Events
Past Events
Summer Day-Retreat for Women
Sound Haven Vermont, Chelsea, Saturday July 12, 2025One-Day Spring Retreat for Women
Sound Haven Vermont, Cheslea, Saturday March 22, 2025Anchor and Bloom - Sound Healing with Heide Scheurer and Breathwork Session with Beth Umba in Barnard, VT, on February 1, 2025. For women.
One-Day Retreat at Sound Haven in Chelsea, Saturday, December 14, 2024
Sound Journeys at SafeArt in Chelsea
at SafeArt, Upstairs in Bank Building, 292 VT Rte 110, 8/14/24, 9/11/24, 10/16/24, 11/1324, 12/11/24, 1/8/25, 2/5/25, 3/5/25, 4/2/25, 4/30/25Sound Journeys at Sound Haven Vermont in Chelsea
9/15/25Sound and Gem Stone Healing
The Open Door, White River Junction, 5/31/24, 6/14/24, 6/2824, 7/22/24, 9/924, 10/7/24, 11/4/24, 1/13/25, 2/10/25, 3/10/25, 4/21/25, 5/19/25, 6/16/25, 7/27/25, 8/24/25, 9/28/25Sound Journey with Stones for the Dark of Winter
December 9, 2024Deep Healing - Women’s Three-Day Transformational Retreat
Chelsea, July 12-14 & August 16-18, 2024Sound Journeys in Tunbridge
Free the Heart Yoga Studio, Tunbridge, 3/20/24, 4/1724, 5/31/24, 6/5/24, 7/10/24Free Sound Bath
Vermont State University Wellness Convention, Johnson, April 27, 2024
Upcoming Events
Monthly Sound Journeys at Sound Haven Vermont in Chelsea
Monday, October 13, 2025, 6:00-7:30 pm >> Learn MoreSound and Stone Journeys
The Open Door in WRJ, Sunday, October 12, November 9, December 7, 2025, 7:00-8:30 pm >> Learn MoreSound Baths at Blossom Wellness Center in Montpelier
On First Fridays - October 3, November 7, December 5, 2025, 5:30-7:00 pm >> Learn MoreFall Day-Retreat for Women
Sound Haven Vermont, Chelsea, Saturday November 1, 2025 >> Learn More
A Transformative Experience of Rest, Release and Renewal
If you feel tense, restless, or weighed down by stress, sound can meet you where you are - and take you where you need to go.
What to Expect
This is not “just relaxation.” Ancient Himalayan bowls, chimes, and especially the gong create a field of vibration that can do many things:
soothe and quiet the nervous system
stir and shake loose what has become stuck
release old patterns and energies
open space for clarity, presence and renewal
You may drop into a deeply restful state, or you may feel waves and energy moving through you - both are forms of transformation.
Through gentle breathwork and toning, you will prepare your body to receive. Then the sound will carry you - through stillness, through resonance, through release. The gong may rise in intensity, climax and resolve, helping the body let go of what no longer serves.
Practical Details
No previous experience needed - Open to beginners and experienced meditators alike.
Please dress comfortably and bring a blanket, padding and a pillow as you will be lying on the floor for about an hour.
Dates & Times: Monday, October 13, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Sound Haven Vermont, 177 VT Rte 110, Chelsea
Session Fee: $30
Pre-registration Required. Please secure your place by emailing Heide.Scheurer@gmail.com.
Payment by check to Heide Scheurer, 177 VT Rte 110, Chelsea VT 05038 or Venmo @hscheurer
or PayPal with Heide.Scheurer@gmail.com. 48-hour cancellation policy in place.
A Practice of Renewal
Just like meditation, sound deepens with practice. Come regularly to receive ongoing benefits.
From a participant:
“I appreciated and enjoyed the healing sound bath session so much. I also had great insight into some important stuff.”
Sign up now! Spots are limited.
Sound Journeys in Chelsea
If you feel stressed, restless, burnt out - and long for deep relaxation and a nervous system reset - this experience is for you. These group journeys weave the therapeutic vibrations of sound with the ancient wisdom of stones, gently guided by your personal focus or intention.
What to Expect
You will be led through simple breathwork and a humming/toning practice before immersing yourself in a field of sound. Ancient Himalayan singing bowls, a gong, chimes, and other resonant instruments will carry you out of the grip of your busy mind and into stillness, presence and renewal. Let the Sound take you where you most need to go.
