Anza, Berkeley Hills, CA
Awaken Embody Express
A One-Day Conscious Creative Retreat
December 6, 2025
The Invitation
There's a creative force within you that knows no bounds: a vital, awakened presence waiting to move through your body, your gifts, your life.
In this one-day immersion, we'll journey from recognition to revelation to raw expression. Through meditative, somatic, and intuitive creation practices, you'll discover what becomes possible when consciousness meets creativity, when awakening meets artistry.
This isn't about learning techniques. It's about remembering who you are beneath the stories and giving that truth a voice, a movement, a form.
with joy & reverence
Here’s What to Expect
Awaken
Through meditation, breathwork, and energetic transmission practices, we'll open the channel to activate your deepest creative essence. You'll journal what arises and share within our intimate circle, weaving together individual and collective insights.
Embody
Bring a project or idea as your creative companion, something you're birthing, growing, or reimagining. Through somatic and movement practices, you'll discover how your creation wants to live and evolve through your body, accessing deeper layers of what it's meant to become.
Express
Open studio time allows your awakened essence to pour into form. Whether through writing, movement, visual art, or any medium calling to you, you'll have space and support to express what's been activated throughout the day.
Nourish
Our home for the day is Anza in the Berkeley Hills, a space designed for depth, integration, and renewal. A curated tea bar, light garden lunch, and community dinner keep you grounded and connected. The Japanese hot tub, sauna, and cold plunge are available during downtime.
Meet Your Guide
Rachel Weissman is an artist, executive coach, intuitive guide, and keynote speaker whose own awakening in 2019 sparked a profound integration of consciousness and creativity.
With over 5,000 hours of meditation practice, yoga and meditation teacher certifications, and training through KAP Academy, she offers direct guidance and energetic transmissions that awaken life force energy and open access to nondual states. Her spiritual foundation draws on Advaita Vedanta, Hindu Tantra, and Tibetan Buddhism, and is further informed by contemporary psychological, somatic, and integral developmental approaches.
As an academically trained and practicing artist, former startup founder, and former design leader at Google and Salesforce AI, Rachel bridges ancient wisdom with modern innovation and creative expression. This retreat represents the synthesis of her journey: where spiritual awakening meets artistic creation, where consciousness becomes form.
Ready to Illuminate Your Creative Potential?
$555
December 6, 2025
10 am – 8:30 pm
Anza, Berekeley Hills, CA
What's Included:
✓ Guided practices, meditations, life force energy activations, and nondual transmissions
✓ Somatic and intuitive creative experiences
✓ Tea Bar: A curated selection of artisanal teas
✓ Light garden lunch: A shared platter of fresh fruit, vegetables, and seasonal dips
✓ Community dinner: Seasonal produce, satisfying mains, and handcrafted sides to support restoration
✓ Intimate group size for personalized attention
About Anza:
✓ Japanese hot tub, cold plunge, and sauna with stunning views
✓ Upper and lower decks for golden hour gathering
✓ Spaces designed to support your natural rhythm throughout the day
✓ Optional 9am arrival for additional amenities usage
FAQs
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No experience necessary. This retreat welcomes both beginners and seasoned practitioners. All practices are guided and accessible.
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Anything that calls for your creative energy: a business venture, artistic project, book idea, new offering, or even a life transition. Come with something specific or let something emerge on the day.
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Comfortable clothes you can move in, layers for temperature changes, swimsuit for hot tub/sauna/cold plunge, journal, water bottle. Bring whatever materials you need to bring your creativity to life: laptop, sketchbook, art supplies, musical instrument, or any tools for your chosen medium.
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All meals are plant-based and gluten-free friendly. Please let us know about any allergies or specific dietary needs when you register.
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Rachel is a certified Level 1 & 2 facilitator with KAP Academy, trained to provide both life force energy activation and nondual transmission. Rooted in the ancient Hindu practice of shaktipat, these are gentle yet powerful practices that activate energy through presence and intention, helping open channels of awareness, creativity, and peace. You can learn more through Rachel's website and KAP Academy's website.
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Early arrival at 9am is available for additional amenities usage. The retreat officially ends at 8:30pm, with the option to enjoy the amenities until 9pm before departing.
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Full refund if you cancel by November 22nd. After that, your payment can be applied to a future offering or transferred to someone else with prior approval. If we need to cancel for any reason, you'll receive a full refund.
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We recommend staying in Berkeley or North Oakland for easy access to the Berkeley Hills. We'll share detailed directions and parking information upon registration. Consider arriving by Friday and leaving Sunday to give yourself spaciousness around the retreat.
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We're here to help. Reach out to r@racheldweissman.com, and we'll gladly answer any questions.