Resonant Coherence
Reset your nervous system through immersive sound experiences that foster emotional ease, somatic relaxation, and internal balance.
You already hold the key to clarity, vitality, and inner harmony—your heart knows the way. During the powerful portal of the Summer Solstice, this immersive retreat invites you to listen deeper than ever before. Through live music, intentional sound, and sacred ritual, Billboard Top 40 artist and frequency researcher Charleene Closshey guides you into the Seven Chambers of the Alchemist’s Heart—an exclusive ceremonial journey designed to restore coherence, ignite your creative fire, and attune your inner landscape. Step into a new rhythm where sound becomes your co-creator, and the language of your heart becomes unmistakably clear.
This retreat is well-suited for sensitive, creative, and contemplative individuals, as well as those new to retreat experiences. No prerequisites required.
Starting at $335 (Tuition) + $616 (Lodging + Meals) plus tax
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Resonant Coherence
Reset your nervous system through immersive sound experiences that foster emotional ease, somatic relaxation, and internal balance.
Energetic Alignment
Attune to your Signature Frequency and embody heart coherence as a dynamic inner rhythm that revitalizes clarity, vitality, and creative flow.
Emotional Clarity
Recognize and reshape subconscious patterns with more compassion and discernment through sound-informed presence.
Inner Sovereignty
Illuminate your inner landscape through ceremonial frameworks that nurture deeper self-trust and authentic, soul-led growth.
Attuned Awareness
Develop a refined sensitivity to sound as a co-creative partner—one that reveals insight, fosters steadiness, and aligns you with presence.
Sustainable Harmony
Discover practical tools and rituals to maintain balance and emotional integration every day.
Sound as a Portal to Presence
Throughout this weekend, experience sonic alchemy as a living practice for full-bodied transformation. From crystal singing bowl immersions to the vibrational stillness of silence, every layer of this retreat is designed to deepen your nervous system’s harmony and expand your emotional landscape. You’ll engage in experiential journeys, reflective practices, and guided rituals that open space for your inner frequency to emerge and integrate. You’ll leave with a powerful daily ritual to attune and anchor your resonance long after the solstice sun sets.
Live 432 Hz chromatic crystal singing bowls paired with intentional silence and guided resonance practices.
A ceremonial alchemical journey into symbolic and somatic layers of the heart.
Anchor clarity, vitality, and renewal during a peak solar ceremony using sacred sound.
Learn and embody the AHA! Ritual: Attune · Harmonize · Alchemize for daily emotional coherence.
Sunrise and nighttime headphone-based sonic journeys blended with somatic movement and frequency medicine.
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This experiential retreat offers a well-balanced schedule that combines structured educational sessions with flexible time blocks – ensuring you have ample opportunity to engage in learning while also allowing personal time to explore the retreat center, participate in activities, and enjoy moments of reflection and relaxation.
(Program schedule subject to change.)
No. This experience is designed for all levels, including beginners. All practices are guided, invitational, and grounded in personal agency. You’ll be supported whether this is your first retreat or a continuation of an established inner practice.
No. While there are immersive sound journeys, this is an active, participatory experience. Participants learn how to consciously engage with sound as a co-creative force—through listening, voice, presence, and reflection—rather than simply receiving sound passively.
The Seven Chambers are a ceremonial framework explored through sound, presence, and inner listening. They are not steps to be climbed, but interior spaces that can be entered and revisited, each revealing a different quality of coherence, clarity, and inner fire. The process is experienced directly during the retreat rather than explained conceptually in advance.
No. While the work draws from spiritual science, symbolism, and universal principles found across many traditions, no belief system is required. The experience is experiential, inclusive, and grounded in direct perception rather than doctrine.
This retreat places sound at the center—not as background, but as an intelligent, relational medium. The work integrates live music, heart coherence, nervous system awareness, and symbolic ritual to create an experience that is both deeply inward and creatively activating. Many participants describe it as profoundly regulating, illuminating, and unlike anything they’ve experienced before.
Yes, in gentle and optional ways. The retreat includes group dialogue and occasional one-on-one or paired reflections, all facilitated with care and respect for individual boundaries. Sharing is always invitational, never required.
Yes. Participants are introduced to the AHA! Daily Heart Tuning—a simple three-step practice (Attune · Harmonize · Alchemize) that can be used in daily life to restore harmony, clarity, and presence. This practice is designed to support long-term integration beyond the retreat.
The Seven Chambers of the Alchemist’s Heart is an immersive, in-person ceremonial journey offered exclusively within retreat settings. Its depth relies on the shared field of sound, space, and group presence, which cannot be replicated online.
Participants are encouraged to arrive with curiosity, openness, and a willingness to listen inwardly. Comfortable clothing, a journal, and an open heart are recommended. No special preparation is required.
Charleene Closshey is a modern sonic alchemist whose work bridges music, science, and embodied spirituality. A classically trained, multi-instrumentalist composer and Billboard Top 40 artist, she has spent decades exploring sound not only as art, but as a living language that speaks directly to the nervous system, the heart, and the inner landscape.
Free activities include
Interactive Nature Hikes
Cooking Demos
Meditation & Movement Classes
Wellness Workshops
Paid activities include
Pottery Classes
Ayurvedic Wellness & Healing Arts Treatments
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For room reservations, Ayurveda Wellness Retreats, and Art of Living Retreat Center (AOLRC) signature retreats, we have the following cancellation policy:
AOLRC reserves the right to cancel a program at any time. If AOLRC cancels a program, you will receive a full refund. Some programs may have special cancellation policies; see individual workshop descriptions. For all other retreats, please be sure to check the registration page specific to that retreat.
Unless otherwise indicated, our programs are open to participants 18 years of age and older.
To encourage a healthy environment, we ask that guests not consume alcohol or meat in our public spaces. However, guests may enjoy these items in their rooms.
Our property is always smoke-free.
Yes, we ask that guests with food allergies simply inform us so we can communicate those needs to our chef. Typically, we label potential allergens such as gluten, dairy, and nuts. You may email us at info@artoflivingretreatcenter.org.
Thanks to the cool climate of the Blue Ridge Mountains, air conditioning is rarely needed. For the occasional warm day, there is a fan in each room to help keep you comfortable.
We do have lodging and event venues that are ADA-compliant. Due to the topography of our mountain campus, some are easier to access than others, so please speak to Guest Services (800.392.6870) prior to registering to ensure we can best accommodate your needs. We also have shuttles that run frequently throughout the campus.
We are committed to the safety of our guests and staff. Our mountaintop location and the surrounding areas are spacious, remote, safe, and secure.
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