August 21-23 2026 Weekend
🌿 Deep Listening 🌬️👂
An Immersive Weekend of Connection, Creativity & Community
📅 August 21-23, 2026
📍 The Hearth • Grass Valley, CA
Join us for Deep Listening — a powerful and nourishing weekend retreat dedicated to attuning to ourselves, each other, and the land. Set at The Hearth, a homestead sanctuary in the Sierra foothills, this event brings together empathy practices, music improv and flow workshops, natural building, and embodied listening — all held in the arms of community and nature.
Whether you’re called to pick up a tool and shape something from the Earth, deepen your skills in emotional & communication fluency and authentic connection, or drop into the flow of improvised music and song, this gathering invites you to come as you are and listen deeply — to your inner voice, to each other, and to the land beneath your feet.
Here’s the fully integrated version with special guest performances and a clear highlight for Honey of the Heart:
🌿 Deep Listening at The Hearth
August 21–23, 2026 | The Hearth Village • Grass Valley, CA
What becomes possible when we truly listen—
to ourselves, to each other, and to the subtle intelligence of the land?
Deep Listening is a weekend immersion in connection, creativity, and community—
a living village where presence, expression, and relationship take center stage.
This is a space to slow down… soften… and remember how to be in real connection.
🌀 The Core Experience
Over three days, we co-create an immersive field of:
🎶 Live Music & Improvisation – music as a pathway into shared presence
💃 Movement & Dance Workshops – awakening the body’s natural intelligence
🎤 Singing & Vocal Opening – liberating your authentic voice
🧠 Empathy & Deep Listening Practices – cultivating relational awareness and attunement
🌲 Nature Connection – grounding into land, rhythm, and simplicity
This is a space to be seen, heard, and felt—without needing to perform.
💃 Featured Offering: Cocrea Dance – Embodied Flow
with Wren Lafeet
Through Cocrea Dance, Wren Lafeet guides participants into a deeply embodied exploration of connection through movement.
This is not about choreography—
it’s about presence in motion.
You’ll be invited into:
Relational movement and attunement
Somatic awareness and expression
Play, curiosity, and non-verbal communication
A powerful bridge between self-connection and shared experience.
🎭 Featured Offering: Medicine Theater
with Asher Lyons
Step into the unknown through guided improvisational theater—where real life becomes the material for transformation.
Through Medicine Theater, Asher Lyons invites participants into:
Embodied storytelling
Spontaneous expression
Shadow + archetypal exploration
Play as a gateway to truth
Improvisation as healing art—where what emerges is exactly what’s needed.
🎶 Live Music & Special Performances
🌟 Special Guest Performances (TBA) – curated artists joining the weekend to bring unique musical offerings into the space
❤️ Honey of the Heart Live Set (Saturday Afternoon/Evening) – a featured performance weaving soulful harmonies, global rhythms, and heart-centered songwriting into a powerful communal experience
Music is not just something we watch—
it’s something we enter together.
🎶 Community Improvisation Jams
Throughout the weekend, we open space for collaborative, in-the-moment creation:
Musicians, movers, vocalists, and observers all welcome
No experience needed—just a willingness to listen and respond
Co-creating soundscapes, rhythms, and shared expression
A place where connection becomes music.
🔥 A Playful Offering: Tribal Speed Friending
Woven into the weekend is an optional, lighthearted experience:
✨ Tribal Speed Friending ✨
A guided, rotating series of short connection moments designed to spark:
Genuine human connection
Curiosity and play
Unexpected resonance
Not about dating.
Not about outcomes.
Just a chance to meet each other—quickly, honestly, and with presence.
💫 Why This Matters
In a world of surface-level interaction,
this is a return to connection as a lived, embodied experience.