Add a Personalized Stone Selection
When you register, you may share an intention or area of focus. Based on this, I will bring healing stones specifically chosen for you and and place them on your body at key points. Together, sound and stone create a powerful synergy that supports release, insight and coherence. The space is held for you to access your own inner wisdom and self-healing capacity.
Practical Details
No previous experience needed - open to beginners and experienced meditators alike.
Please dress comfortably and bring a blanket, padding and a pillow as you will be lying on the floor for about an hour.
To deepen the benefits, make it a practice: Sign up for all three sessions for $100.
Dates & Times: Sundays, October 12, November 9, December 7, 2025, 7:00-8:30 PM
Location: The Open Door, 18 N Main St, White River Junction, VT 05001 (directions)
Session Fee: $40; $100 for the series of three
Limited spots available.
Pre-registration Required. Please secure your place by emailing Heide.Scheurer@gmail.com.
Payment by check to Heide Scheurer, 177 VT Rte 110, Chelsea VT 05038, Venmo @hscheurer
or PayPal with Heide.Scheurer@gmail.com. 48-hour cancellation policy in place.
From a participant:
“Thank you for the beautiful sound healing practice last night. I am reminded again and again how important it is to hold space for this practice. It’s a bit like seeing an old friend now having the consistency versus the one time experience.
Humming to the harmonium - calming, surprising, and a sense of deep tuning to myself. The practice and the room seemed to be in harmony at the end.
Breath work - more rhythm and space inside myself.
The sodalite crystals seemed to pulse in my hands, or maybe it was my own heartbeat going into the crystal? Eventually, those crystals seemed to soften and almost melt in my hands. I held them with a deep connection of gratitude and embraced them to the very last second when I released them to you.
I had lots of whole body reactions, shaking and trembling, as if I was cold, and then sudden full body jerks as if I had gone to sleep and was bolted into a startle, but I was hearing the sound and feeling the room. This happened over and over again. There was a light and flow to the sound of the antique Tibetan bowls. Whirling and twirling - like the wave of an ocean. A flow, a buildup, a crashing on the shore and then a receding and returning, and then repeating itself over and over and over until I was actually in the water.
And then emotions that seem to always come up for me. I will bring the mystery, the magic, the wonder and the solidity of the crystals into my life - so that my truth and love can be expressed and revealed, seen, felt and trusted.
The practice last night was a gift.”
Patty, WRJ
Sound and Stone Journeys in WRJ
Sound Journeys in Montpelier
A Transformative Experience of Rest, Release and Renewal
If you feel tense, restless, or weighed down by stress, sound can meet you where you are - and take you where you need to go.
What to Expect
This is not “just relaxation.” Ancient Himalayan bowls, chimes, and especially the gong create a field of vibration that can do many things:
soothe and quiet the nervous system
stir and shake loose what has become stuck
release old patterns and energies
open space for clarity, presence and renewal
You may drop into a deeply restful state, or you may feel waves and energy moving through you - both are forms of transformation.
Through gentle breathwork and toning, you will prepare your body to receive. Then the sound will carry you - through stillness, through resonance, through release. The gong may rise in intensity, climax and resolve, helping the body let go of what no longer serves.
Practical Details
No previous experience needed - Open to beginners and experienced meditators alike.
Please dress comfortably.
First Fridays, 5:30-7:00 pm
October 3rd, November 7th and December 5th, 2025
Blossom Wellness Center, Main Studio (2nd Floor), 7 Main St. Montpelier, VT 05602
Price: Sliding Scale $30-40
Pre-registration required. Please register with Blossom Wellness Center directly at https://www.blossomwellness.center/studio
A Practice of Renewal
Just like meditation, sound deepens with practice. Come regularly to receive ongoing benefits.
From a participant:
“I appreciated and enjoyed the healing sound bath session so much. I also had great insight into some important stuff.”
Fall Day-Retreat for Women -
Loving Awareness
There is a place within you that has never forgotten. It remembers the warmth of sisterhood, the medicine of cacao, the song of the heart, the healing of sound, the fire that clears and renews.
This retreat is a homecoming - a day to soften into that place, the heart, into Loving Awareness - to be seen, to be held, to remember.
Step out of your every-day life for a day and into a sanctuary of peace. Commit this time to self-care in a supportive circle of women working on raising their consciousness and thus the collective vibration.
Saturday, November 1, 2025 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Location: Sound Haven Vermont, Chelsea
Cost: $125
Light lunch and a snack will be included.
