Transcend Fest VT 2026

Join Neuroscientist and Sleep Specialist, Becky Acabchuk, PhD, for an informative and interactive workshop offering practical tools, science-backed strategies, and insights into how sleep supports your health and wellbeing.

This workshop offers:
Practical Sleep Strategies: Tailored tools to address your unique sleep challenges.
Science-Based Techniques: Learn proven methods to improve rest and manage fatigue.
Understanding the Why: Discover the neuroscience behind sleep and how these techniques work, empowering you with a deeper understanding of your brain and body.
Hands-On Practice: Experience several techniques firsthand to help you sleep better starting tonight.
Discover new ways to reset your sleep habits and wake up feeling refreshed and restored.

There comes a moment when a woman no longer asks who she is becoming — only what sheis ready to reclaim. This one-hour ceremonial circle is a sacred pause... a remembering.Together we enter a held, intimate space where invisibility softens, over-giving dissolves, and the quiet voice of inner wisdom rises.

Within this circle, the living current of the Goddess awakens — the sovereign grace of Isis, the devotional fire of Mary Magdalene, the luminous wisdom of Sophia, and the threshold-guarding power of Hekate. These are not distant deities, but ancient names for forces already moving through your body, your story, your becoming.

Through guided reflection, gentle ritual, and embodied presence, you will honor the woman you have been and anchor the sovereign woman you are. This is not self-improvement. It is sacred return.

You will not leave with more to do — you will leave more fully yourself.

🌙 Will you meet her?

Come on and come all, festi-fam both old and new, as we flow through an all-levels vinyasa practice centered around the themes of community, connection, and finding "your people!" Together we'll move our bodies, sync up our breath, and hone in on the intention of stoking the fire of that special sangha that evolves through the unique connections forged in the festival scene! Enjoyable and accessible for all, from the beginner to the experienced practitioner, and set to a specially-curated, goosebump-inducing, heartfelt playlist, may this session remind us that, even after we all go back home, the bonds formed here are palpable and strong.

We will create time for introductions, setting ground rules to ensure everyone's comfort, 2 or 3 "authentic relating" or somatic exercises and a little snack. "Authentic Relating (AR) is a set of practices, games and exercises designed to foster genuine, vulnerable and meaningful connections by reducing small talk and promoting present-moment awareness. It enhances emotional intelligence, empathy, and conflict resolution by encouraging participants to share true feelings and navigate interpersonal dynamics." (ART International).

Pharmakeia is the practice of plant spirit magic. It can be a powerful tool to help us develop our spiritual practice by removing the illusion of separation between our worlds and help us recognize the duality within ourselves. In this workshop we will meet some of our plant allies through meditation, talk about how we can incorporate into our practice and perform the Khernips ritual to dedicate ourselves to the path.