The Resonant Gathering

 The Resonant Gathering

This nourishing day retreat invites you into a supportive space of healing, rest, and reconnection through the power of sound and presence. Together, we will explore gentle movement, vocal toning, sound healing, and yoga nidra as pathways to expand, embody, and to awaken our natural state of ease, balance, and vitality.

Join Heather Irene Smith and Dawn Sagonias for The Resonant Gathering.

Sound healing works through vibration to soothe the nervous system, clear stagnant energy, and realign the body and spirit. While gongs, bowls, and other instruments will hold and guide you, the most profound instrument is your own voice. Through vocal toning practices, you’ll experience how simple sounds—like humming, chanting, and sustained tones—can open the breath, calm the mind, and restore harmony from the inside out.

A Journey Inward: Mantra, Music, and Meditation

Heather Irene leads a deeply resonant session that combines the ancient practices of mantra, meditation, and music. We’ll begin by exploring the power of mantra, using sound as a vehicle to focus the mind and elevate our energy. We will then transition into a bija chakra meditation, a powerful practice that uses single-syllable bija ("seed") sounds to awaken and harmonize the body's energy centers. The session will be supported by the harmonium and live music, creating a sacred soundscape for you to rest, release, and reconnect with your inner self. No prior experience with any of these practices is necessary. All are welcome.

Yoga Nidra, often called "yogic sleep," will invite you into a deep state of rest and expansion. This guided laying-down meditation draws you into a healing theta state, where the body repairs and the spirit renews. Flowing seamlessly from this practice, you’ll be immersed in Dawn’s nurturing sound healing journey—a restorative hour-long bath of resonance designed to help you release tension, expand your awareness, and gently remember your wholeness.

Together, these practices will weave a tapestry of resonance—connecting body, breath, and spirit in a way that is both grounding and uplifting.

Retreat Flow

• 11:30–12:00 Gentle Arrival – Settle in, sip tea, ground into the space

• 12:00 Opening Circle – Intention setting & connection

• 1st Session Gentle Movement & Vocal Toning – Awakening body and voice

• 2nd Session Time in Nature – Retreat gardens walk, chai & nourishing snack

• 3rd Session Yoga Nidra & Sound Healing Journey with Dawn – Deep rest & renewal

• 5:00 Closing Circle – Integration & reflection

• 6:00 Plant-Based Dinner – Grounding, wholesome nourishment

  
  

Come as you are, and leave with your heart lightened, your body renewed, and your voice more fully connected to the truth of who you are.

Heather Irene Smith is an artist, musician, teacher, and E-RYT 500 Yoga instructor. Heather Irene initially trained under Dana Flynn at Laughing Lotus, NYC and completed her 300 hour YTT under the guidance of Sean Johnson and Michael Johnson at Asheville Yoga Center. Heather’s instructional style is steeped in her Bhakti practice and includes chanting, harmonium, storytelling, dance, poetry, sound healing modalities, and Yoga philosophy. Heather Irene offers intuitive Vinyasa and Gentle Flow asana practice with variations for all bodies.

You can learn more about Heather Irene and her offerings at https://www.rootsongyogaschool.com/

Dawn Sagonias is a Sound Healing Practitioner, Yoga Nidra / Yoga / Meditation facilitator, and has been in the field of Well-Being for 25 years, with massage therapy, energy work, sound healing, yoga, meditation, and hospitality. She runs the Inner Wolf Retreat Space and the Sound Nest, two sound healing studios in the Asheville area. Her sound healing sessions focus on relaxing the brain to the theta brainwave state for the whole hour of sound, and supports physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual support. She has facilitated sound healing sessions since 2015, including leading a weekly grief support sound healing for 4 years, and her sessions have helped many people integrate life’s plot twists. You can learn more about Dawn and her work at www.soundofanewdawn.com and www.innerwolfretreatspace.com