Retreats
A Retreat for your Soul: Yoga & Sacred Sound
June 13-15th , 2025
Trout Lake Abbey Retreat Center
Quiet your mind, engage your body, and be deeply nourished in this immersive 2-night, 3-day retreat that includes yoga, meditation, breathwork, kirtan, sacred sound, intuitive healing, locally sourced organic food, nature, and so much more!
The retreat will take place at the beautiful Trout Lake Abbey, a Buddhist retreat center and organic farm, located on a 23 acre sanctuary with a stunning view of Mt Adams. The Abbey's mission is to support the well-being of all living things and provides a home for people of all beliefs to find peace.
Pricing starts at $695 per person.
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Kavita Kat Macmillan, Kirtan & Sacred Sound
Kavita is a musician, performer and transformational creative guide who brings over 20 years of teaching, sharing kirtan & study of Naad (sound) yoga & Hindustani vocal practice to her classes and offerings. She facilitates at retreats, workshops, private & group classes & spiritual festivals internationally. @kavitakatmacmillan
Crystal Borup, Yoga & Meditation
Crystal is a Retreat Leader, Yoga and Meditation Teacher, Reiki Master, and Author of Yoga Beyond the Physical. She is the co-founder of the Teton Yoga Festival and Leaders of Unity. She is passionate about aligning individuals with a higher purpose, that supports the well-being of our planet, and strengthens the interconnectedness of humanity. @crystalborup
Plus! A Special Guest healer: TBA will also be offering private sesisons during our weekend together.
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Friday
1:00 PM Check in
4:00 - 6:00 PM Welcome Class
6:00 - 7:00 PM Dinner
7:00 - 8:30 PM ClassSaturday
8:00 - 9:00 AM Class
9:00 - 10:00 AM Breakfast
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Class TBD
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Class
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Dinner
7:00 - 8:30 PM ClassSunday
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Class
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Breakfast
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Closing Class
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Final Class TNDCheckout TBD
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There are a variety of accommodations available onsite, including RV/Van and tent camping, meditation huts, cabins, and rooms. Please visit our registration page to learn more.
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Included:
Daily Yoga
Breathwork
Meditation
Kirtan
Sacred Sound
Community
5 Meals
LodgingNot included:
Transportation
Tents
Private Sessions
Private Sessions -
Available with Kavita Kat Macmillan or Crystal Borup
You will have the opportunity to book private sessions with the facilitators. Each therapy session will be individualized based on what you bring and on the tools used by the practitioner. All sessions will calm your nervous system and offer you support for this weekend of practice. Crystal offers Reiki and Energetic healing while Kavita offers sessions to cultivate your Vocal resonance & opening.
Other Special Guests TBA!
Caterer: Kristen Young, Private Chef
Kristen Young started cooking at an early age alongside her mother and Grandfather. She attended culinary school in Chicago, promptly moved to San Diego where she worked as a Private Chef for over 10 years. With the help of some friends, Kristen created a pop up dinner group called Table by Destination, t.b.d., featuring themed dinners based on the seasons, the location and their whims. They partnered with farms, breweries and wineries to create unique, one time only dinner events for people to enjoy. Now here, in the Columbia Gorge, Kristen still cooks and occasionally hosts pop up dinners at her property pulling from her garden and what nature has to offer. An Advent gardener and baker, she also loves to explore nature by hiking and paddle boarding.
We are excited to have once again on board ~ Photographer: Mattea Schwab!
Currently residing in White Salmon, WA, Mattea works as a full-time Artist/Designer/Photographer. She enjoys spending time creating art, foraging in the forests, swimming in rivers & lakes, surfing in nearby oceans, & skiing the surrounding mountains. https://www.osoandco.com/photography
Mattea will divide her time during the retreat between taking photos and actively participating in the experience. Her goal is to capture the magic of our retreat, ensuring that all participants have something to remember our special weekend. A link will be emailed to everyone after Mattea is done editing and uploading the photos. These photos will be accessible for purchase and download.
Wake Up The Heart:
a Sound Yoga and Sacred Music Retreat
Jan 2026 (dates TBA)
Villa Sumaya, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
An intimate week of Bhakti Yoga & Sacred Sound practice cultivating the muse and connecting to Spirit.
Join devotional musician and creative guide Kavita Kat Macmillan for this week of Bhakti music, Sound yoga, vocal opening, and deep practice. Kavita will be supported by other experienced guides for yoga and music including Celtic-harper & multi-instrumentalist Dave Hoover to guide and hold our container for this week.
~ Daily sound yoga, Chakra & mantra meditation & asana practice
~ ‘Open Your Voice~Open Your Heart’ workshops
~ Hanuman Chalisa, morning devotional singing.
~ Evening devotional Kirtan and mystical sound baths.
