An Invitation to Love

Let the alchemy of love change your relationships

Join us in an intimate setting among 700 dedicated acres in the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains, to discover what it means to create a life rooted in love with better relationships.

We each have an unstated and unseen container that we operate in, that sets the standards for how we engage in relationships.  Here in our circle, you will uncover what that container of love consists of and how to strengthen it so that you can operate from a place of love consistently in your life. 

Watch this brief video to learn more about the retreat.

Do you want experience more love?

The call to deepen in love itself and create stronger relationships all around you is best built from a foundation of self-love. To discover tools for bringing that magic back more fully into your life by reconnecting with your true self.

We are purposely keeping the group small so that we can help you understand how to fine tune your own container for love and open to both giving and receiving more love with all those around you.

What to Expect

  • Experience

    · Understand how to establish a container of love for yourself as the first step to better relationships

    · Explore how to uniquely establish love as the foundation in your life so you can experience deeper intimacy and connection with others

    · Intuitive messages of love specifically shared for this group

    · The means to get in touch with your heart and help you live in alignment with it

    · Beautiful, healing guided meditations to feel your wholeness and stay in connection with your divine nature

    · An intimate, sacred cacao ceremony to deepen your capacity for love through an open heart

    · A magical sound bath with Tibetan bowls, chimes, drums, bells, and other instruments

    · Time in the gorgeous 700-acre spiritual community with gardens, temples, and wildlife in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains

    · The gift to step away from your daily life and reflect, really listening to your heart, and hearing your inner guidance

  • Environment

    · Support before the retreat to help you get the most out of your time there

    · A focus on engaging participation, compassionate witnessing of each member, and the experience of heartfelt community

    · A follow-up integration session after you return home with Laura

    · Time to be in nature, explore the beautiful gardens at the Crystal Hermitage

    · 3 nights lodging at the Gaia House at Ananda Village. Each room is shared and has 2 single beds in a newly remodeled retreat home

    · All meals and snacks provided from Thursday dinner through Sunday lunch (see more info below)

    · A small group setting (max 10 participants) to ensure a personalized, custom experience

    · Arrival Thursday 4-5:00 pm and departure Sunday 1:00 pm

  • Accommodations & Food

    Ananda Village - Gaia House

    14618 Tyler Foote Rd., Nevada City, CA 95959

    Set in Ananda Village, one of the world’s most successful spiritual communities. Situated in the Sierra Nevada Foothills in Northern California, we are approximately two hours east of Sacramento and two hours west of Lake Tahoe

    Amazing vegetarian meals with accommodation available for gluten and dairy sensitivities

  • Other Info

    Note: Travel to and from the retreat center are attendee’s responsibility and not included

    Our staff travel coordinator is available for assistance

    Requests for a personal room can be accommodated for an additional charge if available

    All gender orientations welcome

Invitation to Love Retreat Schedule

  • 4:00pm-5:00pm Arrive at Gaia House at the Ananda Village

    Free time to unpack and explore gardens

    5:30pm Opening Circle

    6:30pm Dinner and get acquainted

    8:00pm Sound bath with Tibetan bowls

  • 8:30am Breakfast at Gaia House

    9:00am Retreat Overview & Core Concepts

    10:00am Break

    10:30am Session 1: The Foundation of Self-Love - Your Divine Essence

    11:45am Break

    12:30pm Lunch

    2:00pm Session 2: Identifying Expectations and Needs in Love

    3:30pm Free time or one-on-one time with Laura

    6:30pm Dinner

    8:00pm Opening to Love Meditation

  • 8:30am Breakfast at Gaia House

    9:00 am Circle discussion in the Crystal Hermitage Gardens

    10:00am Break

    10:30am Session 3: Understanding our container of love

    11:45am Break

    12:30pm Lunch

    2:00pm Session 4: The language of the heart in communication

    3:30pm Break

    4:30pm Outdoor/creative activity

    6:30pm Dinner

    8:00pm Cacao ceremony - intention setting, transformation and healing in sacred circle

  • 8:30am Breakfast at Gaia House

    9:30am Anchoring Your Foundation of Love

    10:45am Break

    11:00am Closing Circle

    12:30pm Lunch & Departure for Home

  • Laura Smith Biswas

    Laura is a shamanic practitioner, channel, healer, and author of The Cosmology of Love: 70+ Ways to Experience Greater Love. Her mission in life is focused on teaching tangible ways to love ourselves and experience more intimacy in our close relationships.

    Her Amazon best-selling book introduces the core 5 ways of loving. It illuminates how to identify what your top needs are in receiving love, specific ways to help you stoke the fire of intimate relationships, and improve your skillset in communicating love in all relationships. Her work reminds people that love isn’t an accidental thing we find, but something that thrives under conditions that we have the power to cultivate. Laura’s book has been highlighted in a number of media outlets worldwide.

    Laura is a teacher, entrepreneur, and mother of 3 young adults and lives in Southern CA with her life partner. She holds a MS in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica and a MBA from Yale University.

  • Susanna Brisk

    Susanna Brisk took a circuitous path to her healing vocation. For years she had an unusual knack of being able to read people’s sexual patterns, proclivities, and desire blocks with minimal context. People had sidled up to Brisk with their deepest confessions for as long as she could remember; it was something she viewed as normal, until her own awakening inspired a name to harness these abilities: Sexual Intuitive®.

    Born in Estonia, in the former Soviet Union, Brisk and her small family emigrated to Australia through the U.N. Refugee program. After being scouted as a model, she quickly booked national T.V. commercials, paving the way for a long career as a writer, stand-up comic, actor, and solo performer. An awakening pivoted her out of her marriage and show business, and after a rigorous study of energy healing, Brisk began coaching clients from all over the world with her trademark gift of humor and the empathy of a mental health warrior.

    A gifted public speaker, teacher, researcher, and broadcaster, Susanna has taught workshops on intuitive sexuality at the Pleasure Chest, Stockroom University, San Francisco’s legendary Kink space, and LA Sexual Health Expo, as well as teaching and giving a keynote presentation at Big Love Fest in Melbourne, Australia. Susanna is also a CSE (Certified Sex Educator) and Master Coach. Her book How to Get Laid Using Your Intuition went to #1 on Amazon in the Sexual Health category, following a monster Reddit AMA. Her days are spent writing, helping clients connect, and living a bold, self-expressed reality.

  • Sharon Martin

    Sharon is an energy healer and intuitive who developed her own intuitive healing process that she combines with sound therapy. She is Certified in Reiki, is a Certified Theta Healing Practitioner, and is a certified sound healer. She was gifted the titles of Shaman and Medicine Woman in her work.

    She is also a Certified Life Coach since 2010, and in January 2013 received her Certification in the Heart IQ Method, a Heart Intelligence program developed by Christian Pankhurst. She teaches Heart-Centered Awareness Training which is an integrated solution of many heart-focused and law of attraction teachings combined with the information given to her through channeling and intuitive reading sessions.

    Her mission is to help others navigate all the major changes that are occurring with both Earth and humanity as we ascend to the next level.