Joshua M.

"This retreat met me exactly where I was. I came in feeling lost, in between versions of myself. The space allowed me to honor what I was letting go of while gently opening to what's next. It wasn't rushed. It wasn't forced. It was exactly what I needed."

— Monica D.

"What stands out about Lindsey is how she holds space. There is a feeling of acceptance and support for every person, exactly as they are. That level of feeling seen allowed me to drop in and do the work in a way I haven't been able to anywhere else."

— Jennifer P.

WHO THIS IS FOR:

This is for you if you find yourself in a moment of transition,
where something in your life is shifting, ending, or asking to change.

If you feel in-between…
no longer who you were,
but not fully anchored in what’s next.

If you’ve been holding a lot
for your clients, your family, your work,
and you’re ready to have space where you don’t have to hold it all alone.

If you’re moving through grief in any form,
loss, identity shifts, life transitions, or the quiet letting go of a version of yourself.

If you’re craving clarity, but not through force.
Through slowing down, listening, and reconnecting with yourself.

If you want to be supported in a way that is grounded,
honest, and deeply human, not performative or surface-level.

If you’re open to being present with what is here,
rather than trying to rush past it.

If you feel the pull toward this…
even if you can’t fully explain why.

THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF…

This is not for you if you are looking for a quick fix
or a way to bypass what you’re feeling.

If you want someone to give you answers
without being willing to sit with your own process.

If you are seeking clinical therapy or acute crisis support.
This is a supportive space, but not a replacement
for therapy or medical care.

If you are not open to slowing down
or being present with what is unfolding.

If you are not willing to take responsibility
for your own experience within the space.

If you’re unsure, you are always welcome to reach out.

HELD BY THE LAND

Raven Crest is the kind of place where something in you begins to shift, without effort.

 There is a quiet here that you don’t have to create.
A steadiness you can feel as soon as you arrive.

Forest, open sky, medicinal gardens, and spaces designed for rest, reflection, and presence.

This is a place where your nervous system can settle.
Where you can step out of the noise and back into something more natural, more grounded.

Take your time here.
Walk the land.
Sit in stillness.
Let yourself be held by the space as much as the work itself.

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THE HEART OF THE WEEKEND

There is one experience at the center of this retreat that people carry with them long after they leave.

It is called a Living Funeral.

Not a rehearsal for death. Not something somber or heavy. But a ceremony of profound liberation, one of the most life-giving things a person can move through.

Most of us wait for loss to arrive before we allow ourselves to grieve. We hold on. We white-knuckle the version of ourselves we recognize, even when it no longer fits. Even when something deeper is already asking us to let go.

The Living Funeral offers something different.

A chance to consciously, intentionally, and with full presence, release what is ready to be released. The identity that no longer serves you. The story you have been carrying. The version of yourself you have been trying to hold together.

Through guided meditation, reflection, and sacred ceremony, you will be invited to symbolically lay to rest who you have been.

And in that releasing, something opens.

Something closer to relief. To lightness. To the quiet recognition that you are not ending. You are crossing into what is next.

People often describe this experience as one of the most profoundly moving and unexpected gifts they have ever given themselves. Not because it was difficult, but because it was real. Because it gave them permission to stop holding on, and to finally, fully, begin.

And that is exactly what it clears the way for. The becoming. The emerging. What has been waiting on the other side of the letting go.

A GLIMPSE INTO THE EXPERIENCE

Mornings begin slowly, with gentle somatic movement,
breathwork, and guided meditation or hypnotic journeys.
The body waking before the mind.

Afternoons open into spaciousness. Time to walk the land, sit in stillness, rest, or wander through the gardens at your own pace. Nothing asked of you. Nowhere to be.

Evenings soften into connection and reflection. Through ritual, quiet integration, or simply being together as the day settles around you.

You'll stay in thoughtfully held spaces across the land, from the cozy Mullein House to secluded woodland cabins, or sleeping beneath the open sky.

Falling asleep to the sounds of the forest.
Waking to light moving through the leaves.

This is not just where the retreat takes place.
The land itself is part of the medicine.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Everything you need to arrive fully and rest deeply is taken care of.

Your stay includes comfortable accommodations, and nourishing meals prepared by the on-site chef from Friday evening through Sunday lunch. You won't need to think about food or logistics.
You can simply be here.

You'll have full access to the land throughout the weekend.
Space to walk, rest, wander, and let what's unfolding settle in your body at its own pace.

After the retreat, you'll also receive a custom hypnosis and meditation album created to support your integration,
so the work doesn't stop when the weekend ends.
It travels home with you.

Early Registration Bonus

Register by May 30 and you'll also receive a curated apothecary gift bundle from Raven Crest Botanicals; herbs and botanicals to support you as you move through this transition.

CHOOSE YOUR SPACE

Select your accommodation below to reserve your place in the retreat.

CAMPING UNDER THE STARS

Pitch your tent just outside the Mullein House and fall asleep beneath a canopy of trees and summer sky. Wake with the light, the birds, and the scent of morning air. You’ll have full access to the Mullein House bathrooms, hot showers, and shared kitchen.

Camping per person | $900

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SHARED ROOM • TWIN BED

The peaceful and beautifully decorated Mullein House offers shared rooms with two or three twin beds and shared bathroom. Shared space, simple and comfortable.

 

Shared Room per person | $1200

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DOUBLE ROOM

QUEEN OR FULL

For couples and close friends, our beautifully decorated cabin, Mullein House and tiny house offer double rooms with a shared queen or full-size bed and shared bathroom.

Double Room per person | $1200

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SINGLE ROOM

Our lovely cabin and the beautifully decorated Mullein House offer single rooms with shared bathrooms. A quiet space to rest, reflect, and have time to yourself, while still being part of the shared retreat experience.

Single Room | $1700

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PAYMENT & RESERVATION DETAILS

You may choose to pay in full or place a non-refundable 50% deposit to reserve your spot.
The remaining balance is due within 30 days or prior to the start of the retreat.

Klarna & Afterpay payment plans available when selecting PIF option.

Spots are intentionally limited to keep the experience intimate and spacious.

Due to the nature of this retreat, all payments are non-refundable.
Reservations may be transferred with approval.

FAQs

THIS IS YOUR MOMENT

There are times in life when something is shifting.
You can feel it, even before you can fully name it.

You can keep moving through it on your own.
Or you can step into a space designed to hold you inside it.

You don't need to have everything figured out.
You don't need to be ready.
You just need to be willing to meet yourself here.

If something in you is responding to this, that is enough.

You don't have to do this part alone.

Spaces are intentionally limited to preserve the intimacy of the container.

Reserve your place below.

The Threshold
Death, Grief & Becoming
31 July – 2 August 2026
Raven Crest Botanicals
New York

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