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ON RETREAT
Thursday November 12th - Monday November 16th, 2026
Ralston White Retreat Center
2 El Capitan Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941
"This has been one of the most amazing retreats I've been on!"
Join us in a clearing in the woods.
If you'd like to experience the rich kind of transformation that comes with being ensconced in Nature with a group of soul-seeking Loveworkers, join us.
Though easy to get to, we'll be in our own private world. After driving through the charming town of Mill Valley, at the foot of Mount Tamalpais, you'll find us in the woods, in an historic mansion built for love.
This retreat is for students of SMGI®, for clients of SMGI®, and for the friends invited by these.
It's an opportunity to journey deeply within, enhanced by the power of the group. You'll get to witness and participate in transformational processes, and to learn some fun and easy techniques to take home to your life and work.
It’s Time To Gather Again
For soul-connecting, life-empowering inner journeys, music making and gentle movement, in a safe container to dig deep and nurture your inner self.
Get Fueled for Your...
LAUNCH INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF YOUR SACRED SOUL JOURNEY
CONNECT WITH WHAT MATTERS MOST.
Be guided within, find answers, create solutions:
- Deepen your connection to your soul.
- Boost your inner power waiting to be more fully expressed.
- Empower your service to your sacred soul's mission and purpose.
- Witness and experience transformational healing methods.
- Learn some techniques to take back to your sphere of influence.
- Leave a different Being than when you arrived.
WE WILL JOURNEY
We'll journey in the shamanic way and the SMGI® way, aided by the power of the group and sacred sound.
WE WILL DRUM
Drums, rattles, chimes and other instruments provided for you to "play" with. No musical ability required.
WE WILL FEAST
We'll gather and share wholesome, organic foods that will fuel your spirit and delight your soul as well as your body.
GET NOURISHED
Our souls and our palates will be nourished with organic, local, non-GMO, made from scratch menus that feature locally grown, seasonal food from farmers and artisans. All lovingly prepared by our Five Star Chef, Jean-Pierre. And all made fresh, right before we sit down to eat. We'll break bread together enjoying each other's company and get inspired by the unique array of souls gathered 'round. Connections that are gifts that continue to give.
We'll have time to bathe our senses in the forest and the nourishing elements of nature with manicured areas to relax in, as well as gentle walking paths, along with steeper, more challenging climbs leading to great views. There are also sweet sitting spots arranged in the forest surrounding us.
Our time journeying, gently moving, and music making together will feed our souls, enliven our spirits and bring us more into our bodies to enjoy life more than ever.
A rite of passage where we separate from the familiar, journey through experiences awaiting us in our rich inner worlds, and end our time changed, to return to our communities with gifts and wisdom to share.
We're excited to connect and grow with you!
Hear From 2024 Retreatants
Each year these retreats seem to be richer, better, more fun and more transformative. Divine.
Listen to 2023 Retreatants
Enjoy this video of clips from our 2023 retreat. And see more on our YouTube channel here.
Watch 2021 & 2022 Retreatants
Watch this video of clips from past retreats and get inspired about what can happen in our time together. So rich!
"Hardly will one find a practice that leads oneself to such wonder, self-growth, and self-fulfillment than the one Gina offers here. The development of one’s consciousness, soul, or whatever term of art you prefer is not a practice well understood or experienced in the sciences of today, but is extraordinarily rendered simple and powerful to experience through these methodologies here. A bountiful frontier of wisdom, healing, self-connection, and self-mastery exists at the edges of our comfort if we dare enough to explore."
Jeff Hale - Software Engineer, Polymath, Philosopher, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
"The retreat was truly extraordinary! I had the opportunity to strengthen my bond with my soul and discovered a sense of tranquility, connection, and groundedness that I hadn't felt in a long time, if ever. The journeys, the unconditional acceptance, the trust, the laughter, the music – it was all incredibly healing. Gina artfully organized the event with her spot-on intuition, fostering deep transformation for all participants. I'm confident that everyone left with newly polished inner gems. If you're contemplating it, take the plunge! A new world awaits on the other side."
Paula Stockamp, PEORIA, AZ
YOUR GUIDE FOR RETREAT:
GINA VANCE
For any who haven't met me yet, I'm simply a spiritual being having a physical and very human experience.
I owe my good fortune to great pain built from loads of trauma, that helped me find my way back to my soul and my sacred soul path.
Since 2001, I've been sharing how to heal and connect more fully to who and what you are, what you're capable of, and how to bring more of your gifts to the waiting world.
