Classes | Events | Retreats
Sometimes you need a place to exhale.
A place where you can set down the week for a little while, let your body soften, and reconnect with yourself without having to explain anything.
At Four Directions Alchemy, our classes, events, and retreats are created to offer that kind of space — steady, welcoming, restorative, and easy to step into.
There are a few different ways to be here.
Some people come weekly for sound baths or meditation. Some come for specific events, seasonal gatherings, or deeper experiences. Some simply stop in when they need a quiet place to land.
However you arrive, you are welcome here.
If you’re planning to attend regularly, memberships offer the simplest way to stay consistent and make rest, reflection, and reconnection part of your rhythm.
Weekly Classes & Memberships
These are the steady points in the week. Simple, consistent spaces to reset, reconnect, and build a rhythm that actually supports you.
2026 Sound Bath @ Four Directions Alchemy, Ludington, MI
Weekly Soundbath Ritual – $15
Tuesday & Thursday
• Mornings @ 10 AM
• Afternoons @ 1 PM
• Evenings @ 6 PM
Saturday @ 9 AM
Use Code: HBD2026
for a free sound bath
Happy Birth Day from Sarah & LV@4DA
Psst – it doesn’t have to be on your day, use any time.
Single use per person – the scheduler knows 🎂🥳
Soundbath Membership — $45/month
Unlimited access to all monthly sessions.
Build this into your rhythm.
Exploring Meditation
2026 Meditation @ Four Directions Alchemy, Ludington, MI
Weekly Meditation Class – $15
Tuesday & Thursday Evenings | 7 PM
Exploring Meditation
One thing to know going in—when you finally slow down, your mind doesn’t get quiet right away. Sometimes it does the opposite. You might notice more thoughts, old stress, even emotions you’ve been pushing past. This isn’t a problem. It’s part of the process.
Most people stop here and decide meditation isn’t for them. But this is actually the beginning.
This class gives you a way to work with what’s coming up instead of trying to force it away. We use simple, guided approaches—breath, body awareness, attention—so you can start to settle in a way that’s realistic. Some days feel quiet, some don’t, and you’re not starting over each time you come in.
Over time, your system learns. It gets easier to come back to yourself. Things don’t stick as long. You start to notice what’s happening before it builds.
You don’t need experience or a perfectly calm mind to be here. You just need to show up.
And it works a lot better when you come regularly.
Join us and see what happens when you stop trying to do meditation “right.”
Start here if you want to try it out. No commitment, just a simple way to step in and experience a class for yourself.
If you’re ready to practice, this gives you a steady place to return to each week. A simple structure that helps you build a practice without having to think about it.
Live Vibrant Membership – $75/month
If you’ve found yourself attending regularly—or know you want to—this brings everything together into one simple rhythm.
Includes:
Unlimited sound baths
All weekly meditation classes
Monthly Full Moon Shamanic Journey
One guest pass each month
This is for the ones who are ready to stay connected to their practice, not just visit it once in a while. The people who are curious, consistent, and willing to keep exploring what shifts when they actually show up for themselves.
The guest pass gives you a way to bring someone with you—whether you’re introducing a friend, sharing the experience, or simply not coming alone.
If you’re attending more than once a week, this quickly becomes the easiest option.
It’s less about tracking sessions, and more about having a place you can return to, again and again.
Full Moon Shamanic Journey
The full moon has long been a time for reflection, release, and paying attention to what is ready to shift.
These journeys are guided experiences that combine meditation, sound, and intentional inner work. You’ll be led into a relaxed state where you can explore your own inner landscape, reconnect with your intuition, and notice what is asking for your attention.
Each journey is a little different. Some feel quiet and grounding. Others bring insight, imagery, or emotional release. There’s no right way to experience it.
You don’t need prior experience with shamanic work to attend. Just a willingness to settle in, follow the guidance, and see what unfolds.
This is a deeper space than a typical class. It’s less about learning something new, and more about listening to what is already there.
