The Sacred & Profane Retreat

April 23 - 25, 2023 | New Orleans, LA

Explore the Profane

Through the exploration of the profane and the sacred together, we experience the light and dark, the alpha and omega.

The profane is our animal instinct, our visceral connection. The sacred is our soulful connection to the larger universe. We, as humans, need both.

How do you explore what we deem profane? How do we connect to what is most sacred? How do we create a more complete and authentic version of ourselves?

Do you choose the sacred, or the profane? Can you see the light and the dark? Can you hold both?

Come to New Orleans. Explore how to embody both the sacred and profane.

Beyond the mundane, we discover and expand. Embedded within each moment is an opportunity for choice.

Understand What’s Sacred

Fall is a season of letting go. It signals us to return what grounds us and nourish the inside so we can be strong through winter’s storms.

We as humans have seasons. Understanding and practicing our intuition, energy flow, and reflective meditation aid us in reconnecting to our inner wisdom.

We’ve put together a retreat to inspire and nourish you INSIDE, and to help you confidently use energy tools, tarot, meditation, and visualization in your day-to-day life. Plus, we have special activities planned to facilitate meaningful connections with everyone attending to build and strengthen our collective community.

The Experience

  • We’ll explore our base nature by taking you to our most favorite, secret places in the French Quarter. We’ll witness & explore our own responses to the opportunities that arise.

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  • We’ll outline the tarot archetypes & you can see them in action in your own personal reading.

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  • Shadow work: What parts of you want to show your boobs on Bourbon St? Why? Do you need to drink? What is your profane?

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  • How do you recognize & integrate your darkness and light?

  • Food, drink, soak in the spiritual energy and spirit of New Orleans. Incredible food, drink, architecture and notice the dichotomies: the city of the dead is so full of life. Notice the unhoused next to the opulent.

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Magical Highlights. Expect suprises that are not listed!

Your Hosts: Michelle & Amy

We’ve been making magic together for years. If you’ve listened to our episodes of the Open Sesame Podcast (Season 1), or attended an Intuitive Tarot workshop with us, you likely know that we are here to help woo-curious humans question what they think they know, explore inward, and trust themselves more.

Michelle Mercurio is a brand catalyst, authenticist & storyteller who helps humans understand, be & free themselves from external expectations. These foundations guide her brand story work & her work here at Your Resident Witch.

Cora Kessler is the founder of Small Magic Studios and knows how humans are influenced and informed. She is a dedicated practitioner of inner work.

This is For You If:

  • You’ve been on Co-Star or Pattern looking for external answers, but know that you also need to spend time inside.

  • You want to understand how tarot, energy work, and meditative tools can help you access yourself & be incorporated into your daily life.

  • You’ve been neglecting yourself and it’s starting to show in your daily activities: doomscrolling, pushing-through, lethargy, or denial.

  • You know, deep down, you want to really care for yourself & be supported.

  • You want to stop feeling angsty, unsettled, distracted, frustrated, rushed, uninspired, blah, exhausted, and feel more free & open.

*Probably not for you if you don’t believe in self-work, exploring inner wisdom, or investing in a retreat to deepen your practice & understand how to access & be yourself.

Join the Journey Inward on Sat. November 12

Understand the tools & techniques to go deeper * Reflect & explore current surrounding energies * Reconnect to your inner wisdom & intentions

Leave inspired, with connections to an amazing community!

Spend the Day at Gretna Hollow Retreat Home

In a small town near a large river sits Gretna Hollow, a place of respite and magic. Located in the heart of Irvington (near Kilmarnock, Weems, Whitestone & The Tides Inn), this lovely place is perfect to rest, reconnect, explore, and escape.

“The home is truly magical. Once you turn into the driveway, it feels like your own private world.”

See You SOON!

IF you have any questions before you sign up, or want to know more, send us a note with your questions!

We look forward to journeying inward with you!