ABOUT

Healing journeys through ancient lands

Imagine hiking through natural wonders, exploring ancient temples & cultures, sharing stories under the stars, laughing with soul family, and remembering who you truly are on deeper levels in the process. These retreats are portals into joy, adventure, connection, and the ancient wisdom that pulses through the Earth.

HOW IT ALL STARTED

Our Origens

Our Origens

Woven from a Life of Pilgrimage and practice

Sacred Sites Retreats was born from a dream within founder Lauren Kelly—a vision to weave together healing, adventure, and ancient wisdom in service of soul remembrance. After spending her twenties traveling through 35 countries and immersing herself in sacred sites and spiritual lineages—from Egypt to the Amazon, India to Australia—Lauren was called to create experiences that mirror the depth of her own path.

This is the blossoming of many threads: lifetimes of study in Yoga, Ayurveda, Astrology, Human Design, Somatic Therapy, Hawaiian Lomi Lomi, Ancient Spiritual Traditions, and Regenerative Earth Care—now woven into transformational journeys that honor the Earth, the body, and the spirit.

Lauren has trained under Shipibo medicine women in the Amazon, Yogis at the Ramana Maharshi and Sivananda Ashrams in India, Geshe Lhakdor—former translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and teacher of The Way of the Bodhisattva, and Astrologers in the Evolutionary (Western), Vedic, and Mayan traditions. She has led her healing practice, Kahuna Healing, for over four years, and has been guiding retreats since 2021 in Australia, the U.S., and India.

Sacred Sites Retreats is the expression of a life devoted to healing, Spirit, and reconnection. It is an offering to the Earth, to community, and to those ready to remember who they truly are.

Our Impact

Restoring Ethical Relationship

We partner with ethical venues that employ local people and collaborate with elders and guides to honor the traditions of each region. Every retreat is built on respect, reciprocity, and integrity.

Ecological Footprint

All retreats are vegetarian, organic, and designed to minimize waste. We offset carbon emissions by supporting reforestation efforts—ensuring our journeys nourish the Earth as much as they nourish us.

Giving Back to Local Community & Land

A portion of each retreat’s profits is donated to local ecological and humanitarian initiatives. This work is about rebuilding relationship—with land, culture, and community—rooted in repair, not extraction.

Our Core Values

Rooted in reverence, led by Love

  • 01 REMEMBRANCE

    Our work is about coming home—to ourselves, the Earth, and the ancient wisdom that lives within and around us. We create spaces for deep listening, healing, and reconnection to the soul's original truth.

  • 02 EMBODIMENT

    This isn’t new age philosophy—it’s ancient wisdom, rooted in the body and lived through direct experience. We believe in walking our talk and integrating the sacred into everyday life. These retreats are a space to remember not just with the mind, but with the body, the breath, and the way you move through the world.

  • 03 REVERENCE

    Everything we do is guided by right relationship, which includes giving back to the lineages, communities and ecosystems that welcome us. Our retreats are designed to support not only personal healing, but the healing of our planet and collective future.