Aug Fri 7, Sat 8, & Sun 9

Healthy Alternatives Wellness Center

2026 Retreat at Light on the Hill

Raise your vibration and reset your nervous system.

The 8th day of the 8th month is a very powerful day for manifestation and abundance, and it’s called the Lion’s Gate Portal.
It is a time to attract abundance and manifest your wishes. It's a spiritually charged gateway that amplifies your intentions and connects you more deeply to your soul's wisdom. It is a time to create positive change.

​This immersive experience is designed for those who are ready to release old programming, dissolve limiting beliefs, and step into the life they were meant to live. Through a blend of transformational healing practices, subconscious reprogramming, & nervous system regulation you will be guided to safely meet, release and create lasting change from inside out. This is not just a retreat it's a reset for your body, mind, and spirit. It is a chance to leave behind the weight of your past and step forward into your life with freedom clarity and alignment. Light on the hill is the ideal place to unplug, slow down that fast pace, and get back in touch with nature. Is your spirit ready to flow into alignment, reset your nervous system, and step into your highest timeline and be part of a soulful community? Then Healthy Alternatives Wellness center retreat at light on the Hill is the retreat for you.

​August 8 will be the Lions Gate which is an amazing time to be at the sacred space at Light on the Hill.

The Lions Gate portal 8/8 is a cosmic alignment that amplifies spiritual energy for manifestation and abundance.

Highlights:

• Breathwork techniques to calm the nervous system
• Expand your consciousness and accelerate your 5D ascension journey.
• Walk the Labyrinth and step into the grounding bowl while being immersed in the sound of Crystal bowls
• Connect with your animal spirit guides
• Forest walk to meet your animal spirit guides & ceremony with Shamanic Drumming
• Breathtaking nature walks
• Sound Immersion meditations
• Yoga
• Rejuvenate your body mind and spirit
• Recalibrate your chakras and release outdated patterns and reset your nervous system to a higher frequency.
• Peace Circle Group
• Delicious, organic gourmet vegetarian meals
• Free time to explore nature (236 acres)
• Make time for your own sacred space: rest, journal, read, draw, walk, pray, contemplate, or nap
• Walk the labyrinth and embrace what feeds your soul
• Relaxing moments in your private room or with a friend offers space for your healing journey

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Transformational workshops:

• Release negative unhealthy energetic chords of attachment,
• Release Stress and anxiety with sound healing,
• Somatic yoga,
• Connect with your animal spirit guides,
• Journey and transformational experience to help you clear your path, find deeper clarity and align with your highest timeline
• Akashic records sound immersion to find your highest timeline.
• Merkaba activation sound immersion
• Step into the 8/8 Lion's Gate Portal Sound Immersion

Includes:

• Comfortable lodging in a private (or shared) room.
• All classes & programs
• Dinner Friday night
• 3 meals on Saturday
• Sunday breakfast

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Friday ·

• 2:00 PM Welcome / Short Orientation / Set Intentions / Group Picture
• 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Explore nature, walk the trails or visit Stillpoint Sanctuary
• 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Explore gift shop and time to explore nature, walk the trails or visit Stillpoint Sanctuary
• 6:00 PM Dinner
• 7:00 PM Release negative, unhealthy energetic cords of attachment
• 8:00 Breath work and heart coherence
• 8:30 PM Yoga and Sound

Saturday

• 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM, Breakfast
• 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Release stress. set your intention to Walk the Labyrinth and step into the grounding bowl while being immersed in the sound of Crystal bowls
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Yoga at Labyrinth
• 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM visit Stillpoint Sanctuary. (Possible meet and greet with Alice McDowel)
• 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch followed by Group Picture – wear Light on the Hill T-Shirt or if you already have a Healthy Alternatives T-shirt.
• 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Forest walk to meet your animal spirit guides ceremony with Shamanic Drumming.
• 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Merkaba activation sound immersion,
• 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM yoga
• 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Relax & Reset or visit gift shop.
• 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner
• 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Akashic records sound immersion to find your highest timeline.
• 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM 8/8 Lion's Gate Portal Sound Immersion.

Sunday

• 8:00 AM Breakfast
• 9:00 AM Peace Circle Group & Closing. Then a walk outside to ground and walk through the rainbow of Love and appreciation.
• 11:00 AM Check out

Times and activities subject to change according to the weather.

Do not feel like you have to do all events. Take time for yourself to relax and enjoy nature and reset.

Call or text (585) 663-6454 for more information.

Release negative, Unhealthy energetic cords of attachment

In order to move forward, we must let go of unhealthy attachments to make room for new opportunities. We must align our chakras, raise our vibration, and connect to our highest timeline

Negative energetic chords of attachment link us to other people, places, objects, thoughts, or beliefs. They are invisible energetic connections. Think of them as a network of spider webs connecting us with literally every person we've ever interacted with... Friends, family, lovers, employers.

Each cord has energy going into it from both ends. The strength of the cord or connection depends upon how much energy (healthy or toxic) we give it, and how much energy we allow from the other end. When there's an unhealthy connection there's an imbalance in the relationship. Which can affect mood, feelings of dependency, anger, anxiety, resentment, mistrust, fear or feeling drained or obsessive thinking. Releasing these negative attachments we reset the connection, recalling our energy or personal power back, giving us a chance to reestablish the relationship.

It can help us find clarity and inner peace. We become more present and aware of our surroundings. This helps us to create a foundation of healthy boundaries, otherwise the lessons repeat themselves. You are here to reclaim your freedom! Come with a specific person, place, thing, thought, or belief you would like to reset the connection to.