Includes:
Cacao ceremony
Practices to cultivate Loving Awareness
Breath work followed by a Sound Journey with heart-opening stones
Heart-Opening Yoga Postures and Meditation
Closing Fire Ceremony
Pre-register by emailing Heide Scheurer at heide.scheurer@gmail.com or calling 802-685-9974 (land line)
Testimonials by participants of previous retreats:
“When I attended my first retreat, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was immediately struck by how warm and accepting Heide and Chintana were. There was no pressure to be anyone other than myself, and that gave me the freedom to really let go. I loved having quiet moments for self-reflection, balanced with the chance to connect and share with other women—it created such a sense of community and belonging. The space itself is breathtaking, surrounded by nature, which made it easy to slow down and feel grounded. One of the highlights for me is always the sound bath. The way the crystals are used with intention makes it feel both beautiful and deeply grounding, almost as if everything I’ve been carrying gets released. The work can feel heavy at times, but it’s the kind of deep work my soul has been needing. Each time I leave, I feel cleansed, lighter, and somehow more energized than when I arrived. These retreats have truly become a gift I give myself.”
Nicole, Norwich
“I was filled with tears as I walked into Heide’s healing space when I attended her retreat. The beauty of her land, the smell and taste of the cacao the sounds of our singing and her sound bath filled me with love and gratitude. I felt held and safe to share my thoughts and experiences. Participating in a water ceremony at her pond was very special. The richness of the retreat was a gift to my soul, and I left feeling refreshed, renewed and loved. I hope to attend another someday!”
Julia, Boston
“I have attended all of these retreats so far and deeply appreciated each for its own content. They have supported my spiritual journey. I truly value Heide’s content and the opportunity to share with others in a safe, nurturing and beautiful environment. I highly recommend them!”
Linda, Brookfield
“Thank you for the offering of your series of day retreats. They have been such a beautiful combination of inner work, spaciousness and deep soul nourishment. I especially loved the water ceremony last month and the passing of what does not belong to us back through the ancestors from the first one. So Powerful! “
Susan, Chelsea
Summer Day-Retreat for Women
Opening-the-Heart Series: Cultivating Compassion
Step out of your every-day life for a day and into a sanctuary of peace. Commit this time to self-care in a supportive circle of women working on raising their consciousness and thus the collective vibration.
Saturday July 12, 2025 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Location: Sound Haven Vermont, Chelsea
Cost: $125
Light lunch and a snack will be included.
In these times where humanity is awakening and so much darkness, division, hatred and fear is exposing itself, it is important for us to cultivate an open heart.
Buddha teaches that the path to open or liberate your heart leads along the four pillars of truth. They are Forgiveness, Compassion, Loving Awareness and Gratitude. A liberated heart then can show us our innermost truth and guide us on our path.
This Retreat will focus on cultivating compassion.
Includes:
Cacao ceremony
Workshop on Compassion
Breath work followed by a Sound Journey
Heart-Opening Yoga Postures and Meditation
Water Ceremony
Pre-register by emailing Heide Scheurer at heide.scheurer@gmail.com or calling 802-685-9974 (land line)
Find out more at: https://www.soundhavenvermont.com/events
This retreat is full. There is a waitlist.
Walk gently on this earth with purposeful steps.
You share this space with seven billion human beings
And countless other precious life forms.
Just like you,
They all want to be happy.
Just like you,
They all need love.
We’re not going to survive unless we walk
Gently on this earth together,
Until we touch something in others that
Feels just like the shards of our own pain,
The fluttering warmth of our own joy.
Until we sew their wounds into our heart
And seal it with our own skin.
~ Just Like You, Kaveri Patel, Inspired by the Dalai Lama
One-Day Spring Retreat for Women
Liberating the Heart through Forgiveness
Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
Step out of your every-day life for a day and into a sanctuary of peace. Commit this time to self-care in a supportive circle of women working on raising their consciousness and thus the collective vibration.
In these times where humanity is awakening and so much darkness, division, hatred and fear is exposing itself, it is important for us to cultivate an open heart.
Buddha teaches that the path to open or liberate your heart leads along the four pillars of truth. They are Forgiveness, Compassion, Loving Awareness and Gratitude. A liberated heart then can show us our innermost truth and guide us on our path.
This Retreat is the first of a series around these four pillars.
Includes:
Cacao ceremony
Work on Liberating the Heart through Forgiveness
Breathwork followed by a Sound Journey
Heart-Opening Yoga Postures and Meditation
Fire Circle
Location: Sound Haven Vermont in Chelsea, 177 VT Rte 110
Cost: $125
Light lunch and a snack will be included.
Please pre-register to save your spot.
Sound Bath with Heide Scheurer and
Breathwork Session with Beth Umba
An experience for women.