Many people find these experiences become a steady point of reflection each month—a way to reset, check in, and move forward with a little more clarity.
Sacred Reset: New Moon Edition
LV@4DA General Ticket Info
Spots fill fast and ticket sales close 2 hours before the event — so if you feel the pull, don’t wait!
If you missed the cutoff or the link won’t load, text 231.233.6199.
Sometimes, the universe leaves one last seat open for the right person.
Classes & Events In the Community
Community Sound Bath (Library Series)
Join us for a free, guided sound bath offered in partnership with our local libraries.
These sessions are designed for deep relaxation and meditative rest through gentle sound and vibration.
What to know:
This is a group sound bath experience
Free to the public
Pre-registration through the library is required (spaces fill quickly)
Please bring comfortable layers: a mat, blankets, a pillow, and eye mask for resting on the floor for approximately one hour
No prior experience needed. Simply come as you are and rest.
Registration is handled directly by the library. Links for each library are below.
Thursday, July 23rd @ 6:00pm
Thursday, October 22nd @ 6:00pm
Monday, September 14th @ 2:00pm
Retreats
The Gathering of the Glinda's
Gritty Sisters Weekend Retreat
Gathering of the Glinda's
September 24–27, 2026
Ferwerda’s Bass Lake Resort
Gathering of the Glinda's is a lakeside women’s retreat for plant medicine enthusiasts, magic-makers, and women who are ready for a weekend of restoration, connection, laughter, and elevated sisterhood.
Held at Ferwerda’s Bass Lake Resort, this retreat brings together the plant medicine community through good food, creative workshops, beach yoga, a bazaar, a dance party, intuitive offerings, healing sessions, and meaningful ceremony.
This is a c@nn@bis-friendly retreat, but it is not a party weekend. Plant medicine is invited with intention, respect, and personal choice. There will be plenty of fun, laughter, music, movement, and play, but the heart of the weekend is connection, restoration, and exploring elevated states in a safe and supportive community.
This is a weekend to unwind, connect, play, soften, and be held in a circle of women who understand that healing does not always have to be heavy. Sometimes it looks like good food, good conversation, belly laughs, oracle cards, sound healing, canna-mosas, art, movement, and remembering yourself under the full moon.
Participation with plant medicines and Lady C@nn@bis is always optional.
All Glindas must be 21+ with valid ID.
Stay Tuned for more information and Reservation links.
Get Ready Sisters!
The 3rd Annual Gritty Sisters Retreat
Date: October 9, 10, 11, 2026
Location: Into the Woods, West Olive, Michigan
A pearl begins as something uncomfortable. A grain of sand the oyster didn’t ask for. Instead of resisting, it stays—layering care, patience, and time until something luminous is formed. It takes GRIT to form a pearl.
If your heart has been longing for reflection, connection, and hope… you’re not the only one.
You’re invited to gather with us for a women’s retreat focused on resilience, optimism, and the wisdom shaped by life’s experiences. We’ll slow down, reflect, and honor what’s forming within each of us— in a space that’s supportive, meaningful, and gently hopeful.
If you’re ready to pause, connect, and tend to your inner light, you are invited to join other Sisters as we connect, engage, and support one another.
Space is intentionally limited to keep our gathering intimate and impactful.
Further information is available at: https://www.grittysisters.com/
Local, end of Summer Celebration.
Come explore plant medicine. This group of women are amazing, supportive, and tuned in.
I've been invited back for the entire weekend. I hope to see you there!
This year’s retreat falls on a full moon weekend and will include a Full Moon Shamanic Journey, along with oracle readings, Multidimensional Healing sessions, and a closing sound bath ceremony with Sarah of Live Vibrant @ Four Directions Alchemy.
This retreat is filled with amazing women coming together to decompress, support, and share their wisdom.
I have been invited to do sound bath on Sunday before the closing ceremony.
If you are looking for a weekend to get away from regular life, I highly recommend this retreat. Its fun, relaxed, and down to earth with just enough structure.