earthsong

festival

April 22-27, 2026 | Phelan, California

Arrive April 22 — Festival April 23-26 — Depart April 27

REGISTRATION OPENS IN FEBRUARY!

Four days of song, nature connection practices, and workshops invite participants to gather on generationally Black-tended land in Southern California—home of the Grief to Action Sanctuary—and to engage in ceremony with Earth, Water, Fire, Sky, and Plant Spirits. This intimate, Global-Majority-founded festival offers a space to listen, sing, move, and connect to both the seen and unseen worlds.

Music and movement will flow together with hip hop, song circles, and re-indigenizing practices. Participants will be invited into Spirit Ally Meditation and Ideal Parent Meditation for healing generational and developmental trauma. They will also have the opportunity to explore Nature Meditations and a communal fire ceremony. Resonant Heart Practices will offer a distinct space for attuning to inner resonance and relational connection. Hands-off Transforming Touch® will anchor and deepen these experiences, creating a rhythm that will invite presence, reflection, and reconnection with ancestral and unbodied allies.

CIRCLE OF KEEPERS

  • Earthsong Festival Keeper & Facilitator
    Somatic Heart Guide | Licensed Bodyworker | Speaker
    manaheart.com

    Kingsya’s mission is to help others reconnect with their truth and live from a heart-centered place. He co-founded Sanctuary Healing Spa in Fort Collins, CO, and created ManaHeart — community spaces designed to cultivate courageous vulnerability, authentic expression, and sacred interconnection. Through his signature Heartwork Sessions, Kingsya supports individuals navigating life transitions, releasing stuck emotional patterns, and returning to an authentic relationship with themselves.

    Over the past six years, he has worked closely with youth through organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club (Fort Collins, CO), The Matthews House (Fort Collins, CO), and Boys to Men Hawaii (Big Island, HI), creating spaces for trust, listening, and authentic voice.

    A speaker and co-host of How Do You Human, Kingsya explores themes of vulnerability, masculinity, healing, and heart-centered living. His training includes the South Carolina School of Healing Arts, Acupressure Institute, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Coaching Practicum Intensive, and Hakalau Immersion on the Big Island, HI, among others.

  • Earthsong Festival Facilitator, Grief to Action Founder
    Speaker | Facilitator | Touch Activist

    Aaron Johnson (he/him) is a public speaker, facilitator, and touch activist, fostering environments where Black-bodied individuals can express their full selves. As a founder of Holistic Resistance, Grief to Action, and The Chronically UnderTouched Project, Aaron takes the time to hold the stories of Black people around homophobia, transphobia, and internalized racism.

    Aaron's journey began, as it does for many Black men, with lack of loving and platonic touch. Now, Aaron assists other Black men in developing holistic touch practices to move from a Chronically UnderTouched state into touch balance. Aaron aims to create spaces for Black people and People of the Global Majority (PGM/BIPOC) to connect with each other and the earth. He and his team are establishing retreats and workshops on Black-owned land in the Mojave Desert and beyond to promote emotional and physical tenderness, platonic connection, and singing, which enhances the healing process for those overlooked by mainstream society. 

Supported by Grief to Action Team member, Leah Vendl

  • Earthsong Festival Keeper & Facilitator
    Depth-Oriented Somatic & Therapeutic Practitioner
    theoceanofmilk.com

    Saraswati (they/them) lives on unceded Ohlone land in California and is training as a Buddhist chaplain (clergy person) in the Vajrayana tradition, enrolled in a seven-year Master’s program in sutra and tantra. They are a certified teacher of mindfulness and shamatha meditation and a certified Transforming Touch® practitioner and somatic coach.

    Their approach moves like a river—drawing from chaplaincy, traditional medicine, psychological and somatic practices, and a trauma- and carnage-informed perspective. Rooted in ritual and grounded in earth practices, Saraswati’s work moves in dialogue with Eastern and Western lineages, neuroscience, and the unseen, tending both the wounded personal psyche and the divided collective body.

    At Earthsong Festival, Saraswati will guide earth, water, and fire–based practices, alongside hands-off Transforming Touch® ceremonies.

  • Earthsong Festival Facilitator
    Artist | Educator | Wellness Facilitator

    Kaylyn Wright is a multidisciplinary artist and educator whose work centers creative embodiment, mental health, and nature-based healing. With a B.A. in Psychology from Pitzer College and nearly a decade supporting youth programs across Los Angeles, he brings this experience into wellness facilitation. His path into music and wellness began in 2016 after the passing of his grandmother, sparking devotion to hip hop and mindfulness.

    Kaylyn integrates breathwork, meditation, and movement into his music offerings, blending hip hop, affirmation, and presence to create multisensory experiences honoring vulnerability, play, and authenticity. He currently guides weekly Community Yoga at Black Being and hosts Rerootd Radio, a podcast for creatives committed to wellness.

    Kaylyn emphasizes hip hop freestyle as a tool for healing, creative expression, and somatic connection, supporting participants in exploring the origins of hip hop, engaging in vocal and movement exercises, and leaving with deeper confidence in their voice, mind-body connection, and authentic self-expression.

Our last facilitator…

instrumental to the deep holding in this event, is the land. Earthsong takes place in the Mojave Desert—spacious, peaceful, with Joshua Trees and desert plants on site. The earth is an unquestionable teacher and healer in this deep contemplation weekend of silence, and an essential facilitator of personal transformation.