Where: Barnard Town Hall
When : Saturday February 1, 2025
Time: 11 am - 3 pm
Bring a mat, blanket and any padding and bolsters you may need for your beautiful body that will be horizontal for most of the session.
️Pre-Registration is required to hold your spot.
Space is limited.
$108 for the experience
Venmo @Beth-Umba, check or cash
Find out more at https://www.facebook.com/events/2340048676367876
One-Day Retreat - December 14 at Sound Haven Vermont
Cacao ceremony
Work around releasing a shadow aspect that is holding us back
Breathwork followed by a Sound Journey
Work with crystals that help bring in the Light
Light Meditation
And a couple of other things to help you prepare for your own Solstice Celebration
Fire Circle
Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024
Location: Sound Haven Vermont in Chelsea
Cost: $111
TLight lunch and a snack will be included.
Sound Journey with Gem Stones for the Dark of Winter at The Open Door
This unique and transformative session combines the therapeutic vibrations of sound with the ancient wisdom of stones, specially selected to help bring light into the dark cold season.
Date & Time: Monday December 9, 2024 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: The Open Door, 18 N Main St, White River Junction, VT 05001 (directions)
Session Fee: Single session - $40
Pre-registration Required. Please secure your place by emailing Heide.Scheurer@gmail.com. Payment by check to Heide Scheurer, 177 VT Rte 110, Chelsea VT 05038 or PayPal with Heide.Scheurer@gmail.com.
Don’t miss this opportunity for deep relaxation and rejuvenation.
Book your session today and embark on a path to wellness and transformation.
Free Sound Bath at the Holistic Health and Wellness Convention at Vermont State University in Johnson
Date & Time: April 27, 2024 | 3:00 PM
Location: Vermont State University in Johnson
Session Fee: Free
Deep Healing - a Three-Day Transformational Women’s Retreat:
Embrace Mother Earth’s Gifts
With Heide Scheurer and Susan Hoffman
Embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment with the gifts of Mother Earth.
Join us for a transformative experience that will elevate your consciousness and harmonize your spirit.
Connecting with Nature: Nestled in the lush landscapes of Chelsea, Vermont, find tranquility and rejuvenate your spirit.
Holistic Exploration: Delve into the power of plants, crystals, sound therapy, and intentions.
Inner Guidance: Connect with your Higher Self and receive profound insights.
Bonding: Share stories, wisdom, and laughter with fellow seekers.
Daily Practices: Engage in yoga, breathwork, and meditation to nourish your body, mind and spirit.
Sacred Ceremonies: Participate in rituals that honor the Earth and our collective journey.
The retreat will be held at Susan’s beautiful home, garden and woods in Chelsea, Vermont. Opening circle is Friday at 10:00 am, closing circle Sunday at 4:30 pm. The cost is $495 and includes camping, vegetarian organic meals, healing sessions and materials. Please bring your own tent and sleeping gear. A couple of camping set-ups are available for a fee of $50 if needed. Local AirB&Bs are available for those who do not wish to camp. For more information and to register, please email heide.scheurer@gmail.com.
Dates & Times: July 12-14 2024
Location: Chelsea, Vermont
Session Fee: $495
Limited spots available. Sign up now and secure your spot!
Reflections from past participants:
"I have never had the pleasure and honor of participating in such an incredible gathering. Thank you and Susan so profoundly for providing the opportunity, space and guidance for us to go so deep. Our collective time together offered experience new to me in its power; I'm pretty sure I vibrated to new frequencies at moments, and clearly walked between the worlds more than once."
"The weekend spent with all the lovely ladies was superb. I felt very comfortable and totally rejuvenated..Had so much energy when I reached home.
“I can honestly say that I feel that I have soul-movingly changed."
FOOD: excellent wish someone would cook for me like that all the time.."
"I feel lighter happier, more at peace. its hard to put into words just how moved I am, I feel like I put on some glasses and i am seeing the world in a whole new light.”
"It was amazing to say the least, connections were made and deep healing happened."
"We are certainly in an era where so many of us are reaching out and trying to find our community. Gatherings like these are so incredibly special. On a side note, all that I had hoped for and set intentions for following that weekend came to fruition. I truly believe that the final ceremony where we empowered each other with love and strength allowed me to leave that weekend and accomplish something I had not been able to do on my own for almost four years. I left the toxic relationship I shared details about and have not turned back since. I don't know if I could have done it without finally feeling a sense of worthiness and deserving of love. This group gave me that. From the bottom of my heart, thank you."