As the consciousness of the planet continues to shift at quantum speed, we now get to have more fun, joy and ease than ever.
Join me to journey inwards to explore, discover, heal and increase the power of the love you carry. The Love you are.
"I came to this retreat, really looking for connection and five days of really checking in with myself and getting some clarity. But what unfolded was something so much bigger than that. Each, journey that we did and each healing and interaction with each other, as we dropped in, the connection really built. I was able to do some healing that I so yearned for, for so many years. It just naturally unfolded in the intimacy of the group, and the trust that was built over the five days was just so beautiful. I will definitely return for the next one."
Michelle McKayla, SAUSALITO, CA
"It was my first experience of full-on receiving the benefits of Gina’s work. And I have returned to my life with a whole sense of spaciousness, where there was clogged-ness. I highly recommend this retreat. Gina's work is the most powerful work on the planet. I have spaciousness in my body and my psyche and in my etheric body, that I've never had before. I've been stuck with certain patterns and issues. I’m here today, completely unstuck and unbelievably grateful for the fabulous food we had; and Gina Vance's extraordinary work."
Leslie Lawton, NOVATO, CA
IS THIS RETREAT RIGHT FOR YOU?
This retreat was originally created for the students in the online SMGI® training, so they could have an in-person experience of the work. And so they could see journeys facilitated live, with volunteers from the group. It was also intended as an opportunity to learn the work more deeply, and to learn and experience ways to use SMGI® in a group setting.
Since the first retreat, our retreatants included not just students, but also clients who experienced this work in private sessions, along with some who were invited who'd never experienced this work at all. These were blown away at the ease with which they connected to most profound experience.
If you're a student of SMGI® this is for you.
If you've been guided by one of our SMGI® guides and love the work, this is for you.
If you like what you've seen and felt in your friend or loved-one who invited you to join us, this is for you.
We'll help you tune out the world around you and enjoy the magic of the Universe within you.
"Being in an environment where I wasn’t judged at all, and was given the opportunity to be my complete authentic self, is something I don’t think I’ve experienced before, and I feel as if a window of my soul was opened. It was profoundly healing. I have noticed I have this desire to authentically express myself now in a way that I can’t (and don’t want to) ignore."
Alison Diefenbach, CONCORD, CA
"I never felt such a feeling of community, clarity, connectedness, celebration, communication and change in any previous retreat that I’ve attended. No one was excluded or left behind and everyone had each other’s back! It was empowering with nourishment that came in many forms. Thank you so much for the opportunity to experience the retreat!"
Joann Blaska, MODESTO, CA
RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY!
Everyone’s journey is different. Pay the best way for you. Space is very limited so signup as soon as you know it's for you.
LIFETIME OF BENEFITS GUARANTEED
I've seen the benefits of this work enough times over the last 23 years, that I know its power. Not only will you experience transformation while on retreat, you'll leave with the benefits continuing to cascade throughout your mind-body system, as you gently integrate all that's new, better and easier.
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"This has been one of the most amazing retreats I've been on. I loved how I was able to connect on a Soul level with the other participants, and to share deeply enriching experiences. Gina expertly held the container for the five days, and was supported by all of us, creating opportunities to have profound inner world journeys."
Jean-Pierre Weingarten, MILL VALLEY, CA
"Thank you for a most wonderful, easy, gentle, life changing, breakthrough experience!"
AmyAnna Soto, TURLOCK, CA
"Gina's SMGI® retreat was a wonderful, transformative experience. I felt well taken care of the entire time. Gina created a safe and supportive space that made me comfortable getting uncomfortable....where vulnerability, open sharing, and true transformation occurs. I came away with additional insights, deep healing, and clarity for my next best steps. My favorite and most helpful parts of the retreat were the inner guided journeys - personally experiencing the impact as a recipient was healing both physically and emotionally. My severe body pain was minimized from a level 10+ to a 3, and with each following day improving more. Thank you Gina for an experience I'll always remember."
Kathy Z, CHARLOTTE, NC
"This SMGI® retreat has been the most enriching retreat experience I have ever had, and I suspect ever will. Through curated journeys, experiences in and with nature, musical participation, and other shared experiences with an amazing group of individuals, I have returned to the world with a new wealth of insight that is simultaneously magical and practical. I carry all of this with me moving forward to inform my life on so many, many levels, professionally and personally. Thank you so very much Gina and Chef Jean-Pierre for such a transformative advantage."