Tentative Daily Schedule

Wednesday

Participants are welcome to arrive anytime April 22 to settle in and set up camp. Programming begins early Thursday morning.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

7:00-7:45 Morning Flow + Offerings
8:00-9:30 Breakfast
9:45-12:15 Morning Offerings
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:30 Rest
2:45-5:00 Afternoon Offerings
5:30-6:45 Dinner
7:30-8:45 Evening Offerings, Ceremony, Song Circles

Monday

Participants may leave any time April 27.

Financial Commitment + Registration

  • We are inviting folks to use the Green Bottle model to support your sliding scale ticket selection.

    Limited tickets are available at each tier, so register soon!

    Access Ticket (PGM) - $130
    Access Ticket (White Identified) - $230
    Break Even Ticket (PGM) - $330
    Break Even Ticket (White Identified) - $430

    Redistribution Ticket - $600
    Comes with one 1:1 session with an Earthsong Facilitator.

    Sustainer Ticket* - $600
    Comes with two 1:1 sessions with an Earthsong Facilitator. *Sustainer Ticket sponsors an attendee to join Earthsong at little to no cost.

    For People of the Global Majority (PGM), a $100 non-refundable deposit is requested for registration.

    For white-identified folks and Redistribution + Sustainer tickets, $300 non-refundable deposit is requested for registration.

    All remaining ticket balances are due 3 weeks before the retreat begins (April 1, 2026).

  • All cancellations more than 30 days before the retreat will be fully refunded minus the nonrefundable deposit. 

    If you need to cancel less than 30 days before the event and we can fill your spot, you will be fully refunded minus the administration fee. 

    Inclement Weather Policy
    While not likely, an inclement weather event is possible in this area. Mother nature is continuing to offer us a surprising landscape in all seasons. We will notify all participants within 36 hours of the retreat start if inclement weather is expected and update you as to our cancellation policy if the hosts need to cancel the retreat.

  • In order to continue protecting ourselves, our families and the most vulnerable members of our extended population, we are still asking everyone to take a rapid COVID-19 test when they check in on April 22. Tests will be provided by Earthsong.

    We will have additional rapid tests on hand for everyone to take an optional additional test on April 25.

    We ask anyone that is feeling sick or has tested positive for COVID-19 to not attend this event. 

    • If you need to cancel within 48 hours of the start of the retreat due to illness, please contact us immediately. 

    Please contact us if you have any questions about cancellations. We do our best to be flexible and want to honor individual needs.

  • After purchasing your ticket, we will ask you to fill out a Registration form so we can know any accessibility needs and prepare for your arrival.

    Transparency around Pricing
    The cost of this event covers your use of the venue, food, additional supply costs, and the time and travel of your facilitators. We directly match the cost of the retreat to the cost of the expenses. Our facilitation teams prioritize movement teachings in their lives, not corporate salaries, and any income for the facilitators directly supports their families and their ability to provide these events. 

    We honor that everyone’s level of financial accessibility is different and subject to various factors. If we can further support your accessibility through payment plans, please let us know. 

  • We recognize that some people have the funds to allow them to support the attendance of those with fewer financial resources. So, we welcome donations via the ticket link to “Sponsor an Attendee.”

    Donations to this program will be used to assist us in offering scholarships. Please consider whether you can give more in order to support the practice of everyone in our community, regardless of financial situation. To contribute to our “Sponsor an Attendee ” fund, contact us at info@holisticresistance.com.

  • If you have more questions, please contact us and ask! We’re happy to chat about your upcoming event experience.

    Contact info@holisticresistance.com with any questions.

schedule of offerings coming soon!

FAQs

  • The Grief to Action Sanctuary is located about 45 minutes away from the Ontario airport in the High Desert with an elevation of 4,000 feet. We may be able to arrange airport pickups from Ontario if you are not bringing a vehicle. You can let us know in your registration form if you are in need of local transportation support.  

    Group offerings will be both inside and outside. The desert can vary in temperature, and in the fall can still be extremely hot and can get very cold and windy. We encourage you to bring hats, sunscreen and layers so that you can find comfort and be able to turn inward. Bring a water bottle and reusable thermos/tea cup so you can stay hydrated as well. Drinking water is provided.

    Grief to Action includes 11 acres of land, most of which is bare desert land. The buildings are simple and rustic, and Grief to Action prioritizes earth building and using natural structures whenever possible. 

  • Item descripFor this retreat, accommodations will be camping or BYO vehicles to sleep in. We have a few tents that can be shared with guests, and guests will need to provide their own bedding. There are also a few indoor places to sleep if needed.  Note: we do not recommend large RV’s as the shared space for accommodation is limited and there are no RV hookups. Vans or SUV's are fine, as well as tent camping. 

  • All food is provided and there is fridge/cooler space if you’d like to supplement with your own snacks or dietary needs.

    We'll do our best to accommodate restricted diets, including vegan and gluten free — please let us know your food needs and preferences on your registration form.

    For highly restricted diets you may need to supplement your own meals. We do ask that everyone bring snacks, as needed.

  • A list will be provided after registration. You don’t need to bring anything to “do,” just the things that support you in being.

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