~ Space for time in nature, excursions to local markets, hiking the mountain, swimming & relaxation
~ Mayan cultural ceremony
~ 3 plant-based wholesome meals a day. Tea and coffee service, filtered water.
~ On-site spa for personal massage and treatments
Each participant will be supported on their personal creative and spiritual journey through the 7 energy centers of the body exploring the power of devotional music supported by beauty of Lake Atitlan and the ritual container created by these experienced facilitators. We will indulge in the magic of Mayan Cacao as well as a Mayan Fire Ceremony to connect with the land and pay homage to our ancestors.
No musical experience necessary - just a willingness to show up for your own process and be surprised by what you find! Listeners and those new to Sacred Sound practice are welcome as well as those who have experience or prefer to listen. If you play an instrument you are welcome to bring it if you like.
By witnessing one another on this path we allow for our authentic creative voices to arise and be heard. We are all musical beings and our light shines most brightly reflecting off one another! Come 'Wake up the Heart' of devotion this week with us and feel the LOVE you are.
Refer a friend who signs up and get $108 off!
We are so looking forward to this circle coming together! More details and a full schedule to come after registration.
To join us, reserve HERE(link available soon) to complete your deposit.
questions? contact Kavita: info@kavitakatmacmillan.com
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Deposit & Payment details for 2026 will be available soon at our WeTravel link.
Pricing for shared triple accommodation starts at 2695 with a $500 deposit for shared room OR $1000 deposit for private or shared suite. All payment info can be found on the WeTravel site link .
Payment plans are welcome. Get in touch if you have questions.
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Choose from luxury accommodations:
~shared triple or double Lake front room with private bath
~private or shared bungalows with private bath and patio
~ private or shared junior suites with private bath and patio (some with kitchen)
~ shared luxury suites with private bath & patio ( some with kitchen)
ALL have incredible views of Lake Atitlan and lush Mayan textiles throughout.
Check our WeTravel site for full room list & all pricing options.
Monthly payment plans are available, 80% due 30 days before our retreat he balance will be due 2 weeks prior to the retreat.
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Kavita Kat Macmillan is a devotional musician & yoga instructor who brings over 20 years of teaching, sharing kirtan & study of naad (sound) yoga to her classes and offerings. Kavita's 'Open Heart Kirtan' presents traditional mantras in original compositions with Western and Indian influences. Through her musical offerings, yoga asana classes & ‘Open your Voice ~ Open your Heart’ workshops Kavita guides students in truthful open expression and exploration of voice & movement, connecting deeply with the divine spirit. Kavita is a generous and nurturing guide for those interested in exploring this path.
Dave Hoover a Celtic harper & multi-instrumentalist, storyteller bard who connects ancestral wisdom to faciliate present day healing. https://davehoover.bandcamp.com/music
plus special Guests! TBA
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Included: All workshop sessions plus 3 vegetarian meals a day, accommodations at the gorgeous eco-retreat Villa Sumaya on the shore of Lake Atitlan. Cacao Ritual and Mayan Fire Ceremony included for the group.
Not included: Transportation to/from Villa Sumaya. We will help arrange.
Airfare to Guatemala City
Other extras that may be added: Tips, fish or chicken for meals, & internet at the resort are extra, as well as optional excursions that we will arrange once we are together.
Other ceremonies and optional excursions.
Priavte Spa and healing sessions with practitioners at Villa Sumaya or retreat facilitators.
Please consult the Villa Sumaya website for more information about this very special place.
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All deposits and payments are non-refundable.
If a participant needs to cancel and is able to find a replacement participant more than 2 weeks from the retreat start date we will be able to accommodate the transfer.
Please be aware that the participant will be held responsible for any cancellation fees issued by Villa Sumaya (e.g., fees for room for changes less than 2 weeks prior or any other fees incurred).
Please be sure to get in touch as soon as possible if you have any questions or concerns. We will address emergency situations on an individual basis and do our best to find a solution that works for everyone.
“One of the best retreats I have ever attended.
Kavita thoroughly organized a multitude of details with retreat center and our travel, while providing sacred, rich, and fulfilling daily yoga, chanting, open the heart singing classes and kirtan. The cohesion and integration that developed between participants… we became family, in the one heart.”
- S.K. (attendee)
“I couldn’t have dreamed of a more beautiful experience. The venue, location, program and additional offerings were wonderful!”
- J.W. (attendee)
Images from Wake Up The Heart
“It was fabulous from the day we signed up to the day we left.
No stone was unturned. So much attention to detail and to each of our needs. We had so many options: visits to town, daily yoga, voice classes, The Chalisa and kirtans every night for us.
