The Alchemy: Deep Mind Healing at Our Retreat

No matter what some people may want us to believe, there is nothing greater than the power of the creator of the universe. The planets are part of this, they are not all of it, but they are a significant part of it.

Once we incarnate and come into this life, we are given our cosmic blueprint: our natal chart, our astrology, the unique alignment that existed at the exact moment and place we were born. The deep alignment of the planets, how they live within us, and how they interact with one another in a way that is entirely unique to that moment tells us so much about who we are.

We come into this life with gifts, but we also come in carrying karma. Karma from other lifetimes, karma from this lifetime that is not even our own. Collective karma. Relational karma. Familial karma. We are born into this life to work through a great deal.

Nothing is anyone’s fault. We are here to work with what we have been given.

There is not one person on this planet who has not been traumatized. That is the truth, and it is heartbreaking. For most of us, our deepest wounds occur early in life, when our psyche is highly suggestible. Trauma is not always just about the incident itself, but about how the incident is met. Were there trustworthy adults present to hold us through our first experiences of pain? Or, in some cases, were the people meant to care for us the very ones who caused the wound?

So much of life is lived as a trauma response until we actually sit down, look at it, understand our patterns, and validate what happened. Much of this can be seen through the astrology chart. But we can go even deeper by directly connecting with the subconscious mind.

This is where The Alchemy comes in.

Through meditation practices and hypnosis, we will be working with the subconscious mind in a way that is deeply powerful and deeply loving. This work draws on Megan Frye’s training in EMDR, hypnosis, and astrology, brought together into a unique and integrative form of alchemy.

We will be studying Chiron, the asteroid known as the wounded healer, and how our wounds shape the way we show up in the world. We will also explore planets such as Pluto and Neptune, as well as points like the lunar nodes, among other aspects, to understand what we are carrying into this life, what we are here to heal, how we can heal it for ourselves and others, and what direction we are meant to move in.

During the retreat, we will engage in powerful group meditations, and each participant will receive an individual EMDR-hypnosis session, which is included as part of the retreat programming. This work is deeply rooted in somatics and in building capacity in the body, capacity that allows us to step into our power and show up more fully for ourselves, our relationships, our work, our communities, and the world at large.

In hypnosis, we work with the theta brain state, directly accessing the subconscious mind. From this place, deep and profound change becomes possible.

Megan Frye is the founder of Healing Wave Hypnosis and Holistic Soul Project adventure healing retreats, and now co-founder of The Moonlit Temple, a space designed as a total and complete reset under the guidance and nurturance of the Moon, with the sea holding everything that arises and releases.

This retreat is a mental, spiritual, and physical detox. We invite you to read our other blog posts, where we discuss the astrology of this retreat and the cleanse: a deeply nutritious juicing and dietary program designed to safely and lovingly reset the body while honoring female hormone balance, so essential to our lived experience, our vitality, and our ability to shed old skins and step into a new future.

At this retreat, we are working with everything: how we came into this world, how we lived through it, what we endured, and how we clean and clear it. We will practice yoga, participate in the juice cleanse, spend time with the sea, gather under the full Moon, and stay in magnificently designed ecological structures at Altera Cave Villas.

We will be meeting May 28 through June 2, 2026, in Crete.