Akashic records are a universal non-physical library or database containing the complete vibrational history and blueprint of every soul, thought, events, and emotion from the beginning of time, accessible through spiritual practices like meditation to gain insight for healing past issues, understanding your life's purpose, and navigating potential futures, though not predicting fixed outcomes. It holds The personal history of your soul, including past lives, karmic patterns, lessons learned, and potential futures, recorded without judgment. Understand your soul's journey, expand talents, and find greater joy and success. Gain clarity and recurring negative patterns ( karmic lessons) and release energetic blocks from past experiences. Explore potential future outcomes recognizing that free will allows for changes is outcomes are not set in stone.

Edgar Cayce the famous 20th century mystic known as the sleeping prophet heavily utilized the akasha records as his primary source for readings and healings.

The merkaba is a sacred geometric symbol of two interlocking tetrahedrons, forming a 3D star representing the union of spirit and body, divine light, and spiritual ascension, acting as a light vehicle or chariot to hire consciousness, balancing masculine/feminine energies, and facilitating healing and transformation through meditation and visualization. Derived from the Hebrew for “chariot”. It symbolizes connection to the divine with “Mer” (light) “Ka” (spirit) and “Ba” (body) It is a light body vehicle that transports the spirit to higher realms, enabling spiritual growth and interdimensional travel. It symbolizes the integration of masculine (upward tetrahedron solar) and feminine (downward lunar) energies and the connection between heaven and earth. It creates a spinning toroidal energy field around the body offering protection and amplifying spiritual experiences. It balances the brain hemispheres fostering deeper understanding and spiritual awakening.

Delicious Gourmet & Vegetarian Food

Light on the Hill’s cooks prepare meals in the lodge’s commercial kitchen. Meals at Light on the Hill are gourmet vegetarian with many vegan options. They use organic ingredients wherever possible. The cooks receive high praise about the food that is served.

Light On The Hill cooks are able to accommodate simple dietary restrictions such as gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan. However, if a person has a more restrictive diet than this, they suggest that the person bring their own food. Those wanting meat may bring cold cuts and cans of tuna, etc. but no meat is allowed to be cooked on the premises.

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Workshops will be held outdoors or indoors in the central sacred meeting space which is octagonal in shape making it perfect for Sound Immersion.

We will be staying at the Light on the Hill Lodge where there are 18 single rooms.

Comfortable rooms overlooking the beautiful grounds.

There are also 4 double rooms if you choose to room with a friend!

Contact Carol Scheg-Morissette Call or text (585) 663-6454

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Light on the Hill Retreat Center

209 Blake Hill Road, Van Etten, NY,14889

Aug 7, 8, & 9

Price includes vegetarian meals.

Includes EVERYTHING, accommodations, all meals, & workshops.

Early Bird special deposit $175 by February 28 and balance due by April 28,

Early Bird discount 550 per person in a shared room, 575 for private room

After April 28, 575 per person in a shared room, 600 for private room

About your retreat leader Carol Scheg-Morissette is the owner of Healthy Alternatives Wellness Center. She is the co-author of The book the Art of Healing. It is her gift and passion to awaken people to their soul gifts and help them clear soul level blocks so they can move forward to their highest potential. It's imperative to heal from the inside outward. When you are in alignment to your souls calling it's inevitable that you will experience new levels of freedom, joy, and abundance while making an impact on the world.

Directions: Directions to Blake Hill Road​
From Rochester:Take NY Thruway east to Exit 42 Geneva. Take Rt. 14 south. (Rt. 14 makes a few turns in Geneva.) Just past Watkins Glen, turn left on Rt. 224. Continue on 224 for 18.1 miles to Blake Hill Road. You will pass the turn off to Rt. 223 and then see a billboard on your right just before Blake Hill. Turn left on to Blake Hill Road.
Light on the Hill is located exactly 1 mile up Blake Hill Road from Route 224. If you are attending a function at Inner Light Lodge, go one mile up Blake Hill and make your first left after the beige colored house. You will see the lodge ahead of you and can check-in there.

There is a Light on the Hill sign at the Blake Hill Road turn.

WARNING: Many GPS systems give incorrect directions when coming from the East (Spencer), and lead you to the “back way”, which is a poorly maintained, seasonal road. Be sure NOT to turn on Langford Creek Road from Rte 224. Keep going another mile to Blake Hill Rd.

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We encourage you to bring:​
• Water canteen
• Slippers or heavy socks as we ask that shoes be removed at the door
• Comfortable walking shoes and suitable warm clothing for winter walks
• Personal toiletries
• Insect repellant in summer
• Medications for allergies (especially bees/wasps)
• Outdoor towel or blanket
• Yoga matt
• Blanket and pillow for meditation
• Journal or paper.
• Personal fan
 

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The meal schedule is 8:00 am breakfast, 12:30 pm lunch, and 6:00 pm dinner. Meals are served within the first 30 minutes (breakfast and lunch) or 40 minutes (dinner). We encourage folks to get there towards the beginning time of the meal so the food is warm and fresh
The cooks are skilled in creating whole proteins through their combination of beans, grains, and vegetables. Lunch often includes some kind of soup or stew and salad, with fruit for dessert. They might serve a pasta salad or a quinoa dish, or hummus with pita bread and veggies. Dinner includes something more substantial, often combining rice, pasta, or quinoa with a vegetarian sauce or stew. Some of the cooks prepare grilled tofu or roasted veggies. Both lunch and dinner include salad. Dinner includes dessert (often something baked). Breakfast includes roasted potatoes, scrambled eggs, oatmeal, yogurt and fruit, homemade granola with fixins, and bread (for toast). You can remind folks that lots of meat-eaters love the cooking here. They are sometimes surprised by the variety of ways to prepare food and the delicious flavors possible with vegetarian cooking.

PLEASE NOTE: Retreat registration fee is not refundable, however it can be rolled over to the next year retreat or transferred to another attendee.