Get Your Glow in 2024
Summer Solstice Retreat
Treat yourself to a nourishing experience that can reset your health and take you on a new path of optimal wellness.
Ayurveda Summer Solstice Event Schedule
We invite you to join us June 21-23, 2024, at Marc of Healing in Berkley, MA, to learn more about Ayurveda and treat yourself to a one-of-a-kind experiential bliss.
FRIDAY, JUNE 21
6 - 8:30 pm
Community Welcome Reception & FREE Lecture by Kim Valeri Povey
SATURDAY, JUNE 22
7 - 8 pm
Bonds of Burning Love
SUNDAY, JUNE 23
7 - 8 pm
Fire Ceremony
WEEKEND DAY PASS
JUNE 22 - 23
Summer Solstice
Get Your Glow in ‘24 Day Pass
Friday, June 21, 2024 // 6 - 8:30 pm
Community Welcome Reception & FREE Lecture by Kim Valeri Povey
Open to all, this is a community event to explore Ayurveda’s principles on health and wellness, specifically on manifesting vitality, longevity, energy, and cultivating calmness.
The welcome reception starts at 6 pm, and the lecture follows at 7 pm.
Saturday, June 22, 2024 // 7 - 8:00 pm
Bonds of Burning Love
Enjoy the illuminating lyrics and melodies from Massachusetts native Angela Spignese. At the same time, open your heart and soul to celebrate the human journey of love and how it prepares you for divine love beyond words. Immerse yourself in the tranquility and beauty of Angela's voice during the Summer Solstice Get Your Glow in 24 retreat.
Angela is a classically trained singer who has loved writing lyrics and melodies since childhood. She was inspired to write songs with her dear friend after losing the love of her life to cancer (Glioblastoma) in 2022. Her debut EP, Malina, is dedicated to her incredible husband, their love, and her ever-evolving journey through grief and heartache. In addition to her love of music she is a salsa dancer with a passion for foreign languages and Ayurveda. Malina can be found on all streaming platforms.
Sunday, June 23, 2024 // 7 - 8 pm
Fire Ceremony
The sacred fire is seen as a spiritual gateway allowing communication with a higher realm, particularly with ancestors, using fire. It serves as a focal point for gathering and celebrating spiritual connection with the Universe, employing prayer as its powerful medium. Fire, known for its purifying qualities, encourages physical and emotional offerings.
When combined with heartfelt prayers, the sacred fire dispels fear, spreads joy, absolves karma, cleanses the environment, and fosters conditions conducive to peace and prosperity.
In Ayurvedic and Shamanic traditions, the fire ceremony serves to cleanse emotions and dispel unresolved conflicts and worries, leaving one feeling lighter, liberated, and more receptive internally. These ceremonies, performed by Kim Povey and her cousin Danielle Hanoud, aid in stress relief and mental tranquility.
Kim Valeri Povey
Danielle Hanoud
June 22 - 23
Summer Solstice Day Pass
Not only will your attendance allow our Ayurvedic Health Counselor and Practitioner students to hone their skills by working one-on-one with them, but you’ll also be treating yourself to a complete reset and relaxation with some fantastic spa services.
Kim Valeri Povey and her team, along with Danielle and Twinnie Hanoud of Marc of Healing, will take you on a nourishing journey that can reset your health and take you on a new path of optimal wellness.
Together…
Learn how to heal and nourish yourself with the medicinal spices you already have in your kitchen.
You’ll work one-on-one with Kim’s interns and receive a comprehensive health evaluation and an individualized Master Wellness Plan.
Reset your emotional health, digest feelings, and assimilate new
ways to navigate your life through a special healing circle event.Rest, relax, and retreat in serene and restorative places.
Energize and celebrate your new state of wellness with music
and dance.
What’s a retreat without some spa-like services?
This isn’t just an educational experience … you will be able to experience five special services:
Salt Room observatory – Halotherapy is a natural, safe way to remove toxicity from the respiratory system, improve the function of the immune system, and utilize trace elements and micronutrients in their natural form while listening to acoustical sound waves, in zero gravity chairs.
Listening to Plants – White resting on an earthing mat, hear the sounds of the plants and flowers in the garden room, through a special technology that relaxes and soothes your electromagnetic energy field.
Sauna – infrared therapy that is beneficial to help rid your body of pathogens and speed up healing while relieving joint and muscle aches.
Lymphatic clearing – mild compression to help the body flush lymph fluid and improve circulation.
Reflection exercise in the butterfly room – a special and sacred space to reflect, meditate, read, express emotions of grief and loss, and to give unconditional love and support for the suffering in the world.
Menu
Foods that are Balanced for Health
Chef Steve Long, with over three decades of culinary expertise and a background as the former head executive chef at Hemenway’s Restaurant in Rhode Island, will be curating our Ayurvedic meals designed to promote healing and balanced health according to the summer season. A graduate of Jonson & Wales Culinary School, he believes that food serves as both nourishment and sustenance, playing a vital role in overall mind/body wellness. Passionate about nature and dedicated to educating future generations, Chef Long imparts his knowledge by teaching children the importance of wholesome eating habits, fostering healing and happiness.
Chef Steve Long
"In the integration of body, mind, and spirit lies the secret to true wellness. When we nurture our soul, nourish our body, and expand our consciousness, we discover the path to optimal health and well-being.
— Deepak Chopra
$160
Summer Solstice Glow Pass
Includes:
✓a day of healing and renewal
✓Outdoor activities, weather permitting
✓ Two spa services: choose between Salt Room, Lymph, Saunas, and Earthing Garden services
✓ A comprehensive evaluation of your health
✓ Individualized Master Wellness Plan
✓ One Ayurvedic meal prepared by our Ayurvedic Chef, Steve Long
✓ Free lecture on Friday
✓ Saturday pass includes the concert and return access to the fire ceremony.
✓ Sunday pass includes the fire ceremony and return access to the concert.
✓ Day passes are all you need to enjoy the concert and fire ceremony. (Bring a friend for $20 at the door)
See You There!
ATTENTION STUDENT INTERNS
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ATTENTION STUDENT INTERNS 𑁍
KV Institute registration is separate for all Ayurvedic interns.
During the Ayurveda Summer Solstice Weekend, Student Interns will:
Get between up to 8 client encounters at the clinical internship
Enjoy nourishing Ayurvedic meals
Experience the Salt Room treatment and one other service based on availability and scheduling
Be introduced at the welcome reception and partake in the healing circle and music celebration festivities
Student interns can bring a guest to share a room at the hotel. If the guest would like to participate in the Ayurveda Summer Solstice Weekend, they must purchase it here. While interns study and work, guests can enjoy hotel amenities and local shops and attractions.