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Rocky Mtn. Wellness Retreat
$750
FMV $1500
Imagine escaping the hustle and bustle of your daily routine and spending a week exploring 28 acres of high Colorado Rocky Mountain country with expansive views of Pikes Peak and other nearby mountains. Your host will be Pascha (McGinnity) McKeough, owner and builder of the Gaia Wellness Center in Guffey, Colorado. Pascha is a medical technologist and has been a certified massage therapist for the past 30 years. She built Gaia over a period of 12 years as a labor of love. Gaia features an "earthship" passive solar home constructed of natural and upcycled materials. It includes two guest spaces, a labyrinth, a sacred fire circle, a spirit lodge for outdoor meditation, and an outdoor wood-fired cedar hot tub. Pascha's story is the subject of a documentary titled "Grandma Builds an Earthship." You can spend your days hiking nature trails, observing wildlife, bird watching, walking the labyrinth, meditating in the spirit lodge, or relaxing and reading, listening to music, watching old movies, or napping. If you prefer, venture out to the surrounding area for mountain climbing, horseback riding, biking, river rafting, zip lining, snow shoeing and cross-country skiing in the winter, or touring Florissant Fossil Beds, sculpture gardens and quartz mines. At night soak under the stars in the wood-fired hot tub, drum by the sacred bonfire, or star gaze in the crystal-clear mountain skies.
Your stay at the Gaia Wellness Center will include the unique experience of living in an unconventionally constructed home that utilizes sustainable architecture, relies on natural energy sources and is independent of "the grid," uses greywater for indoor gardens, and maintains comfortable ambient temperatures without external heating or cooling utilities. You will have your own private bedroom and bathroom and will be served three healthy home-cooked meals per day. Pascha is offering each guest a massage during the week. She also is a spiritual life coach who is available to share her gift of heart-sharing (not therapy) upon request with her signature warmth, compassion, laughter and creativity. (Dates to be mutually agreed upon.)