weekend
RETREAT
Root & Resonance
Sound Healing, Somatic Movement & Human Design
Coming Spring 2026
Step away from the pressures of productivity and enter a sacred circle of restoration. A day-long ceremonial retreat designed to help you release old patterns, reconnect with your body, and attune to your natural rhythm.
A collaborative circle formed by Buffy Owens, Terra Pfund, and Andrea Williams. Together, we will create a space for deep listening, gentle embodiment, and personal insight. Through somatic practices, sound healing, and honoring your Human Design insights, you’ll release patterns of overwork in a safe and supported environment to reclaim your inherent worth. Leave feeling rooted, rested, and rejuvenated.
Meet your Guides
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Buffy Owens is a certified Somatic Movement Practitioner and Spiritual Life Coach with over 20 years of experience guiding women to trust their bodies and live with purpose. Her work is rooted in the Feldenkrais Method, 30 years of meditation practice, and deep embodiment practices—helping clients move beyond disconnection and self-doubt to rediscover their innate wisdom and vitality.Buffy’s healing journey through childhood trauma and chronic health challenges led her to study the body, mind, and spirit that moves the form. Her path eventually led her to live at a Zen Temple, where she committed to cultivating a livelihood that would be a living expression of her vow to end suffering. It’s also where the seed of Conscious Movements was planted.
She specializes in supporting midlife women through life transitions, teaching them to listen to subtle body cues and feel safe and alive in their own skin. Through her Embodied Well
Membership and 1:1 coaching, Buffy guides women through her signature SOMA Framework to help them age well while creating meaningful impact. Her spiritual coaching approach honors the interconnectedness of body, mind, emotions, and energy—guiding clients to cultivate a felt sense of safety, greater awareness, and deep connection to the sacred dimension of life that is larger than any one individual.
Buffy’s work empowers women to embrace their evolving identity with curiosity and compassion—offering a sanctuary where deep body trust becomes the foundation for authentic living and purposeful contribution to the world.
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Andrea Williams, PhD is a certified Sound Healing Practitioner, UX Researcher, Sound Designer, Educator, and Transformational Coach. Her work is rooted in Deep Listening—a practice of full presence and sensory awareness that uncovers emotional depth and hidden insight. With over 20 years of experience, including teaching Deep Listening alongside Pauline Oliveros at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Andrea bridges research and intuition with clarity and care.Through her platform, Resonant Beings, she guides 1:1 sound healing, group sound baths, and her signature Catnap for Lucid Dreaming Workshop—a soundscape and creative journey that uses the Design Thinking Process to unlock intuition and imaginative flow to solve complex problems.
Andrea’s Transformational Deep Listening Coaching empowers individuals to navigate change with empathy, creativity, and purpose—offering restorative experiences where deep listening becomes a launchpad for clarity, leadership, and the discovery of one’s most authentic self.
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Terra Pfund is an Intuitive Astro-Herbalist, Quantum Human Design Specialist, and Devotional Land Tender who weaves together the wisdom of plants, stars, and Human Design to support transformation. Through Herbalism by Design, she invites others into a living relationship with the Earth and their own energy, cultivating sovereignty, resilience, and renewal in times of profound collective transition.Her work bridges ancient herbal traditions with the quantum lens of Human Design, offering pathways of embodied practice that honor both the body’s innate intelligence and the spirit of the plants. She carries a deep commitment to decolonial healing, recognizing the ways ancestral patterns live within us and how liberation unfolds through reconnection, reciprocity, and right relationship with land.
As a teacher, guide, and practitioner, Terra creates spaces where intuition, plant allies, and design meet—spaces that nurture clarity, awaken vitality, and restore wholeness. Her offerings include courses, plant spirit remedies, and community-supported practices that remind us: sovereignty is our birthright, and every step toward it is a return to harmony with Earth and cosmos.
Intentionally Intimate
We limit the number of participants so that we can go deep and feel the spaciousness of knowing there’s more than enough space and time for the fullness and wholeness of who we are.
BONUSES
early bird
Earlybird Bonus #1
One Month Embodied Well Membership ($60/value)
The Embodied Well is about more than simply moving well! We’re changing what’s possible for us as we age by integrating somatic movement, meditation, and breathwork into our daily lives.
