A Soul Excursion for Couples
A three-day transformational retreat in the sacred space of Laughing Waters, Blue Ridge Mountains — where couples step out of time and into a new way of being together.
John & Phyllis Simonetta Present
A message from John and Phyllis
A Springboard for Something New
We hold sacred space where couples step out of time — into a living transmission, co-created and intuitively guided by Spirit.
Here, something new becomes possible through the shared heart connection: a new way of expressing and being in flow together, deepening unity consciousness.
Is this for you?
This excursion is for couples
at any point on the journey
You love each other and sense there is more — a deeper current, a new expression waiting to move between you.
Something between you feels out of balance or out of flow — and what you have tried so far has not reached it.
You are spiritually open and ready for an experience that is guided by Spirit, held by the land, and unlike anything you have done before.
How We Play to Deepen
Ancestral Healing & Free Expression
Many of the patterns between you are not yours alone — they are inherited. This work names those patterns with love, honors what they carried, and releases you both into the free expression that was always your birthright.
Somatic Movement & Dance
The body holds what the mind cannot process. Through free-form somatic dance, couples move through release and into reconnection — not through effort, but through play, flow, and the body's own deep knowing.
Connecting to Nature & the Land
The hills are alive. The creek, the mountains, the ancient stones of Laughing Waters — the land itself is a co-facilitator. In this retreat we step out of time and into the living intelligence of the natural world.
The Living Transmission of Partnership
John and Phyllis do not teach about conscious partnership. They embody it. The way they hold space together — in the room, in the field, in the seen and unseen — is itself the teaching. A continual transmission, nothing static.
Your Guides
Two people who kept saying yes
John and Phyllis Simonetta didn't arrive at their calling quickly or easily. They navigated depression, awakening, financial fear, job loss, and a guided move to Asheville — and kept choosing the soul's call through every one of those thresholds. They are here because they lived it.
Phyllis Simonetta
Channeler · Healer · Guide
Phyllis channels Spirit directly, speaking light language and accessing guidance that shapes every retreat in real time. Her somatic dance facilitation, Lightning ancestral healing, and Reiki mastery create a complete energetic field of transformation.
Reiki Master Teacher
Lightning Practitioner — ancestral trauma healing
Channeler and light language speaker
Somatic dance facilitator
Psychology degree, Masters in Early Childhood Education
John Simonetta
Guide · Practitioner · Witness
John brings thirty years of lived experience — as a CFO, a father, and a man who found his spiritual path through crisis and kept walking. His grounded presence and EFT practice create the steady container within which deep transformation becomes possible.
Reiki Master
EFT / Tapping Practitioner
Kripalu-trained Mindful Outdoor Guide
A Course in Miracles Practitioner
30 years corporate finance, CFO
Laughing Waters
Gerton, NC
"Laughing Waters holds a physical and energetic beauty that is hard to describe. There is such potency in the land and water. The water's song is always available — the evergreen comfort of moss and rhododendron surrounds. One seems to surrender with ease into retreat, grounded by cool rocks underfoot and cleansing water on skin."
Setting
900 protected acres in Hickory Nut Gorge, beside cascading waterfalls on Hickory Nut Creek
Location
Gerton, NC — 25 minutes southeast of Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains
The land
Historic lodge, private grounds, waterfalls, orchard, forest trails, stone ruins, restored gristmill
Spirit
An eco-community in harmony with the land — stewarded with reverence and deep care for generations
What you carry home
Not tools.
Soul knowledge.
The body's wisdom
Somatic knowing that you can return to — the body as compass, movement as medicine, play as a path home.
Deepened unity consciousness
A living, felt connection to Spirit, to each other, and to the greater field in which your relationship exists.
A soul community
Four to six couples who have shared something real — a circle whose resonance continues well beyond the weekend.
Freedom from inherited patterns
Ancestral wounds released with love and ceremony — patterns that were never yours to carry, finally set down.
Post-retreat integration call
3–4 weeks after the excursion, John and Phyllis hold space as the new current continues to settle and deepen.
A new current between you
A new way of expressing and moving forward together — not a return to what was, but something genuinely new.
What’s next?
Per couple
Investment: $2,400
Meals and lodging included
Full three-day retreat — all programming and ceremonies
Pre-retreat preparation call with John & Phyllis
All four pillars — ancestral healing, movement, nature, transmission
Spirit-guided customization for your specific group
Post-retreat integration call (3–4 weeks after)