I have been on many retreats and to many kirtans. This was one of the very best…there was tremendous heart in all that Kavita did for us. All questions answered.. and of course all of the growth and learning in the music department plus amazing DAILY yoga… Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.”
- S.B. (attendee)
Visit Villa Sumaya’s website for virtual tours
“Kat's retreat was completely magical!
A week of community, song, spirit, and Kat's guidance was a trip I will never forget. So many beautiful moments, so much openness of the heart, such a time spent in how the joy of this human life can be.....
Anyone who gets the opportunity to participate in one of Kat's retreats will be enriched in ways they never anticipated. I can still close my eyes and hear the flowing of the harp…the beauty of Kat’s voice and feel the love surrounding us all.”
- R.M. (attendee)
Sound Sanctuary Retreat
Sept 19-Sept 21st 2024
A weekend immersion in Kirtan, Bhakti practice, Sound yoga and Asana with Kavita & friends.
Come spend three special days in Bhakti and Kirtan practice in the beautiful Rain Forest of Philomath, OR.
Sound Sanctuary is a chance to spend time with Kavita and the Open Heart Sangha musicians, sing with others in community, explore voice and music in the workshop space, and enjoy the power and magnificence of the Pacific Northwest coast. In this Fall retreat we focus each year on honoring our ancestors, creating a shared altar and holding a ritual together to offer gratitude and blessings to all those who have passed. Sunday the 21st is the new moon or ‘Amavasya’ and is known in the Vedic calendar as ‘Pitru Paksha’, the most potent time to honor the ancestors with many people on the globe remembering and honoring their ancestors for the 2 weeks prior to this day.
Accommodations at SoHA Sanctuary, a 142 acred wooded property committed to supporting spiritual and artistic gatherings.
Participants are invited to arrive any time after 4 pm Friday, to check in. We will share an evening vegetarian meal and then hold an opening Song Circle to get the weekend going! See the schedule below for other sessions.
Partial attendance is possible if you can only make some of the weekend, though our container is strongest with us all there so if you can we prefer that. That said, life happens and we understand. Get in touch with Kavita to arrange. Let Kavita know if you are interested in reserving a room to stay and looking for folks to share with. Click “Room details” in the dropdown menu to the left for more info!
Exchange for Weekend Workshop TBA includes all sessions + community meal Friday & Saturday, simple breakfast Saturday and Sunday + fruit and snacks during the weekend. Participants will take care of their own lunch, either bringing food to share in the shared kitchen or in nearby Philomath which has many lovely cafes. We usually have leftovers or soup available as well to share.
We are offering tiered workshop prices to help make this weekend accessible to ALL. Those that are able to offer more will assist us to provide for sliding scale & help support musicians. Inquire about this and work-trade options if you would like to participate and do not find a tier that fits your situation
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$320 community offering / $333 sustaining offering / $350 pay it forward offering
We love it if you can come to the whole weekend and it helps the integrity of our container. In the event you cannot:
Saturday only $175
Saturday + Sunday only $280
Kirtans only Sat $25/ night - ALL are welcome and invited + guests outside of retreat too
Inquire about work trade opportunities
REGISTER LINK for CC Soon!
Other options to save fees: ZELLE (preferred) to macmiillan.kat@gmail.com
Then reach out to Kavita at info@kavitakatmacmillan.com
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ALL rooms must be reserved separately by getting in touch with Kavita at info@kavitakatmacmillan.com
Rooms have a full bed or twin and full bed or full bunks. They sleep 1-5 people (in women's bunk room -5)
Room rates are $80-120 / night
There is one ADA-equipped room available.
Rooms are can be reserved after Kavita confirms availability for your choice by sending room rate via Zelle to.: macmillan.kat@gmail.com
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PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE (subject to surprises):
Friday, Oct 18th
5-6 pm vegetarian meal
7-8:30 pm Opening CircleSaturday, Oct 19th
7:30- 9 yoga asana + sound & silent meditation
9-11 breakfast and rest
11-1 Hanuman Chalisa + Sound workshop
1-3 lunch, rest, explore the grounds or town
3:30-5:30 Bhakti workshops with the band + participants
7-9 Saturday night KirtanSunday, Oct 20th
7:30-9 yoga asana + sound & silent meditation
9-11 breakfast and check-out of rooms
11:30-1:30 Hanuman Chalisa + Sound & Bhakti workshop
11:30 Closing Circle and packing out after 12 noon
“I would highly recommend any workshop or retreat with Kavita!
She has a way of lifting up the vocal vibrations like no other! Even if you don’t have much experience singing, you feel like you can sing with Kavita!”
- C.L.F.
“Kavita creates a beautiful and comfortable space to practice and center devotion. She humbly shares the divine teaching of those who have come before her. Her generosity and humility ground the students into the purpose of the practice.”
- N.