Earlybird Bonus #2
Human Design 30-Day Embodiment Journal ($60/value)
Step into a month-long journey of self-awareness and embodiment with the support of plant allies. Each day, gentle prompts guide you to explore your Human Design in a lived, experiential way—listening to your body, noticing your energy, and attuning to your unique rhythm.
Earlybird Bonus #3
Ambient Electro-Acoustic Soundscape MP3
Title: Open to Transformation.
Length: 5 min
Find a comfortable spot to relax, and ideally use good headphones. Let yourself feel immersed in uplifting ambient sounds, gentle water, and koshi chimes.
Registration Bonus #1
1:1 Integration Session
with Buffy Owens
These one-on-one coaching sessions are a perfect follow-up to the one-day retreat. Whether you are looking for practical ways to integrate what you discovered into daily life or want to deepen your self-awareness, I’ve got you covered.
Registration Bonus #2
Framed Human Design Bodygraph
by Terra Pfund
A beautifully presented map of your energetic blueprint. Allowing you to explore your unique design and observe how celestial transits influence your energy. This keeps your insights close at hand, supporting reflection, alignment, and ongoing self-awareness.
Registration Bonus #3
1:1 Transformational Deep Listening Coaching Call with Andrea Williams
Andrea empowers individuals to navigate change with empathy, creativity, and purpose—offering restorative experiences where deep listening becomes a launchpad for clarity, leadership, and the discovery of one’s most authentic self.
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Root & Resonance is a ceremonial retreat designed to help you reconnect with your body, energy, and natural rhythm through sound, somatics, and Human Design. You’ll be held in a safe and supportive container to explore your energetic blueprint, release old patterns, and cultivate clarity, presence, and aligned action.
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This retreat is for those who want to reconnect with their natural rhythm, nervous system, and authentic energy. No prior experience with Human Design, somatics, or sound healing is necessary—just bring your curiosity and willingness to engage with your body and energy.
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More information coming soon. Currently we exploring options near Hudson NY and near Copperstown, NY
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We are intentionally keeping the group small, 12–15 participants, to create a deeply supportive and intimate container.
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No experience is necessary. The retreat is designed to be accessible and supportive for all levels. You will be guided through gentle practices, and the facilitators will provide personal support as needed.
Please note that due to the nature of the practices in this one-day retreat and the limitations of the space we’re in, you will need to be able to get down to and up from the floor.
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Human Design is a synthesis of ancient and modern traditions, combining astrology,the I Ching, Kabbalah, Vedic philosophy, and concepts from quantum physics and biochemistry to form a holistic system for self-knowledge. It uses your birth data to create a "Bodygraph," a visual chart that outlines your unique energetic blueprint to help you understand your individuality. Rather than prescribing rules, Human Design invites you to explore your authentic self with curiosity and kindness, helping you live in alignment with your natural rhythms and inherent strengths.
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Think of somatic movement as a gentle conversation with your nervous system through movement.
We explore simple, natural human functions – like rolling, transitioning from sitting to standing, or even just deepening your ability to imagine movement. Nothing that involves stretching, straining, or pushing your body. Instead, we’re working with your nervous system to expand your movement possibilities.
Here’s what makes it unique: just like babies learning to crawl, each person finds their own path based on their body, experience, and what feels right for them. The destination might be similar, but your journey there is entirely your own.
Because we’re working with your nervous system and shifting deeply ingrained movement patterns, something fascinating happens – we don’t just change how you move, we start shifting emotional and thought patterns too. Each emotional habit is connected to a movement pattern, so when we gently change one, the other naturally follows.
It’s not trauma work (though it can be deeply healing). It’s about rediscovering the wisdom your body already has and creating more spaciousness in how you respond to life. The more you practice, the less reactive you become – it’s like time slows down, giving you space to respond rather than react. You become more present, more aware, more curious. Things that used to trigger you? They become opportunities to lean in with curiosity and compassion — they become fuel for growth.
FAQ
FAQ
Want a safe space to reconnect with your body, voice & soul’s unique design? If so, this is for you.
We'd love to support you in releasing patterns of overwork in a safe and supported environment to reclaim your inherent worth. Whaddya say?