Here, you may discover:
A deeper relationship with yourself
The courage to be seen more fully
New friendships and creative collaborations
A sense of belonging that lingers beyond the weekend
🌲 The Hearth Village Experience
Held on the land at The Hearth, just outside Grass Valley, this immersion invites you into:
A village-style, intimate group setting
Sauna, hot tub, and cold plunge resets
Fireside circles and spontaneous music
Space for both solitude and connection
❤️ Who This Is For
Those longing for deeper, more meaningful connection
Humans curious about expression, intimacy, and community
Creatives, facilitators, and seekers
Anyone ready to step into a more present, relational way of being
🔗 Come As You Are
No need to have it all figured out.
No need to be “good” at any of this.
Just bring your curiosity, your openness, and your humanness.
August 21–23, 2026
The Hearth Village • Grass Valley, CA
More details + registration coming soon.
🌲 Tentative Weekend Flow & Schedule Friday, August 21-23
🌿 Deep Listening at The Hearth
August 21–23, 2026 | Sample Flow
🗓 Friday — Arrival + Opening the Field
| Time | Experience |
|---|---|
| 3:00–5:00 pm | Arrival + Landing / Settle In |
| 5:00–6:00 pm | Welcome Circle + Agreements |
| 6:00–7:00 pm | Dinner / Nourishment |
| 7:00–8:30 pm | Opening Circle + Deep Listening Intro |
| 8:30–10:00 pm | 🎶 Community Jam + Fireside Hang (and/or Special Guest Musicians) |
| 10:00 pm → | Rest / Sauna / Integration |
🗓 Saturday — Expression + Connection
| Time | Experience |
|---|---|
| 8:00–9:00 am | Morning Movement / Optional Yoga + Silence |
| 9:00–10:00 am | Breakfast |
| 10:00–12:00 pm | 💃 Cocrea Dance – Embodied Flow with Wren Lafeet |
| 12:00–1:30 pm | Lunch + Integration |
| 1:30–3:00 pm | 🎭 Medicine Theater with Asher Lyons |
| 3:00–4:00 pm | Free Time / Sauna / Cold Plunge / Rest |
| 4:00–5:30 pm | 🔥 Tribal Speed Friending (Optional) |
| 5:30–7:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00–9:00 pm | ❤️ Honey of the Heart Live Set + Special Guests (TBA) |
| 9:00–10:30 pm | 🎶 Community Jam / Dance / Fireside |
| 10:30 pm → | Integration / Rest |
🗓 Sunday — Integration + Celebration
| Time | Experience |
|---|---|
| 8:00–9:00 am | Gentle Movement / Reflection |
| 9:00–10:00 am | Breakfast |
| 10:00–12:00 pm | Deep Listening Circle + Integration |
| 12:00–1:30 pm | Lunch + Community Hang |
| 1:30–3:00 pm | 🎶 Community Improvisation Jam / Open Space |
| 3:00–4:00 pm | Rest / Nature Time / Sauna / Cold Plunge |
| 4:00–5:30 pm | 🎤 Vocal Opening / Group Singing Integration |
| 5:30–6:00 pm | Dinner / Light Nourishment |
| 6:00–9:00 pm | 🌟 Featured Concert: Notable Guest Band (TBA) |
| 9:00 pm → | Closing Hang / Soft Departures / Integration |
🎟️ Tickets & Accommodations
Weekend Retreat Pass:
💲 $650 – $1250 sliding scale
Includes all workshops, meals, activities, and camping on-site for the weekend.
Lodging Options
🏕️ Included: Tent camping on-site
🚐 Limited RV/Camper Spots: No fee, no hookups (power available only in designated spots)
🛏️ Room Rentals: Limited indoor accommodations available for $100+/night
Spaces are very limited and this retreat is designed to be intimate. Please register early to reserve your spot.
🌻 Highlights:
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Transformative empathy & communication practices
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Improvisational music & flow workshops
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Evening fireside jams, storytelling, and community singing
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Nourishing organic meals and unstructured rest time
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Time in nature, quietude, and connection
- Natural Building & Land Projects
🔗 Reserve Your Spot
www.honeyoftheheart.com/shows
📩 Questions or requests? honeyoftheheart@gmail.com